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Barbara Heavner
Jul 5, 2023
Barbara Joan Heavner, age 87, passed peacefully at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester on July 5, 2023. A Memorial service will be held at 11am Wednesday, July 12 at the First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Visitation will be held for an hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be held at Graceland cemetery following the service. Reverend...
Arlen Gene Nesset
Jul 5, 2023
Arlen Nesset passed away on July 5, 2023, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, MN at the age of 82, surrounded by his family.
A funeral service will be held at 2pm on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at First Lutheran Church in Glenville, MN. Pastor Dale Svendsen will be officiating. The burial will be at Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood, IA. Visitation...
Wesley Hanson
Jun 27, 2023
Wesley Earl Hanson, age 84, of Elk River, MN (formerly of Albert Lea) passed away peacefully on June 27, 2023 at Maple Grove Hospital.
A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on July 8 at Oakland Lutheran Church. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to service at the church. Inurnment will be at Oakland Cemetery.
Wes...
Lorraine Adele Anderson
Jun 25, 2023
Lorraine Adele Anderson formerly of rural Glenville, age 96, died on June 25, 2023 at the Lake Mills Care Center in Lake Mills, IA. A funeral service will be held Monday, July 3rd at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home at 10am with visitation held an hour prior. Pastor Eileen Woyen will be officiating.
Lorraine was born on August 13, 1926 to...
John Knutson
Jun 25, 2023
John Robert Knutson, 76, died Sunday, June 25th 2023, at his home after battling pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by his loved ones at the time of passing. John was born in Albert Lea to Luman and Louise Knutson. He attended Albert Lea High School of 1965, he also attended Mankato State College. John and Kathryn shared 55 years...
James "Jim" Eugene Marth Jr.
Jun 20, 2023
James “Jim” Eugene Marth Jr., age 65 of Alden, died at his home on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. A memorial service will be held at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home at noon on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, with a visitation held an hour before the service. Pastor Kristi Mitchell will be officiating.
Jim was born August 22, 1957 in Wiesbaden, Germany....
Patricia "Pembie" Erickson
Jun 19, 2023
Patricia “Pembie” Buckman Erickson passed away at her home at St. John’s Water’s Edge on Monday, June 19, 2023, of leukemia.
Pembie was born September 5, 1945, in Mpls., Minn., to Philip and Mariam (Eriksen) Buckman. She grew up in Le Center where she graduated in the high school class of 1963. She graduated from Augsburg College in 1968 with...
Robert Ackland
Jun 13, 2023
Robert Ackland, age 83, passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2023. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM on Friday, June 23 at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Reverend Roger Fears will be officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. Inurnment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Military rites will be provided by...
Melvin Anderson
Jun 13, 2023
Mel was born in Duluth, MN on August 26, 1929, lived in Proctor, MN, and went to school there until the 9th grade. In the “Famous Moody Band”, he was part of the drum major team and played the saxophone.
He spent one year at Shenandoah Middle School in Miami, FL, and the balance of high school in Two Harbors,...
Doris Ilene Reynen
Jun 12, 2023
Doris Ilene (Krull) Reynen passed away on Monday, June 12, 2023, in Albert Lea, MN. A private funeral service will be held at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home with burial at the Hollandale Cemetery. Pastor Neal Ooms will be officiating.
Born June 10, 1925, in Corsica, SD, Doris...
Mathilda Agnes "Tillie" Francis
Jun 11, 2023
Mathilda Agnes “Tillie” Frances, 82 passed away on Sunday, June 11, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Home in Albert Lea, MN. The Funeral Service will be held at 2pm Saturday, June 17th at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. The visitation will be held from 5-7pm on Friday, June 16th at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and an hour prior to the service on...
Jeffrey Norris Hagen
Jun 8, 2023
Jeff Hagen passed away on June 8th, 2023, at the age of 64 years old. He was born in Albert Lea, MN to Norris and Geraldine (DeBruyn) Hagen on June 7th, 1959.
Jeff attended area schools in Albert Lea. He was a hard worker from a young age and enjoyed working alongside his father and uncles in his early years....
Bonnie Rosa Schuhmacher
Jun 8, 2023
Bonnie Rosa Schuhmacher, 84, of Albert Lea, MN, passed away Thursday, June 8, 2023 at Brookridge Heights Assisted Living and Memory Care in Marquette, MI with family by her side. A funeral service will be held at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 20 at 2:00pm with visitation being held for half an hour prior to the service. Following...
Larry Olson
Jun 8, 2023
Larry Ray Olson, 75 of Albert Lea, Minnesota passed away peacefully at the VA Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota surrounded by his family. A Memorial Service with Military Rites will be held at 1:00, Friday June 16, 2023 at Bayview Funeral Home. Visitation will be held, 11:00-1:00, 2 hours prior to the service.
Larry was born on July 27, 1947 to...
Troy Allen Edwin
Jun 8, 2023
Troy Edwin, age 62, passed away June 8, 2023. Funeral Service will be held at 1:30 PM, Thursday, June 15 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Inurnment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Troy Allen Edwin was born April 13, 1962 in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Gary and Carole (Berry)...
Martin Ole Yttrevold
Jun 8, 2023
Martin Ole Yttrevold Jr. passed away at his home Thursday, June 8, surrounded by loved ones/ A memorial service will be held Wednesday, June 14 at 2pm at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home with visitation held an hour prior. Burial will be held at Hillcrest Cemetery following the service. Food and reminiscence will be shared at the Eagles Club, Albert Lea...
Deborah Johnson
Jun 7, 2023
Deborah F. Johnson passed away June 7, 2023 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minn. of cancer. She was 74 years. She was born to Earl and Irene Anderson March 27, 1949 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. She was a member of the Eagles. She loved playing pool, playing cards and loved watching the Vikings. Deb worked for Service Master...
David Norbert Mullenbach
Jun 5, 2023
David Mullenbach, age 79 of Albert Lea, passed away June 5, 2023. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, June 12 at 10:30 am at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea. Fr. Kurt Farrell will be presiding. Visitation will be held Sunday, June 11 from 3 to 6 PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home and for one hour...
Arden Bergland
Jun 4, 2023
Arden Bergland, 87 passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2023, at the Prairie Senior Cottages in New Richland, MN. A Memorial Service will be held at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home at 2pm on Friday, June 9th, 2023, with a visitation held one hour prior to the service. Pastor Josh Enderson will be officiating.
Arden Bergland was born on July 15, 1935,...
Gary Hoverson
May 26, 2023
Gary Eugene Hoverson, age 80, passed away May 26, 2023. A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, June 4 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service. Burial will be at North Round Prairie Cemetery.
Gary was born January 29th, 1943, in Albert Lea, to Julius and Stella (Amundson) Hoverson....
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