Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainview and Eyota, MN
Ardeth Longsworth
Dec 8, 2018
Ardeth J. Longsworth, 85, of Plainview passed away on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview while under hospice care. Ardeth was born August 19, 1933 in Plainview, the daughter of Robert and Erma (Polikowski) Stephan. Ardeth graduated from Plainview High School. She was united in marriage to Russell Longsworth on January 1, 1954, at Immanuel...
Ri Randall Ri Randall
Dec 5, 2018
Geraldine “Ger ri" Randall, 74, of Eyota, died Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Rochester, St. Mary’s Campus. Ger r i was born December 27, 1943 in New Hampton, Iowa to Arnold and Elsie (Wilkie) Franzen. She graduated from the Catholic High School in Lawler, Iowa. On October 28, 1967 she married Robert Randall at the Holy Redeemer Catholic...
Ruth Gloria Mussell
Nov 14, 2018
Ruth Gloria (McFarlin) Mussell died peacefully at the Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview, Minnesota on November 14, 2018, at the age of 93. Ruth was born on October 28, 1925 along with her twin brother in Plainview Township, Minnesota to Glenn and Ida (Haessig) McFarlin. She married Roy Robert Mussell, on November 4, 1944. The couple had two daughters,...
George Burton Stoning
Nov 9, 2018
George Stoning, 72, died Friday, November 9th at his home in Plainview. George Burton Stoning was born October 24, 1946 to Ray and Margaret Lorraine (White) Stoning on the family farm in Winona County, Whitewater Township. He graduated from Plainview High School in 1965. He then worked at Waters Conley in Rochester. On November 25, 1967 he married Susan Williamson...
Roger C. Nickelsen
Oct 26, 2018
Roger Nickelsen, 68, of Plainview, died Friday October 26, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Rochester, St. Mary’s Campus. Roger Charles Nickelsen was born June 13, 1950 in Wabasha to Charles and LaVerne (Brobst) Nickelsen. Roger graduated from Dover-Eyota High School in 1968. In May of 1970 he joined the US Army and was stationed in Italy, and then discharged in December...
Shari Sue-Ellen Holzer
Oct 24, 2018
Shari Sue-Ellen Holzer, 47, died Wednesday October 24, 2018 in Waterville, MN following a lengthy battle with cancer. Shari was born July 20, 1971 in Wabasha. She lived in Plainview until the age of six when she moved to Vasa Lutheran Children’s Home in Red Wing living there until 1992, then moving to REM in Rochester. In 2007 she moved...
Richard "Dick" Groski
Oct 9, 2018
Richard “Dick” Groski, 79, of Eyota, died peacefully surrounded by his family, Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at Whitewater Health Services in St.Charles. Dick was born April 13, 1939 in Lewiston to Leonard and Lucille (Karsten) Groski. On February 4, 1961 he married Elizabeth “Betty” Becker in Lewiston. In 1962 they moved to Plainview and in 1974 they moved to Eyota....
Luke Pille
Oct 6, 2018
Luke Pille, 53, of Plainview passed away unexpectedly in Willis, Texas on October 5th. Luke was born on November 30, 1964 to Reicher “Rick” and Beverly (Hardtke) Pille. He was raised in Plainview, graduating from Plainview High School in 1983. Luke was currently an owner operator contracted with Valley Systems out of Chatfield. He started his trucking career in the...
Kyle Potter
Aug 31, 2018
Kyle Potter, 44, of Red Wing and formerly of Eyota, died Friday, August 31st at Mayo Clinic Hospital-St. Mary’s Campus. Kyle was born May 15, 1974 in Rochester to Robert and LaVonne (Selke) Potter. He was raised in Eyota and graduated from Dover-Eyota High School in 1993. He had worked at Hy-Vee and School Age Child Care in Rochester. Kyle...
David Lee Higgins
Aug 30, 2018
David Lee Higgins, 71, of Eyota passed away peacefully at St. Mary’s Hospital surrounded by family on Thursday August 30, 2018. David was born on April 4, 1947 to Lester and Inez (Nichols) Higgins. He has lived in Eyota his entire life graduating from Dover-Eyota High School in 1965. He married Dawn Raddatz on June 3, 1967. He was self-employed...
Glenn Allen Zell
Aug 23, 2018
Glenn Allen Zell of Plainview, MN passed away peacefully at his home on August 23, 2018. Glenn was born on August 28, 1939 to Allen and Margaret (Hoffman) Zell in Lake City. The family lived in Millville until they moved to Plainview in 1950. He attended Plainview High School and graduated in 1957. Shortly after graduation he enlisted in the...
Gladys L. Larson
Aug 22, 2018
Gladys L. Larson, 95, of Plainview passed away August 22, 2018 at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview. Gladys was born on May 31, 1923 to John and Mary (Jensen) Peters in Rochester, MN. She attended school in Rochester. On November 21, 1940 she married Earl A. Larson. They were blessed with 5 children. They farmed near Rock Dell and...
Dolores (Dee) Delaney
Jul 28, 2018
Dolores (Dee) Delaney was born January 26, 1932. She lived a full life of love and giving in her 86 years before passing on July 28, 2018. Dee was born and raised on a farm near Johnsburg, MN. She grew up with her parents, Paul and Bertha, and her two younger brothers Cliff and Chuck, who have all gone on...
George Richard Meyer
Jul 19, 2018
Gladys L. Larson, 95, of Plainview passed away August 22, 2018 at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview. Gladys was born on May 31, 1923 to John and Mary (Jensen) Peters in Rochester, MN. She attended school in Rochester. On November 21, 1940 she married Earl A. Larson. They were blessed with 5 children. They farmed near Rock Dell and...
Michael John Rathbun
Jul 19, 2018
Michael John Rathbun, age 54, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Thursday July 19th, 2018 with family by his side at his home in Plainview, MN. Mike, affectionately known by family and friends as Mikey or Big Mike, was born February 26th, 1964 in Rochester MN. Mike graduated from Chosen Valley High School in Chatfield MN in...
Helen A. Bates
Jul 15, 2018
Helen A. “Dolly” Bates, 90, passed away at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary’s Campus-Rochester, on Sunday, July 15, 2018. She was born at home in Fairmont, MN on June 1, 1928, to Edward and Agnes (Schmek) Wade. She graduated from Fairmont High School. She then attended nursing school at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester and received her Registered Nursing Degree....
Lucille J. Gruhlke
Jul 5, 2018
The funeral for Lucille J. Gruhlke will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 12 at Peace United Church of Christ in Rochester with Pastor Beth Rogers officiating. Burial will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Viola. Mrs. Gruhlke, 96, of Eyota, a homemaker, died July 5, 2018 at Samaritan Bethany in Rochester. Lucille J. Hammel was born May 17, 1922...
Kathleen Anne Mcfarland
Jun 13, 2018
Kathleen Anne McFarland, age 81, died peacefully at her home on the farm, Wednesday, June 13, 2018, near Elgin, Minnesota. Kathleen was born July 7, 1936 at rural Viola, Minnesota, daughter of Ruben and Anne Kriesel Bartz. Kathleen graduated from Elgin High School, class of 1954. Kathleen married Robert P. Culbertson, November 5, 1955 at Trinity Lutheran Church of Elgin,...
Juanita Kern
Jun 13, 2018
Juanita Kern, 92, of Plainview, died Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester. She was born December 9, 1925 to Lewis and Genevieve (Porter) Wilson in St. Charles, Iowa. Juanita lived in several different areas of Iowa and Minnesota and then settled in Plainview in 1975. On November 10, 1951 she married Franklin Dickman...
Mary Frances Miller
Jun 7, 2018
Mary Frances Miller (Stender) was born November 16, 1937. Thursday June 7th, 2018, Mary Frances left the Golden Living Center in St. Charles to join God our Father, and her husband Ervin LeRoy Miller in heaven. Mary and Ervin were married in St. Johns in Wykoff, MN on August 19, 1955 and remained together until November 6, 2002 when he...
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