Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainview and Eyota, MN
Edna Lorraine Fabian
Apr 28, 2016
Edna Lorraine Fabian, 93, died Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar, Iowa. Edna was born August 4, 1922 in Winona County to John and Minnie (Ueckert) Erdman. She attended country school in Hart, MN. On September 27, 1941 she married Melvin Fabian in Lewiston. They farmed south of Dover until 1956 and then moved to...
Clayton E. Mcdougall
Apr 12, 2016
Clayton E. McDougall age 93 of Eyota, MN passed away April 12, 2016 at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Clayton was born May 10, 1922 on a farm near Beaver, Minnesota to Nina and Clarence McDougall. He attended school in Beaver Valley and graduated from St. Charles High School in 1940. After high school Clayton farmed, and operated...
William Schneider
Apr 2, 2016
William J. Schneider, 86 passed away at Parkside Elder Care, Plainview, surrounded by his loving family Saturday April 2, 2016. William was born August 7, 1929 in Plainview, the son of Edward and Helen (Ryan) Schneider.  He married Rosemarie Koenig, June 7, 1958, at St. Joachim’s Catholic Church in Plainview, to this union they were blessed with 5 children.  William...
Cindy Shones
Apr 1, 2016
Cindy Lu Shones, 58 of Rochester passed away peacefully at Mayo Clinic Hospital- Rochester, St. Marys Campus on Friday, April 1, 2016. Cindy was born on November 15, 1957 to Gladys (Kruger) and Francis Shones in Wabasha. She was raised in Millville and graduated from Elgin-Millville High School in 1975. She had a life long career as a beautician. Cindy...
Margaret F. Pille
Mar 27, 2016
Margaret Pille, 100, a lifetime Plainview resident, died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at St. Isidore Health Center of Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. Margaret was born September 29, 1915 in Plainview. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1933. Margaret worked as a switch board operator for Pioneer Telephone Co. in Plainview. On July 19, 1938 she married Donald Pille in...
Geraldine B. Ihrke
Mar 25, 2016
Geraldine B. (Hansen) Ihrke, 91, of Eyota, formerly of St. Charles, died on March 25, 2016, at Arbor Gardens in Eyota. Gerry was born on February 23, 1925, on the family farm near Eyota to Arthur and Clara (Biersdorf) Pries. She grew up in the Eyota area and graduated from Eyota High School in 1944. On November 20, 1944, she...
Steven E. Graves
Mar 1, 2016
Steven Edward Graves, age 87, peacefully went to be with the Lord on March 1, 2016. He was born October 20, 1928 to Vern and Frances (McDougall) Graves in Fairwater, MN, Winona County. He married Lovilla (June) Hill on November 5, 1949. Together they had four daughters. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, June, his daughters, Linda...
Adelaide (Ann) Lehnertz
Feb 26, 2016
Adelaide (Ann) Lehnertz, 92, passed away Friday, Februaary 26, 2016 at Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 15, 1923 to Peter and Leona (Siebenaler) Mueller in Oak Ridge, Winona County. She attended Oak Ridge Country School. Ann married Nicholas Lehnertz October 16, 1939 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Elba. They farmed...
Grace Bartz
Feb 25, 2016
Grace May Bartz, 82, of Plainview, died Thursday, February 25, 2016 at St. Isidore Health Care Center in Plainview. Grace was born February 6, 1934 in Wabasha County. She was adopted as a child by Albert and Linda Labisky. She was raised on a farm SE of Plainview and attended Woodland Country School and graduated from Plainview High School in...
Phyllis Ihrke
Feb 25, 2016
Phyllis Ihrke, 94, died Thursday, February 25, 2016, at St. Crispin’s Villa in Red Wing. Phyllis Margaret Ihrke was born January 8, 1922 in Viola Township, Olmsted County to Otto and Freida (Bierbaum) Urban. Phyllis was baptized February 26, 1922 and confirmed November 10, 1935 at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church north of Eyota. She graduated from Eyota High School...
Mary A. Olson
Feb 22, 2016
Mary Agnes Olson, 88 of Plainview, died peacefully at Parkside Elder Care on Feb. 22, 2016. Her family is grateful that her daughter Jean was at her side when she passed away. Her family also is appreciative of the loving care she received at Parkside. Mary was born February 20, 1928, to Thomas and Agnes Wagner McGrath in Zumbro Township,...
Elaine Bernhardt
Feb 16, 2016
Elaine Bernhardt, 88, longtime Eyota resident, died Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at Madonna Towers in Rochester. Elaine was born March 16, 1927 in Potsdam, MN, Olmsted County to Alfred and Laura (Hoffman) Kitzman. She graduated from Elgin High School in 1944. On June 10, 1947 she married Melvin Hanenberger and they farmed northwest of Eyota. Melvin died  September 7, 1992....
Betty Eileen Cook
Feb 5, 2016
Betty Eileen Cook, 88, of Plainview, died February 5, 2016 at St. Isidore Health Center of Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. She was born January 13, 1928 in Winona to Glen and Loretta (Boehlke) Struble, and raised in the Winona and Lake City area. Betty graduated from Lake City High School in 1944. In 1947 she started working at Zero King...
Lucy Tucker
Jan 10, 2016
Lucy Rose (Graner) Tucker, 86, of Rochester died at home on January 10, 2016, after a brief battle with cancer. Lucy was born on June 29, 1929, in Highland Township, Wabasha County to Robert and Stella Graner.  In her youth, Lucy attended Smithfield Country School – a 2 room school – and graduated from Plainview High School in 1947, where...
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...


