William Mcnaught Damerel
Apr 26, 2019
William McNaught Damerel, age 81, of Rochester, MN, died Friday, April 26, 2019 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester.
William was born June 30, 1937, in Detroit, MI, the son of Will and Janet (McNaught) Damerel. He honorably served in the United States Marine Corps from 1957 – 1965 as an air traffic controller, and he obtained the...
Gilbert Ries Theobald
Apr 25, 2019
Gilbert Ries Theobald, 101, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at the Charter House surrounded by family.
Gil was born on February 17, 1918 in Marshall, MN to August and Philomena (Ries) Theobald. He graduated from Sleepy Eye High School in 1936 and served in the United States Coast Guard from December 1941...
Rosemary Wilson
Apr 25, 2019
Rosemary Wilson, 82, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Shorewood Senior Campus.
Rosemary Dennis was born on October 11, 1936 in Pocatello, ID to John and Mary (Jefferies) Dennis. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1954. On January 21, 1957 she married Dr. David Wilson at St. Joseph Church in...
Anthony M. Roetzler
Apr 24, 2019
Anthony Maximilian Roetzler, 88, of Rochester died Wednesday, April 24, 2019 from heart failure.
He was born August 5, 1930 to Francis Henry and Leocadia (Antczak) Roetzler in Milwaukee, WI. He graduated from Loyola High School in Mankato then served in the Minnesota National Guard during the Korean War. He lived in Santa Monica, CA where he...
Dorothy M. Hanson
Apr 23, 2019
Dorothy Hanson, 68, of Rochester passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at the Stewartville Care Center from congestive heart failure.
Dorothy Marie Hanson was born on April 6, 1951 to Paul and Hazel Hanson in Rochester, MN. She graduated from Mayo High School. Dorothy was employed at the Hoffman House in Rochester for many years. After that...
Jerry Shanahan
Apr 23, 2019
Jerry Shanahan, 80, of Rochester died peacefully on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Saint Marys Hospital.
Gerald Vernon Shanahan was born on May 27, 1938 in Preston, MN to Vernon and Eleanor (Ahern) Shanahan. He graduated from Preston High School. Following high school, he went to Barber School in St. Paul and first started cutting hair in...
Patricia Ann Lindell
Apr 22, 2019
Patricia Ann Lindell, age 74, of Eyota, died Monday, April 22, 2019 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, MN.
Patricia was born December 28, 1944 in Rochester, MN, the daughter of William and Lois (Lockman) Pollock. In her younger years, Pat was an avid water skier, starting as early as April every year, so long as the...
Daniel Joseph Schiefert
Apr 19, 2019
Daniel Schiefert, 78, passed away peacefully and quietly at Seasons Hospice House surrounded by the love of his family on April 19, 2019 after a living courageously and graciously with prostate cancer for 15 years.
He was born October 26, 1940 in Dodgeville, Wisconsin to Joseph George and Helen Maxine (Doepke) Schiefert. He was raised on a...
Kristofer Steven Djupedal
Apr 17, 2019
Kristofer "Kris" S. Djupedal – Rochester, MN. Kris Djupedal, 36, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from complications related to asthma. He was born in Minneapolis, MN on June 25, 1982.
Kris began his education at Deephaven Elementary School followed by TASIS in England and the Anglo American School of Moscow in Russia where he graduated...
Dayton Younger
Apr 17, 2019
Dayton Alfred Younger, age 78, of Rochester, MN, died at Rochester Methodist Hospital April 17, 2019.
Dayton was born December 28, 1940 in St. Paul, MN, the son of Elmer and Jessie (Millard) Younger. Dayton was united in marriage to Patricia Trabert June 4, 1977 in Rochester, MN. Dayton drove milk truck for Elmer Rubo of Eyota...
John A. Koop Sr.
Apr 15, 2019
John Andrew Koop Sr., 84, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2019 at St. Marys Hospital.
John was born on December 10, 1934 in Minneapolis, MN to Severin and Helen (Sehl) Koop. He grew up in Richmond, MN. He graduated from St. Thomas Academy High School in 1953. He later graduated from St. Thomas College...
Joan Frances Sudman
Apr 14, 2019
Joan Sudman, 88, died Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Hayfield, Minnesota at Field Crest Care Center. She was preceded in death by beloved husband, Owen and leaves behind her daughter, Ruthann and husband Dan Toft; brothers, Bernard Dreiling and Reuben (Edith) Dreiling.
Born in Victoria, Kansas, Joan was filled with wanderlust that led her to pursue higher...
Nancy Ann Clark
Apr 14, 2019
Nancy Ann Clark of Rochester MN, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by members of her family on April 14, 2019 at the age of 51. Cancer quickly weakened her body, but it could not conquer her spirit. She was small, but mighty, with a will to live that was relentless and unbendable. Nancy followed in the footsteps of...
Karen Anne Riess
Apr 14, 2019
Ms. Riess, 74, passed away with her family by her side Sunday evening, April 14th, 2019 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN.
Ms. Riess was born April 5th, 1945. She was the eldest of six children born to Lawrence and Vera Lyons. Ms. Riess graduated from Plainview High School, MN in 1963. Following graduation, she moved...
Kathleen “Kitty” Harders
Apr 11, 2019
Kitty Harders, 91, of Rochester died Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Madonna Towers.
Kitty was born on December 21, 1927 in Rock Dell Township to Elmer and Tilla (Thompson) Rime. She grew up in the Stewartville area and graduated from Stewartville High School in 1945. She moved to Rochester after graduation. She married Marvin "Bud" Harders on...
Stan S. Kuramoto
Apr 10, 2019
Stan S. Kuramoto, 59, of Rochester, passed away Wednesday, April 10th at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester after a short, courageous battle with kidney cancer.
Stan was born April 26, 1959 in Chicago, IL to Tamotsu and Rosie Kuramoto. He graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign with a degree in computer science. He went on...
Irene Anna Fisher
Apr 8, 2019
Irene Fisher, 95, of Rochester, MN, formerly of Schroeder, MN, died Monday, April 8, 2019.
Irene was born June 9, 1923 in Duluth, MN to Amund and Lava (Carlson) Hovland. She graduated from Grand Marais High School in 1939 then followed her passion and attended beauty school in Duluth, MN. On October 11, 1941, she married Darrell...
Robert Eugene Adamson
Apr 6, 2019
Mr. Adamson, 81, of Stewartville, MN, formerly of Rochester, died unexpectedly Saturday, April 6, 2019 at St. Marys Hospital. Bob was born February 17, 1938 in Rochester, MN to Paul and Mildred Adamson.
He graduated from Lourdes High School in 1956. Bob had worked various jobs all throughout his high school years and started at Northwestern Bell...
Debra Lynn Peterson
Apr 3, 2019
Debra Peterson, 61, a long-time resident of Rochester passed away after a lengthy illness on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.
Deb came to Rochester in the early 90's for an opportunity to get an education and begin another chapter in her life, that of a single mom and provider. Although it was not easy juggling school, part-time jobs...
