Obituaries

Jul 17, 2009

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Jul 16, 2009

Dale A. "Yogy" Ellson, Formerly of Rochester, Passed away on July 16, 2009 at Golden Living East following a lengthy Illness.

Dale was born March 13, 1940 in Rochester, MN.  He married Diane Miller on September 14, 1963 in Rochester.  The couple moved to Dodge Center in 2004. He was a Mayo Clinic Employee for 40 years,...

Jul 7, 2009

The funeral for Loretta Mae Betts will be on Monday, July 13 at 10:00 AM at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church with Rev. John Lasuba officiating.

Loretta (Cooley) Betts passed away at St. Marys Hospital on Tuesday, July 7, 2009.

Loretta was born on February 27, 1924 in Rochester, MN. She married Laor Betts...

Jul 6, 2009

Fredrick J Gommels – Predmore, MN

The funeral for Fredrick J. Gommels will be on Friday, July 10 at 11:00AM at Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church of Rochester with Pastor Kevin Sorensen officiating.  He passed away at his home in Predmore, MN following a lengthy illness on July 6, 2009.  He was preceded in death by parents Fred...

Jul 4, 2009

Virginia (Ginny) Nehring Utz, of Rochester, died July 4, 2009.

She was born Aug. 31, 1932, in Rochester, to Dr. Jesse Potter Nehring and Edith Amo Nehring of Preston.

Mrs. Utz attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. She graduated from the Methodist/Kahler School of Nursing. She practiced pediatrics, obstetrics and neonatology, and was supervisor of...

Jun 29, 2009

A Mass of Christian Burial for Dorothy Frances Sokol will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, July 2 at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, 11 Fourth Avenue SW, Rochester, MN.  A visitation will precede the service at 9:30 AM at the Church. A light lunch at the church will follow the service. She will be interred...

Jun 29, 2009

A funeral Mass for Regina A. Raring will be at 10:30AM Wednesday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Rochester. Burial will be at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Maryland. Mrs. Raring, 81, died Monday, June 29, 2009 at her residence. Regina Stellpflug was born November 16, 1927, at Galesville, Wisconsin. Her parents, Stephen Stellpflug and Frances...

Jun 27, 2009

The Memorial Service for Glendoris Offerman Sizer will be held at Macken Colonial Chapel  at 11:00AM on Tuesday,  June 30, 2009 with the Rev. Charlie Collins officiating.  Visitation will be for the one hour before the service.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Glendoris Sizer, 95, of Rochester, MN died Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Plummer Place...

Jun 26, 2009

Lorraine Vetsch passed away peacefully June 26, 2009 at her home and in the presence of her family after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was 70.

Lorraine was born April 22, 1939 to Pete and Hilda Behselich of Ipswich, SD. An only child, she grew up on a farm south of town. She was...

Jun 22, 2009

The funeral service for Proscovia Godi will be Saturday, June 27 at 10:00AM at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester with the Rev. Anjanette Rist officiating.

Mrs. Godi , 33 died Monday, June 22 at Rochester Methodist Hospital of cancer.  She had been ill for over two years.

Mrs. Godi was born February 10, 1976 in...

Jun 20, 2009

Margaret "Marge" Ann Verdick, 77, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester.

Marge was born in La Crosse, Wis., to the late J. Clifford and Mary Gossman, and grew up in Preston. She was married to William (Bill) Verdick on June 30, 1956. Marge graduated from Preston High School and attended Winona...

Jun 19, 2009

The funeral service for Alger M. Johnson will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday June 23 at Madonna Towers with the Rev. James A. Mattson officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.

Mr. Johnson, age 92 of Rochester, died  Wednesday (June 17, 2009) at Madonna Towers. He was born December 11, 1916 in Portland, Oregon. He farmed in the ...

Jun 11, 2009

The memorial service for Phyllis E. Seitz will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 18, at Macken Funeral Home, with Rev. Chris Paulson officiating.

Mrs. Seitz, 94, died on Thursday (June 11, 2009) at Sunrise Cottages in Rochester.  Phyllis was born to Theron and N. Marguerite (Winkley) Nash on June 2, 1915 in Minneapolis, Minn.  She married1...

Jun 4, 2009

Beverly Ann Scovill was born in St. Paul on May 7, 1926 to the parents of George Michael Steinle and Verna Violet (Carlson) Steinle, both first generation immigrants; one family from southwest Germany, the other from Sweden.

She began her education in the city, later moving to Lamberton. They moved to Grandon, N.D. It is here that...

Feb 5, 1918

The funeral for Marjorie G. Bee will be at 11:00am, Friday April 26, 2013 at Macken Funeral Home, River Park Chapel with Rev. Garth Schumacher officiating.  Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.

Marjorie Bee, of Rochester, passed away peacefully at the age of 95 at Samaritan Bethany on 8 th on April 22, 2013.

She...