Robert N. Housker, age 71, of rural Mabel, died Monday, October 4, 2021, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. from injuries received in a farming accident. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, October 16 at the Scheie Lutheran Church in rural Mabel, with the Rev. Lane Zaffke officiating.  Interment with military honors will be in the church cemetery.  Visitation … [Read more...]

Mark Spande, 53 years, passed away at home Saturday, October 2, 2021.  Born August 25, 1968, in Winona, he was the eldest son of Paul A. and Janice (Ellestad) Spande.  In 1987, he graduated from Mabel-Canton High School where he played football, basketball, and baseball.  He then enrolled in Dunwoody College of Technology and the Winona Area Technical School.  He was an active … [Read more...]

Betty Lou Gjere, 82, of Mabel, died Monday, September 13, 2021, at Green Lea Senior Living in Mabel, Minn., surrounded by family after a lengthy battle with myasthenia gravis. Betty Lou Blagsvedt was born at home near Lanesboro on December 24, 1938, to Elmer and Minnie (Nelson) Blagsvedt. Betty was a graduate of Mabel High School, Class of 1957. On July 18, 1959, she married … [Read more...]

LaVonne E. Mengis, 84, of Mabel, died Friday, August 20, 2021, at her home, surrounded by her family. LaVonne was born December 12, 1936 ,in Rochester, Minn., to Wilmer and Marie (Braun) Zimmerman.  She grew up in Rochester and graduated from Lourdes High School in 1954.  On July 14, 1956, she was united in marriage to Thomas Mengis in Rochester.  They started their married … [Read more...]

LaVonne Selness, 91, of Mabel, passed away November 1, 2020.  She was an admirable, strong, faithful and inspiring woman.  She served as Green Lea Manor’s activities director for 23 years and as well, was a resident of the facility for the last few years of her life.   A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, August 27, 2021 at the Highland Lutheran Church located … [Read more...]

Marleene J. Ward, 90, of Mabel, died Saturday, July 31, 2021, at the Gundersen Medical Center in La Crosse, Wis. Marleene was born October 4, 1930, in Hesper Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa, to Walter and Wilma (Darrington) Barth.  She graduated from the Mabel High School in 1948 and worked for a year in Decorah. On May 2, 1949, she married Robert Ward.  They farmed in the … [Read more...]

Blaine E. Gaare, 93, of Mabel, Minn., died, Thursday, July 1, at Green Lea Senior Living in Mabel. Blaine was born January 23, 1928, in Mabel to Emil and Blanche (Lee) Gaare.  He attended Mabel Schools.  He was a farm worker before entering military service for a short time at the end of World War II.  He would later re-enter the Air Force in September, 1950, and was … [Read more...]

Following a lengthy illness, Carol Beatrice (Vatland) Thomas, 84, of Kingwood and Houston, Tex., completed her journey home to God on the 5th of June. Growing up on a farm near the town of Mabel, in southeast Minnesota, Carol married Eugene “Tom” Thomas, July 7, 1962. During their life together they worked and lived in Okinawa, Italy, throughout the United States, and traveled … [Read more...]