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Rochester, MN Obituaries
Lambert Lica
Jan 26, 2010
The funeral for Lambert Thomas Lica will be held at 12:00PM on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at Macken Funeral Home with Father Thomas Loomis officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Lica, age 87, passed away on January 26, 2010 at Sunrise Cottages of Rochester. He was born on June 8, 1922 in Winona, MN to Felix...
Craig E. Johnson
Jan 25, 2010
A funeral Mass for Craig Eugene Johnson will be held at 10:00am on Saturday January 30, 2010 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church with Rev. Thomas Loomis officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Prairie Cemetery in Rochester.
Craig, age 51, of Rochester died in a 39-vehicle pileup on Interstate 35 on Monday. In an attempt to rescue his...
Dorothy M. Nigon
Jan 23, 2010
The funeral Mass for Dorothy Marie Nigon will be 11:00am Wednesday at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church with the Rev. Timothy T. Reker officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery
Mrs. Nigon, 84 of Rochester died Saturday January 23 at Madonna Towers Health Care.
Dorothy was born March 1, 1925 in Harpers Ferry, Iowa...
Hall S. Eastman
Jan 22, 2010
The funeral service for Hall S. Eastman will be at 10:30AM, Friday, January 29, 2009 at Macken Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Sharon Nelson (Pastor of United Methodist Church in Byron) officiating.
Mr. Eastman, 102, died Friday, (January 22) at Maple Manor Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Rochester.
Hall was born in Dodge County, Minnesota...
Bernita M. Newell
Jan 21, 2010
A Memorial Service for Bernita "Nita" Newell will be 11:00am Monday, January 25 , 2010 at Homestead United Methodist Church officiated by Jane Day, Minister of Membership Care. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Newell, age 96, died at Maple Manor Nursing Home early Thursday morning (January 21, 2010). She had been a resident there...
Jeanette A. Carlson
Jan 20, 2010
Jeanette Ann Carlson died at her home on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Jeanette was born 16 December, 1939, on a warm record-breaking day at Perham, Minn., to James and Dorothy (Rohr) Tobkin. In 1944 the family moved to a farm 10 miles north of Detroit Lakes, Minn.. She attended the one-room rural school, District 57 at Rochert, Minn., and usually...
Catherine M. Peebles
Jan 18, 2010
Catherine (Cooney) Peebles died January 18, 2010 at Sunrise Cottages in Rochester, MN. Catherine was born on February 12, 1917 in Detroit, MI. She lived in Detroit until 1995, when she moved to Bedford, TX. In 2005 she moved to Rochester, MN and has been a resident of Sunrise Cottages for 5 years.
Survivors include her children...
Kathleen “Kathy” Esther Gunderson
Jan 13, 2010
Kathy Gunderson, age 56 of Rochester, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Methodist Hospital after a courageous one-year battle with breast cancer.
Kathy Margotta was born July 26, 1953 to Richard and Theresa Margotta at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Kathy attended St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School, and graduated from Lourdes High School in 1971. After...
Theresa ‘Tree’ R. Wilkus
Jan 12, 2010
A memorial mass for Theresa "Tree" R. Wilkus will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at Madonna Towers Chapel, with the Rev. James D. Russell officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilkus, age 87 of Rochester, passed away on Jan. 12, 2010, at Madonna Towers Nursing Care Center, following a lengthy illness.
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Brandon D. Stonionis
Jan 11, 2010
Brandon Douglas Stonionis, age 23, of Rochester, MN, died in Tinley Park, IL January 11, 2010.
Born November 8, 1986, Brandon was, from day one, an important part of many people's lives. This young man, living only a short time, had a presence that will always be remembered.
He was special in a way that...
Nancy A. Ryan
Jan 10, 2010
Nancy A. Ryan – Rochester, MN
Nancy Anne Ryan died January 10, 2010 at Golden Living Whitewater. She was born on November 21, 1958 to James Ryan and Beverly Haugen in Rochester, MN. Nancy was a lifelong resident of Rochester and lived at the REM Home on 55th Street. She retired from ABC in the fall of...
Lonnie G. Neal
Jan 9, 2010
Lonnie G. Neal – Rochester, MN
Lonnie George Neal died on January 9, 2010 in Rochester, MN. Lonnie was born on February 29, 1928 to Noah and Gertrude Stromile Neal in Lookeba, OK. In 1952 he moved to Milwaukee, WI. He was a resident there until 1972, when he moved to Indiana. He has also resided in...
Gary P. Southwick
Jan 4, 2010
Gary P. Southwick – Rochester, MN
Gary Paul Southwick, age 73, died Monday, January 4th at Samaritan Bethany Nursing Home following a long battle with congestive heart failure. Gary was born July 4th, 1936, in Rochester, MN to Elwyn (Al) and Hazel (Christensen) Southwick. He attended Rochester schools and in 1953 enlisted in the Army serving as...
Helen E. Vale
Jan 2, 2010
The funeral service for Helen E. Vale, age 87, of Rochester will be at 1:00pm Tuesday January 5, 2010 at Macken Funeral Home with the Rev. Nancy Wheeler Handlon officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery. She passed away on January 2, 2010 at St. Marys Hospital of Natural Causes.
Helen was born to Amil and Emma...
Charlotte “Char” Goetting
Dec 28, 2009
Charlotte "Char" Goetting
Charlotte "Char" Goetting passed away on Monday, December 28, 2009 at Golden Living East Nursing Home in Rochester.
Charlotte Catherine Goetting was born in Rochester, Minnesota on November 5, 1916 to George Goetting and Anna McAdams Goetting. Char graduated from Rochester High School in 1936 and attended St. Benedict College in St....
Edward L. Tarara
Dec 27, 2009
Edward L. Tarara age 91, passed away on December 27, 2009 at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth in Rochester. Edward was born on September 23, 1918 in St. Paul, MN. At a young age, his family moved to Rochester. After high school, he enrolled in the school of Chiropody, in Chicago, IL. Soon after, he served his country in...
Charlotte O. Ganrude
Dec 24, 2009
Charlotte O. Ganrude, 88, of Rochester was born August 12, 1921, in Kenyon, MN to Sigurd and Tilda (Neseth) Lund. Charlotte died on Thursday, December 24, 2009 at Samaritan Bethany Heights.
Charlotte attended school in Kenyon and moved to Rochester in 1944. She married Leo Ganrude on November 12, 1946 in Kenyon. He passed away on February...
Alton Berg
Dec 23, 2009
The funeral service for Alton S. "Al" Berg will be at 1:00pm Monday December 28, 2009 at Redeemer Lutheran Church with the Rev. James Heining officiating. Burial will be at the Zumbrota Cemetery.
Mr. Berg, 88, of Rochester passed away Wednesday December 23, 2009 at Samaritan Bethany Heights of natural causes.
Al was born to...
Maurice J. Majerus
Dec 23, 2009
Maurice James Majerus, 70, of Rochester, formely of Winona, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2009, with his family at his side at Methodist Hospital. Jim worked at Crenlo from 1962 till retirement in 1982. He served in the Air Force from 1959 to 1962. During his retirement years he enjoyed being with his family. Maurice married Patricia Mullane on...
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