Lorys “Lory” Tichelaar
Aug 8, 2020
Lorys Lea Tichelaar, 85 of Rochester, MN passed away peacefully on August 8, 2020 at The Waters Assisted Living.
Lorys Lea Gluen was born on September 8, 1934 in Greenleafton, MN to Winton and Pearl Gluen, where she grew up on the family farm. Lory attended Central College in Pella, IA where she met her husband Donald...
James “Jim” Galazen
Aug 3, 2020
Jim Galazen, 75, of Rochester, MN, passed away peacefully Monday, August 3, 2020 at Seasons Hospice after a long, patient, and admirable struggle with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), a rare neurological condition.
Jim was born January 17, 1945 in Bayfield, WI to Alfred and Ann (Zondlak) Galazen. He graduated from Bayfield High School in 1963 and from...
Forest Dean Higgins
Aug 1, 2020
Forest Dean Higgins, 93, of Rochester, MN, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, August 1, 2020.
Forest was born March 9, 1927 in Eyota Township to Carl and Cora Higgins, one of a pair of twins. Forest graduated from Rochester High School and joined the Navy in March 1944. He served for seven years during both...
Ruth A. Williams
Aug 1, 2020
Ruth Williams passed away in Rochester, MN on Saturday, August 1, 2020 at the age of 91 after a lengthy illness. Ruth was born at Mercy Hospital in Mason City, IA on June 17, 1929 to Arthur and Alma (Rye) Lund. She grew up in Northwood, IA and graduated High School in 1947. In 1949, she received her teaching...
Thomas Vernon Campbell
Jul 31, 2020
Thomas Vernon Campbell, age 71, of Rochester, MN, died suddenly Friday, July 31, 2020 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.
Thomas was born January 30, 1949 in Rochester, the son of Thomas and Clara (Hofschulte) Campbell. He graduated from Mayo High School in 1967. After graduation, he honorably served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War....
Joseph Michael Guzinski
Jul 28, 2020
Joseph Michael Guzinski- Rochester
On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Joseph Michael Guzinski, loving husband, father, and friend, passed away at the age of 69.
Joe was born April 1, 1951 in Rochester, MN, to Joseph Guzinski and Sis (Lindberg) Guzinski. He attended the University of Minnesota and graduated from the William Mitchell College of Law....
Daniel L. Heins
Jul 28, 2020
Daniel Leon Heins, 69, of Champlin, MN, died July 28, 2020. He was born on December 29, 1950 in Rochester to Howard and Marian (Fitzpatrick) Heins. During his youth he was active in 4-H and FFA showing dairy cattle. He graduated from John Marshall High School and the University of Minnesota with a degree in Animal Science & Agronomy....
Christopher Lee Dietrich
Jul 26, 2020
Chris Dietrich, 61, of Jacksonville, FL passed away July 26, 2020 at his home. Chris was born to Carl and Shirley Dietrich on November 23, 1958 in Winona, MN.
Chris graduated from Peterson High School in 1977. He worked at Benson's Feed Mill for a few years, then joined the US Air Force. When he returned home,...
Robert E. Sullivan
Jul 24, 2020
Robert (Bob) Eugene Sullivan, 96, of Rochester, MN, passed away peacefully on July 24, 2020, at Madonna Towers of Rochester.
Bob was born in 1923, in Madelia, MN, to Lester and Marie Sullivan. He graduated from Madelia High School in1942. After high school, he served three years in the US Army's Signal Corps in the Pacific Theater...
James Arthur Condon
Jul 23, 2020
James Arthur Condon, 78, of Rochester, MN died Thursday, July 23, 2020 peacefully at home surrounded by his family.
James was born October 28, 1941 in Rochester, MN to Russell and Wyneta (Eggers) Condon. On October 15, 1966, he married Linda M. Vagt at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Rochester. After living a short time in Brownsdale,...
Jeffrey “Jeff” Devlin
Jul 20, 2020
Our beloved Jeffrey, 38 of Rochester, died of an unexpected medical emergency on July 20, 2020. Born and raised in Rochester, he graduated from Lourdes High School in 2000, and later received a B.A. degree in Economics and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin at River Falls.
A golf-buff from the beginning when he trained with Arnold...
Allan James Adair
Jul 19, 2020
Allan James Adair, 73, of Rochester, MN, died Sunday, July 19, 2020 at St. Marys Hospital of cancer.
Allan was born at Garfield Memorial Hospital in Washington D.C. on November 17, 1946 to James Reid Adair and Doris Jean (Porteus) Adair. He graduated from Lake Worth High School in Lake Worth, FL in 1964. On June 24,...
Phillip Lowell Swanson
Jul 18, 2020
Phillip Lowell Swanson, a long-time Rochester resident, passed away at Season's Hospice on July 18, 2020, after a struggle with cancer. Phil was born on June 30, 1931, the second child of William and Helen (Dahl) Swanson. He grew up in south Minneapolis, earned money with a paper route, and attended Roosevelt High School (class of 1949), where he...
Michael Duane Johnson
Jul 18, 2020
Michael D. Johnson "Mike", 59, of Rochester, MN, died peacefully at his home on July 18, 2020.
Mike was born in St. Cloud, MN on December 10, 1960 to Charles and Edith (Hoff) Johnson. He graduated from Oak Grove Lutheran High school in 1979. Mike joined the Navy in 1983 and was honorably discharged in 1989. He...
Teuntje M. Vanhilst-Kozubski
Jul 17, 2020
Teuntje Maria VanHilst, 97, of Rochester, MN, died Friday 17 July 2020 at Charter House in Rochester.
Tina was born 21 March 1923 in Zuilen, the Netherlands, to Jacob and Maria (Brands) van Piggelen. A Registered Nurse for 34 years, she grew up in Utrecht, the Netherlands, during World War II and was a member of the...
Lois M. Haney
Jul 17, 2020
Lois M. Haney, age 101, died peacefully on Friday, July 17, 2020 at Rochester Health East, where she had resided since June of 2015.
Lois was born on August 2, 1918, in rural Millville, Minnesota, to Arthur and Amelia Schwanke. As a little girl, she attended a one-room schoolhouse in rural Elgin. On June 14, 1940, she...
Sara V. Dunnington
Jul 15, 2020
Sara Vana Dunnington, 55, of Rochester, MN passed away peacefully at her residence on July 15, 2020.
Sara was born on February 2, 1965 in Rochester. She graduated from John Marshall High School in 1983. She then graduated from Mankato State University with a degree in Computer Science. Sara returned to Rochester and began working for an...
Michael Francis Hanley
Jul 14, 2020
A Private Family Memorial Service for Michael Francis Hanley will be held Friday, July 24, 2020, at 11:00 AM in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home in Rochester with Rev. Ben Loos of Redeemer Lutheran Church officiating. Due to current circumstances, physical attendance must be limited to invitation-only; however, the service will be live-streamed on facebook.com/mackenfuneralhome Burial...
Robert “Bob” Kuhl
Jul 12, 2020
Robert Dale Kuhl, 94 of Rochester, died peacefully at his farm in Chester, MN on July 12, 2020 with his family at his side.
Bob was born on February 25, 1926 in West Concord to Lawrence and Edna (Marquette) Kuhl. At the age of five, Bob moved with his family to the farm in Chester. He attended...
Charlene Rae Sullivan
Jul 11, 2020
Charlene, 87, of Rochester, died of COPD Saturday, July 11, 2020 at Madonna Towers skilled nursing in Rochester.
Chy was born on May 19, 1933 in Byron. She graduated from Byron High School in 1952.She worked at Chain Drive, Rochester Dairy, and Libby's where she met Sy Sullivan. They married on November 17, 1962, at St. John's...
