Marlys Mae Schultz, age 59, died on Thursday, November 24, 2022, at her home in Kasson, Minn. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 12 p.m., at Christ Lutheran Church, in Preston, Minn. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, at Christ Lutheran Church. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Marlys was born on April 12, … [Read more...]
Diane Louise Bigalk
Diane Louise Bigalk Diane Louise Bigalk passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at the age of 78, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born September 13, 1944, to Lester and Dorothy (Matson) Torgerson in Lanesboro, Minn. She attended and graduated from Harmony High School in 1962. On June 24, 1964, she married Lee Bigalk at Greenfield Lutheran Church in … [Read more...]
Verta F. Johnson
Verta F. Johnson, 91, of Rushford, Minn., died on Monday, November 28, 2022, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. Verta Faye Louks was was born one of 20 children to Virgil and Florence (Simpson) Louks on April 17, 1931, in Martin County, Minn. Verta grew up in Kasson, Minn., where she worked at the Kasson Bakery. On July 31, 1953, she was united in marriage … [Read more...]
Gordon Lester Gudmundson
Gordon Lester Gudmundson, 99, died peacefully on Saturday, November 19, 2022, in Youngtown, Ariz. Gordon Gudmundson was born June 17, 1923. He married Selvina Erickson in 1952, and had one child, Dave. They were later divorced. In 1981 he married Lucille Siefert and they enjoyed their retirement in Sun City, Ariz. Lucille passed away in 2019 and Gordy continued to live in … [Read more...]
Kenneth S. Peterson
Kenneth S. Peterson, 96, of Canton died Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at the Harmony Care Center. Kenneth was born August 16, 1926, in rural Lanesboro to Peter and Mamie (Lawstuen) Peterson. He attended country schools and graduated from the Lanesboro High School in 1944. He started working on the family farm while he was in high school and continued until 1975. In 1952 he … [Read more...]
Amber Sue Freimark
Amber Sue Freimark, 60, of Spring Valley, died November 23, 2022, at Spring Valley Living Memory Care. Amber was born January 27, 1962, in Rochester to Erhard and Frances Freimark. She was welcomed home to rural Wykoff by her siblings, Avery, Allerd and Aleta. Although born with Down syndrome, Amber’s family – and especially her mother – made sure she had every … [Read more...]
William “Bill” Lloyd Jeffers
William “Bill” Lloyd Jeffers, age 80, of Rushford, Minn., passed away surrounded by family at home after a three-year battle with cancer ,on November 22, 2022. William was born on July 8, 1942, to parents Lloyd and Aletha (Young) Jeffers in Preston, Minn. Bill was raised on a farm near Peterson and graduated from Peterson High School in 1960. He enlisted into the Army … [Read more...]
Junior Van Gundy
Junior Carl (JC) Van Gundy passed away peacefully on November 18, 2022, at the age of 88, at his farm in Money Creek, surrounded by his family and friends. Born to Carl and Luellen (Olson) Van Gundy on September 14, 1934, at home in rural Houston, Minn., which is known as Skunk Hollow. He was the sixth born of 11 children. He graduated from Houston High School in … [Read more...]
Donald Owen Hegland
Donald Owen Hegland, 90, of Rochester, Minn., died at his home September 28, 2022. Don was born March 2, 1932, to Sigurd and Bergit (Aakhus) Heggland in Erskine, Minn. Don began schooling in a Polk County country school but eventually went on to graduate from Bemidji High School in 1950. In 1953, he was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served at Fort Leonard Wood and in … [Read more...]
Dempsey W. McHan III
Dempsey W. McHan III, 43, of Brownsdale, Minn., and formerly of Preston, Minn., died on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, in Preston. Dempsey Willard McHan III was born on September 25, 1979, in Leakesville, Miss., to Dempsey W. McHan II and Mary K. Dunphy. Dempsey lived in Mississippi until age 12 when he moved with his family to Whalan, Minn. He was a 1998 graduate of … [Read more...]