Obituaries
Rochester, MN Obituaries
Leora Joann Delaney
Sep 24, 2022
Leora Joann Delaney, 93, of Rochester, passed away on Saturday, September 24, at Cottagewood Senior Living surrounded by her children and grandchildren.
She was born to Louis and Leona (Majerus) Wegman on June 18, 1929, in Dover, MN. She married Patrick Richard Delaney September 24, 1947, and moved to Rochester, MN, where they raised their family and...
Hope R. Diekman
Sep 24, 2022
Hope Renae Diekman of Stewartville, MN passed away on Saturday, September 24 th , 2022 at the age of 50 after a lengthy illness. She came into the world on May 2, 1972 to her loving parents, Paul and Sharon Erickson of Rushford, MN.
Hope often fondly recollected early memories of growing up on the farm outside...
Harold B. “Stu” Stewart
Sep 22, 2022
Harold B. "Stu" Stewart of Rochester, MN
Harold Byers Stewart, 92, of Rochester, MN, died Thursday, September 22, 2022, at Madonna Towers Nursing Facility.
Harold was born on October 9, 1929 in Rochester, MN, to Harold W. and Ruth (Nelson) Stewart. He graduated from Rochester High School and from University of MN with a degree...
Edwin James Anderson
Sep 22, 2022
Edwin (Ed) J. Anderson, 96 of Rochester passed away September 21, 2022 at Season's Hospice House in Rochester, MN following a stroke on September 9th.
He was born October 31, 1925 in Minneapolis to Edwin and Veronica (Roster) Anderson. He grew up in Milwaukee, WI and Brownsville, MN. He later enlisted in the USMC in 1943. After...
Mary Louise Smith
Sep 20, 2022
Mary Lou Smith passed away peacefully on September 20, 2022, at Madonna Towers, where she had resided for the last five years. She was born in Rochester on May 22, 1933, to Joseph and Helen (Betz) Smith. She lived there most of her life in the house where she was born.
After graduating from Lourdes High School,...
Daniel Richard Frey
Sep 19, 2022
Daniel Richard Frey, 65, went to be with the Lord on Monday, September 19, 2022.
He was born to Hazel and Jarvis Frey in Ipswich, England. He graduated from Mayo High School in 1975. On May 28, 1977, he married Deborah Ann Guimond in Rochester, MN. The couple raised three children, Heather, Alan, and Michelle. He had...
Everal “Gil” Gordon Gilbertson
Sep 19, 2022
Everal "Gil" Gordon Gilbertson, 80, of Rochester, MN, died Monday, September 19, 2022 at St. Marys Hospital.
Gil was born June 3, 1942 in Breckenridge, MN to Gordon and Clara (Knutson) Gilbertson. He grew up in Crookston, MN and attended Central High School. Gil then moved to Superior, WI and became an indentured Barber at the "Cross...
Raúl Eduardo Espinosa
Sep 17, 2022
Raúl Eduardo Espinosa, retired Mayo Clinic Consultant in Neurology, of Rochester, MN, died Saturday, September 17, 2022, at the age of 95. He was born June 15, 1927 in Guaduas, Colombia to Jorge and Maria de Jesus (Bernal) Espinosa. He obtained his MD degree in 1954 from the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, and came to the United States...
Aline Lovejoy
Sep 16, 2022
Aline Lovejoy, age 94 died on September 16, 2022. She was born to William and Ruth Prinz (Dickman) on October 8, 1927 in Rochester, Minnesota. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother William Prinz and her husband of forty-two years, Leo J. Lovejoy Sr. She is survived by their four children: sons Leo J. Lovejoy Jr. (Mary)...
Betty Jean Avant
Sep 15, 2022
Betty Jean Avant passed away on September 15, 2022, at the age of 82, in Rochester, Minnesota.
Betty was born on February 8, 1940, in Minneapolis, MN, to Jean and Einer Jensen. Betty graduated from Washburn High School in Minneapolis in 1958. That year she enrolled at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. She stayed at...
Joel Andrew Elwood
Sep 14, 2022
Joel Andrew Elwood, 57 of Vancouver, WA, formerly of Rochester, MN passed away on September 14, 2022 of natural causes.
Joel was born on March 2, 1965 in Faribault, MN to Robert and Rosemarie (Truman) Elwood. He grew up in Rochester and attended grade school at St Francis of Assisi Catholic School. He was a mischievous young...
Arlene Marie Spitzer
Sep 8, 2022
Arlene Marie Spitzer, 86 of Rochester, MN. passed on to eternal life on Thursday September 8th, 2022. She died peacefully surrounded by loved ones at Mayo-Methodist Hospital. Arlene was proceeded in death by her two older brothers Donald and Robert Lewis. She is survived by her beloved husband Paul Spitzer of 62 years; sons Michael (Colette), Jeffrey (Katie) and...
Ervin Lawrence Arendt
Sep 7, 2022
Ervin was born July 20, 1929 in Red Wing, MN to Peter and Susan (Miller) Arendt. Ervin was the youngest of 14 children. He grew up in rural Bellchester, MN, attended country school and then proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War, where he was stationed in Stuttgard, Germany. After discharge, Ervin married Mary Ellen...
Douglas J. Kliewer
Sep 6, 2022
Douglas J. Kliewer, 75, of Rochester, MN, passed September 6, 2022, of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and gained his angel wings at home surrounded by his loving family.
Doug was born September 8, 1946, in Mt. Lake, MN, to Willard and Melrose Kliewer. He attended high school in Mt. Lake, MN, and culinary school in Florida, and he...
James Donald Boege
Sep 5, 2022
James Donald Boege was born on September 26, 1948 in Rochester, MN to Don and Meryl Boege. He suffered cardiac arrest on August 26, 2022 and was in intensive care on life support. He died September 5th, 2022.
He graduated from John Marshall High School in 1966. He received both an undergraduate and MA degree in History...
William “Bill” Karnes, M.D.
Sep 3, 2022
William E. Karnes, Sr. of Rochester, MN, died Saturday, September 3, 2022, two days short of his 92 nd birthday at his home in Charter House.
Bill was born September 5, 1930 in San Antonio, TX to Virginia and William Karnes. He moved frequently as a child, giving him his love of travel.
He received...
Daniel “Boone” Laures
Sep 2, 2022
Daniel David "Boone" Laures, 61 of Rochester, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on September 2, 2022 at his home. Dan was born on February 6, 1961 in Torrance, CA to Lyle and Marilynn (Breski) Laures. As a baby, the family moved to Rochester, MN where he graduated from John Marshall High School in 1979. On May 13, 1989...
Janice Arlene Hartwich
Sep 2, 2022
Janice Arlene Hartwich, age 92, of Rochester died Friday, September 2, 2022 at her home, surrounded by family.
Janice was born November 10, 1929 in Wykoff, MN, the daughter of Ernest and Thera (Evans) Schroeder. She graduated from high school in 1947. She worked as a bookkeeper for the Rochester Utilities Building, and for an insurance company...
Lori Ann Phillips
Sep 2, 2022
Lori Phillips, age 66 of Rochester passed away on Friday September 2, 2022 in Rochester.
She is survived by her husband Darrell, her son Dain (Kelly), her granddaughter Morgan, her sister Lisa (Keith) Hustad, her mother Suzanne Carpenter and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her sister Lynda Preston, her father, her stepfather,...
Lloyd Robert Broadwater
Sep 1, 2022
Lloyd Robert Broadwater, 75, of Kellogg, MN died peacefully on Thursday, September 1, 2022 in hospice care at Mayo Clinic Hospital Methodist Campus.
Lloyd was born wearing a plaid flannel shirt and pocket tee with work boots and a John Deere hat on November 14, 1946, in Preston, MN. His parents Raymond and Marjorie (Leland) Broadwater welcomed...
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