Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainview and Eyota, MN
Rev. Gerald R. Peterson
Jan 6, 2016
Rev. Gerald R. Peterson, 88, died January 6, 2016 at St. Isidore Health Center of Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. Gerald was born June 23, 1927 in Minneapolis to Hjalmer and Edith (Johnson) Peterson. As a child, he lived in Minneapolis, Stillwater, and Aberdeen, South Dakota. He joined the Navy and served during WW ll. Upon discharge, Gerald finished his senior...
Marcia Mae Lee
Dec 16, 2015
16, 2015. Â She left this world to be joined with her husband John, in heaven. Â She was born on June 29th, 1924 to Theresa (Helbig) and Wallace Latshaw in Durand, WI. Â She attended school there where she met John. Â Marcia and John were high school sweethearts who loved to go dancing. Â On March 9th, 1946 they were happily married. Â In...
Carol Ann Hander
Dec 11, 2015
Carol Ann Hander, age 70, died Friday, December 11, 2015 at her home in Dover, MN, following a lengthy illness. Carol was born November 2, 1945 in New Richmond, WI, to Lawrence and Lena (Vellieu) Demulling. She graduated from Dover- Eyota High School. On May 15, 1965 she married David Hander at the Catholic Church in St. Charles. They lived...
Roger E. Bruemmer
Dec 10, 2015
Roger Edward Bruemmer, age 81, of Elgin, MN, loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and faithful servant, moved on to his heavenly home on December 10, 2015. Roger was born to Edward and Blanche (Preston) Bruemmer on April 2, 1934. He lived on their rural Elgin farm and graduated from Elgin High School in 1952. He attended Dunwoody Institute in...
Joann H. Walters
Dec 3, 2015
The funeral for JoAnn H. Walters is Monday, December 7, 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin with Rev. Terrill Bramstedt officiating. Burial is at the Elgin Cemetery. JoAnn Hulda Walters, 83, died Thursday, December 3, 2015 in Rochester. JoAnn was born October 7, 1932 in Wabasha County to Harry and Lydia (Schultz) Johnson. She graduated from Plainview High...
Helmer Theodore Undeberg
Nov 5, 2015
Great grandfather, grandfather, father, and husband, Helmer Theodore Undeberg, on 11/5/2015 at 5:57 p.m., left this world. His merits recognized by all who knew him, a better place than he found it. On January 2, 1925 in Karlstad, Minnesota, Helmer was born into the Great Generation, son of Helmer and Mabel (Braathen). He broke ice in the morning to wash...
Carlene Ann Mueller
Oct 22, 2015
Carlene Ann Mueller of Plainview, MN passed away peacefully on October 22, 2015 at the age of 86. Â Carlene was born in Wilson, MN, on March 1, 1929 to from St. Charles High School in 1947. She married George E. Mueller on February 24, 1960 in Plainview MN and resided in the local area before moving into town in 1966....

Karen L. (Mussell) Oswalt
Oct 19, 2015
2015 at St. Marys Hospital, Rochester.  Karen was born in Winona the daughter of Ralph and Fern (Markwardt) Mussell.  She was a graduate of  Plainview High School. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, reading, watching TV, and traveling. Surviving are her grandchildren Tyler, Jonathan, Cody Mulholland, all of Plainview, Ashley Zabel; sister Marilyn Remmers of Red Wing; brothers Milon...
Gladys V. Shones
Oct 9, 2015
St. Isidore Health Center of Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. Gladys Vivian Kruger was born on March 16, 1926 to George and Elsie (Brehmer) Kruger. She was married on September 11, 1950 at the Breman Church to Francis W. Shones. The couple lived and raised their family in the Millville area where Gladys lived her entire life. Gladys was a stay...
Marlow Edwin Ihrke
Oct 8, 2015
Marlow Edwin Ihrke, 88, of rural Dover passed away Thursday, October 8, 2015, at Golden Living Center-Whitewater in St. Charles. Marlow was born in Dover on March 5, 1927 to Edwin and Mabel (Salter) Ihrke. He was a lifelong resident of Olmsted County. He attended Eyota Elementary and graduated from Eyota High School. Marlow worked very hard as a farmer...
Archie Ivan Evans
Oct 4, 2015
Archie Ivan Evans, 79, of Eyota, died peacefully, in his home, October 4, 2015. Archie was born February 16, 1936, in Quincy Township, rural Dover, to Ivan and Florence (Selke) Evans. Archie lived on the farm until graduating from Plainview High School in 1954. He joined the U.S. Navy and served from 1954-1958. In October 1959, Archie started his career...
Clifford W. Coffin
Oct 3, 2015
Clifford W. Coffin, 88, died Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Golden Living Center- Whitewater in St. Charles. Clifford was born April 28, 1927 in Rockwell, Iowa to William and Vera Luella (Coe) Coffin. He attended Clear Lake High School In Iowa and then joined the U.S Navy in 1994 serving 4 years. On October 16, 1949 he married Ruth A....
Helen Labare
Aug 2, 2015
Helen LaBare, 90, formerly of Eyota, died Sunday, August 2, 2015 at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth in Rochester. Helen was born on January 11, 1925 in Rock Dell, MN, to Lewis and Mathilda (Skogen) Brakke. She went to school at Olmsted County District #76 through 8th grade and graduated from Byron High School in 1944. On October 16, 1944...
Anna Mcdougall
Jul 30, 2015
Anna K. Bedtka McDougall, 89, of Rochester, died Thursday, July 30, 2015 at St. Isidore Health Center of Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. Anna Katherine Schrader was born June 22, 1926 in Eldorado, Iowa to Otto and Sophia (Glandorf) Schrader. She was baptized and confirmed in Eldorado at St. Peter Lutheran Church. She went to Eldorado elementary and graduated in 1945...
Bonnie Lee Mccreary
Jul 28, 2015
Bonnie Lee McCreary, 51, of Plainview, died July 28, 2015 at Mayo Clinic Hospital-St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester, MN. Bonnie was born August 16, 1963 in Rochester to Robert and Donna (Schoonover) Pries. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1981 and also from the St. Mary’ s Licensed Practical School of Nursing in 1982. On January 16, 2006 she...
Doris Marie Klavetter
Jul 28, 2015
Doris Klavetter, 93, died Tuesday, July 28, at St. Isidore Health Center of Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. Doris was born January 28, 1922 in Austin, MN, to Edward and Catherine Hall. At the age of 5, Doris was raised by her foster parents, Myron and Anna Fisk of Wabasha. On October 2, 1940, she married Meade Klavetter and they made...
Marlene Munroe
Jul 19, 2015
Hospital-St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester. Marlene was born March 13, 1944 in Preston, MN., to Clifford and Beatta Ruth (Olson) Bacon. She graduated from Preston High School. Marlene married Larry Munroe November 21, 1964 in Chatfield. Marlene worked at the Farm and Home Store in Rochester until 1966. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Eyota. Marlene...
Helen Marie Kreofsky
Jul 5, 2015
Helen Marie Kreofsky, died peacefully at St. Elizabeth’s Nursing Home in Wabasha, Sunday, July 5, at the age of 96. She was born on October 4th, 1918 to Theophil and Anna (Kronebusch) Tibesar. She enjoyed growing up with her three sisters on the family farm and has many treasured memories of her country school in Quincy Township. Helen married Henry...

Byrl Zarling
Jul 2, 2015
Center of Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. Byrl Lloyd Zarling was born April 9, 1929 in Wabasha County, Highland Township, to William and Evelyn (Miller) Zarling.He attended 8 years at Smithfield Country School and graduated from Plainview High School in 1946. He farmed his entire life on the family farm north of Plainview. He was baptized and confirmed at the Community...
Edward James Tentis
Jun 28, 2015
2015. Edward James Tentis was born May 17, 1955 in Wabasha, to John and Teresa (Kane) Tentis. He graduated from Elgin-Millville High School in 1973. On July 21, 1973 he married Peggy Schnell at St. Joachim’s Catholic Church in Plainview. They later divorced. Ed farmed on the family farm in rural Elgin. He was a member of St. Joachim’s Catholic...