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Darlene Rupp
Jul 3, 2024
Darlene Rupp, age 79, passed away Wednesday, July 3. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, July 9, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Reverend Charles Texeira will be presiding. A visitation will be held one hour prior to service on Tuesday. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Valan Johnson
Jun 30, 2024
Valan Nelard Johnson (Val), age 76, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, July 12, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Chaplain Don Malinsky will be officiating. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Glenville. After burial, a celebration of...
Frank T. Cuden
Jun 25, 2024
Frank T. Cuden, age 81, of Albert Lea, passed away on June 25th, 2024.
He was born in Waukegan, Illinois and had lived in Albert Lea since 1972. Frank graduated from St. Benedict’s College, Atchinson, Kansas and was Director of the Alpha School for children and adults with developmental disabilities and later worked at Streator Store Fixtures and at Naeve Hospital....
Gary Meelker
Jun 25, 2024
Gary Meelker, 78, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at the St. Marks Nursing Home in Austin, MN. A Memorial Service for Gary will be held at 11am on Monday, July 8, 2024 at the Hollandale Christian Reformed Church in Hollandale, MN. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Reverend Wendall Davelaar will be officiating.
Gary...
Wayne Almon Sather
Jun 24, 2024
Wayne Almon Sather, 72, passed away on June 24, 2024 after a lengthy journey with Alzheimer’s. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at Round Prairie Lutheran Church at 10AM. Visitation will be held from 5-7PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home on Monday, July 1, 2024 and for an hour prior to the visitation at the...
Laraine Betty Troe
Jun 23, 2024
Laraine Betty Troe (Schnarr), age 83, of Albert Lea, MN passed peacefully at The Woodlands - St. John’s Lutheran Community on Sunday, June 23, 2024.
Betty Lorraine Schnarr was born October 28, 1940, in Albert Lea, MN, the daughter of Paul R. Schnarr and Betty A. Tusen. Laraine was the eldest of three sisters (Shirlee and Cheryl).
Laraine grew up in Albert...
Gordon Allen Hacker
Jun 14, 2024
Gordon "Gordie" Hacker, 88, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2024 at the St. Johns Woodlands campus in Albert Lea, MN. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 11am at the Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church in rural Joice, Iowa. A public visitation will start at 9:30 the morning of the service at the church. Paster...
Thomas Sadauskis
Jun 13, 2024
Thomas Sadauskis, age 80, passed away peacefully in his home in Albert Lea, Minnesota, on June 13, 2024. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Albert Lea Eagles Club on Friday June 21, 2024 starting at 6pm.
Tom lived a full and joyous life. He was born on December 13, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois to Alphonse and Sylvia Sadauskis....
Joel Martin
Jun 12, 2024
Joel David Martin, age 54, passed away June 12, 2024. A visitation will be held on Monday, June 17, 2024 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Albert Lea with visitation one hour prior.
Joel was born on June...
Omar B Joel Jr.
Jun 11, 2024
Omar Beal Joel Jr., 82, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Center of Albert Lea. A graveside service will be held at 2PM on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Albert Lea. Omar was born on April 2, 1942 in Wells, MN to Omar and Beulah (Boettcher) Joel. He grew up in Albert Lea, attending...
David Clark Askildson
Jun 8, 2024
David Clark Askildson of Key West, Florida, lost his battle with addiction on June 8th, 2024, at the age of 39.
A visitation will be held at 1:00 p.m. followed by a memorial service at 2:00 on Saturday, June 22, at the Vineyard Church, 18358 US-69, Albert Lea, MN 56007.
David was born in Albert Lea, MN, on September 20th, 1984, to...
Oscar Antonio Ramirez
Jun 8, 2024
Oscar Antonio Ramirez (Pablo Chavez), 24, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2024. A wake will be held from 12-8PM on Friday, June 14, 2024 at the Hispanic Christian Church Aliento de Vida on 214 South Washington Ave. in Albert Lea. Burial will be held 11AM Saturday, June 15, 2024 at St. Theodores Catholic Cemetery.
Oscar was born on January 11,...
Alice Pauline Spilde
Jun 5, 2024
Alice Pauline (Peak) Spilde, 97 passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at her residence at the Hidden Creek Estates in Albert Lea, MN. A funeral service will be held at 11am, Wednesday June 12 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, with a visitation held an hour prior to the service. Reverend Shane Koepke will be officiating.
Alice was born in Gothenburg,...
JoAnn Tordoff
Jun 5, 2024
JoAnn Tordoff, age 81, passed away June 5, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Tuesday, June 11 at First Lutheran Church in Glenville. Pastor Eileen Woyen will be officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. Burial will be at Winnebago Lutheran Church Cemetery.
JoAnn Genevieve (Holtan) Tordoff was born on...
Anthony Scott Tovar
Jun 2, 2024
Anthony Scott Tovar, age 38, our beloved son, brother, nephew and cousin passed away on June 2, 2024 at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City, IA from an emergency medical complication. A visitation will be held on Sunday, June 9 from 1 to 4 PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home and for one hour prior to service on Monday....
Robert James Herman
Jun 2, 2024
Robert James Herman, 82 passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2024 at the Prairie Senior Cottages in Albert Lea, MN. A funeral service will be held at 11AM on Friday, June 7, 2024 at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. A visitation will be held for an hour prior to the service at the church and from 4-6PM Thursday, June...
Arthur Clifford Winjum, Jr.
Jun 2, 2024
Arthur Winjum passed away June 2, 2024 at St. John’s Lutheran Community of Albert Lea. He was 77 years old.
Arthur Clifford Winjum Jr. was born October 17, 1946, at Albert Lea, Minnesota to parents Arthur C. Winjum Sr. and Beatrice Bell Winjum. Arthur, known as Art to his friends, and Bud to his family; was raised on a farm in...
Dale Robert Anderson
Jun 1, 2024
Dale Robert Anderson, 81, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2024 at his home in Albert Lea surrounded by his wife and son. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, June 7, from 1-3PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN.
Dale Anderson was born July 17, 1942 in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Benjamin and Cora (Tasker) Anderson....
Edythe G. Thompson
May 24, 2024
Edythe G. Thompson, 94, passed away Friday, May 24, 2024 at St. Anthony's Hospital surrounded by her loving family. A funeral service will be held at Bear Lake Church in Albert Lea at 2PM on Friday, May 31, 2024 with visitation held for an hour prior to the service. Pastor Lou Peters will be officiating.
Edythe was born on June 13,...
David Wesley Tilton
May 21, 2024
David Wesley Tilton, 82, passed away at his home in Albert Lea, Minnesota, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at Ascension Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, Minnesota. A visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. on the day of the service. Pastor Mark Boorsma will be officiating.
David...
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