Arleen A. Anderson
Dec 2, 2017
Arleen Anderson, age 84, passed away peacefully at St. Marys Hospital surrounded by family on Saturday, December 2, 2017.
A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, December 6 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Rochester, MN with Rev. Thomas Loomis officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the Mass...
Frank L. Lebeck Sr.
Dec 2, 2017
The funeral for Frank L. Lebeck will be held at 1:00p.m. Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester with Pastor Wahl officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00pm on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.
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Dale E. Alcott
Dec 2, 2017
Dale Edgar Alcott, age 83, of Rochester, died Saturday, December 2, 2017 at his home with family present, following a two-year battle with lung cancer.
Dale was born July 17, 1934 in Pope County, MN to Ellis and Alice (Abraham) Alcott. He graduated from Stewartville High School in 1952. He married Betty Ann Fair on August 18,...
Valeria A. Martin
Nov 30, 2017
Val Martin died on November 30, 2017 at Holy Cross Village, Notre Dame, Indiana. She was born Valeria Ann Kennedy in 1928 in Winona, Minnesota, and was the first of four children born to John Francis and Ethel (Hughes) Kennedy. Val and her siblings (Catherine Roeder, Geraldine Lunzer, and John Kennedy) grew up in Rochester. Her high school yearbook...
Liangyu “Liang” Huang
Nov 29, 2017
Our beloved mother and grandmother, Liang Huang, died on November 29, 2017, at Madonna Meadows Assisted Living, Rochester, MN. Liang was cremated at Macken Funeral Home; she will eventually be buried next to her husband in her hometown in China. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at the chapel of Madonna Meadows on Saturday, December 9, from...
Lyle Fredrick Voight
Nov 28, 2017
Lyle Fredrick Voight, 69, passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at the Field Crest Care Center in Hayfield, Minnesota.
Lyle was born July 2, 1948 in Arlington, Minnesota to Fredrick and Erna (Mahnke) Voight. He grew up in Arlington moving to Rochester in the late 1980s. In 1991, Lyle moved to Hayfield where he worked for the...
Eva Jean Lawler
Nov 27, 2017
Eva Jean Lawler, age 91, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Hospital St. Mary's Campus.
Eva Jean Gander was born on September 17, 1926 to Herman and Mabel Gander in rural Kellogg, MN. Jean grew up on her family's farm in Cook's Valley in Wabasha Co. She went to country school for eight...
Loretta Mae Krock
Nov 26, 2017
Loretta Mae Krock, 98, of Stewartville passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017. She was a lifelong resident of the Rochester area and resided at the Stewartville Care Center since 2012.
Loretta was born in Rochester on April 8, 1919 to Bertram and Ellen Stewart. Her father worked for Saint Mary's Hospital as an Engineer for 40...
Richard David Irvin
Nov 25, 2017
The memorial service for Richard D. "Dick" Irvin will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Rochester with Rev. Joel Haak officiating. Visitation will be on held on Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church....
Sandy Robert Smith
Nov 20, 2017
Sandy Robert Smith, 88, died November 20, 2017 at Cerenity Senior Care in White Bear Lake, MN. He was born January 16, 1929, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Mildred Matthews Smith and Sandy S. Smith. He married Marlene Joyce Koehler in Shorewood, Wisconsin, on December 4, 1954.
Sandy and Marlene have three children, Gary Smith of Vadnis Heights,...
Richard Donald Geise
Nov 19, 2017
Richard Geise, 86, of Sebring, Florida passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2017, at Lakeland Regional Hospital with his family by his side. He was born in Rochester, MN on April 4, 1931 to the late Dorothy and Donald Geise.
After graduating from college he joined the Army and was deployed to Korea. Upon his return to...
Leroy Joseph Machulda
Nov 17, 2017
Mr. LeRoy Joseph Machulda, 90¾, of Rochester, MN died peacefully on November 17, 2017 at the Skilled Nursing Center at Madonna Towers. LeRoy was born February 15, 1927 in Waubun, MN to John and Cora Machulda.
LeRoy served in the United States Army from 1945-1946. He graduated from Cal-Aero Technical Institute as a Master Aviation Mechanic in...
Gregory H. Gahnstrom
Nov 17, 2017
Greg Gahnstrom 68, died at St. Marys Hospital early on Friday, November 17, 2017.
Greg was born February 19, 1949, to Elinor and Leroy Gahnstrom in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was a graduate of Kennedy High School in Bloomington. He graduated from the University of MN with a degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies. On December 1, 1973,...
Muriel Ann West
Nov 16, 2017
Muriel A. West, 81, of Rochester, MN died Thursday, November 16, 2017 at St. Marys Hospital. Muriel was born March 13, 1936 in Lanesboro, MN to Alvilde and Selmer Jacobson.
Muriel graduated from Lanesboro High School in 1954. On July 12, 1958, she married Kenwood West at Union Prairie Church in Lanesboro, MN. They started their life...
John A. Randall
Nov 16, 2017
John A. Randall, 84 of Rochester passed away on November 16, 2017 at home surrounded by his family.
He was born June 25, 1933 in Rochester to Warren and Marie (Grothe) Randall. John graduated from Rochester High School in 1951, where he excelled in sports, especially wrestling.
On November 21, 1953 he married his high...
Bee Cheng Tan
Nov 13, 2017
Bee Cheng Tan, 82, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away on November 13, 2017.
She is survived by her daughter, Mee Lee Lo (Wing Hing); sons, Eng Heng Ng (Swee Mee Phoon), Eng Kiong Ng (Ruping Yang), Eng Tat Ng (Siti Shariff), Eng Foo Ng (Dasa Putri Hapsari), Eng Kwee Ng (Mee Yoke Tan); grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She...
James E. Stanton
Nov 13, 2017
James Edwin Stanton, 58, of Rochester, MN, passed away on Monday, November 13, 2017 at Season's Hospice after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
Jim was born on October 6, 1959 to Marion and Kathleen Stanton. He was raised on a farm in Hayfield, MN. He graduated from Hayfield High School in 1978, and while continuing to...
Robert William Gillies
Nov 9, 2017
Robert William Gillies, of West Concord passed away on November 9, 2017 of natural causes at his home.
Robert was born on December 21, 1964 in Rochester to Jim and Grace (Burmeister) Gillies. He grew up in the Byron and Kasson area and graduated from Byron High School in 1983.
Robert did masonry work most...
John E. “Woody” Wood
Nov 9, 2017
The funeral service for John E. "Woody" Wood will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 13, 2017 in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home with Rev. Russell Scepaniak officiating. Visitation will be held from 3:00-7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 12th in River Park Chapel and one hour prior to the service on Monday at Macken Funeral...
James W. Ziegler
Nov 7, 2017
James W. Ziegler ended his 91year journey on this earth on November 7, 2017 at the Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center, MN with supportive care from St. Croix Hospice.
He was born in Anoka, Minnesota on January 19, 1926 to Joachim and Agnes (Marshik) Ziegler. Following graduation from Anoka High School he enlisted in the US...
