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Mary Jane Anderson
Sep 25, 2023
Mary Jane Anderson passed away on Monday, September 25 at her home surrounded by her loved ones in Albert Lea, MN. A memorial service will be held Thursday, October 12 at 2pm at First Lutheran Church. Visitation to be held an hour prior to the service. Pastor Joy Knoppel will be officiating.
Mary was born August 11, 1947 to Kenneth...
Lillian Carlsen
Sep 24, 2023
Lillian Carlsen, 97 passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2023, at the Prairie Senior Cottages in Albert Lea. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 11am at the Round Prairie Lutheran Church, with a visitation starting at 9:30am. Pastor Kent Otterman will be officiating.
Lillian was born June 6, 1926 on the farm near Emmons,...
Sharon Brace
Sep 23, 2023
Sharon Brace, 81, passed away Saturday, September 23 2023 at the Prairie Senior Cottages in New Richland. A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 14 at 10AM at the Sojourners Church in Albert Lea with visitation held an hour prior. Pastor Tyler Mykkanen will be officiating.
Sharon was born May 3, 1942 to Kenneth and Mavis Cowden in Rochester....
Robert Ardell Indrelie
Sep 21, 2023
Robert Ardell Indrelie, age 84, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 21, 2023 with his wife Shirley and daughter Tamara by his side at Good Samaritan Society.
Funeral services for Bob will be held on Saturday, September 30, 2023at 10:30 am at West Freeborn Lutheran Church. Pastor Marcia Pedersen will officiate. Burial will be at West Freeborn Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation...
Randall Alan Schultz
Sep 17, 2023
Randall Alan Schultz was born on September 27, 1953, to Kenneth and Lois (May) Schultz in Osage, Iowa. He enjoyed growing up on the family farm. He enjoyed looking for Native American arrow heads. He also liked collecting old pennies and other historical relics. His favorite pass times were watching the Twins and Viking games. Randall worked at Streaters for...
Keith Warren Heavner
Sep 17, 2023
Our Precious Lord called Keith Warren Heavner home Sunday, September 17, 2023 at the age of 89 years. A memorial service will be held at 11am on Friday October 6 at the United Methodist Church in Albert Lea. A visitation will be held from 4-6pm on Thursday October 5, 2023 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and an hour before the...
Louise G Pederson
Sep 14, 2023
Louise G Pederson, 74, passed away Thursday, September 14 2023 at the New Richland Care Center. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, September 20 at 11AM at Bayview Freeborn funeral home with visitation held an hour prior. Reverend Kent Otterman will be officiating.
Louise was born August 24, 1949 to Carlyle and Ernestine Johnson in Albert Lea. She grew...
Seth G. Kilian-Bock
Sep 11, 2023
Seth G. Kilian-Bock, age 27, passed away September 11, 2023. A visitation will be held from 10 AM to 1 PM on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Interment will be at Geneva Cemetery.
Seth's decade long struggle with addiction sadly ended at 3:26 am on September 11, 2023 at Methodist hospital in Rochester, MN. Despite the...
Ronald Archer Siblerud
Sep 7, 2023
Ronald Archer Siblerud, of rural Hartland, Minnesota, passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on September 7, 2023, at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 am., on Thursday, September 14th, at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Visitation will be one hour before the service, beginning at 9:00...
John Roger Engen
Aug 31, 2023
John Roger Engen (73 years old) of Wells, MN passed away on August 31, 2023 from a heart attack at 9:41 pm.
He will be cremated, and a Celebration of Life for John will be held on October 14, 2023 from 12 to 4 PM at the Wells Community Center in Wells, MN. (189 2nd St. S.E., Wells, MN) He...
Lila Griggs
Aug 25, 2023
Lila Griggs, 79 passed away peacefully at Halifax Health Hospice in Port Orange, Florida. A resident of Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, Lila loved life, family and friends.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, September 29, 2023, at 11 am at Central Freeborn Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service...
Debra "Debby" Jo Lynn Shanks
Aug 22, 2023
Debra (Debby) Jo Lynn Shanks passed away peacefully surrounded by her most loved ones in Rochester, MN on August 22, 2023 after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. A Celebration of Life for Debby will be held on Saturday October 7th, 2023 from 12:00 (Noon) to 4:00pm at the Edgewater Park Large Pavilion in Albert Lea, MN. Light...
Anna Hoes
Aug 21, 2023
Ann Hoes, 89, of Albert Lea, MN, died peacefully at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Austin, MN, on August 21, 2023, from complications of Covid.
Anna Louise Burrell Stafford Hoes was born March 11, 1934, the second child of Delevan Scott Burrell and Mildred Irene (Werner) Burrell. She was raised on the family farm with her older brother Robert (1930-2013)...
Mary Agnes Shafenberg
Aug 21, 2023
Mary, 86, passed away August 21, after battling Alzheimers the last few years. Preceded in death by her parents, Veronica and Ross Shafenberg and her sister Jean(Bill) Olson. She is survived by niece Suzie Olson, and nephews Bill (Angie) Olson and David (Cris) Olson, great niece Brooke (Jimmy) Blair and their daughters Adeline and Elowen, and great nephews Alex Scherber...
Paul Pierson
Aug 17, 2023
Paul Ellsworth Pierson passed away peacefully at Lake Mills Care Home in Iowa on August 17, 2023. He was surrounded by family and wonderful care staff to whom he sang “You Are My Sunshine” in his rich timbre just five days earlier. Paul was born on April 13, 1936 to L. Clifford and Ida G. Pierson in Albert Lea, Minn. He...
Arthur John Wipplinger
Aug 17, 2023
Arthur John Wipplinger, 78 years old, of Albert Lea, MN died peacefully in his home on Thursday, August 17, 2023. Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, August 26, 2023 10:00 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Our Savior’s Cemetery in Kiester. In lieu...
Linda Kathryn Applegate
Aug 16, 2023
Linda Kathryn (Brown) Applegate went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 16. Linda was born on July 18, 1947, in Seattle to Arthur and Lucille Brown. Linda graduated from Moorhead (MN) High School in 1965. She graduated from Moorhead State College in 1969 with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught 3rd grade in Loveland,...
Ayden Michael Brackey
Aug 11, 2023
A public visitation for Ayden Michael Brackey, 11, of Albert Lea will be held at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home on Thursday, August 17, 2023, from 4 to 7pm. A private family memorial service will be held Friday, August 18, 2023.
Ayden passed away tragically in a bicycle accident on August 11, 2023.
Ayden Michael Brackey was born on July 26,...
Scott Enger
Aug 10, 2023
Scott Enger, a caring, fun loving, joke telling husband, father, brother, son, uncle, nephew, and friend passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 10, 2023.
Scott Jerome Enger was born in Mankato, Minnesota on October 28,1966 and grew up in Janesville, Minnesota. Scott was born to Robert Dawson and Harriet (Earle) Enger. He was adopted later in life by William...
Thomas John Sheehan
Aug 7, 2023
Thomas John Sheehan, 76, of Emmons, MN passed away peacefully at home with family by his side on August 7, 2023, after a long battle with appendix cancer.
Tom was born on June 26, 1947, to Milo and Lenora Sheehan in Mankato, MN. He was the youngest of five children. After graduating from Mankato High School he enlisted in the...
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