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...
Evelyn Irene Brackey
Jan 12, 2025
Evelyn Brackey passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 12 at Good Samaritan Society in Albert Lea surrounded by her family members. She was 98 years old.
Evelyn Wendell was born in Manly, Iowa on June 16, 1926, to Oliver and Catherine (Lennon) Wendell. She began her schooling in Adams, Minnesota before the family moved to Albert Lea. She attended St. Theodore...
Marjorie Beiser
Jan 11, 2025
Marjorie Beiser, 92, passed away at the Thorne Crest Senior Living Community on Saturday, January 11, 2025. A funeral service will be held at 10:30am on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at the Ascension Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, MN, with a visitation held an hour prior to the service. Pastor Mark Boorsma will be officiating.
Marjorie was born on May 21,...
Bonnie Ashpole
Jan 10, 2025
Bonnie (Flanagan) Ashpole was born October 17, 1944, in Albert Lea to Hans and Erna (Schwarz) Johannsen. She grew up in New Richland and attended New Richland-Hartland High School, where she was involved in 4-H, and achieved many awards. In 1962, she was united in marriage to Michael Flanagan. From this union three children were born. Michael passed away in...
Winston Spencer Beiser
Jan 9, 2025
Winston Spencer Beiser was born December 29, 1954. He grew up on the family farm outside Conger, Minnesota. He graduated from Alden Conger High School, and went on to graduate with distinction with a degree in Agronomy from the University of Minnesota. In his career Winston found joy working in the farming community at Farmland Co-op, Golden Harvest, substitute teaching...
Thomas Alfred Stensrude
Jan 5, 2025
Thomas Alfred Stensrude, 80, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at his home in Madison Lake, MN.
Thomas was married to Jeanne Nelson, and together they had three children: Clarke, Tonia, and Roy.
Thomas is survived in death by his wife Jeanne; children Clarke and wife Diane Stensrude, Roy and wife Janice Stensrude, and Tonia and husband Michael Higgins; grandchildren Brent...
Samantha Jade Bertelson
Jan 3, 2025
It is with profound sadness and overwhelming love that we share the passing of our spunky, sweet Samantha, who was unexpectantly born in Fairmont (almost on I90) and then lived her young years in Redwood Falls, baptized at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, and spent much of her life growing up in Albert Lea, MN.
Born with spina bifida, Sam lived in...
Richard Dean Havener
Jan 2, 2025
Richard Dean Havener passed away peacefully at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea, MN on January 2, 2025 at the age of 94. Richard was preceded in death by his parents, Ollie Jessie Havener and Vivian Lucille (Meek) Havener; siblings Beverly Cambern, Shirley Plevka, Donna Speiker, and Robert Havener; and his life partner Patricia Burrows.
Richard was truly one of...
Yvonne Kay Dahl
Dec 31, 2024
Yvonne (Vonnie) Kay Dahl (Isaacson) passed away peacefully on December 31, 2024, at the age of 90. A Funeral service will be held at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home at 11AM on Saturday, January 4, 2025, with visitation to be held for an hour prior. Burial will be held at Oaklawn cemetery in Emmons. Chaplain Don Malinsky will be officiating.
Yvonne was...
Michael C. Schoepf
Dec 27, 2024
Michael C. Schoepf, 74, of Albert Lea, MN passed away on Friday, December 27, 2024, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, MN.
Michael was born on June 22, 1950, in Canova, SD. On January 16, 1971, Michael married Beverly Healy at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Montrose, SD.
Michael is survived by his wife Beverly, daughter Maria, and son Tony.
Inurnment will take place...