Clair Allen Gartner passed away October 14, 2018, at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Clair was born April 30, 1930, to Joseph and Ethel (Purvis) Gartner in rural Chatfield. In 1944 the family moved to rural Preston.  He graduated from Preston High School in 1948. He married Marian Danielson February 17, 1952 in Cocoa, Fla. In January 1949 he enlisted in the … [Read more...]

Annette (Anne) Loretta Manahan, 96, died on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, Minn., where she had resided since August of this year.  Previously, she lived in the Chosen Valley Assisted Living units since April of 2013 and Lakewood Apartments from 2006 to 2013. Anne was born June 23, 1922, to Charles and Angie (Gionet) Valley in Athol, … [Read more...]

Rosella Marcella (Fasbender) Vogen, 81, of Chatfield died October 4, 2018, at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, following a brief illness with brain cancer.  She was born February 22, 1937, in rural Adams, Minn., to Joseph and Mary (Kloeckner) Fasbender.  She attended Sacred Heart School and graduated from Adams High School with the class of 1955.  On January 10, 1959, she married … [Read more...]

Beverly Ann Knutson, 82, of Winona, formerly of  Chatfield, Minn., passed away at her home on October 4, 2018. Beverly was born on May 16, 1936, to George and Marie (Caukins) Allen in Rochester.   She graduated from Rochester High School in 1954 and later Minneapolis School of Arts.  In her summer months she worked at Glacier National Park in Montana. In 1957 she married … [Read more...]