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Janet Marie Flatness
Sep 16, 2024
A funeral service will be held at First Lutheran Church of Glenville at 11AM on Saturday, September 21, 2024, with Rev. Eileen Woyen officiating. Visitation will be held from 5-7PM on Friday, September 20, 2024 at the church and for an hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Glenville.
Janet Marie Flatness, born on July 15,...
Carol Dianne Shue
Sep 7, 2024
Carol Dianne Shue, 76, passed away on September 7, 2024 in Albert Lea, MN.
Joyce Wakefield
Sep 6, 2024
Joyce Eileen Wakefield, 81, of Hartland, MN passed away on September 6, 2024, after a brave battle against an infection. She was born in Mankato in 1943 to loving parents Benedict and Margaret Eustice. She was raised on the family farm near Janesville and grew up having all kinds of adventures with her 4 brothers and sisters. She often recalled...
Neil Severson
Sep 5, 2024
Neil died September 5, 2024 at Auburn Meadows Memory Care in Waconia MN, where he had been residing for the last year. He was 82 years old. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 11 AM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Reverend Kent Otterman will be officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to...
Evon Elaine Lyle
Sep 3, 2024
Evon Elaine Lyle, 58, of Alden, MN, passed away on September 3rd, 2024 after a courageous battle with brain cancer.
Evon was born on June 2, 1966, in Albert Lea, MN, to Jerry and Elaine Jahnke. She grew up in Alden, where she attended school and was active in the community. She went on to attend Golden Valley Lutheran College, Moorhead...
Marian Melissa Thompson
Aug 31, 2024
Marian Melissa (Borland) Thompson passed away on August 31, 2024 at the age of 102 and 6 months.
Services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Clarks Grove, MN on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Marian was born on February 24, 1922 to Archie and Anna (Putman) Borland in...
Cindy Rae Sparrow
Aug 30, 2024
Cindy Rae Sparrow (née Stillwell)
4/24/1960-8/30/2024
Born in Brainerd Minnesota, died Albert Lea, Minnesota
Cindy Sparrow passed away in the early hours of Friday August 30, 2024. She is preceded in death by her parents Mr. Richard Bert Stillwell and Mrs. Lena Cordelia Stillwell (née Hoareux), her siblings Rick Stillwell and Linda Nachtsheim. She is survived by her two sons Jacob Sparrow and...
Richard Dean Walker
Aug 30, 2024
Richard "Dick" Dean Walker, 84, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024. A funeral mass will be held at St. Theodore Catholic Church on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 11AM with visitation held for an hour prior to the service. Burial will be held at Hillcrest Cemetery immediately following the service.
Dick was born on July 7, 1940 in Emerald Township,...
Warren August Wichmann
Aug 29, 2024
Warren A. Wichmann passed away on August 29, 2024 surrounded by family. He was born on April 7, 1954 in Albert Lea, the son of Walter and Muriel Wichmann. He was a contractor and an avid hunter. He enjoyed spending time with his family. He is survived by his wife Terri Wichmann, children Zach (Tiffany Tanner), Cody (Danielle Hunter), Holly...
Clarence Fredrick Eggers Jr
Aug 26, 2024
Clarence Frederick Eggers Jr, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away Monday, August 26, 2024 in his home surrounded by family. A memorial service will be held at 11am on Friday, September 6, 2024 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service at the church. Pastor Eileen Woyen...
Marva Ann Gullord
Aug 26, 2024
Marva Ann Gullord, age 81, passed away Monday, August 26, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Tuesday, September 3 at Zion Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.
Marva was born on May 6, 1943, in Blue Earth, Minnesota to Leslie and Evelyn (Klatt) Lunning. She...
Roger Allen Jensen
Aug 26, 2024
Roger Allen Jensen, 84, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2024. Memorial services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 4-6 PM on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at the funeral home and for an hour prior to the service. Interment will be held at Lakewood cemetery...
Phyllis Elizabeth Nordstrom
Aug 26, 2024
Phyllis Elizabeth Nordstrom, 87, of Albert Lea, passed away peacefully on August 26, 2024, at St. John’s on Fountain Lake. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28 at Bayview/ Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea and for an hour prior to the service at the church. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday...
Gary Dean Hunnicutt
Aug 22, 2024
Gary Dean Hunnicutt, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, joined his Heavenly Father on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at the age of 76. His legacy of love, kindness, care, and service will forever be cherished by those whose lives he touched.
A funeral service will be held at the Community Lutheran Church in Geneva on Friday, August 30, officiated by Pastor...
Dylan Michael Ihme
Aug 21, 2024
Dylan Michael Ihme, born March 8, 1999, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
He is survived by his daughter Everleigh Ihme, mother Angie Rodgers, father Robert Ihme, grandparents Steve and Pam Ihme and Carolyn Whipple, siblings Curtiss and Miranda Ihme and Amber, Brittany, Aneesa, and Aarin Steen, stepmother Kimberly Ihme, stepfather Brandon Shoaftal, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends.
He was...
Arlene Faye Vanek
Aug 21, 2024
Arlene Faye Vanek, 80, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at her family’s home in Glenville, MN. A funeral service will be held at 1:30pm on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held from 12:30-1:30pm on the day of the funeral. Pastor Kent Otterman will be officiating.
Arlene was...
Rosemary Kathaleen Casey
Aug 17, 2024
Rosemary Kathaleen Casey, age 75, passed away at her home in Albert Lea on Saturday, August 17, 2024.
Matthew Muschler
Aug 10, 2024
Matthew Ries Muschler, age 62, passed away on August 10, 2024, from complications of chronic alcohol use disorder, a condition he struggled with most of his adult life. This condition complicated his relationships with family and friends leaving us with feelings of regret, deep sadness, and missed opportunity. There was another Matt we knew, and we choose to remember and...
Keith R Redman
Aug 9, 2024
Keith Rodney Redman, 94, passed away Friday, August 9, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. A funeral service will be held at 10:30AM on Friday, August 16, 2024 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 5-7PM Thursday, August 15 at the funeral home, and for an hour prior to the service. Burial will be held at Freeborn...
Susie Elizabeth Veldman
Jul 31, 2024
Susie Elizabeth (Kraay) Veldman, 96, passed away peacefully at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community on July 31. She was born August 7, 1927, at Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea, to Susie and Case Kraay of Hollandale. She attended school in Hollandale and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1945.
She was united in marriage to Bill Veldman on May 10,...
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