Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainview and Eyota, MN
Gladys Claussen
Jul 16, 2013
Gladys L. Claussen, 103, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Health Minnesota, to Dan and Elsie (Johnson) Herman. She attended Schad’s Corner rural school and graduated from Plainview High School in 1927. Gladys then attended Winona Normal College. She taught 28 years in rural schools of Wabasha, Winona and Olmsted Counties. Gladys then taught 8 years at the...
Kayla Murphy
Jul 13, 2013
A celebration of life for Kayla Marie Murphy, 22, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, formerly of Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 21, at the Immaculate Conception Church. Â A visitation will also be held one hour before the church service on Kayla joined our heavenly Father on Saturday July 13, 2013, after an eight...
Doris Schnell
Jul 3, 2013
2013, surrounded by her loving family, following a brief illness. Plank. She attended the Giem Country School. In December,1945, Doris was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin. On June 15, 1946, Doris married Robert Schnell Jr. at Trinity Lutheran Church. The couple farmed in Oakwood Township, Wabasha County, their entire married life. Doris was a member of the Bremen...
Judson "Judy" Neau
Jul 1, 2013
DC where she attended Western High School and worked in the library. Â In her junior year of high school, they moved to Manassas, VA where she attended a country school. Following high school, she attended a business school where she learned stenography, shorthand, and typing. Â Her uncle helped her to get a job with the Library of Congress in Washington,...
Matt Taubel
Jun 29, 2013
He received the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Stars, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Star, and the Unit Citation for Occupation of Japan. He married Catherine Angelbeck on May 23, 1946, at Immaculate Conception Church, rural Kellogg, Minnesota. Â They purchased the former Joe Schad farm in the Theilman area and farmed there all their lives. Â He...
Alfred "Al Schumann
Jun 21, 2013
He attended Rochester Junior College for two years and received a full tuition scholarship to Princeton University.  He was unable to attend due to family circumstances.  He took over the education with correspondence courses in law. while raising six children. Al was active in many organizations:  Olmsted County’s Outstanding Farmer Award in 1957; Dairy Herd Improvement Association;  SE MN Farm...
Lila Rosenberg
Jun 18, 2013
Lila June Holst was born June 27, 1925 on the family farm in Plainview Township to Herman and Anna (Schultz) Holst. Lila attended Country School and graduated Rosenberg at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Plainview. They farmed in Plainview Township, retiring in 1982. Her husband Ronald died November 5, 1993. Lila continued to live on the farm until moving to Golden...
Gregory John Graham
May 31, 2013
Gregory John Graham, 47, of Eyota died May 31, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Constance (Kraft) Graham. The Grahams moved to Eyota in 1966 and Greg lived his entire life in Eyota. Greg was confirmed at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in 1978. He graduated from Dover-Eyota High School in 1985. At the time of his death he was employed...
Allan Schwanke
May 31, 2013
Hospital, following a brief battle with lung cancer. Allan Lorenz Schwanke was born April 17, 1943 in Wabasha, MN to Lorenz and Alma (Wilde) Schwanke. He lived at the Schwanke General Store in Potsdam. Allan attended Country School north of Potsdam and graduated from Elgin High School in 1960. In March of 1962, he joined the US Army and served...
Helen A. Simon
May 25, 2013
Helen A. Simon, age 90, of Plainview, died Saturday, May 25, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. Helen A. Hemmestvedt was born April 15, 1923 in Goodridge, MN to Torjus and Annie (Haugen) Hemmestvedt. Helen attended school in Crookston and graduated from the Thief River Falls High School. She went on to attend the Minnesota School of Business in...
Barbara Ruth Stoltz
May 22, 2013
Barbara Ruth Stoltz was born September 6, 1934 in Olivia, Minnesota to Ervin and Olive (Dodge) Grabow. Â Barb graduated from Elgin High School. On June 16, 1953 Barb was a longtime sales representative for Avon. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin and the Ladies Aid. She was a longtime member of the Plainview American Legion Ladies...
Maxine Hall
May 14, 2013
at her side. She was born April 15, 1925 to Dollie (Boldt) and Louis Spring in Elgin, Mn.  She September 1945. In August 1942 she met John F. Hall.  Three months later he left to serve in the Air Force in WWII for three years, returning in August of 1945.  They married on September 10, 1945 at St Joachim’s Catholic...
Eleith Doane
May 4, 2013
years. Eleith retired August 29, 1988. She was a member of Rochester First Presbyterian Church. Eleith is survived by nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Ruth Tabor, and her brother, Earl C. Doane. A memorial service will be Wednesday, May 22, 11 am at the Community Presbyterian Church in Plainview with Rev....
Ethel G. Carter
May 2, 2013
Plainview in the late 1920s.  There Ethel grew up loving animals, especially the farm’s horses, and thoroughly enjoying the open air country life.  She attended the French High School in 1944. While in high school she met the love of her life, Harold Carter, also of Plainview. They were married October 12, 1944, while Harold was home on leave from...
Lee Gulsvig
May 2, 2013
discharged and returned to Havana, North Dakota. Lee married Gene Hentgen December 27, 1948. He moved to Oakdale, MN in 1973 where Gene passed away in 1986. Lee then married Elizabeth Peterson February 7, 1987. They moved to Arizona upon retirement. He belonged to Masonic Lodge #13 in Ellendale, VFW Post 3545 in Ellendale. He loved spending time with his...
Vernon C. Reiter
Apr 5, 2013
On April 6, 1941 he married Vera Geyer at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Shortly after their marriage, Vernon was drafted into the Army Air Corp, serving four years. Following his discharge they farmed in the Potsdam area, N.W of Elgin. In 1976 they retired and moved to Woodland Estates, Elgin. In retirement Vernon enjoyed woodworking, dancing and...
Joyce Melvin
Mar 13, 2013
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Daryl Lee Mestad
Mar 12, 2013
Daryl, 54 of Elgin died Tuesday. Daryl Lee Mestad was born May 14, 1958 in Spring Grove, MN to Kermit and Norma (Rude) Mestad. He graduated in 1977 from North Winneshiek High School in rural Decorah, Iowa. Daryl married Cindy Klankowski, August 26, 1989 in Rochester, MN. They lived in Rochester and then moved to Elgin in September of 1993....
Ben E. Marshman
Feb 19, 2013
Benjamin Eugene Marshman July 17, 1932 – February 19, 2013 Benjamin Eugene Marshman, 80, of Plainview died peacefully at his home surrounded by family on February 19, 2013. Ben was born July 17, 1932 at his home in Plainview Township. His parents were Herbert and Edna (Duerrwaechter) Marshman.  He attended the rural Woodland School located in Plainview Township and graduated...
Wayne Ebner
Feb 1, 2013
Wayne Melvin Ebner was born February 27, 1940 in Elba, MN to Melvin and Margaret (Kieffer) Ebner. He grew up in the Rollingstone area and graduated in 1958 from Holy Trinity Catholic School in Rollingstone. Following high school he enlisted in the army, upon discharge he farmed with his father near Millville. He bought his own farm near Weaver, MN...
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