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Kermit Bronson
Dec 24, 2021
Kermit Bronson, age 90, passed away December 24, 2021. A private burial will be held at a later date.
Lorrie Elaine Fjermestad
Dec 19, 2021
Memorial Service for Lorrie Fjermestad will be held at 10 AM, Saturday, September 10 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to service.
Lorrie Elaine Hahn Fjermestad was born in Northwood, Iowa, daughter of Lorenze Hahn and Nellie Oyer Hahn on January 19, 1928. She went home to Jesus peacefully on December 19, 2021, at...
Roger F. Rayman
Dec 18, 2021
A Celebration of Life for Roger F. Rayman will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 1pm at the Bohemian Brick Hall, Myrtle, MN. Burial will be at Bohemian National Cemetery, Myrtle, MN at a later date.
Roger Fred Rayman was born on February 28, 1931 to Fred and Lillian Rayman. He grew up in rural Myrtle, MN where...
Tracy Vandegrift
Dec 17, 2021
On the morning of December 17, 2021, surrounded by family, Tracy Vandegrift went peacefully home to be with her Lord and join her beloved husband, Doug. Tracy Vande Kamp was born at home in Iowa in 1923, to Henry and Nellie (Post) Vande Kamp. The family later moved to Hollandale, MN. She graduated from Albert Lea High School.
After a...
Mark C. Peterson
Dec 15, 2021
Mark Carl Peterson, 74, of Albert Lea, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, December 15, 2021.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at 11am at United Methodist Church, Albert Lea, MN. Pastor John Mitchem will officiate. Visitation will be held on Monday, December 20, 2021, from 4 to 7pm at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and 1...
Loring L. Olson
Dec 15, 2021
Loring L. Olson, 89, of Albert Lea, MN passed away on December 15, 2021, at St John’s Fountain Lake Campus, Albert Lea, MN.
A Celebration of Life will be held Monday, December 20, 2021, at 10:30 am at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Pastor Don Malinsky will officiate. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to...
Mildred "Millie" Westland
Dec 14, 2021
Mildred “Millie” Westland, 81, of Hayward, MN passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at her home with loved ones present.
Funeral Services will be held Monday, December 20, 2021, at 2pm at Hayward Lutheran Church, Hayward, MN. Pastor Josh Enderson will officiate. Burial will be at the Hayward Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, December 19, 2021, from 4pm to...
Darlene L. Tue
Dec 14, 2021
Darlene L. Tue, 92, of Albert Lea, MN passed away on December 14, 2021 at her home.
A memorial service will be held at 1:30PM Thursday April 7, 2022 at the Silver Lake Lutheran church in Northwood, Iowa, and Inurnment following at the South Silver Lake Cemetery located in Northwood, Iowa. A visitation will be held 1 hour prior to...
Carol Ann (Evenson) Manuel
Dec 13, 2021
Carol Ann Manuel, 73, of Albert Lea, passed away at St. John’s Luther Place of Albert Lea on Monday, December 13, 2021 surrounded by her family. A Memorial Service will be held at 11AM on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home with Pastor Matt Hundley presiding. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will take...
Dan Mellum
Dec 11, 2021
Dan Mellum, 72, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Saturday, December 18, 2021, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Pastor Don Malinsky will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Glenville. Military rites will be performed by the Albert Lea VFW and American...
Douglas M. Blouin
Dec 8, 2021
Douglas M. Blouin, 61, of Ellendale, MN passed away December 8, 2021 at his home. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 2pm at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, Albert Lea. Reverend Kyle Smith will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service on Wednesday (12/15). Burial will be at 1st Lutheran Church Cemetery,...
Marian Lewis Hensrud
Dec 8, 2021
Marian Lewis Hensrud was born January 3, 1929 in Blooming Prairie, MN, to Leonard and Avery (Nelson) Lewis. Marian graduated from Blooming Prairie High School in 1946. On October 25, 1947 Marian married the love of her life, Irvin Hensrud. From this union, they had a son, Gary, and a daughter Nancy. When Irvin passed away in 1993, they had...
David Allen Jones
Dec 5, 2021
David Allen Jones, 79 of Hartland, Minnesota, passed away at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, December 5, 2021. A Memorial Service will be held at 10AM on Friday, December 17, 2021 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home with Rev. Kent Otterman presiding. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services. Burial will take place at Ft. Snelling National...
Russell John Roozenboom
Dec 5, 2021
Russell (Russ) John Roozenboom, age 70, of Albert Lea, MN died peacefully on December 5, 2021 at his home with family by his side. He spent a number of weeks at the hospital during Fall 2021 while battling various health complications from endocarditis until he started hospice care. Russ was happy to spend his final days at home where he...
Joyce C. Leach
Dec 3, 2021
Joyce C. Leach, 84, of Albert Lea, MN passed away Friday, December 3, 2021, at Mayo Clinic – St Mary’s Campus, Rochester, MN.
Joyce Carolyn Anderson was born May 18, 1937, in Yankton, South Dakota to Reuben C. and Laura P. (Kelley) Anderson. The family then moved to Akron, Iowa where Joyce grew up and graduated high school.
Joyce was...
Charles Helmer Kermes
Dec 3, 2021
Charles H. Kermes passed away on Friday, December 3, 2021, at his home.
Funeral Services for Charlie will be held on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at 12:00pm at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea, MN. Fr. Kurt Farrell will officiate. Burial will be a Bohemian National Cemetery, Myrtle, MN. Visitation will be held Tuesday December 7, 2021, from 4...
Clare R. Vincent
Dec 1, 2021
Clare Reese Vincent, age 91, passed on to be with the Lord peacefully while in Hospice care at his home in Albert Lea on December 1, 2021.
Clare was born June 13, 1930 to Earl and Cassie (Reese) Vincent. He grew up on the family farm in Missouri until he was 13, and then the family relocated to Austin,...
Joel D. Troska
Nov 29, 2021
Joel David Troska, age 60, of Alden, MN, passed away on Monday, November 29, 2021 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
A memorial service will be held Monday, December 6, 2021 at 11 am at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Pastor John Mitchem will officiate. Visitation will be held prior to the service on Monday (12/6) from 9am to 11am at Bayview.
Joel was...
Ila Lavon Anderson
Nov 28, 2021
Ila L. Anderson 91, passed away November 28, 2021 at Thorne Crest Retirement Center in Albert Lea, MN.
Funeral Services for Ila L. (Wahlers) Anderson will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Chaplain Scott Sokol will officiate. Visitation will be Wednesday December 1, 2021 from 4pm to 6pm at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home...
Lyra Tigerlily Sullivan
Nov 27, 2021
Lyra Tigerlily Sullivan, infant daughter of Nicholas Sullivan and Damontira Johnson passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021 at the age of 4 months, 2 days at her home.
Arrangements are pending with Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home.
Service details and full obituary to follow.
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