Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainview and Eyota, MN
Lester Benike
Feb 9, 2021
Lester Clarence Benike, 90, of Elgin died at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Tuesday, February 9, 2021. Les was born April 9, 1930 to Clarence and Mildred (Tippe) Benike at home on their farm near Elgin. Les graduated from Elgin High School in 1947. He married Suzanne Richardson on April 28, 1951 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Elgin. Les and Suzi...
George A. Enright
Feb 8, 2021
George A. Enright, 84, passed away peacefully Monday, February 8, 2021 at his home in Eyota surrounded by family. George was born March 6, 1936 in Austin, MN to Claude and Pearl (Gilliland) Enright. He attended school in Austin then enlisted in the US Air Force. On August 25, 1965 he married Joyce Sanneman from Owatonna. After marriage George’s work...
Mark Scripture
Feb 7, 2021
Mark “Chippy” Curtis Scripture, 62, died of natural causes at his home in rural Plainview, MN February 7th, 2021. Mark was born May 20, 1958 in Rochester, MN to Dale and Phyllis (Krause) Scripture. He graduated from Dover-Eyota High School in 1976. Mark lived in rural Eyota and farmed with his father through grade school and later, was given the...
John Francis Holzer
Jan 23, 2021
John Francis Holzer, 72, of Plainview, passed away Saturday evening January 23, 2021 at Rochester East Health Services in Rochester. John was born August 15, 1948 in Wabasha County, to Kenneth and Minnie (Kreidermacher) Holzer. He graduated from Plainview High School in 1966. In 1970 he married Anne Rausch (Holst) and divorced in 1980. He married Diane (Polzin) Doherty in...
Wilmer H. Fieseler
Dec 26, 2020
Wilmer H. Fieseler, age 92, passed away peacefully with family at his side on December 26, 2020 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, MN. Wilmer was born September 15, 1928 to William H. and Florence M. (Mills) Fieseler in Ruthven, IA. On January 16, 1949 Wilmer married LaVon M. Griggs in IA. They farmed in north central IA and...
Marjorie Ann Beyer
Dec 18, 2020
Marjorie A. Beyer, 88, of Plainview, MN was called home to heaven on Friday, December 18, 2020 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease and a much shorter one with Leukemia. Marjorie Ann Peotter was born at her grandparents’ Kaukauna, WI home on April 9, 1932 to Marion (Smith) and Edward Peotter, Sr. She grew up on her family’s Outagamie...
Stanley Dale Antonson
Dec 5, 2020
Stanley Dale Antonson, 85, of Eyota, passed away December 5, 2020 from COVID-19 at Cottagewood Senior Communities, Rochester, where he had resided since August. Stanley was born October 17, 1935 in Quincy Township, Olmsted County, to Herman and Gladys (Dawson) Antonson. He attended St. Charles High School. Stanley married Arlene Edwards in 1954, and they resided in Rochester. Arlene passed...
Joyce Engler
Nov 26, 2020
Joyce Marie Engler Joyce Engler, of Elgin, passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 26, 2020. Joyce was born on February 24, 1933, in Viola, to Ervin and Leona (Behnken) Rosolack. She attended school at Viola Country School, Elgin Parochial School, and Elgin High School. Joyce grew up on the family farm near Viola. She worked at Federated Woolworths,...
Rosemarie Schneider
Nov 26, 2020
Rosemarie Schneider, 90 of Elgin, passed away at Family Roots Elder Care, Plainview, Thursday November 26, 2020. Rosemarie was born March 20, 1930 in Wilson, MN, the daughter of Sylvester and Helen (Grandl) Koenig. She graduated from St. Charles High School and then attended the Rochester Beauty College. Rosemarie married William J. Schneider June 7, 1958, at St. Joachim’s Catholic...
Katherine Ann Laumb
Nov 24, 2020
Katherine Ann Laumb, 99, of Plainview, died Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview. Katherine was born August 3, 1921 and raised in Rushford, MN, the daughter of Lloyd and Alice (Swenside) Veir. She attended school in Rushford. Katherine married Ray Laumb October 5, 1940 in Rushford. The couple farmed in the Lewiston/ Rushford area until...
Mervin "Mort" Ellis
Nov 24, 2020
Mervin Calvert Ellis passed away November 24, 2020. Mervin was known as Mort in his hometown of Eyota. He was born October 3, 1927 in Norfolk, Nebraska to Francis and Luella Ellis. He was the third child in the family with two older sisters, Frances and Maxine. They soon moved to Viola where the family farmed and a fourth child...
Cindy Hartert
Nov 21, 2020
Cindy Florence (Olson) Hartert—Plainview A private funeral mass for Cindy Florence (Olson) Hartert is Friday, November 27, 2020 at the St. Joachim Catholic Church in Plainview with Rev. William Becker officiating. Burial will be in the St. Joachim Cemetery. Cindy Hartert, 60, of Plainview, died Saturday (November 21, 2020) at home surrounded by family and friends following a cancer illness....
Mark Loftus
Nov 20, 2020
On Friday November 20th, 2020 a soldier was called home. Mark Lloyd Loftus (70) lost his final battle with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma from agent orange. Mark was a simple man who loved nothing more than serving his country and loving his family. You never saw him without his wife Patty by his side, and he spent his most cherished time with...
Bill Brobst
Nov 19, 2020
Thomas William (Bill) Brobst passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 19th surrounded by his loved ones in his home. Bill was born in Hitchcock, South Dakota on April 27th 1930 and moved to Minnesota where he met and married his wife Betty Dobrinz on September 17th, 1950. He graduated from Dover Eyota and owned and ran the Brobst Feed Service....
Kenneth Levan
Nov 19, 2020
Kenneth Dwight LeVan-Elgin A private funeral for Kenneth Dwight LeVan will be at 11:am Tuesday at the Community Presbyterian Church in Plainview with the Rev. John Curtis officiating. Burial will be in the Elgin Cemetery. Kenneth LeVan, 91, of rural Elgin, died Thursday (November 19, 2020) at St. Mary’s hospital Rochester following a brief illness. Kenneth was born on August...
Mary Schroeder
Nov 15, 2020
Mary Evelyn (Senst) Schroeder, 87, a lifetime resident of Plainview, died Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview. Mary was born August 18, 1933 in Highland Township, Wabasha County to Charles and Isabelle (Graner) Kruger. She graduated from Plainview High School. On February 7, 1953 she married Edgar Senst at St. Joachim’s Catholic Church in Plainview....
Ruth Ann Clark
Nov 6, 2020
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Evelyn Spring
Nov 3, 2020
Evelyn (Evie) Elaine Spring, 93, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, aunt and friend passed away peacefully at Samaritan Bethany care facility in Rochester, Minnesota, due to complications of cancer on November 3, 2020. Evelyn was born in Saint Charles, Minnesota, on July 25, 1927, to Charles and Maude (Turner) LaRocque. Evelyn graduated high school from Elgin in 1946. Following WW...
Nancy Vehrenkamp
Nov 1, 2020
Nancy Lee Vehrenkamp, 81, of Eyota, died Sunday, November 1, 2020 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Nancy was born June 13, 1939 in Rochester MN to Russell M. and Harriet (Saholt) Pries. She graduated from Eyota High School in 1957. On August 5, 1957 Nancy married David Vehrenkamp in Eyota. They resided on the Vehrenkamp family farm near...
Larry Daniels
Oct 28, 2020
“I’m home!” … Larry B. Daniels, 83 of Eyota, MN passed away from lymphoma on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester surrounded by his wife and children. Larry was born on October 18, 1937 in Rochester, MN to Roy and Iva Daniels. The family moved to Eyota in 1954 where he met and married the love of...
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