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Richard Allen Wilder
Apr 20, 2023
Richard Allen Wilder, 63, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2023, at St. John's Lutheran Community. Memorial service will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Reverend Matthew Hundley will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Inurnment will be at St. Casimir Cemetery in Wells.
Richard was born on...
Rickland Hanson
Apr 18, 2023
Rickland Paul Hanson, 71, passed away on April 18, 2023, at St Mary's in Rochester. A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 2PM at the Eagles Club, Albert Lea. Military honors will be held at 3PM at the Eagles Club.
Rickland was born on July 1, 1951, to Harlan and Arline (Hassler) Hanson...
Michael Weydert
Apr 18, 2023
Michael Clifford Weydert, age 92, died April 18, 2023 in New Richland, MN. The son of Michael and Josephine (Weber) Weydert, Mike was born March 31, 1931 in Waseca, MN. He attended New Richland schools and then Mankato State College for one year. He, his sisters and parents attended All Saints Catholic Church, and it was there he spotted a...
Almyra Seath
Apr 18, 2023
Almyra Seath, 100, Blooming Prairie
Almyra Lavina Seath died April 18, 2023 at Prairie Manor in Blooming Prairie MN.
She was born November 7, 1922 in Ellendale Minnesota to parents Weller and Minnie (Larson) Welch.
Along with her husband Wayne they lived and farmed near Geneva for 16 years. She became a widow when her husband passed away in...
Wendell Joseph Nesse
Apr 17, 2023
Wendell Joseph Nesse, 72, peacefully passed away in his sleep at his home in Albert Lea, MN on Monday April 17, 2023. The funeral service will be held at Ascension Lutheran Church in Albert Lea on Friday April 21, 2023 at 2pm. A visitation will be held the night prior April 20 from 5-7pm at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral home along...
David Kuiters
Apr 11, 2023
Jacob David Kuiters, 87, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at Banner-Baywood Hospital in Mesa, AZ. A viewing service will be held from 1-3pm on Friday, April 28th 2023 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. Burial will immediately follow the viewing at Graceland Cemetery.
David was born on August 31, 1935 to Jacob and Marie Kuiters in...
Arlean Stadheim
Apr 9, 2023
Arlean “Babe” (Bakken) Stadheim, 99 passed away on April 9, 2023 at St. Johns Lutheran Campus in Albert Lea, MN. A Memorial service will be held 10:30am on Friday April 21, 2023 at the East Freeborn Lutheran Church, with a visitation held an hour before the service. The burial will be a private family event at another date. Pastor Matt...
Barbara Louise Gilbertson
Apr 8, 2023
Barbara Louise Gilbertson passed into heaven on April 8, 2023 at the Mayo Hospital in Mankato surrounded by her family. A funeral service will be held 10am Friday April 14, 2023 at the Concordia Pickerel Lake Lutheran Church, with a visitation held the night prior from 5-7pm at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, along with an hour before the service. Pastor Josh...
Larry Severtson
Apr 7, 2023
Larry Eugene Severtson, 82, passed away Friday, April 7, 2023, at Thorne Crest Retirement Home in Albert Lea, MN.
Larry was born on October 2, 1940, to Carl and Ruby (Schneider) Severtson. Larry’s days of working were for Bridley Auto Salvage and Albert Lea Tractor Parts.
Larry is survived by his sister-in-law Ruth Ann (Severtson) Rietveld and her husband Cornie,...
Floyd Spilde
Apr 7, 2023
Floyd Spilde, 96, passed away April 7, 2023. Funeral service will be held at 3 PM on Monday, April 17, 2023, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home with Michael Lillianthal officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Military rites will be performed by the Albert Lea American Legion and V.F.W. Interment will be at Graceland Cemetery.
Floyd Raymond...
Evelyn Harriet Carlson
Apr 7, 2023
Evelyn Harriet Carlson, age 89, of Albert Lea passed away Friday, April 7, 2023. Funeral Services will be held at 11am Monday, April 10 at the Central Freeborn Lutheran Church. Rev Matt Griggs will officiate. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.
Evelyn Harriet Carlson was born on May 9, 1933 to Goske and Selma Goskeson...
Arlene Hobbiebrunken
Apr 6, 2023
Arlene Hobbiebrunken, 88, passed away April 6, 2023 at the St. John’s Nursing Home in Albert Lea, MN. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 PM on Monday, April 17 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and for one hour prior to service at the church on Tuesday. Funeral service will be held at 11 am Tuesday, April 18 at Grace...
Kay Marie Jensen
Mar 28, 2023
Kay Jensen passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2023. A funeral Service will be held at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home at 10 AM on Friday, April 14, 2023. Pastor Don Malinsky will be officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Inurnment will take place at a later date at Winnebago Cemetery in Winnebago, Nebraska.
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Bradley Hammer
Mar 24, 2023
“To The Last Man”
In Memory of Bradley Dale Hammer
Bradley Dale Hammer was born October 2, 1940, to Doris (Conrad) and Glen Hammer, the first of three children. Brad attended school in Albert Lea, MN, graduating high school in 1959. After high school, Brad worked for Paige and Hill, Berglund Sporting Goods and later went to basic training...
Norlan Stalhiem
Mar 23, 2023
Norlan Stalhiem, 89, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023. A private family burial will be held at a later date.
Dennis Gulbertson
Mar 22, 2023
Dennis Gulbertson passed away on March 22, 2023 at 1:11am in Owatonna, MN. The Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, March 29 at 1pm at the New Life Christian Church in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 28 from 5-7pm at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN along with an hour before...
John Barron
Mar 20, 2023
It is with a heavy heart that the Barron family announces the passing of John Barron. He left us as a loving husband to Linda Barron, father to Shannon (Eric) Weiss and Raymond Barron, grandfather to Zachary Weiss, Gabrielle (Conner) Malo, Grace Barron and Maxwell Weiss, and lastly great grandfather to Kit Malo and Samuel Malo. He passed away on...
Susan Ann Storlie
Mar 19, 2023
Susan Ann Storlie passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at St. Johns Woodlands Community in Albert Lea, MN. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at 2:00 PM at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN, with a visitation held one hour prior to the service. Pastor Don Malinsky will be officiating.
Susan was...
Alberta Marion "Bert" Brandt
Mar 19, 2023
Alberta Marion "Bert" Brandt, 93, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 2:00pm at Trinity Lutheran Church with Reverend Eileen Woyen officiating. Visitation will be held an hour prior. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Alberta Marion (Fuchs) Brandt was born in Easton, MN on November 15, 1929,...
Robert Mickelsen
Mar 19, 2023
Robert “Bob” Brolin Mickelsen, 75, passed away peacefully in his sleep, Sunday March 19th, 2023.
Robert was born September 18th, 1947 to Einer and Ella Mickelsen of Albert Lea. Bob was an only child. His childhood was spent on a farm outside of Twin Lakes. He graduated from Emmons High School in 1965. In 1978, he married the love of...
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