Betty Lorraine Knutson
Feb 16, 2019
Betty Lorraine Knutson, age 91, of Marion, MN died Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Wildwood Grove Assisted Living in Le Roy, MN.
Betty was born August 7, 1927 in Minot, ND the daughter of Andrew and Blanche Oliver. She was united in marriage to Kenneth N. "Pappy" Knutson February 25, 1946, in Rochester, MN. The couple farmed...
Patrick M. Purinton
Feb 16, 2019
Patrick Michael Purinton, age 70, of Rochester, passed away peacefully with his family by his side at St. Marys Hospital on February 16, 2019.
Pat was born on December 19, 1948 in Belle Plaine, MN to Ralph and Carol (Olson) Purinton. He graduated from John Marshall High School in 1966. Pat worked at various places including Adler's...
Dr. Arnold Lee Schroeter
Feb 14, 2019
Dr. Arnold Lee Schroeter, of Rochester, age 82, died Thursday morning, Feb. 14, 2019, at Charter House.
Arnold was born April 27, 1936, in Chicago to Amelia Bertha Kuhlenkamp, a single mother. In 1942, he was adopted by his stepfather, George E. Schroeter. His mother died later in 1942, and he was placed in an orphanage. He...
Janet “Jan” L. Helgren
Feb 4, 2019
Janet Lucille Helgren, 74, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on February 4, 2019 at Rochester Methodist Hospital following a battle with cancer.
Jan Hophan was born on March 24, 1944 in Plum City, WI to Ronald and Lucille (Bechel) Hophan. Following graduation from high school, she attended St. Marys School of Nursing in Rochester obtaining her LPN...
Steven M. Shank
Feb 4, 2019
Steven Michael Shank, age 43, of Rochester, MN, formerly of Iowa City, IA, died peacefully Monday, February 4, 2019 at St. Marys Hospital, after courageously battling the complications of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome. Steve was blessed with over two years of life following a double lung transplant in 2016.
Steve was born December 2, 1975 in Iowa City, IA,...
Lowell C. Arnold
Feb 3, 2019
The funeral for Lowell Arnold will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 8, 2019 at Christ United Methodist Church in Rochester will Rev. Nancy Wheeler Handlon officiating. The burial will take place at a later date in Watson Creek Cemetery, Preston, MN. Visitations will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening February 9th in the River...
Eugene Jack Beach
Feb 3, 2019
Eugene Jack Beach, 89, lifelong resident of Rochester, entered eternal life on Sunday, February 3, 2019, surrounded by his family.
Eugene "Jack" was born May 28, 1929 in Rochester, MN to Perry and Leona (Tietz) Beach. He graduated from Rochester High and was drafted into the U.S. Army serving in the Korean War with the 3rd Infantry...
Leslie James Beyer
Feb 2, 2019
Leslie James Beyer was 90 years young when he passed away Saturday, February 2 at St. Mary's Hospital, in the town he called home for most of his life.
Born March 29th in Millville, Minnesota to Carl and Bertha (Schmidt) Beyer, Les had three brothers; Vincent, Richard and Ronald "Bud". Les grew up, went to school, played...
Roy Andrew Zieman
Feb 2, 2019
Roy Andrew Zieman, 80, passed away peacefully at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester on Saturday, February 2, 2019.
Roy was born on October 6, 1938 in Rochester to Henry and Stella (Joslin) Zieman. He graduated from Elgin High School in 1958. Soon thereafter, he enlisted in the US Army Reserves and served in 554th Maintenance Division stationed...
Curtis Leo Kalmes
Jan 31, 2019
Curtis Leo Kalmes, 90, of Rochester, Minnesota, died January 31, 2019 at St Marys Hospital.
Curt was born on Januray 9, 1929 in Winona, Minnesota to Leo and Erma (Kramer) Kalmes.
He married Maxine Rupprecht on August 4,1950 at St Johns Catholic Church in Rochester, Minnesota. Curt graduated from Lewiston High School in 1947. He...
Rev. Gerald W. Conway
Jan 29, 2019
Rev. Gerald W. Conway passed away peacefully on January 29, 2019 after a brief illness.
Fr. Jerry was born on September 26, 1931, the third of nine children of Amelia Rose Clemens and Patrick Henry Conway II. He was raised on the family farm in rural Byron, west of Rochester.
Jerry attended Byron Schools through...
Rev. Gerald W. Conway
Jan 29, 2019
Rev. Gerald W. Conway passed away peacefully on January 29, 2019 after a brief illness.
Fr. Jerry was born on September 26, 1931, the third of nine children of Amelia Rose Clemens and Patrick Henry Conway II. He was raised on the family farm in rural Byron, west of Rochester.
Jerry attended Byron Schools through...
Robert E. Salley
Jan 28, 2019
Robert Salley, 90, of Rochester, passed away Monday, January 28 at The Waters on Mayowood.
Robert was born October 13, 1928 to Clare and Martha (Prigge) Salley. He grew up on the family farm north of Rochester. Robert attended rural schools and graduated from Rochester High School now known as John Marshall High School. He then went...
Wanda Caroline Espeset
Jan 27, 2019
Wanda Espeset, 102, of Rochester, MN, formerly of Rushmore, MN, died Sunday January 27, 2019 at St Marys Hospital in Rochester with complications from pneumonia. Wanda was born June 26, 1916 in Holloway, MN to William and Sada (Pierce) Krohn.
On June 11, 1939 she married Allan Espeset in Fulda, MN. Allan died in June of 1995....
Darlene Marie Caflisch
Jan 25, 2019
Darlene (Lehnherr) Caflisch passed away on January 25th at The Waters of Mayowood where she was a resident in the memory care unit.
She is survived by her husband, George "Shorty"; and nine children, Peter (Donna), John (Lynn), Tim (Annette), Annie Quintano (Ray), Mona (Fred) Hoeft, Carol Quattlebaum, Sara Gaitan (Kent), Russ (Terry) and Phil. She leaves...
Glenn William Lebarron
Jan 24, 2019
Glenn William LeBarron, 58, of Byron, MN, died due to complications from COPD on January 24, 2019 at Mayo Clinic.
He was born on August 28, 1960 in Rochester, MN to Glenn and Kathleen LeBarron. He grew up in Stewartville, MN and attended and graduated from Stewartville public schools. He was married to Denise Knutson in 1984...
Daniel D. Maloney
Jan 24, 2019
Mr. Maloney, 72, of Rochester, MN died Thursday, January 24, 2019 at his residence after a short battle with cancer. Daniel was born October 3, 1946 in Spring Valley, MN to Arthur and Florence (Smith) Maloney.
He graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1964 and in 1968 from the University of MN receiving his B.S. degree...
Ronald Charles Kath
Jan 24, 2019
Ronald Charles Kath, 77, of Rochester, died suddenly on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at his home.
Ron was born on July 6, 1941 to William and Mina (Hoppe) Kath. He grew up on the family farm located a few miles west of Stewartville. He attended schools in Stewartville and graduated from Stewartville High School in 1961.
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Carson W. Frutiger
Jan 22, 2019
Carson Wagoner Frutiger, 26, of Rochester, died January 22, 2019 after a seven month battle with fungal pneumonia. Throughout this time, he fought bravely and met every challenge with a graceful assuredness.
Carson was born February 25, 1992 in Fargo, North Dakota, to Bruce and Kathy (Wagoner) Frutiger. He grew up in Rochester and graduated from Century...
Leslie “Ozzie” Crawley
Jan 22, 2019
Leslie Earl Crawley, age 74 of Rochester, passed away peacefully with his wife by his side at his residence on January 22, 2019.
Ozzie was born on March 29, 1944 in Spokane, WA to Darryl and Delores (Holloway) Crawley. At a young age, his family moved to the Rochester area. Following graduation from John Marshall High School...
