Dennis Gilgenbach
Nov 23, 2018
Dennis Gilgenbach, 68, of Rochester, MN, passed away Friday, November 23rd at St. Marys Hospital.
Denny was born March 18, 1950 in Austin, MN to Wilfred and Laura Gilgenbach. He graduated from Pacelli High School in 1968. He attended Austin Community College and Mankato State. Denny worked at the Post Bulletin and most recently Davies Printing retiring...
Dennis Allen Schmidt
Nov 22, 2018
Dennis Allen Schmidt, age 56, passed away on November 22, 2018 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester of natural causes.
Dennis was born on August 27, 1962 in Rochester to George and Eleanor Schmidt. He graduated from Mayo High School in 1980. Dennis worked alongside his father for the family business, Rochester Vending and Wholesale for over...
Lois Arlene Nelson
Nov 22, 2018
Lois Arlene Nelson, 86, passed away Thursday, November 22, 2018 at Shorewood Commons in Rochester.
Lois Thompson was born in Lanesboro, MN on April 10, 1932 to Lars and Alvera (Bothun) Thompson. She graduated from Lanesboro High School in 1950. On December 1, 1951, she was united in marriage to H.O. (Ordell) Nelson in Lanesboro, MN. The...
Arthur Charles Depuy
Nov 21, 2018
Mr. DePuy, 89, of Rochester, died Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Rochester West Health Services. Arthur was born November 17, 1929 in St. Paul, MN to Beverly and Jenny (Mattson) DePuy.
He graduated from Hayfield High School in 1948. He served in the US Navy, Merchant Marines until 1979, where he served in the Korean War from...
Opal Eileen Kuhl
Nov 19, 2018
Opal Eileen Kuhl, 97, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on November 19, 2018 at The Waters on Mayowood.
Opal Carstens was born on October 25, 1921 near Potsdam, MN on the family farm to Alfred and Martha Carstens. She attended country school and graduated from Elgin High School. She attended Business College in LaCrosse, WI for two...
Cathleen Anne Belhumer
Nov 19, 2018
Cathleen Anne Belhumer, 50, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away in her home on Monday, November 19 after a six month battle with stage four brain cancer.
Cathy was born on June 24, 1968 in Dearborn, Michigan. Her parents, Jacob and Maxine Uitti, and older sister, Sue, helped raise her into the compassionate, hardworking, and witty woman everyone...
Richard D. Neumann
Nov 18, 2018
Richard D. Neumann, 84 of Rochester, passed away Sunday, November 18 at his home.
Richard was born August 26, 1934 to Edward and Flora Neumann in Shieldsville, MN. He attended country grade school from first to eighth grade and graduated from Faribault High School in 1951. On September 7, 1954, he married Patricia Reuvers at Immaculate Conception...
Ibolya Violet Szarka
Nov 16, 2018
Ibolya Szarka, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, died peacefully at home with family at her bedside on November 16, 2018. She was 76 years old.
Ibolya was born in Budapest, Hungary on December 27, 1941. She and her family fled communism in 1973 during the Cold War, and fully embraced their future in the United States. The price...
Zona Gail Herber
Nov 13, 2018
Zona Gail Herber, 86 of Eyota, MN passed away November 13, 2018 at her home with her family by her side.
She was born November 18, 1931 in Glenwood, MN to Irving and Melva Swenson. She graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1949. She moved to Rochester and worked at Saint Marys Hospital for three years....
Frances Delores Batt
Nov 10, 2018
Frances Delores Batt, age 77, died in her home Saturday, November 10, 2018 of natural causes. Her family was beside her.
Frances was born April 25, 1941 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester to Selmer and Frankie Bergeson. She grew up in the Spring Valley area with her three brothers. As the only girl, Frances was a...
Mary E. Carroll
Nov 9, 2018
Mary E. Carroll, 71 of Rochester, died Friday, November 9, 2018 from a brief illness at the Shalom Home in Rochester. Mary was born January 20, 1947 in Rochester to Arthur and Elizabeth (Feist) Carroll.
She is survived by her six brothers and sisters, Alan (Linda) Carroll and Patricia (James) Haley both of Plainview, MN, Annette (Pete)...
Carol Theresa Zwart
Nov 8, 2018
Carol T. Zwart, age 68 of Zumbrota, MN, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, MN.
Carol was born January 2, 1950 in Rochester, the daughter of Harold and Elizabeth (Spencer) Markus. She attended St. Francis Catholic School and graduated from Mayo High School in Rochester. She...
Mary E. Smith
Nov 8, 2018
Mary E. Smith, age 63 of Rochester passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at The Homestead in Rochester of congestive heart failure.
Mary was born February 20, 1955 in Rochester, MN to Lester and Doris (Davis) Smith. She graduated from Mayo High School in 1973 and then obtained her secretary degree at vocational school. She worked...
Robert John “Rj” Smith
Nov 7, 2018
Robert John "RJ" Smith of Rochester, MN passed away peacefully on November 7, 2018 surrounded by his loving family and friends of cancer at age 90.
Born January 8, 1928 in Rochester, son of Joseph and Hellen (Betz) Smith, RJ was a lifelong resident, graduating from Our Lady of Lourdes High School in 1945. He was proud...
Bruce Edward Miller
Nov 7, 2018
Bruce Edward Miller, age 94, passed away on Wednesday, November 7 at Charter House of Rochester, Minnesota, where he has lived since 2010.
Pastor Miller was born on October 20, 1924, at Mankato, Minnesota. He was the son of Cecil Edward Miller and Ruth Marie Churchyard Miller. He was married to Thelma Juanita Van Est on August...
Robert John Steinhaus
Nov 6, 2018
Robert John Steinhaus, 85, of Rochester, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at The Homestead at Rochester.
Robert was born September 16, 1933 in Fairfax, MN to Ferdinand and Lila (Streich) Steinhaus. On November 28, 1964, he married Bette Meine in St. Paul. Bette passed away on November 23, 1983. He married Dorothy Felske on February 4,...
Gerald “Jerry” Jarvis
Nov 6, 2018
Gerald F. "Jerry" Jarvis, age 82, of Rochester, MN died Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at Cottagewood Senior Communities in Rochester.
Gerald was born February 10, 1936 in Mankato, MN. He honorably served our country in the US Navy during the Korean War from 1953-1957. Jerry was united in marriage to Betty Hamann on February 10, 1959 in...
Kenneth H. Larson
Nov 5, 2018
Kenneth Harris Larson, age 91, of Rochester, passed away peacefully November 5, 2018 at Madonna Towers. He was Born on December 12, 1926 in Readstown, WI. He married Betty Jean Tainter on June 23, 1948 in Readstown.
He is preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Betty Tainter Larson; his parents, Ralph and Pearl Larson;...
Eugene “Gene” George Rowekamp
Nov 3, 2018
Eugene "Gene" George Rowekamp, 92, of Rochester, passed away peacefully in Bloomington, MN on November 3rd, 2018.
Gene was born on April 12, 1926 to George and Christine (Botzet) Rowekamp in Witoka, MN. He grew up on the family farm, attended Winona county schools and graduated from Lewiston High School in 1944.
Gene was married...
Peace Adepoju
Nov 3, 2018
Peace Ibukun Adepoju, age 8, of Rochester, MN, died Saturday, November 3, 2018 at her home in Rochester.
Peace was born September 23, 2010 in Abuja, Nigeria, the daughter of Isaac and Annah (Ofulue) Adepoju. She was born prematurely, and was brought to the Mayo Clinic for medical treatment. Peace was a blessing to her entire family,...
