Obituaries

Feb 27, 2010

The funeral service for Julia Eleanor Boynton Jones will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at the Resurrection Catholic Church, with the Rev. Thomas Loomis officiating.

Mrs. Jones, 80, of Rochester, died Saturday (February 27) at the Homestead in Rochester after a long illness.  She was born July 10, 1929, in Milwaukee, WI.  Her former...

Feb 25, 2010

Eleanor Rose Kelly, 92 of Rochester, died Thursday (February 25, 2010) at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.  A memorial  Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday March 1, 2010 at Saint John The Evangelist Catholic Church, with Rev. Msgr. Gerald A. Mahon officiating.

Eleanor was born September 23, 1917, in Los Angeles, California to Lewis O....

Feb 23, 2010

J. Michael (Mike) Alcorn, 61, of Rochester passed away on Tuesday, February 23 after a long battle with cancer, at home with his family around him.

Mike was born on June 11, 1948, in Minneapolis to Dr. William and Lois (Bonnie) Alcorn.  When he was one year of age the family moved to Wabasso, MN.  He attended...

Feb 21, 2010

Louis James "Lou" Hoppa, age 81 passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at his home in Rochester. A Mass of Resurrection will be held for Mr. Hoppa at 10:00AM at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church on Thursday February 25th 2010, with Rev. Msgr. Gerald A. Mahon officiating.  Visitation will be held Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 4:00PM...

Feb 20, 2010

Patricia Lorraine Hicks, 82, of Rochester MN, passed away Saturday, Feb. 20 at Augustana Health Center in Minneapolis.

She was born Patricia Slorby on Nov. 20, 1927 in Bismarck ND.   She graduated from Central High School in Rochester and attended Rochester Community College.  After marrying James George Hicks in Shawano WI Aug. 28, 1948, they raised 10...

Feb 17, 2010

J. Isabel Feliciano Hidalgo passed away on February 17, 2010 at St. Marys Hospital.  He was born on November 19, 1981 to Carlos Feliciano Reyes and Elia Hidalgo De Feliciano in Metzquititlan, HGO, Mexico.  He worked at Schoenfelder Farms. He is survived by his wife Yesenia Torentino Sevilla.

A funeral mass will be held on Monday, February...

Feb 17, 2010

The funeral mass for Bernard W. (Barney) Erdman will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 20 th at Macken Funeral Home, Rochester, Minnesota with the Rev. Donald Schmitz of Holy Spirit Catholic Church officiating. Burial will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery Tuesday, February 23 with military honors.

Barney died peacefully Wednesday, February 17 at his...

Feb 16, 2010

Robert F. Clark age 83, of Rochester, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital.  Robert was born on September 10, 1926 in Rochester. He attended Rochester High School and afterward enlisted in the US Army. He married Donna M. Lehnherr on January 20, 1951 in Rochester. He worked as a local truck driver in the...

Feb 14, 2010

Robert William "Doc" Oelslager passed away Sunday at his home surrounded by family.  He was born July 1st. 1924, in Fergus Falls Mn.  After Graduating from Fergus Falls High School in 1942, he went to work for the FBI in Washington D.C.

On March 21, 1944 He was inducted into the United States Army at Fort Snelling,...

Feb 12, 2010

Mr. Hoover at the age of 61 passed away peacefully with his family at his bedside on February 12 at the Golden Living Center East.

Ronald Wayne Hoover (Ron), was born on August 4, 1948 in Rochester to Carl and Elsie Hoover. He grew up on a farm in Racine, MN and attended Stewartville High School and...

Feb 4, 2010

Mary Margaret (Dee) Maxon, 80, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, passed away in Wichita Falls, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010.

A Recitation of the Rosary and Christian Wake Service will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in Macken Funeral Chapel. The Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday,...

Jan 30, 2010

Eugene E. Dunagan – Rochester, MN

Eugene E. Dunagan, age 73, of Rochester died January 30, 2010 at Waupun Memorial Hospital in Waupun, WI. of cancer.  Eugene was born November 19, 1936 in Rochester.  He graduated from Lourdes High School in 1954.  He also graduated from St. Mary's College in Winona, MN.  He also attended St. Paul...

Jan 26, 2010

Hildur Elizabeth Anderson – Rochester

Hildur E. (Swanson) Anderson died at St Marys Hospital in Rochester on January 26, 2010.  She was born in Fremont, Minnesota on November 28, 1918.  When she was four years of age Hildur moved to Minneapolis with her parents. She attended Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnehaha Academy High School where she was valedictorian...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...