Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainview and Eyota, MN
Jane Lorraine Outcalt
Jun 2, 2015
Jane Lorraine Outcalt, 85, died at her home in rural Dover on Tuesday, June 2. Jane was born April 8, 1930 in Fillmore County to Albert and Vera (Schuett) Lundt. She married Victor Outcalt, October 16, 1946. Jane and Victor farmed north of Dover. Jane loved her flowers, gardening, birds and fishing. She is survived by her husband, Victor of...
Margaret M. Timm
May 22, 2015
Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. Margaret was born October 3, 1931 to Adolph and Freida (Jacobs) Prigge on a farm in Hillsdale Township, Winona County. She attended Hillsdale Country School and then graduated from Silo Lutheran School in Lewiston. She worked on the family farm alongside her parents until her marriage to David Aaron Timm of Plainview on June 5, 1955...
John B. Sloan Jr.
May 12, 2015
John B. Sloan Jr. was called to his heavenly home on May 12, 2015 at St. Isidore Health Center of Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. John Benet Sloan was born October 30, 1925 to John Benet Sloan Sr. and Ruth (Pilgrim) Sloan at Ladysmith, Wisconsin. John Sloan Sr. and his parents homesteaded at Exeland, Wisconsin. Ruth Pilgrim was a school teacher...
Janice G. Howser
Apr 27, 2015
The funeral for Janice G. Howser will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 2nd at the Community Presbyterian Church in Plainview, with Rev. John Curtiss officiating. The burial will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Rochester. Mrs. Howser, 88, of Plainview a retired first grade teacher, died of congestive heart failure on Monday, April 27th at the Lake City...
Dorothy M. Kruger
Apr 1, 2015
PLAINVIEW – Dorothy M. Kruger, age 84, of Plainview, died Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at the St. Elizabeth Health Care Center in Wabasha, MN. Dorothy Mae Blee was born May 21, 1930 in Wabasha to James and Laura (Evers) Blee.  She attended school in Kellogg, MN, Lourdes High School in Rochester for two years, before graduating from Plainview High School...
Esther M Lyons
Mar 31, 2015
PLAINVIEW – Esther M. Lyons, age 88, of Plainview, died Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2015 at the Walker Methodist Health Center in Minneapolis, MN. Esther Mary Martin was born June 10, 1926 in Elgin, MN to William and Julia (Darcy) Martin.  She spent her early years on the family farm, and graduated from Plainview High School in 1943.  On Sept. 4,...
Sharon L. Odgen
Mar 25, 2015
Sharon Lyn Ogden of Rochester, MN is no longer with you. She welcomed her final change from body back to spirit on March 25 from liver and colon cancer at 67 years of age. Sharon was born in Denver, Colorado as Sunday’s child on September 21, 1947 at 8:00 a.m. to Violet Darlene Conrad Ogden and Ralph Samuel Ogden, Jr....
Rich Klees
Mar 24, 2015
Richard (Rich) Klees, 60, died at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, surrounded by his family following a courageous battle with cancer. Rich was born April 22, 1954 in Wabasha to Francis and Dorothy Klees. He attended Plainview and Wabasha Schools and graduated from Wabasha High School in 1972. On October 18, 1975 he married Paulette Evers at...
Betty Lou Brobst
Mar 24, 2015
Betty Lou Brobst, 83, of Eyota, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Betty was born September 12, 1931 in Elgin to Lloyd and Irene (Adler) Dobrinz. She graduated from Elgin High School in 1949. On September 17, 1950 she married Bill Brobst in Elgin. They lived in Elgin for 1 year, and then moved...
Norman Franklin Grethen
Mar 12, 2015
Norman Franklin Grethen , 78, went home  to his Lord and Savior on Thursday March 12, 2015. He was born near Mallard, Iowa and moved to the Eyota area when he was 15. He graduated from Eyota High School and attended college in Rochester and North Central College in Illinois where he enjoyed singing in a men’s Quartet. In 1958...
Loren Charles Bierbaum
Mar 11, 2015
Isidore Health Center of Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. Loren Charles Bierbaum was born May 19, 1936 in Rochester to Albert and Cora (Schellhammer) Bierbaum. He graduated from Eyota High School in 1954. Loren married Beverly Howard and they were later divorced. He then married Betty Jo Nesbitt and she died on May 6, 2010. Loren was a lifetime farmer in...
Melvin David Harnack
Mar 5, 2015
Melvin David Harnack was born December 30, 1943 in Elgin to Melvin and Dorathea (Woodward) Harnack. Â The family moved to Eyota in 1955. Melvin graduated from Dover-Eyota High School in 1961 and then attended Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis. On May 8, 1968, he married Janice May Stevens at the Little Brown Church in Iowa. They made there home in Eyota....
Lester Charles Judge
Feb 27, 2015
Lester Judge, 86, of Plainview, MN was reunited with his heavenly family on February 27, 2015.  He died at Mayo Clinic Hospital- Rochester, St. Mary’s Campus. Lester Charles Judge was born March 11, 1928 in Highland Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota to James and Catherine (Sagissor) Judge. He attended School District #38. On November 22, 1952 Lester married Mary Carol Lee...
Lavonne Jean Johnson
Feb 24, 2015
LaVonne Jean Johnson, 91, died peacefully, Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth in Rochester, with family by her side. LaVonne was born to Peter and Dagmar (Anderson) Johnson in rural Graettinger, Iowa on July 28, 1923. LaVonne married Maynard Johnson in Emmetsburg, Iowa on January 24, 1940 and began their journey together for a total of...
Mary Jane Dittrich
Feb 22, 2015
Mary Jane Dittrich age 73 passed away at Rochester Methodist Hospital on Sunday February 22, 2015. Mary Jane was born on October 5, 1941 to Marcus and Lucille (Lyden) Dittrich. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1959 and furthered her education at Winona Secretarial School. Mary Jane worked as a medical secretary at Gunderson Clinic, Lacrosse and also a...
Luverne Arnold Eddy
Feb 14, 2015
LuVerne Arnold Eddy, 101, died Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, Minnesota. Â He was born July 15, 1913 in rural Canton, MN to Elmer and Agnes ( Knudson) Eddy. He graduated from Chatfield High School in 1933. Kathleen and LuVerne Eddy were married October 16, 1937 at the Little Brown Church in a double wedding...
James Hart
Feb 6, 2015
James Robert Hart, 66, of Dover, passed away Friday, February 6, 2015 surrounded by his loving family at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Rochester, St. Mary’s Campus. Jim was born October 14, 1948 in Winona to Robert and Violet (Conway) Hart. He was raised on the family farm north of Dover and graduated from Dover- Eyota High School in 1966. On December 13,...
Vivian Herrick
Feb 4, 2015
Vivian Herrick, 93, of Eyota, died Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Vivian was born December 16, 1921 in Pine Island to Gilbert and Marie (House) Burd. She graduated from Eyota High School in 1940. On August 22, 1941 she married Gordon Herrick in Rochester. The couple resided in Eyota. Gordon died December 9, 2000....
Arthur L. Pries
Jan 25, 2015
Arthur L. Pries, 87, of Eyota passed away January 25, 2015 at Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. Arthur was a life-long resident of Olmsted County. He was born on May 9, 1927 to Arthur J. and Clara L. (Biersdorf) Pries and raised in Viola Township. He attended Eyota elementary and high school. On December 30, 1951 he married Marian...
Jeanette Johnson
Jan 13, 2015
Jeanette was born December 5, 1921 in Plainview to Clarence and Avis (Wright) Spengler. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1939 and the Kahler School of Nursing in Rochester in 1944. She then joined the United States Army and served with the Army Nurse Corp, 119 Evacuation Hospital in Central Europe until January, 1946. On March 23, 1947 she...


