Paul "Butch" Westrum
Feb 27, 2025
Paul “Butch” Westrum, age 83, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at St. Johns on fountain lake the woodlands. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10AM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation shall be held from 4-6PM on Friday, March 28, 2025 and for an hour prior to the service at the funeral...
William Stieler
Feb 27, 2025
William Stieler, age 71, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2025. A memorial service will be held in the spring.
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Mary Ann Petran
Feb 23, 2025
Mary Ann Petran was born May 16, 1929, in Chicago to Thomas and Elizabeth Curtis and passed away February 23. 2025. Her mother passed away when Mary Ann was 13, but despite this hardship, she graduated from Lyons Township High School in 1947 before enrolling at Nashville’s Ward Belmont (a girls’ “finishing” school, Mary Ann would say with a smile)....
Harold Holty
Feb 21, 2025
Funeral services for Harold E. Holty will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Salem Lutheran Church, Albert Lea. Pastor Mark Boorsma will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service on Saturday. A Private interment will take place at Hillcrest Cemetery. Bayview-Freeborn Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.
Harold passed away at the age...
Inge Rhiger
Feb 20, 2025
Inge Rhiger, 92, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held on April 13, 2025 at 2PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home.
Inge was born on April 26, 1932, in Giessen, Germany, to Willi and Paula (Kreiling) Bellof. She grew up in Germany, where she...
Robert Leroy Kluender
Feb 20, 2025
Robert L. Kluender, age 88, of Albert Lea passed away suddenly on February 20, 2025 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin MN.
Robert was born on November 28, 1936 to Samuel and Lilah Kluender. He graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1954. He married Joanne Hoyt on September 10, 1958 and together they raised two children, Lori and Todd,...
Paula Ann Thimmesch
Feb 20, 2025
Paula Ann (Theuer) Thimmesch, 76, a cherished mother, grandma, and great-grandma, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2025, at her home in Glenville, MN, surrounded by her Family. Paula had a long battle with Heart and Kidney failure and was recently diagnosed with Dementia. Charles took care of her as her illnesses progressed. A memorial service will be held at 11am...
Harold Martin Holstad
Feb 17, 2025
Harold Martin Holstad, age 89, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 17, 2025 with his daughters at his side.
Harold was born on August 10, 1935 to Morris and Alice (Brunsvold) Holstad. He grew up and graduated High School in Lake Mills, Iowa. After graduating High School, he joined the Army in 1958 and served for 5 years. Harold married Jeanne...
Lester Anderson
Feb 15, 2025
Lester G. Anderson, age 90 of Albert Lea MN, passed away Saturday February 15, 2025 at Mayo's Eisenberg Care Center in Rochester.
Les was born May 31, 1934, to Gehard and Bernice (Nelson) Anderson. He graduated from Bricelyn High in 1952 and, shortly after, proudly served in the U.S.Army. He married Lois Katzung in July of 1957 and together they raised...
Roger Wayne Loken
Feb 13, 2025
Roger Wayne Loken, age 81 of Rochester/Albert Lea passed away Thursday, February 13, 2025 at Good Samaritan Society, Albert Lea, MN. A memorial service will be held at a later date at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Preston, MN.
Roger was born April 12, 1943 to Arthur and Dorothy Loken in Waseca, MN. He grew up on the farm and graduated...
Florence Gilster
Feb 10, 2025
Florence Gilster, 84, passed on Monday, February 10, 2025. A funeral service will be held at 11am on Friday, February 14, 2025 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held an hour before the service at the church. Pastor Eileen Woyen will be officiating.
Florence was born on November 11, 1940 to Louis and Nellie...
Sylvia Hertel
Feb 5, 2025
Sylvia Margaret Hertel passed away on February 5, 2025 in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Sylvia was born to Leonard Jacob Hertel and Estella Marie Louise “Stella” Hertel (née Hueners) on June 23, 1949 in McLaughlin, South Dakota.
She graduated from Lead High School, Lead, South Dakota, in 1967, and over the following 20 years, attended San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas, and...
Vivian Carol Peterson
Feb 3, 2025
After a long complex health journey Vivian Carol Peterson passed away in her home surrounded by loved ones on February 3, 2025. She was 85. Funeral services will be held at Bayview Funeral Home, 1415 State Hwy 13, in Albert Lea MN on Saturday February 15, at 2:00 p.m. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Vivian was born...
Peter Bayek
Feb 1, 2025
The Tutlam family invites family and friends to join us in honoring Peter’s life and legacy. Visitation will take place on Friday evening at Bayview Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. The funeral service will be held in Mankato, MN on February 22, 2025, at Bethel Baptist Church, shortly followed by burial service at Calvary Cemetery in Mankato. Following the...
James Walter Locke
Jan 31, 2025
James was born on July 12, 1945 in Columbus, Ohio to Walter and Elizabeth (Schiemk-Tramby) Locke. He grew up in Bemidji, Minnesota and attended Bemidji High School. After graduating he immediately joined the work force and worked as a truck driver until retiring in 2007. He married the love of his life Janet (Yauger) Locke and together they had four...
Carl Victor Peterson
Jan 30, 2025
Carl Victor Peterson, age 69, passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2025. A funeral service will be held at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 10AM. Visitation shall be held at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, from 5-7PM and for an hour prior to the service. Burial will be held at Hillcrest...
Richard Woolery
Jan 26, 2025
Richard Charles Woolery passed away on January 26, 2025, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Born on July 27, 1944, in Blue Earth, Minnesota, Richard was raised in Knoxville, Iowa. After graduation, Richard pursued a degree in industrial engineering at Dunwoody Institute. During the Vietnam War, he proudly served his country as a Sergeant in the United States Air Force, where his...
Gary Tritle
Jan 19, 2025
Gary Lee Tritle, age 55, passed away January 19, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Thursday, January 23 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Reverend Kent Otterman will officiate.A visitation will be held one hour prior to service.
Gary was born on December 18, 1969, in Anamosa, Iowa to Mark Ekstrom and Mary (Tritle) VonHagen. He grew...
Ron DeVries
Jan 18, 2025
Ron DeVries born December 18, 1966 of Hollandale, MN, passed away peacefully Saturday January 18, 2025, in his home. He was born in Sussex, New Jersey and later moved to Hayward Minnesota with his family. He attended Hollandale Christan School through eighth grade and then graduated from Albert Lea Senior High School in 1985. He then attended Austin Vo Tech...
Dorothy Petersen
Jan 18, 2025
Dorothy Petersen, 89, passed away on Saturday January 18, 2025 at the Thorne Crest Retirement Center in Albert Lea, MN. A funeral service will be held at 11am on Friday, January 24, 2025 at the St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service, with burial following at the St. Theodore...