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Susie Elizabeth Veldman
Jul 31, 2024
Susie Elizabeth (Kraay) Veldman, 96, passed away peacefully at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community on July 31. She was born August 7, 1927, at Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea, to Susie and Case Kraay of Hollandale. She attended school in Hollandale and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1945.
She was united in marriage to Bill Veldman on May 10,...
Gloria Ann Hall
Jul 30, 2024
Gloria Ann Hall, age 82, passed away Tuesday, July 30. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, August 6 at First Lutheran Church in Glenville. Pastor Kent Otterman will be officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery.
Gloria Hall was born on April 5, 1942,...
Thomas Eustis
Jul 20, 2024
Thomas Eustis, 59, a beloved member of the Albert Lea community, passed away on July 20, 2024, in the Good Samaritan Society Comfort Care in Austin Minnesota. A memorial service will be held on Friday, September 6, 2024 at 11AM at New Life Christian Church in Albert Lea with visitation to be held for an hour prior at the church.
Born...
Brian Egeness
Jul 20, 2024
Brian Lee Egeness, 48, passed away at his home in Albert Lea on Saturday, July 20, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. A visitation will be held the night before on Monday, July 29, 2024, from 5-7pm, along with an hour before the service. Pastor Don Malinsky...
Jerry Alan Copas
Jul 15, 2024
Jerry Alan Copas, 72, of Albert Lea, MN went home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 15, 2024 while holding his wife Cindy’s hand at Methodist Hospital in Rochester. Cause of death was Acute Myeloid Leukemia. A memorial service will be held at 11AM on Friday, July 19, 2024 at Bridge Community Church with visitation to be...
Arlis Smith
Jul 13, 2024
Arlis Smith, age 92, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, July 18, at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Arlis was born August 25, 1931, on the farm to George and Clara (Richter) Rebelein. She soon became her mother’s helper as her sister Audrey...
Robert Joseph Diaz
Jul 12, 2024
Robert Diaz, age 57, passed away on July 12, 2024 in Rochester, Minnesota, from complications due to kidney disease. Although Robert was a lifelong resident of Albert Lea, he was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, on April 25, 1967. A memorial service will be held at 12:00PM on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home with visitation being...
Arlys J. Eastvold
Jul 11, 2024
Arlys J. Eastvold passed away on July 11, 2024 at the age of 86. She was born on Feb. 6, 1938 in Mankato MN to Arthur Schaible and Florence (Oachs) Schaible (Standfest). Arlys married her first husband Duane Wallin in 1955; they had six children together. They later divorced, and Arlys met and married David Eastvold in 1974; they had...
Geraldine Sauke
Jul 9, 2024
Geraldine Rosetta (Rebelein) Sauke, age 95, passed away July 9, 2024. A private family memorial service will be held.
Geraldine Rosetta Sauke was born in Alden Township on April 19, 1929, to John and Hulda (Scherb) Rebelein. She lived in Freeborn County her entire life and received her schooling at District 81 School. On November 25, 1947, she was united in...
Gerald Obert Sveen
Jul 4, 2024
Gerald Obert Sveen died Thursday, July 4, 2024, at his home in Emmons, MN surrounded by his family. He will be deeply missed by all that were blessed to know him.
Gerald was born on June 19, 1945 in Albert Lea, MN to Obert and Gladys (Larson) Sveen. He was baptized at Silver Lake Church, in Northwood, Iowa. Gerald (Jerry) grew...
Darlene Rupp
Jul 3, 2024
Darlene Mae (Jenner) Rupp, 79, of Albert Lea, passed away on July 3, 2024. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 9 at 11:00 AM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home with a visitation held one hour prior. Reverend Charles Texeira will be officiating.
Darlene, daughter of Harry and Helen (Schwartz) Jenner, was born on August 9, 1944 and raised...
Valan Johnson
Jun 30, 2024
Valan Nelard Johnson (Val), age 76, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, July 12, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Chaplain Don Malinsky will be officiating. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Glenville. After burial, a celebration of...
Frank T. Cuden
Jun 25, 2024
Frank T. Cuden, age 81, of Albert Lea, passed away on June 25th, 2024.
He was born in Waukegan, Illinois and had lived in Albert Lea since 1972. Frank graduated from St. Benedict’s College, Atchinson, Kansas and was Director of the Alpha School for children and adults with developmental disabilities and later worked at Streator Store Fixtures and at Naeve Hospital....
Gary Meelker
Jun 25, 2024
Gary Meelker, 78, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at the St. Marks Nursing Home in Austin, MN. A Memorial Service for Gary will be held at 11am on Monday, July 8, 2024 at the Hollandale Christian Reformed Church in Hollandale, MN. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Reverend Wendall Davelaar will be officiating.
Gary...
Wayne Almon Sather
Jun 24, 2024
Wayne Almon Sather, 72, passed away on June 24, 2024 after a lengthy journey with Alzheimer’s. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at Round Prairie Lutheran Church at 10AM. Visitation will be held from 5-7PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home on Monday, July 1, 2024 and for an hour prior to the visitation at the...
Laraine Betty Troe
Jun 23, 2024
Laraine Betty Troe (Schnarr), age 83, of Albert Lea, MN passed peacefully at The Woodlands - St. John’s Lutheran Community on Sunday, June 23, 2024.
Betty Lorraine Schnarr was born October 28, 1940, in Albert Lea, MN, the daughter of Paul R. Schnarr and Betty A. Tusen. Laraine was the eldest of three sisters (Shirlee and Cheryl).
Laraine grew up in Albert...
Gordon Allen Hacker
Jun 14, 2024
Gordon "Gordie" Hacker, 88, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2024 at the St. Johns Woodlands campus in Albert Lea, MN. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 11am at the Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church in rural Joice, Iowa. A public visitation will start at 9:30 the morning of the service at the church. Paster...
Thomas Sadauskis
Jun 13, 2024
Thomas Sadauskis, age 80, passed away peacefully in his home in Albert Lea, Minnesota, on June 13, 2024. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Albert Lea Eagles Club on Friday June 21, 2024 starting at 6pm.
Tom lived a full and joyous life. He was born on December 13, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois to Alphonse and Sylvia Sadauskis....
Joel Martin
Jun 12, 2024
Joel David Martin, age 54, passed away June 12, 2024. A visitation will be held on Monday, June 17, 2024 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Albert Lea with visitation one hour prior.
Joel was born on June...
Omar B Joel Jr.
Jun 11, 2024
Omar Beal Joel Jr., 82, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Center of Albert Lea. A graveside service will be held at 2PM on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Albert Lea. Omar was born on April 2, 1942 in Wells, MN to Omar and Beulah (Boettcher) Joel. He grew up in Albert Lea, attending...
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