Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainview and Eyota, MN
Evabell Kramer
Oct 27, 2014
Evabell Josephine Davidshofer was born November 29, 1911 at Marmarth, North Dakota to George and Josephine (Kukowski) Davidshofer where her parents homesteaded in Dakota Territory. The family moved to a farm in the Whitewater Valley, near Beaver, when she was two years old. Evabell attended schools in Beaver, Cathedral High School and Winona Teacher College. She taught school in rural...
Delores Marie Melvin
Sep 7, 2014
officiating. Burial will be at the St. Joachim’s Catholic Cemetery. Delores Marie Melvin, 89, of Rochester passed on Sunday, September 7, with family at her side, at the Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth in Rochester. She was born March 2, 1925 at the family home in rural Plainview to Arnold and Irene (Schouweiler) Schneider. Delores attended Burnham Country School. On...
Norma Mason
Aug 23, 2014
Wabasha County to Clayton and Mamie (Deurwachter) Bennett. She attended Woodland Country School and graduated from Plainview High School in 1949. Norma grew up on the family farm south of Plainview. She married George Mason on May 2, 1953 at St. Joachim’s Catholic Church in Plainview. She worked at First National Bank in Plainview. She and her husband owned and...
Marlo Leon Milene
Aug 18, 2014
Marlo Leon Milene was born February 8, 1930 to Henry and Gertrude (Perry) Milene in Saratoga, Minnesota. He attended Saratoga country school. On November 1, 1949 he married Mary Jo Keefe in Rochester. They farmed their entire married life south of Eyota. Mary Jo died July 31, 2002. Marlo moved to Golden Living Center in St. Charles four years ago....
Luverne Albert Klassen
Aug 15, 2014
LuVerne Albert Klassen, 92, of rural Kellogg, MN passed away peacefully Friday LuVerne Albert Klassen was born February 14, 1922 in Highland Township, Wabasha County, MN to Clarence and Amelia (Peters) Klassen. He attended the Smithfield Country School until the eighth grade. On September 18, 1945 he married Juliann Wolfe at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Conception, MN. Reception was...
Donald "Donnie" Ball
Jul 12, 2014
Donald “Donnie” Ball 73, of Elba, died Saturday, July 12, 2014 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester. Donald Darrel Ball was born April 6, 1941 in Beaver, MN, to Floyd and Arlene (Pugh) Ball. He attended school in Plainview. He married Janice Kieffer June 24, 1960 in Elba, where they made their home. They were happily married for 30 years. Janice...
Merle Burdick
Jul 8, 2014
St. Isidore Health Center in Plainview. Merle was born on November 8, 1944, to Evan and Violet (Walters) Burdick, where he grew up on the family farm in Quincy Township. He married Linda Wild on August 6, 1966, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Eyota, MN. Merle and Linda have made their home and raised their family in Plainview. Merle...
Wayne Pretzer
Jul 3, 2014
Wayne Arthur Pretzer was born September 22, 1938 in Plainview to George and Luella (Reich) Pretzer. In 1956 he graduated from Plainview High School. In April, 1958, Wayne joined the US Army and served as a radar technician, until his discharge in March of 1961. On June 10, 1961, Wayne married Judith Stoltz at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Plainview. They...
Sylvia Maringer
Jul 2, 2014
Sylvia Olive (Nickelson) Maringer, 94, of Wabasha, died Wednesday July 2, 2014 at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home in Wabasha. She was born September 23, 1919 at Beaver, MN to Lawrence (Babe) and Pearl (Harmon) Nickelson. Sylvia attended grade school in Northville, South Dakota, Minneiska, MN and the Glendale School in the Whitewater Valley. She graduated from Winona Senior High in...
Prudence Harwick Gorman
Jun 16, 2014
In 1959 she graduated high school from the Milwaukee-Downer Seminary. She went on to get her college degree in 1963 from the Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York. In 1966 she married Eugene Gorman and they later divorced. Prudence moved back to Rochester and was employed briefly at the Mayo Clinic and then started her career at the Kahler...
Richard Butturff
Jun 8, 2014
Heaven has a roll call. On June 8, 2014, Richard Lee Butturff, 66, of Eyota answered that call to heaven by the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His life passed onto heaven while staying at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, MN from complications of cancer. A celebration of his life will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 10:00 a.m....
Elmer Simon
May 27, 2014
Elmer was born September 4, 1922 in Altura, Minnesota to Alvin and Lydia (Thiede) Simon. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1940 and attended the University of Minnesota Ag School in 1941 and 1942. On October 27, 1945 he married Helen Hemmestvedt at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. They then moved to the Simon family farm south of...
Robert J. Schultz
Apr 30, 2014
Robert John Schultz was born August 17, 1922 in Plainview Township the son of Edward and Ida (Boelke) Schultz. He attended Plainview High School through the eleventh grade at which point he was needed home on the family farm. On October 30, 1949 he married Shirley Evans at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Plainview. The couple farmed and raised their...
Lois Hill
Apr 19, 2014
Church in Eyota, with the Rev. Jonathan Vollrath officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Rochester. The visitation is Wednesday, 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Lois was born July 12, 1933, to Henry & Ruth (Rausch) Wraalstad. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1950. She married James Laqua on June 21, 1952 and they raised...
Dan Binder
Apr 19, 2014
Danny was born April 16, 1960 in Rochester to Don and Eloise (Moen) Binder. He was raised in Plainview and graduated from Plainview High School in 1978. He married and later divorced. Danny lived in the Twin Cities for 20 years and in Rochester the past 6 years. He was a gifted carpenter and builder. Danny enjoyed the outdoors, hunting,...
Violet Boettcher
Apr 9, 2014
Violet Boettcher, 90 of Rochester and formerly of Plainview and St. Charles died Wednesday, April 9th at the Samaritan Bethany Nursing Home on Eighth in Rochester. Violet Florence Deming Boettcher was born on July 18, 1923, the daughter of Edward and Florence (Olson) Deming. She graduated from Plainview High School. On June 11, 1946 Violet was married to Bernie Boettcher. ...
Joan Lee
Apr 6, 2014
daughter of Jerome and Bernice (White) Majerus. Joan married Martin Lee on February 20th, 1950 in Elba, MN. The young couple started their life together living near Altura and in 1959 they moved to Albert Lea, MN. They resided in Albert Lea until 1969 when they moved back to the Whitewater area in Elba. Joan was a homemaker and later...
Jesse Wurl
Apr 2, 2014
years after having a major stroke. Jesse was born June 10, 1937 in Winona to Albert and Caroline (Zarling) Wurl. He graduated from Wabasha High School. He married Joyce Kester on December 14, 1961 in St. Charles. Jesse was a farmer all of his life on Hoosier Ridge, 7 miles east of Plainview, taking over the farm when his parents...
Peter James Schneider
Mar 29, 2014
Peter James Schneider was born March 25, 1964 in Rochester to Eugene Michael and Frances Julene (Stevens) Schneider. He was raised on a farm north of Plainview and graduated from Plainview High School in 1982. He lived in Rochester and was currently employed by Forsythe Appraisals as a real estate appraiser. Peter enjoyed hunting, fishing, bowling, reading, watching movies and...
Lincoln Ray Paulzine
Mar 24, 2014
church. Our precious son, Lincoln Ray, was born March 22, 2014 at Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester. He was also baptized on March 22. He passed peacefully in the arms of his loving parents on March 24, 2014, at Mayo Clinic Hospital- Rochester, St. Mary’s Campus. In addition to his parents, Eric and Katie Paulzine of Stewartville, survivors include paternal...
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