Jeffrey Mark Zabel
Dec 25, 2018
Jeffrey M. Zabel, 54, of Rochester passed away of a undiagnosed heart condition at his residence on Tuesday, December 25, 2018.
Jeffrey Mark Zabel was born October 26, 1964 to Robert and LaVerne (Gorski) Zabel in Rochester. He attended St. Francis Catholic School for grade school and graduated from Lourdes High School in 1983. Following graduation, he...
Raymond Jerome Kostner
Dec 24, 2018
Ray Kostner, 88, of Rochester, MN died Monday, Dec. 24, 2018 at his home. Ray was born February 15, 1930 in Medford, WI to Jerome and Alice (Strachota) Kostner.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, he joined the U.S. Army. On April 2, 1960 he married Terecita Romero, having met her on an airplane...
Joseph R. Daly
Dec 23, 2018
Joseph R. Daly of Rochester, MN died at Madonna Towers on Sunday, December 23, 2018 of Alzheimer's Disease.
He was born on July 17, 1926 in Rochester where he lived all of his life except when he was in the navy from 1944 to 1946. He was proud of his Irish heritage and that he was 100...
John E. Sneve Sr.
Dec 23, 2018
John Edward Sneve, Sr., 75, of Rochester, passed away after a short illness on Sunday, December 23, 2018 at Mayo Clinic – St. Marys Hospital.
John was born September 27, 1943 to Rudoph and Lillian (Schnorenberg) Sneve.
John married Catherine Shanahan and they were later divorced. On August 9, 1994, he married Doris Starkson in...
Donald B. Skjervem
Dec 21, 2018
Donald Barton Skjervem, 92 of Rochester passed away peacefully on December 21, 2018 at the Stewartville Care Center.
Don was born on May 31, 1926 in Rochester to Nels and Ella (Moran) Skjervem. He grew up in Rochester and graduated from Rochester High School. Following high school, he was drafted into the US Army and proudly served...
Margit Joan Knutson
Dec 21, 2018
Margit Joan Knutson, 83, of Rochester, passed away Friday, December 21, 2018, at Shorewood Reflections in Rochester.
She was born September 17, 1935 to Gilbert and Molly (Anderson) Lee. Margit grew up in Houston, Minnesota and graduated from Houston High School.
Margit married Orrin L. Knutson on June 2, 1956. She worked side-by-side with Orrin...
Cynthia Ann Fister
Dec 20, 2018
Cindy A. Fister, 55, of Rochester, died Thursday, December 20, at Rochester Health Services East surrounded by her family and friends.
She was born on May 31, 1963 in Rochester to Gus and Ann Chafoulias. She graduated from St. Calettis High School in Jefferson, WI in 1982 and Rochester Community College with a nursing assistant degree.
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Kenneth Otto Stock
Dec 19, 2018
Kenneth Otto Stock, 91, of Rochester, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 peacefully in the home he was born in.
Ken was born on May 6, 1927 in Rochester, MN to Otto and Anna (Hoffmann) Stock. He graduated from Rochester High School in 1946. After high school he was drafted into the 11th Airborne Division of...
Mary Boyum
Dec 18, 2018
Mary Catherine (Miller) Boyum, known to many longtime Rochesterites as "Mary Bea," Rochester's first female on-air TV personality, passed away peacefully on December 18, 2018, with her daughter and caregiver by her side. She was 93 years old.
Mary was born September 27, 1925 in Rochester, MN to Katherine and John McGannon Miller, and attended St. John's...
Robert “Bob” Stephen Brown
Dec 15, 2018
Robert Stephen Brown, 92, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at the Waters on Mayowood in Rochester, MN on December 15, 2018.
Robert was born September 4, 1926 to Clarence and Eva Brown in Rochester, MN. He attended local schools and graduated from Rochester High School in 1944. Shortly thereafter, he entered the Army Airforce and...
Robert “Bob” A. Ryan
Dec 14, 2018
Robert 'Bob' Ryan, 89, of Rochester passed away Friday, December 14, 2018 at Seasons Hospice surrounded by his loving family.
Bob was born August 26, 1929 to Bill and Edith (Lutz) in Millville, MN. He graduated from Plainview High School. On Feb. 9, 1957, he was united in marriage to Anastasia (Ann) Quinn along with lifetime friends,...
Shawn Keith Sagdalen
Dec 14, 2018
Shawn K. Sagdalen 51, of Rochester passed on to his next stage Friday, December 14 surrounded by family and friends. He lost his fight after suffering an unexpected cardiac arrest a week before.
Shawn was born October 26, 1967 to Alden and Martha Sagdalen in Rochester. Shawn lived most of his life in Rochester, attending Rochester Public...
Robert “Bob” Wear
Dec 13, 2018
Robert "Bob" Lewis Wear passed away at the age of 80, while hospitalized at St. Marys, in Rochester, on December 13, 2018. Family and friends were gathered at his bedside as he peacefully left this earth. He was born April 5, 1938 to Raphael "Pinky" and Margaret (Roberts) Wear in Faribault, MN
Bob will be greatly missed...
Harry Reed Nevling
Dec 12, 2018
Harry R. Nevling, 72, of Rochester passed away on Wednesday, December 12 due to heart failure.
Harry was born on September 15, 1946 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester to Ruth M. and Edwin Reid Nevling. He grew up in the southeast part of the city. He attended Holmes Elementary and Central Junior High Schools. For high...
Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Cummings
Dec 8, 2018
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Cummings, 97, of Rochester died peacefully on December 8, 2018 at Rochester Rehabilitation at The Homestead.
Betty was born on November 9, 1921 in Athol, South Dakota to Peter and Mary (Nolan) McCloskey. She attended grade school in Athol before moving with her family to Stewartville in 1932. In 1933, the family moved to...
Patricia “Patty” Anne Newman
Dec 6, 2018
Patricia "Patty" Newman, 59, of Pine Island, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family and friends on Thursday, December 6th after a tough fight against cancer.
She was born on March 8, 1959 in Minneapolis, MN to John and Patricia Holmes. She graduated from Pine Island High school in 1977. On May 21,...
Charles Van Orden
Dec 6, 2018
Charles Van Orden passed away at age 72, while hospitalized at St. Marys Hospital on December 06, 2018. Close family members and a small group of friends were gathered at his bedside. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Chelsy Van Orden; his father, John Van Orden; and his mother, Elma Van Orden, who worked many years as...
August H. Hegge
Dec 5, 2018
August "Gus" Hugh Hegge, 25, of Rochester, MN, died at home on Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 9, 2018 in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home in Rochester.
Gus was born on June 30, 1993, in Fargo, ND, to Nick and Cindy (Wager) Hegge. At...
Mary Louise Sullivan
Dec 3, 2018
Mary Louise Sullivan nee (Beaudin) passed away on December 3, 2018.
She was born on December 14, 1932 to Irene Gokey and Philippe Beaudin in the small village of St. Rose in Chicoutimi Quebec, Canada. Mary came to Rochester, MN to work at St. Marys hospital in nursing. She met Robert Sullivan and they were married in...
Ione Leitzen
Dec 2, 2018
Ione (Tlougan) Leitzen, age 94, of Rochester, MN, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2019.
Born in Dover, MN on November 7, 1924, and preceded in death by her husband, Bernard "Bud" Leitzen; her parents, Alfred and Florence; brothers, Sylvester, Bernard, Benjamin, Clayton, Romeo, Robert, Isadore, Leonard, Charles, Donald, Dale, David; sisters, Jeanette Flanders and Darlene.
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