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Robert Thomas Dreisbach
Jun 25, 2014
Robert Thomas Dreisbach was born on December 5, 1930 in Lake City, MN the son of Hobart and Vera (Walters) Dreisbach. He graduated from Lake City High School and Winona State College. He excelled in many sports and was football captain in high school and college. Bob was also class president in both high school and in college. He earned his masters degree from...
James Edwin Murtaugh
Jun 21, 2014
James Edwin Murtaugh was born in Albert Lea on June 14, 1928, the son of Michael and Erna (Tank) Murtaugh. He graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1946 and served in the U.S. Army from 1946-48. He then attended the Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis from 1949-50 in the power program. He was recalled by the Army to serve in...
Elton Sidney Ruble
Jun 18, 2014
Memorial services for Elton Ruble will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 26, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dwight Netzer will officiate. Military honors will be accorded by local servicemen’s organizations, VFW and American Legion. Interment will be at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Elton died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at St. John’s...
Deanne Lee Kuchera
Jun 12, 2014
Deanne Lee Kuchera was born on July 1, 1943 in Albert Lea, the daughter of Leighton and Marguerite (Turbett) Will. She grew up in the Gordonsville area, and went to high school in Albert Lea. She transferred to Glenville High School for her senior year, graduating in 1961. In August of 1966 Deanne was married to Harold Kuchera in Ellendale....
Darlene Marie Bird
Jun 9, 2014
Darlene died Monday, June 9, 2014 at her home, surrounded by her family who have been with her during her struggle with cancer. Darlene Marie Bird was born at home, 803 Jefferson Street on October 29, 1936, to Ralph and Marie (Sorenson) Leidal. She attended school in Albert Lea and graduated from Freeborn High School. In 1952, she began her employment as...
Richard Godtland
Jun 5, 2014
Funeral services for Richard “Dick†Godtland will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at Grace Lutheran Church. Rev. Janet White will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Monday, June 9, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service. Dick Godtland, 73, passed away on Thursday, June 5,...
Tracy Eleanor Christensen
Jun 3, 2014
Tracy was born on September 18, 1922 in Gordonsville, MN to Verian (Snyder) and Frank Buchanan. She was the sixth child of seven children. In 1924 they moved to Freeborn and Tracy started school in the fall of 1927, graduating from high school in 1940 from Maplewood Academy in Hutchinson, MN. She was a lifetime resident of Freeborn County. On August...
Benjamin Morris Anderson
Jun 3, 2014
Benjamin Morris Anderson was born on December 6, 1923 in Worth County, IA, the son of Oscar and Betsy (Troe) Anderson. Ben was baptized at Lime Creek Synod Church, rural Lake Mills, IA on Jan 3, 1924. He attended Lime Creek Lutheran School and Scarville Christian Day School. Ben graduated from Scarville High School in 1942 and then attended Bethany Lutheran...
Marilynn Pauline Nelson
Jun 1, 2014
Memorial services for Marilynn Pauline Nelson will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 29, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Rev. Clayton Balsley will officiate. Interment will be at Clarks Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Marilynn died Sunday, June 1, 2014 at the Wellstead of Rogers. Marilynn Pauline Nelson was born on June...
Viola Palma Luksik
May 30, 2014
Funeral services for Viola Luksik, 97, of Austin, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Rev. Kent Otterman will officiate. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Viola died Friday, May 30,...
Merlyn Norman Thisius
May 27, 2014
Funeral service for Merlyn N. Thisius, age 90, of Albert Lea, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Salem Lutheran Church. Rev. Mark Niethammer will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by local servicemen’s organizations, VFW and American Legion. Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 30, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn...
Ruth W. Nicholson
May 25, 2014
Ruth Winifred Nicholson was born on February 26, 1927 in St. Paul, MN, the daughter of Hjalmar and Anna (Strombeck) Wolander. She grew up in Cannon Falls and went to school there through her sophomore year. She graduated from Red Wing High School in 1945. Following high school Ruth worked in the telephone office in Red Wing, and also at Red...
Muriel Loretta Katzenmeyer
May 23, 2014
Muriel Loretta Katzenmeyer was born on November 28, 1938 to Lee and Charlotte (Buggy) Dieteman in Minneapolis, MN. She grew up in Minnesota where she graduated from St. Louis Park High School and earned her B.A. in Sociology at the University of Minnesota in 1961. Muriel was a Life Loyal member of Alpha Omicron Pi Women’s Fraternity. She later earned her M.A....
Omer Ellsworth Helland
May 14, 2014
Funeral services for Omer Ellsworth Helland will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 19, 2014 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Alden. The Rev. Greg Ofsdahl will officiate. Interment will be in the Alden Cemetery with military honors accorded by members of the American Legion and VFW Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 5 – 8:00 p.m., Sunday, May 18,...
Jewell L Dahl
May 12, 2014
Jewell L. Dahl was born on March 1, 1930 in Glenville, MN, the daughter of Chris and Josephine (Vanek) Steene. She grew up in Glenville and graduated from Albert Lea High School. On July 6, 1947 Jewel was united in marriage to Chester H. Dahl at First Lutheran Church in Glenville. She enjoyed china painting, oil painting, refinishing furniture, and crocheting....
LeRoy Maas
May 10, 2014
Funeral services For LeRoy Maas, 96, of Albert Lea, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 16, 2014 at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Mark Miller will officiate. Interment will be at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. LeRoy died Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Hidden Creek Living. LeRoy Maas was born in St....
Darrell Joseph White
May 9, 2014
Memorial services for Darrell Joseph White, age 73, of Hartland, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Deacon Mike Ellis will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Darrell died Friday, May 9, 2014 at his home after a six year battle with cancer. Darrell Joseph White was...
Lawrence Richard Bryson
May 9, 2014
Funeral services for L Richard Bryson, age 83, of Albert Lea will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the First Lutheran Church. The Rev. Al Stoa will officiate. Interment will be in the Alden Cemetery with military honors accorded by the American Legion and VFW Honor Guards. Visitation will be from 4-7:00 p.m., Monday, May 12,...
Agnes Valborg Dolmetsch
May 6, 2014
Agnes Valborg Dolmetsch was born on June 30, 1915 in rural Driscoll, ND, the daughter of Oscar and Mina (Gunderson) Severson. They moved to Manchester Township when Agnes was a baby. She was baptized and confirmed at West Freeborn Lutheran Church. Agnes attended District #18 School and graduated from Albert Lea High School. She worked at Ma’s Café on South Broadway...
Rosemary Buchanan Halstead
May 3, 2014
Rosemary Buchanan Halstead was born on February 11, 1940 in Albert Lea, the daughter of William and Doris (Turbett) Buchanan. She grew up in Gordonsville and attended school in Northwood through her junior year. Rosemary graduated from Glenville High School in 1958. On August 14, 1959, she was united in marriage to James “Big Jim†Halstead at the Little Brown Church in...
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