Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainview and Eyota, MN
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. Â He married Linda Wild on August 6, 1966, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Eyota, MN. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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. Â She graduated from Plainview High School. Â On June 11, 1946 Violet was married to Bernie Boettcher. Â ...
Joan Lee
Apr 6, 2014
daughter of Jerome and Bernice (White) Majerus. Â Joan married Martin Lee on February 20th, 1950 in Elba, MN. Â The young couple started their life together living near Altura and in 1959 they moved to Albert Lea, MN. Â 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...
Lucille Zabel
Mar 19, 2014
Center of Greenwood Prairie. Lucille Esther Zabel was born June 7, 1928, in Plainview to Arthur and Dorothy (Krusmark) Schulz. Lucille graduated from Plainview High School in 1946. On April 7, 1947 she married Marvin Zabel at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Plainview. Together they owned and operated a dairy farm southwest of Plainview. Upon retirement, they moved into Plainview. Marvin...
Marvin Geroge Zabel
Mar 8, 2014
Marvin graduated from Plainview High School in 1944. On April 7, 1947 he married Lucille Schulz at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Plainview. Together they owned and operated a dairy farm southwest of Plainview. Upon retirement, they moved into Plainview. Marvin was a lifetime member of Immanuel Lutheran Church where he had served on the board of elders and various other...
Charles Labisky
Mar 3, 2014
Mr. Labisky, 82, passed away Monday at St. Isidore Health Center of Greenwood Prairie in Plainview. He was born August 8, 1931 to Charles Sr. and Meta (Timm) Labisky. Charles was a happy, soft spoken hard worker. He took over the family farm SE of Plainview after his father’s death in 1970. He enjoyed his horses and used them for...
Mandi Jo Seefeldt
Feb 28, 2014
The funeral service for Mandi Jo Seefeldt will be Thursday, March 6, 12 Noon, at Schad & Zabel Funeral Home in Plainview with Mr. Bill Wohlers officiating. Mandi, 22, died Friday, February 28, at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Rochester, St. Mary’s Campus, of injuries sustained in a car accident. Mandi Jo Seefeldt was born September 15, 1991 in Rochester to Kim Seefeldt...
Yvonne Zarling
Feb 14, 2014
On October 5, 1952 she married Vernon Ihrke. They farmed in the Dover and Elgin area. Vernon died July 19, 1967. Yvonne then married Archie Zarling on August 23, 1968. The and Christenson Accounting in Rochester. Archie died November 12, 2007 and then Yvonne moved into Plainview. She was a member of the Elgin American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and enjoyed...
Betty M. Neumann
Feb 4, 2014
primarily at W.T. Grant Department Store in bookkeeping. On August 18, 1956 she married George Neumann in Winona. The couple operated a dairy farm together east of Plainview. Betty also raised chickens and delivered eggs to homes in Plainview. They retired in 1985 and moved into Plainview. Her husband, George, died October 20, 1996. Most recently, Betty lived at the...
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