Obituaries

Ardes Siemers

Ardes Siemers

Dec 4, 2012

Ardes L. Siemers, age 95, of Faribault, died Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the Keystone Communities of Faribault. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 10, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour in Faribault, with the Very Rev. James Zotalis, Rev. Henry Doyle, Deacon Bonnie Holt and the Rev. David Berggren, officiating. Interment will be...

Mae O'Brien

Mae O'Brien

Dec 3, 2012

Mae E. O'Brien, age 88, of Faribault, died suddenly on Monday, December 3, 2012 at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, December 7, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 139 Mercy Drive in Faribault, with the Rev. Kevin Finnegan, pastor officiating. Interment will be held at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in...

Margaret Thompson

Margaret Thompson

Dec 3, 2012

Margaret M. "Peggy" Thompson, age 74 of Blue Earth, died on Monday, December 3, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Memorial services will be held on Friday, December 7th at 1:00 P.M. at McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory in Waseca, with Fr. Martin Schaefer, officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Waseca. Visitation will be held on Thursday from...

Arthur Stoldt

Arthur Stoldt

Dec 2, 2012

Arthur W. Stoldt, age 81 of Waseca, formerly of rural Janesville, died Sunday, December 2, 2012 at the Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 5th at 11:00 A.M. at St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in Alma City with Rev. Keith Bilitz, officiating. Interment with military honors will be in the Alma City Cemetery. Visitation will...

Violet Anton

Violet Anton

Nov 29, 2012

Violet F. Anton, age 96 of Janesville, died on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at the Janesville Nursing Home. Visitation will be held Monday, December 3rd from 4 to 7 P.M. at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory in Janesville. Private graveside services will take place in the Smiths Mill Cemetery. Violet Fern was born June 10, 1916 in Alton Township, Waseca...

Joanne Nelson

Joanne Nelson

Nov 29, 2012

Joanne F. Nelson, age 79, of Faribault, died Thursday, November 29, 2012 at the Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis following an extended illness. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, December 3, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of St. Patrick in Shieldsville. Interment will be held at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis on...

George Degrood

George Degrood

Nov 25, 2012

George J. DeGrood Jr., age 87, of Faribault, died peacefully on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at his home following an extended illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church (139 Mercy Dr.) in Faribault, with the Rev. Donald DeGrood and Rev. Kevin Finnegan, concelebrating. Interment will...

Eugene Barnes

Eugene Barnes

Nov 24, 2012

Eugene P. Barnes, age 88 of rural Janesville, died Saturday, November 24, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, November 28th at 11:00 A.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville with Rev. Dr. Larry Griffin, officiating. Interment will be in the Woodland Hills Memorial Park in Mankato. The Barnes Family will greet friends...

Rolland Bourassa

Rolland Bourassa

Nov 24, 2012

Rolland J. Bourassa, age 84 of Waseca, died Saturday, November 24, 2012 at Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, November 27th at 11:00 A.M. at Christ The King Lutheran Church in Waseca, with Rev. Cary Larson, officiating. Interment with military honors will be in Waseca's Woodville Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday morning from 9:00...

Mary Zimmerman

Mary Zimmerman

Nov 22, 2012

Mary L. Zimmerman, age 78 of Janesville, died on Thursday, November 22, 2012 at the Waterville Good Samaritan Center. Memorial services will be held on Monday, November 26th at 3:00 P.M. at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory in Janesville, with Rev. Dr. Larry Griffin, officiating. Interment will be in the St. John's-Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Iosco Township, Waseca County. The Zimmerman...

Sharon Heimerl

Sharon Heimerl

Nov 21, 2012

Sharon L. Heimerl, age 58, of East Bethel, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at the J.A. Wedum Hospice Home in Minneapolis following a thirteen year battle with cancer. Sharon Lynn, the daughter of Howard Cutler and M. Lois Sherman was born on August 12, 1954 in Camden, New Jersey. She was a 60's free spirit and rebel...

Delrose Chadderdon

Delrose Chadderdon

Nov 20, 2012

Delrose "Del" Chadderdon, age 93, of Faribault, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the Sterling House of Faribault. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, November 26, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 139 Mercy Drive, Faribault. Interment will be at the Meadow Ridge Memorial Park in Faribault. Memorial visitation will...

Lorraine Quiggle

Lorraine Quiggle

Nov 19, 2012

Lorraine Marie Quiggle, 95, died November 19, 2012 at Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna, MN spending her final moments surrounded by her family. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church (139 Mercy Dr.) in Faribault, with the Rev. Kevin Finnegan, Officiating. Interment will be held at...

Raymond Knudson

Raymond Knudson

Nov 18, 2012

Raymond O. Knudson, age 79 of Waseca, died Sunday, November 18, 2012 at Lake Shore Inn of Waseca. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, November 21st at 2:00 P.M. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waseca with Fr. Martin Schaefer, Celebrant. Interment with military honors will be in Waseca's Woodville Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 5...

James Cerney

James Cerney

Nov 12, 2012

James "Jim" Cerney, age 83, of Faribault, died Monday, November 12, 2012 at the St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Parker Kohl Funeral Home & Crematory of Faribault, with Bernadette Tatge, Pastoral Minister of Divine Mercy Catholic Church in Faribault, officiating. Interment...

Victoria Staloch

Victoria Staloch

Nov 11, 2012

Victoria L. "Vicki" Staloch, age 65 of Waseca, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012 at her home, surrounded by her family. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, November 15th at 2:00 P.M. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waseca with Fr. Marty Schaefer, Celebrant. The Staloch Family will greet friends Wednesday from 4 to 8 P.M. at...

Ronald Baker

Ronald Baker

Nov 9, 2012

Ronald D. Baker Sr., age 75, of Lonsdale, died Friday, November 9, 2012 at the District One Hospital in Faribault following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Interment will be at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis with military honors. Visitation will...

Marion Ladue

Marion Ladue

Nov 3, 2012

Marion Mae LaDue, age 80 formerly of Elysian, died November 3,2012 in Tampa, Florida. Graveside services will be held Thursday, November 15th at 11:30 AM at the Janesville Cemetery. Her sense of adventure took her to Korea, Morocco, and France with the American Red Cross Overseas Association. Marion's favorite place, though, was her cottage on Lake Francis in Elysian, Minnesota....

Alfred Risto

Alfred Risto

Nov 2, 2012

Alfred A. Risto, age 84 of the Alma City & Pemberton Area, died Friday, November 2, 2012 at the Janesville Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 8th at 12:00 Noon at St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in Alma City with Rev. Keith Bilitz, officiating. The Risto Family will greet friends on Thursday morning from 10:00 A.M. until...

Irene Hand

Irene Hand

Nov 2, 2012

Irene I. Hand, age 90 of Waseca died Friday, November 2, 2012 at Lake Shore Inn of Waseca. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 5th at 11:00 A.M. at McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory in Waseca with Rev. Ron Brey, officiating. Interment will be in the Meadow Ridge Cemetery in Faribault, following services. Visitation will be held Monday morning...