Obituaries

Sep 3, 2021

Sep 2, 2021

Esther Avis (Anderson) Pagel passed away peacefully on September 2nd, 2021 at Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea, Minnesota. She was born in Brisbane, North Dakota to William and Nancy Anderson on September 25, 1924. Esther had a large, blended family of six half-brothers and sisters, and six brothers and sisters.

She graduated from Leath High School...

Aug 31, 2021

Memorial Service for Solveig Peterson will be held at 3PM on Wednesday (9/8) at Grace Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Rev. Shane Koepke will officiate. Burial will be at Lakewood Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at the church. The service will be livestreamed via Grace Lutheran Church’s Youtube page and Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home’s...

Aug 31, 2021

Funeral services for Robert D. Reichl will be held on Friday, September 3, 2021 at 10:30 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home.  Pastor Clayton Balsley will officiate.  Visitation will be held Thursday September 2, 2021 from 5-7 pm at Bayview and 1 hour prior to the service on Friday. Per the family’s request, masks will be worn at the visitation and...

Aug 30, 2021

Orvis P. Rake, 95, of Albert Lea, MN, passed away at the New Richland Care Center on Monday, August 30, 2021. A Graveside Service will be held at 11Am on Sunday, September 5, 2021 at Salem Memorial Cemetery, rural Lake Mills, IA, with Rev. Shane Koepke presiding.

Orvis was born on June 7, 1926 to Johnnie and...

Aug 23, 2021

Funeral services for Daphne J. (Wangen) Wittmer, 89, of Albert Lea, Minnesota will be held Saturday August 28, 2021 at 10 am at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Pastor Matt Lehman will officiate. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The service will be live-streamed via www.bayviewfuneral.com.

Daphne was born on February...

Aug 22, 2021

Dorothy Christine (Kuhlmann) Greibrok, 94, of rural Austin, MN, passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at Mayo Health Systems in Austin, MN.  A Funeral Service will be held at 11AM on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at Faith Lutheran Church of London, MN with Rev. Kent Otterman presiding.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the...

Aug 20, 2021

Donald Leroy Porter, 87, of Willis, Texas, formerly of Albert Lea, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Friday, August, 20, 2021 at Thornecrest Senior Living.  A Funeral Service will be held at 2PM on Saturday, August, 28, 2021 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home with Rev. Clayton Balsley presiding. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. ...

Aug 15, 2021

Aug 14, 2021

Daniel Leo Wagner, loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, passed away at home at the age of 77 on Saturday August 14th. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 19th, 2021 at the First Lutheran Church in Ellendale at 11 a.m. Visitation will be held at the church one hour before service. Flowers may be sent to 503 Radel...

Aug 11, 2021

Memorial Service for Earl Parriott will be held on Thursday August 26 at 11am at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home 1415 N. Hwy 13, Albert Lea, MN 56007. Rev. Pamela Jensen will officiate. Burial will be in St. Peter Cemetery in New Richland. Visitation will be from 5-7pm on Wednesday August 25 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home and also 1 hour...

Aug 7, 2021

Ilo Yvonne Long, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday evening, August 7, 2021 at the age of eighty seven.

Ilo was born December 20, 1933 in Albert Lea to Alfred and Nora (Bergeson) Flugum. She graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1951. In...

Aug 5, 2021

Beloved mother and grandmother, Marian Gooden, 96, passed away August 5, 2021 in Lake Mills, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 am on Monday, August 9, 2021 at Mansfield Lutheran Church, rural Alden, MN.  Pastor Don Rose will officiate.  Visitation will be held from 10 am to 11:30 on Monday prior to the service. Interment will be at...

Aug 4, 2021

Wanda Hoiseth passed away, Wednesday, August 4, 2021, at the age of 76.  Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 PM, Monday, August 9, 2021 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home and for one hour before service on Tuesday.  Memorial service will be held at 10:30 AM at Grace Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Interment will...

Jul 31, 2021

Glenn Lewis Helland, 90, of Albert Lea, MN, passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2021 at St. John's on Fountain Lake.  A Memorial Service will be held at 2PM on Saturday August 14, 2021 at First Lutheran Church of Albert Lea with Rev. Roger Fears presiding.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the Church.  Interment will...

Jul 30, 2021

Monica Lynne Barr, age 61, passed on to be with the Lord peacefully while in Hospice care at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea on July 30, 2021.

Monica was born March 28, 1960 to Clare and Iris (Nelson) Vincent. She graduated in 1978 from Austin High School. She went on and completed vocational training after high school. She...

Jul 28, 2021

Marilyn B. (Wardell) Warner, 83, of Clarks Grove, MN, passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at St. Mary's Campus in Rochester.  

Jul 25, 2021

Visitation for Carl Benson will be held Monday, August 16, 2021 from 4pm to 6pm at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home.  A private family memorial service will follow visitation. Pastor Don Malinsky will officiate.

Carl David Benson of Oakland, MN passed away peacefully July 25, 2021.

Carl was born December 27, 1937 to Lewis and Olga (Haugen) Benson in Glasgow, Montana. 

He...

Jul 24, 2021

A Memorial Service will be held for Ramona Nelson on Friday, August 13, 2021 at 10 am at St. Theodore Catholic Church, Albert Lea, MN.  Fr. Kurt Farrell will officiate.  Burial will be at Freeborn Cemetery, Freeborn, MN.  Visitation will be held at the church 1 hour prior to the service.

Ramona Ann (Kunerth) Nelson, age 73, passed away peacefully...

Jul 24, 2021

Funeral services for Ingeborg Reindal will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Alden, Minnesota.  Visitation will be at Bayview Funeral Home on Wednesday July 28 from 4-6 p.m., and one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. 

Ingeborg Anna Reindal was born January 30, 1922, to Axel and...