Eleanor A. Gossman, age 84, of Harmony, formerly Preston, Minn., died Tuesday March 14, 2017 at Gundersen Harmony Care Center. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 18, 2017, at Christ Lutheran Church in Preston, Minn., with Pastor Dan Bredberg presiding. Burial will be in Henrytown Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to the service at the church on … [Read more...]
Arlene Pearl Rain
Arlene Pearl Rain, 87, passed away gracefully March 11, 2017 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Arlene Pearl Erickson was born January 27, 1930 to Peter and Alpha Erickson. Arlene spent her early years in the Pilot Mound area, graduating from Chatfield High School. Vergel and Arlene Rain married, lived, and raised six children in the Pilot Mound, Preston area. … [Read more...]
Donna Barnes
Donna Barnes, age 87, of Harmony, Minn., died Thursday, March 9, 2017 at the Clara House in Harmony. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 11, 2017, at the United Methodist Church in Harmony. Interment will follow in the State Line Cemetery, rural Harmony. Friends may call on Saturday from 9 a.m. until time of services at the church. The Lindstrom Funeral … [Read more...]
Robert Turner ‘Bob’ Gustafson
Robert Turner “Bob” Gustafson, 81, of National City, Calif., died after being struck by a vehicle in front of his home while walking his dogs on Feb. 13, 2017. Bob was born to Gilbert T. and Elizabeth Gustafson on Jan. 16, 1936, in St. Paul, Minn. His father died in 1941. On June 18, 1949, Elizabeth married Walter Blakeslee and moved to the Blakeslee farm near Mystery Cave … [Read more...]
Lawrence “Larry” Baumler
Lawrence “Larry” Baumler, age 76, of Mabel, formerly of Burr Oak, died Monday, March 6, 2017 at Green Lea Senior Living in Mabel. Larry was born January 31, 1941 on the family farm in Burr Oak Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa to Martin and Esther (Schott) Baumler. He attended Burr Oak country school and graduated from the Canton High School. He served two years in … [Read more...]
Naomi J. Goodsell
Funeral services for Naomi J. Goodsell were held 11 a.m. Monday, March 6, 2017 at Grand Meadow Lutheran Church, with Rev. Beth Krolak officiating. Burial took place in the Grand Meadow Cemetery. Visitation was from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at the Hindt Funeral Home in Grand Meadow. Naomi J. Goodsell, age 87, of Grand Meadow, died Thursday March 2, 2017 at the Grand … [Read more...]
Flora R. Grabau
Flora R. Grabau, age 88, of Preston, Minn., through Christ Jesus, entered heaven on Sunday, March 5, 2017. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11, 2017, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Wykoff, Minn., with Pastor Michael Harman presiding. Burial will be in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Wykoff. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Friday, March 10, 2017 at … [Read more...]
George Speer
Memorial services for George Speer will be held 11 a.m. Thursday March 9, 2017 at the Greenleafton Reformed Church, with Rev. Roger Lokker officiating. Burial will be in the Chester Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Wednesday March 8, 2017, also at the Greenleafton Reformed Church. George Speer, age 74, of LeRoy, Minn., passed away peacefully at his home with … [Read more...]
Gladys Mae (Anderson) Bradley
Gladys Mae (Anderson) Bradley, 88, died Thursday, March 2, 2017 at St. Marys Campus in Rochester, Minn., surrounded by her loving family, from complications from Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Gladys was born October 8, 1928, to Lilly Edwardson and Harris Anderson in Houston, Minn. She was baptized on November 4, 1928 and confirmed November 8, 1942. Gladys graduated from … [Read more...]
Perlum G. Austin
Perlum G. Austin 86, of Rushford, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at his home. He was born February 28, 1931, to Perry and Golda Austin. Perlum was an only child. He was only six years old when his own father passed. He taught his mother how to drive and became his own self-taught, independent person. Perlum enjoyed talking with people, spending time with his family and … [Read more...]