All Obituaries

   Ruth Marie Miehlisch, 82, of rural Lanesboro, passed away peacefully on Sept. 18, 2020, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield.    Ruth Schewe was born May 1, 1938, in Sleepy Eye, MN, to Stan and Muriel (Hier) Schewe.  She graduated from Sleepy Eye High School and was crowned homecoming queen. She loved her career as a pediatric nurse after obtaining her LPN Degree in New Ulm.  On November 4, 1961, she married Helmut Miehlisch (a handsome German intern at...

 Henry “Hank” Ostby, 88, of Chatfield passed away Thursday, September 17, 2020, at Stewartville Care Center.    Hank was born May 27, 1932, to Ivy and Heinrick Ostby.  Hank grew up with 6 siblings.  In January 1951, Hank joined the U.S. Navy where he was a cook and baker on the USS Greene, before bring honorable discharge in November 1954.    On June 8, 1956, Hank married Mary Lou Mahan of Lime Springs, IA.  They raised 2 sons Terry and...

Shirley Johnson passed away peacefully on August 25, 2020 at her assisted living apartment in Chatfield surrounded by family.  She was 87 years old. Shirley Joanne Bothun was born December 22, 1932 to Eilef and Mary Bothun in Chatfield MN.  She attended school in Chatfield and graduated from Chatfield High School in 1951.  After graduation she worked at the Worrell Hospital in Rochester as a Nurse Aide.   She later worked Wiedenhief Grocery Store in Chatfield until...

   Larry Dennis Semmen was born March 24, 1949 to Leonard and Rose (Hagen) Semmen at the Johnson Hospital in Lanesboro, Mn.  He live in Bratsburg and attended school in Rushford until 6th grade until the family moved to Lanesboro. He was baptized at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Lanesboro.  He graduated from LHS in 1967. He served in the United States Army for 4 years during the Vietnam war in Germany. He was very proud of...

Sylvia Edwina (Rymerson) Bren passed away peacefully Saturday August 15 at Cottagewood Senior Community in Rochester after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease and Covid 19. Sylvia was born October 5, 1932 in Brookings County, S. D. to Selmer and Stella (Johnson) Rymerson. The third of six children, she grew up on the family farm north of Brookings and attended Brookings High School graduating in 1950.  She married Dale Olaf Bren February 11, 1951 and together they raised a...

   Monday night, July 27, 2020, the Good Lord called another Angel up to Heaven.  Carol Marie Lynch, 87, went home to be with her Maker while in her sleep, with family by her side after a brief stay in hospice care in Stewartville, MN.    She was born July 23, 1933 in Rushford, MN to John and Lorna (Marker) Lynch.  Carol graduated in 1952 from Chatfield High School in Chatfield, MN.  She later moved to Rochester, MN where she worked at St. Mary's...

     Fern  Drury, 97,, passed away peacefully on July 27, 2020, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield.  She had been a resident there since 2018.      She was born Fern Irene Miller on January 27, 1923 in Franklin County Iowa to Ira and Mabel (Patton) Miller.  She graduated from Hampton (Iowa) High School and Hamilton School of Commerce in Mason City, Iowa.      On August 31, 1943 she married Lyle Bartell in Mason...

   Richard Thomas Rogers, 83, of Chatfield, formerly of Rochester, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield.    Richard was born October 6, 1936, in Chatfield to James and Anne (Archambault) Rogers.  He enjoyed riding his bike around and listening to all types of music.  He loved when Western Days would come, because he knew he would be seeing his siblings; and family was everything to Richard.     Richard...

   Dennis “Denny” Wead, 75, of rural Preston, passed away Monday, July 13, 2020, unexpectedly at his home.    Dennis Walter Wead was born January 19, 1945, in Lanesboro, to Walter and Harriet (Hoff) Wead.  He grew up on a farm outside of Lanesboro, and graduated from Lanesboro High School in 1963. After High School he entered the Marine Corp., and served in the Vietnam War. After he returned back from the war, he meet and married Linda Hovelson on April...

   Marian Gartner, 89, of Chatfield, passed away Monday, July 6, 2020, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield.    Marian Lorraine Danielson was born October 31, 1930, in Preston, MN, to Edwin and Oney (Anderson) Danielson.  Marian graduated from Preston High School in 1949.  On February 17, 1952, she married Clair Gartner, in Cocoa, FL, and they were married for 66 years.    Marian and Clair enjoyed getting out on drives, and trips down to...