David Joerg, age 86, of Preston, Minn., passed away Wednesday July 25, 2018 at Waters Memory Care in Rochester, Minn. Memorial services for David Allen will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 4, 2018 at Christ Lutheran Church in Preston, with Pastor Dan Bredberg officiating. Burial will take place in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Spring Grove, Minn. Visitation will be held … [Read more...]
Robert S. (Red) Ramsey, CMSgt USAF, Retired and Louise M. Ramsey
Robert S. (Red) Ramsey, CMSgt USAF, Retired June 6, 1935–September 9, 2016 Bob (“Red”) was born in Rochester, Minn., before the family moved to Preston, Minn., while he was in grade school. He attended and graduated from Preston High School in 1953 and immediately enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, ultimately serving 31 years before his retirement in 1984. He married … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Matson Foster
Elizabeth Matson Foster died on February 20, 2018, surrounded by her loving family in Honolulu, Hawaii, after a brief hospitalization for complications of influenza pneumonia. She was 75. Liz was born in Decorah, Iowa, to Walter and Hazel (Fairbanks) Matson on May 23, 1942. Her earliest years were spent in Butte, Mont., where her father was serving in the Army Corps of … [Read more...]
Irma R. Rathbun
Irma R. Rathbun, 86, died Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Hospital Methodist Campus in Rochester, Minn. A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Spring Valley, and will continue one hour prior to service on Wednesday. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church on Wednesday, … [Read more...]
Joyce Mikkelson
Joyce Mikkelson, 91, passed peacefully from this life Friday, July 20, 2018. The eldest of nine children, Joyce was born April 1, 1927, in Prairie du Chien, Wis., to Lawrence and Genevieve LaPointe. She left school early to help support the family during the Great Depression. On August 19, 1945, she married Melenor Mikkelson, and together they raised four children. She died one … [Read more...]
Mervin Elias Tripp
Mervin Elias Tripp, navigated by his God and Country, was one of the proudest Americans you could meet. Mervin, 91, of Winona, passed away on Monday, July 23, 2018, peacefully at his home, Sugar Loaf Senior Living, Winona, Minn. He was born in Mabel, Minn., on January 4, 1927, to Loren and Emma (Faa) Tripp. Mervin had fond memories of working on local farms as a young man. He … [Read more...]
Edward “Eddie” Whalen
Edward “Eddie” Whalen, 90, of Canton, died Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at his home in Canton. Eddie was born January 19, 1928, on the family farm in Winneshiek County, Iowa, to Paul Sr. and Myrtle (Roche) Whalen. He graduated from Canton High School in 1946. He served in the United States Navy from November 1948 to 1952. He had worked for a short time as a tinsmith in Rochester. … [Read more...]
Thomas A. Hatlevig
Thomas was born on December 11, 1950, in Lanesboro, Minn., to Clair and Myrtle (Holtegaard) Hatlevig. He was raised in rural Lanesboro and was a 1969 graduate of Peterson High School in Peterson, Minn. Thomas served in the U.S. Army in Germany and Greece during the Vietnam War as an aircraft mechanic in the 16 Bravo Company. While in the Army, Thomas became an avid … [Read more...]
Renata Comstock
Renata Comstock, age 93, passed away peacefully at the Spring Valley Care Center on July 23, 2018. Renata Vironika Wallner was born on July 29, 1924, in Pleasant Valley Township, Mower County, Minn., to Edward and Martha (Schultz) Wallner. Her mother passed away when she was young, and she was raised by her aunt Anna Laabs and her grandparents. Her early years were spent on a … [Read more...]
Virginia McConnell
Virginia McConnell passed away Monday, July 9, 2018, in Minneapolis. Virginia Faye (Stroud) McConnell was born in Spring Grove, Minn., to Donald and Nellie Stroud on April 23, 1936, graduated from Mabel High School in 1954, and married Robert McConnell on May 11, 1959. Virginia was a homemaker, and involved in St. Olaf Catholic Church Women’s Guild and Altar Society. She … [Read more...]