Debra Marie Neuman
Feb 23, 2013
The memorial service for Debra M. Neuman will be 1:00PM Friday, March 1, 2013 in River Park Chapel of Macken Funeral Home in Rochester with Rev. Linda Helberg officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00PM to 8:00PM Thursday, February 28, 2013 in River Park Chapel and one hour before the service on Friday.
Mrs. Neuman, age 60,...
Teresa L. Gheen
Feb 21, 2013
The funeral Mass for Teresa L. Gheen will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at Resurrection Catholic Church in Rochester, officiated by Rev. Thomas Loomis. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery East.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at River Park Chapel of Macken Funeral Home, and one hour...
Theresa Afrifa Aning
Feb 21, 2013
The funeral for Theresa A. Aning will be at 10:30AM Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Rochester, MN, with Rev. Donald J. Schmitz officiating. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Rochester. Visitation will be at 5:00PM to 8:00PM on Friday, March 8th, 2013 in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home and one...
Dorothy “Dottie” Decker
Feb 19, 2013
Dorothy L Decker our beloved mother died February 19th of complications of Alzheimer's at Clare Bridge memory care in Owatonna. She was 86 years old. Our mother has gone into the arms of the Lord Jesus Christ. God bless all her caregivers. Dottie was born in Tennessee on April 17th 1926 on a Farm. Her father died in 1933...
Ruth E. Small
Feb 18, 2013
Ruth Small, 85, died the evening of February 18 th , 2013 of natural causes after several months of skilled nursing care at Madonna Towers in Rochester, MN.
Ruth Estelle Trubl was born September 4, 1927, to Charles and Stella (Briska) Trubl in Winona, MN. After graduating from Winona Senior High, she attended Winona Secretarial School. She...
Sonia Jayne Ellsworth
Feb 17, 2013
It is with great sadness that the family of Sonia Ellsworth announces her death due to breast cancer. She died at 7:50 A.M. on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the age of 44 at Seasons Hospice House. Visitation will be in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home (1105 12 th Street SE, Rochester) on Tuesday, February 19,...
John P. Gardner
Feb 16, 2013
Our beloved husband, father and friend, John P. Gardner, of Sneads Ferry, NC, passed away on February 16, 2013 after a long and valiant battle with lymphoma/leukemia.
John was born October 6, 1949 in Rochester, MN and graduated from Lourdes High School. He married Lynda Lea Zander in 1970. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps...
Marion Ann Pischke
Feb 15, 2013
The funeral service for Marion A. Pischke will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday February 20, 2013 in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home, with Sr. Kathy Warren OSF. officiating. Burial will be at the Catholic Cemetery in La Crosse, WI. at a later date. Visitation will be held from 5:00p.m. to 8:00 p.m.. Tuesday February 19, 2013 in...
Vincent Herring
Feb 14, 2013
Vincent Herring of Rochester, MN, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, February 14, 2013 at his home on his 70 th birthday.
Vince was born February 14, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan. He spent his childhood in New York, Germany and Massachusetts. Vince met his wife Mary (Kohn) of Hayfield, MN in 1968 in Worcester, MA when he hosted a...
Dr. Alexander Schirger
Feb 14, 2013
Dr. Alexander Schirger, age 87 passed away on Thursday February 14, 2013 at Saint Mary's Hospital on the feast day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of the Slavic peoples.
He was born on October 3, 1925 in Prague, Czechoslovakia to Alexius and Anna Schirger. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague in...
Douglas “Doug” Cole
Feb 11, 2013
Douglas Charles Cole, age 88, formerly of Rochester, passed away on February 11, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN.
Doug was born January 26, 1925 in Campbellsport, WI. He graduated from Campbellsport High School in 1942. Following graduation he enlisted in the US Navy, serving as a Corpsman in the South Pacific during WWII. After...
Lawrence “Larry” D. Crooks
Feb 11, 2013
The Funeral Mass for Lawrence "Larry" Desmond Crooks will be held at 10:00AM, Friday, February 15, 2013 at St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church with the Rev. John Lasuba officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the Mass at the church on Friday. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester.
Mr. Crooks, 84, passed away...
Dorothy F. Hills
Feb 9, 2013
Dorothy F. Hills, age 94 of Rochester died on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Shorewood Assisted Living.
Dorothy was born December 10, 1918 in Appleton, Minnesota to Arthur and Cora Hills. Dorothy graduated from Appleton High School in 1937. She then worked as a dental assistant to Doctor's Robert and David Miller in Appleton, Minnesota.
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Marven O. Askildson
Feb 8, 2013
Marven Orlin Askildson, 82, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 8th, 2013. He died peacefully in his home, surrounded by family.
He was born on July 17 th , 1930, on a farm in Winnebago County, Iowa. He later moved to Lake Mills, IA and to Albert Lea, MN. He served in the...
Ruth S. Maasch
Feb 4, 2013
The funeral for Ruth S. Maasch will be at 11:00am Friday, February 8, 2013 at River Park Chapel, Macken Funeral Home with Rev. James Heining officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens. The visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Friday.
Ruth S. Maasch, 85 of Rochester passed away on February 4, 2013...
Deborah D. Ostrum
Feb 2, 2013
Deborah Ostrum (Moores), 64, of Rochester Minnesota died on February 2, 2013 from complications of pancreatic cancer. She was born on January 20, 1949 in Rochester Minnesota to Robert and Kathryn Moores.
She graduated from John Marshall High School in 1967 and attended the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. Deborah married Joel Ostrum on September 17, 1972....
Margaret H. Schmit
Jan 30, 2013
Margaret H. (Woodruff) Schmit was born in Rochester on September 15, 1927 and passed away on January 30, 2013 in Des Moines, Iowa, where she had been living with her son and his wife for the past year.
Margaret married Robert Way Schmit on Sept. 20, 1947, at St. John's Catholic Church in Rochester. Both Margaret and...
Phillip E. Rothwell
Jan 30, 2013
Phillip E. Rothwell of Rochester passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Golden Living East Nursing Home after a brief battle with cancer.
Phillip was born in Minneapolis, MN on December 26 th 1933 and was raised near Alma, WI. He married Ila Treder on Febraury 19 th 1955. After moving to Rochester, Phillip worked for Kruse...
Tasia Nicole Shelly
Jan 30, 2013
Tasia Nicole Shelly, 26 of Rochester, passed away unexpectedly on January 30, 2013 at her home in Rochester.
Tasia Cappel was born on April 10, 1986 in Rochester to Thomas and Gail Cappel. She was a 2004 graduate of Dover-Eyota High School. At the age of 16, she began working at Kids Korner in Eyota, MN. On...
Elaine T. Beyer
Jan 25, 2013
Elaine Tecla Beyer, 84, passed away peacefully the evening of January 25, 2013 at Seasons Hospice, where she was briefly under the watchful care of their staff.
Born to Lydia and August Cierzan in Winona, the third of six children, Elaine attended classes at Winona State before graduating from the Kahler Nursing School. She worked as a...
