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...
Bette Baker
Jul 11, 2020
Bette Schoenfelder was born on a farm near Simpson, MN on March 26, 1928 to William and Mary (Fogarty) Schoenfelder.
At the age of two she moved with her family to a farm near Rochester. Bette attended Rural School for eight years and graduated from Lourdes High School in 1946. She then went on to work at...
Janice D. Aaby
Jul 10, 2020
Janice D. Aaby, age 83, of Rochester passed away at St. Marys Hospital on Friday July 10, 2020. She was born on October 30, 1936 in Rochester to Floyd and Dorothy (Stewart) Paulson.
In 1955, she married Gerald D. Aaby in Rochester and they were later divorced. Janice worked as a Medical Records Clerk at the Mayo...
Ryan Rhodes
Jul 8, 2020
Ryan C. Rhodes, 45, of Rochester, MN, died unexpectedly at his home on July 8 of natural causes. Ryan was born March 1, 1975, in Cresco, IA, to Jon and Carol Rhodes of Harmony, MN. Ryan attended school in Harmony until 1992, when his parents were hired to teach at St.Mary's International School in Tokyo, Japan. Ryan graduated from...
Carol Jeanne Murphy
Jul 8, 2020
Carol Jeanne Murphy, 90, of Rochester, passed away on July 8, 2020.
Carol was born April 9, 1930 to William Basil and Elva (Watterberg) Murphy in Rochester.
She graduated from Lourdes High School in 1948 and attended the College of St. Teresa in Winona, MN. She worked at Mayo Clinic for 41 years, retiring in...
Everett David Vesey
Jul 7, 2020
Everett David Vesey, 81, of Wykoff, MN and formerly Cylinder, IA passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at Cottagewood Senior Communities in Rochester, MN.
Everett was born June 22, 1939 in Chatfield, MN to Milton "David" and Hazel (Shaw) Vesey. He graduated from Chatfield High School in 1957. On June 18, 1961, Everett was united in marriage...
Virginia Frances Rossman
Jul 6, 2020
Virginia Frances Rossman, 91, of Rochester, MN, died peacefully Monday, July 6, 2020 at Edenbrook of Rochester Nursing Home.
Virginia was born November 25, 1928 in Rochester, MN to Michael and Frances (Haggerty) Hofschulte. She went to Olmsted County Schools and graduated from Elgin High School going on to Preston and Winona teacher's colleges and taught in...
Milo F. Berndt
Jul 5, 2020
Milo Francis Berndt died of natural causes on July 5, 2020 at the Homestead at Rochester at the age of 93.
Milo was born on March 20, 1927, in Rochester, to Fern and John Berndt Sr. The farm he grew up on is where the Homestead at Rochester is now located.
He married Phyllis Redding...
Martha Kamin
Jun 26, 2020
Martha Kamin, age 94, a colleague of many and friend to all, passed away from heart disease at Charter House on June 26, 2020.
Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Martha received her RN there in 1947 in the Cadet Nurse Program. Martha earned a scholarship to St. Louis University, graduating with her BS in Nursing in 1951....
