Justin F. Deboer
Jan 16, 2025
Justin Forrest DeBoer, age 44, of Racine, MN, passed away peacefully at his home on January 16, 2025. Born on January 25, 1980, in Rochester, MN, to Kevin and Alice (Veldman) DeBoer, Justin was a 1998 graduate of Stewartville High School and furthered his education at Western Technical College in La Crosse, WI.
Justin worked alongside his...
Donald R. Staley
Jan 16, 2025
Donald Roger (Don) Staley – Rochester, Minnesota
Donald Roger Staley, 88, of Rochester, Minnesota died Thursday, January 16, 2025, at Charter House Hospice after a brief, but courageous, battle against leukemia.
Don was born October 16, 1936, in Madison, Wisconsin to LeRoy and Mary (Slattery) Staley. In 1954, he was introduced to the love of...
John Herman Ravenhorst
Jan 15, 2025
John Ravenhorst, 74, of Stewartville, MN passed away peacefully Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at his home surrounded by his loved ones.
John was born May 16, 1950 in Albert Lea, MN to Herman and Darlene (Peterson) Ravenhorst. On November 8, 1971 John married his soul mate Iann Sathra in Williston, ND. They later made their home and...
Marie E. Curry
Jan 15, 2025
Marie Elaine Curry, 55 of Rochester, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2025 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Methodist Campus.
Marie was born on October 5, 1969 in Rochester to Harold and LaVerne (Finley) Curry. She was youngest of nine children. She grew up in Pleasant Grove Township in Stewartville, MN. While attending Stewartville High School, her mother...
Howard L. Wood
Jan 12, 2025
Howard Lien Wood, age 96, of Rochester, MN, died peacefully on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at Samaritan Bethany Arbor Terrace in Rochester.
Howard was born on January 15, 1928, in Delavan, MN to Henry and Lillian (Lien) Wood. After graduation from high school, he joined the United States Navy and served at the San Diego, CA Naval...
Andrea L. Ganrude
Jan 12, 2025
Andrea Lea Ganrude, 74, of Rochester, MN, died Sunday, January 12, 2025, at Madonna Towers Skilled Care.
Andrea was born July 29, 1950, in Rochester, MN to Odin and Ann Ganrude. She graduated from John Marshall High School in 1967, attend Rochester Community College and received a BA in Spanish from Ripon College in 1971. She applied...
Lucille Violette Benson
Jan 12, 2025
Lucille Benson of Rochester, MN died January 12 at the age of 96. Lucille was born in 1928 in Manchester, NH to Norbert and Emma (Adam) Marcoux. She met her husband of 65 years, Allen, in Manchester when he was stationed at Grenier Air Force base. Lucille and Allen were married in Atlanta, GA in 1952. They started their...
Albert Joseph Ronnenberg
Jan 12, 2025
Albert Joseph Ronnenberg, 72, of Hastings, MN, died Sunday, January 12, 2025, peacefully at Little Hospice in Edina, MN.
Al was born August 11, 1952, in Kasson, MN to Adrian "Ronny" and Rose (Taras) Ronnenberg. He graduated from Byron High School in 1970 and began work as an orderly at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. From there,...
Nancy Patrick
Jan 9, 2025
Nancy Patrick (Eiler), 64 of Helena, Montana, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away January 9, 2025 after a brief battle with brain cancer. A beloved mother and grandmother, Nancy was surrounded by her children, grandchildren, husband and many other loved ones during Christmas and the days that followed.
Nancy grew up in Fargo, North Dakota and led...
Brett C. Dornack
Jan 9, 2025
Brett Dornack, born May 20, 1965, in Grand Forks, ND to Duane and Judith (Walter) Dornack, passed away unexpectedly, January 9, 2025, leaving a legacy of love, laughter, and dedication to family. He was 59 years old.
Brett was a 1983 graduate of Byron High School, where he first began to lay the foundation for a lifelong...
Marian E. Chrysler
Jan 8, 2025
Marian Elizabeth Chrysler (nee Van Beers), of Rochester, MN, passed away January 8, 2025, at the age of 92. She was born in Faribault MN on March 31, 1932 – "almost an April Fool", as she always said. Her family moved to Rochester in 1940 where her father started an upholstery business. She attended St. John's grade school and...
Vandlyn “Vandy” Newman
Jan 7, 2025
Vandlyn Maurine Blatchford Newman 98, passed away on January 7, 2025, in Austin, MN. Known as Vandy, she was the daughter of Walter and Grace (Curry) Blatchford. She was born in Ponca, Nebraska on February 2, 1926. She was the second of five children and received a rural education in Dixon County Nebraska. Vandy married Wendell Thurber Newman in...
William “Butch” Witte
Jan 7, 2025
Butch Witte of Rochester, MN passed away January, 7 th 2025 after a long battle with an illness.
Butch grew up in Rochester, MN. He met Cindy McCaleb, and they married on March 23, 1985.
To this union, they had two children Nicholas and Amy. Butch was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed going...
Renee M. Curry
Jan 6, 2025
It is with deep sorrow and much love that we announce the passing of Renee Michele Curry on January 6, 2025, at the age of 59. She passed peacefully at home, surrounded by the warmth and comfort of her cherished family. Born on December 2, 1965, at Kimborough, Maryland Army Hospital, Renee was a radiant presence whose love and...
Jeanette “Jeanie” Monahan
Jan 6, 2025
Jeanette M. "Jeanie" Monahan – Rochester
In loving memory of Jeanette Mary (Hanzel) Monahan, 98, of Rochester, MN, who passed away with her husband of 74 years "Jerry" by her side on Monday, January 6, 2025, at The Waters on Mayowood Drive.
Jeanette was born July 15, 1926 in Faribault, MN to Francis and Charlotte...
Josephine “Jo” Kapinos
Jan 6, 2025
Josephine Agnes (Ullom) Kapinos was born on February 20, 1931, to Edward and Josephine Ullom, Sr., in Portsmouth, VA. As the only girl of Edward and Josephine's four children, she was affectionately called "Sissy" by her friends and family. After graduating from St. Joseph's Academy in 1947, she worked as a secretary at Portsmouth Naval Hospital where she met...
Randy R. Cotten
Jan 4, 2025
Randy Ray Cotten March 13, 1953 – January 4, 2025
Randy Ray Cotten, age 71, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2025, at his daughter's home, surrounded by his loving family and friends, after 2.5 years of courageously battling Glioblastoma.
Randy was born on March 13, 1953, and built a life filled with hard work,...
Marlene Bergan
Jan 3, 2025
Marlene F. Bergan – Chatfield
Marlene Fay "Gramma" Bergan, 85, of Chatfield, MN suddenly and unexpectedly went home to the arms of Jesus on Friday, January 3, 2025, as the result of a brain aneurysm.
Marlene was born August 19, 1939, in Cloquet, MN to S. Albert "Al" and Florence "Flossie" (Johnson) Morgan. Her family...
Fred “Woody” Wiese
Jan 2, 2025
Fred F. Wiese, "Woody" passed away unexpectedly January 2, 2025.
Woody, as everyone came to know him, was born on August 23, 1963. He was raised by his loving parents, Charles (Pril) Wiese, Martha "Marty" Moore and loved by his two siblings, Wendy (Chris) Carter and Vance (Ali) Wiese.
From the time Woody was a...
Patricia “Pat” Ann Zirbes
Jan 2, 2025
Patricia "Pat" Ann (Marcou) Zirbes, 96, of Rochester, MN, peacefully passed away, on her own terms just as she lived her life, surrounded by family on January 2, 2025. Pat was born on September 15, 1928, in La Crosse, WI to James and Marie (O'Leary) Marcou. Pat graduated from Aquinas Catholic High School in 1946. In 1947 she met...
