Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainview and Eyota, MN
William Rother
Jan 29, 2020
William George Rother, 97 of Theilman MN passed away on January 29, 2020 at Family Roots Eldercare in Plainview MN. William was born in Rochester MN on May 30, 1922 to William and Elizabeth (Bloom) Rother. He graduated from Plainview High School in 1940. After graduation he worked on the family farm until 1987. He was then employed by Lakeside...
Lois Laqua
Jan 22, 2020
Lois LaQua, 95, of Plainview died January 22, 2020, at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview. Lois was born November 27, 1924 in Milton Township, Dodge County to Charles and Elsie (Mattenklodt) Shay. She graduated from Rochester High School in 1942. On September 12, 1946 she married Robert LaQua at Conception in the parish house. They lived and farmed near...
Alice Hardtke
Jan 18, 2020
Alice May Hardtke, 71, passed away peacefully in her sleep at Chosen Valley Nursing Care in Chatfield on January 18, 2020. Alice was born March 8, 1948 to Harry and Margaret Armstrong in Eau Claire WI. On September 28, 1968 Alice married David Hardtke at Our Saviors Luthern Church in Eyota, MN. Alice worked for Mayo Clinic as a medical...
Lorraine Murphy
Jan 5, 2020
Lorraine Murphy, 87, passed away January 5, 2020. Lorraine was born July 21, 1932, in Dover Township, then moved with her parents, Joseph and Kathryn (Puetz) Kruger, to a farm in Conception, rural Kellogg, Minnesota. She attended country grade school. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1950. She married Donald Murphy on September 27, 1951. They had eight children....
Gloria Daniels
Dec 21, 2019
Gloria Caroline (Schroeder) Daniels, age 93, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2019, at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Gloria was born February 15, 1926, in Elgin, MN, to Carl and Elizabeth (Lehmann) Schroeder. She graduated from Elgin High School and Minneapolis Business College. After her graduations, she worked as a secretary at the Mayo Clinic. After Gloria’s...
David Gergen
Dec 16, 2019
David Paul Gergen, 70 of Dover passed away on Decmeber 16, 2019 at his home. David was born in Hastings, MN on March 1, 1949 to Alois and Marian Gergen. He graduated from Randolph High School and attended Winona State University for two years. He enlisted in the US Army and served at Ft. Richardson in Alaska for two years...
Walter Leo Schmit
Dec 15, 2019
Walter L. Schmit died unexpectedly at his home on December 15, 2019 at the age of 84. He was born November 21, 1935 in Wabasha County to John and Louise (Miller) Schmit. Walter attended rural Country School. Walter married Cecile Mueller on July 20, 1955 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Elba, MN. He was a life long farmer where he...
Burdette Wohlfeil
Dec 13, 2019
Burdette M. Wohlfeil, 102, died Friday, December 13 at Meadow Lakes Senior Living Center in Rochester. Burdette Monroe DeWayne Wohlfeil was born June 30, 1917 on the family farm near Tilden, Nebraska to Otto and Anna (Peterson) Wohlfeil. He was baptized and confirmed at Buffalo Creek Lutheran Church and attended country school through 8th grade. He enjoyed playing baseball as...
Kenneth Schmidt
Nov 29, 2019
Kenneth “Ken” A. Schmidt, 85, of Elgin, died Friday, November 29, 2019 at St. Mary’ s Hospital in Rochester surrounded by his loving family. Ken was born January 16, 1934 in Rochester to Arthur and Inez (Weiland) Schmidt. He graduated from Elgin High School in 1951. Ken farmed a few years with his father and then joined the US Army...
Herb Radtke
Nov 22, 2019
Herbert “Herb” L. Radtke, 91 of Elgin, MN passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital on Friday November 22, 2019. Herb was born and raised in Eyota, MN on a farm. He attended country school completing the 8th grade. Herb joined the United States Army in 1950 after being honorably discharged he began farming in rural, Elgin, MN as well as...
Lois Mae Behrens
Nov 16, 2019
Lois Mae Behrens, 91, of Eyota, died Saturday, November16, 2019 at Lake Winona Manor in Winona. Lois Mae Burgdorf was born on January 20, 1928 in St. Charles, MN to Harry and Andrena (Stone) Burgdorf. Lois graduated from St. Charles High School in 1947 where she was a cheerleader for four years and received her nickname of “Gram.” On September...
Eugene Mcnallan
Nov 14, 2019
Eugene Thomas McNallan’s journey of life ended on November 14, 2019 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Hospice care with his family by his side due to complications from Lewey Bodies/Parkinsons resulting from Agent Orange exposure in Viet Nam. He was born on December 15. 1945 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Wabasha, MN to Francis & Frances (Lager) McNallan and attended...
John Kronebusch
Nov 10, 2019
John Kronebusch, 84, of Plainview passed away Sunday, Nov. 1 0 th (during the Vikings game), at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview. John was born July 25, 1935 in Plainview Township to Sylvester and Margaret (Appel) Kronebusch. He graduated from Plainview High school in 1953. John married Eileen Warthesen, also of Plainview on June 28th, 1969. They were married...
Fred Meure
Oct 24, 2019
Fredrick James Meurer, 76, died Thursday, October 24 at The Bluffs of Lake City in Lake City, MN of complications of Parkinsons. Fred was born November 12, 1942 in Wabasha to Otto and Bernice (Hetrick) Meurer. He attended High School in Wabasha. In 1963 he married Gloria LaBresh. They later divorced. In 1983 he married Linda (Reiter) Harwood. Fred was...
Shirley Ann Schoessler
Sep 18, 2019
Shirley Ann Schoessler, 82, of Rochester passed away peacefully with family by her bedside at Zumbrota Care Center on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. She was born September 12, 1937 to Henry and Elizabeth (Hardt) Frank in Shephard, Montana. Shirley graduated from Laurel High School and attended college in Billings. Shirley was baptized and confirmed in the Congregational Church in Laurel...
Duane Michael Lee: 8
Sep 9, 2019
Duane Michael Lee, age 84, of Plainview, hit the road on his final journey in the early morning hours of September 9, 2019. He was born July 31, 1935 in rural Kellogg, to Michael and Catherine (Marking) Lee. He graduated from Plainview High School in 1953. He worked on his family’s farm and would drive to the Graff family farm...
Nina Higgins
Sep 2, 2019
Nina Adelaide (Nichols) Higgins, 103, died Monday, September 2, 2019 at Whitewater Health Services in St. Charles. Nina was born in Oronoco Township on April 11, 1916 to Arthur and Addie (Clark) Nichols. On March 21, 1936 she married Ernest Higgins in Rochester. They lived for a short time on a farm near Eyota and then moved into Eyota. Nina...
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Aug 1, 2019
David Arlow Martin, 79, of St. Charles, passed away unexpectedly, August 1, 2019, with his loving wife and son by his side. David was born June 19, 1940 to Hellen Alice (Gray) and Loren Arlow Martin, in Lanesboro, MN. David attended Chatfield School for 3 years and continued his education at Wykoff School, to the 11th grade. After leaving high...
Aidan D. Miller
Jul 22, 2019
Aidan Daniel Miller, age 16, died unexpectedly of natural causes near his home in rural Kellogg, Minnesota, on Monday, July 22, 2019. Aidan was born on October 9, 2002 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Wabasha to Daniel and Karen (Deming) Miller. He was one of six children in the Miller family. Aidan was baptized in October of 2002 at Immaculate...
Donna M Curran
Jul 21, 2019
Eyota….Donna M. Curran, 88, of Eyota died of heart failure July 21, 2019 at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester. Funeral services will be held at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Eyota on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Father Timothy Biren will officiate and burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be held at Holy Redeemer Catholic...
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