Obituaries

Sidonia Balke

Sidonia Balke

Apr 3, 2014

Sidonia (Sweeney) Balke, 70 of Mankato, died on April 3, 2014 in hospice care. Friends and family will be greeted on Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 2 to 5 P.M. at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory in Janesville, Minnesota. Sidonia was born to Roger M and Edna (Mohr) Sweeney on April 11, 1943 in Edgerton, WI. Named after her maternal...

Brenda Austin

Brenda Austin

Mar 28, 2014

Brenda Austin, age 69, of Faribault, passed away Friday, March 28, 2014 at her home following an extended illness. Memorial services will be held on Monday, March 31, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Parker Kohl Funeral Home & Crematory of Faribault with the Rev. Dennis Tamke, pastor of Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church in Faribault officiating. Interment will be...

Timothy Knapp

Timothy Knapp

Mar 26, 2014

Timothy "Tim" R. Knapp, age 65, of Faribault, MN, passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN, following an extended illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 139 Mercy Drive, Faribault. Interment will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery...

Lorraine Tousignant

Lorraine Tousignant

Mar 20, 2014

Lorraine E. Tousignant, age 91, of Faribault, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at the Faribault Care Center. Memorial services will be held on Monday, March 24, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at the Parker Kohl Funeral Home & Crematory in Faribault, with Bernadette Tatge, pastoral minister of Divine Mercy Catholic Church, officiating. Interment will be held at the Calvary...

Alvin Rudolph

Alvin Rudolph

Mar 20, 2014

Alvin L. Rudolph, age 93, of Janesville, died peacefully on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at the Janesville Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville. Interment will be held at the St. John's-Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Iosco Township, Waseca County at a later date. Visitation will...

Jeanne Davies

Jeanne Davies

Mar 18, 2014

Jeanne I. Davies, age 87, of Faribault, MN, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at her residence at Deaconess Towers in Faribault. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 139 Mercy Drive, Faribault. Interment will be at the Calvary Cemetery in Faribault. Visitation will...

Gerald Smuda Sr

Gerald Smuda Sr

Mar 12, 2014

Gerald W. Smuda Sr., age 73 of Faribault, passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at his home following an extended illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Monday, March 17, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church in Faribault. Interment will be at the St. Lawrence Cemetery in Faribault. Visitation will be held at the...

Richard Wobschall

Richard Wobschall

Mar 11, 2014

Richard "Dick" Wobschall, age 78, of Albert Lea and formerly of Waseca, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the Albert Lea Good Samaritan Center following an extended illness. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Waseca, with Father Gregory Leif, officiating....

Mark Saxton

Mark Saxton

Mar 11, 2014

Mark A. Saxton, age 48 of Rochester, MN, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at his home. Private family services were held. Mark Allen Saxton was born on March 19, 1965 in Rochester, MN to Gerald and Marjorie (Haugen) Saxton. He attended Kasson-Mantorville High School and graduated in 1983. After High School he moved to Texas and worked for...

Robert Smith

Robert Smith

Mar 7, 2014

Robert "Bob" Smith, age 84, of Waseca, died peacefully on Friday, March 7, 2014, at the Colony Court Memory Care and Care Suites in Waseca. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Waseca with Father Gregory Leif officiating. Interment with military honors will be...

Elizabeth Fiebiger

Elizabeth Fiebiger

Feb 28, 2014

Elizabeth E. Fiebiger, age 99, of Faribault, died Friday, February 28, 2014 at the Park Place Senior Living in Owatonna, MN. Private family services will be held at a later date with inurnment at the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour Columbarium in Faribault. The family prefers that memorials be directed to the Out Reach Program, in care of Fr. Henry...

Lyle Peterson

Lyle Peterson

Feb 27, 2014

Lyle B. Peterson, age 94, of Janesville, died peacefully on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Lake Shore Inn Nursing Home of Waseca. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Janesville United Methodist Church with Pastor Bescye Burnett, officiating. Interment will be held at the Janesville Cemetery at a later date. Visitation...

Connie Wendler

Connie Wendler

Feb 26, 2014

Connie J. Wendler, age 62, of Janesville, died Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at Mayo Health Systems ~ Mankato following a recent illness. A Celebration of Connie's Life will be held on Monday, March 3, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory of Janesville, with Funeral Celebrant Laurie Stoeger, officiating. Interment will be held at the Smiths...

Lawrence Bjornson

Lawrence Bjornson

Feb 25, 2014

Lawrence "Larry" Bjornson, age 63, of Mankato, died suddenly on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 in Mankato. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Medo Evangelical Lutheran Church (14193 626th Ave., Mapleton) in Medo Township, Blue Earth County, with Pastor Laurie Stoeger, officiating. Interment will be held at the church cemetery at a...

Kathryn Heiskari

Kathryn Heiskari

Feb 22, 2014

Kathryn D. "Kay" Heiskari, age 69, of Faribault and previously of Cold Spring, MN, died on Saturday, February 22, 2014. Born August 25, 1944, in Faribault, MN, to Melvin and Edna (Saffert) Schreyer, Kay was the youngest of three children. Kay grew up in Faribault, raised a family in Cold Spring, MN, and retired from St. John's University bookstore. She...

Willard Brandt

Willard Brandt

Feb 17, 2014

Willard "Will" Brandt, age 61, of Owatonna, died peacefully on Monday, February 17, 2014, at the Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna following an extended illness. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at the McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory of Waseca, with Sister Franchon Pirkl, Chaplain of Homestead Hospice House, officiating. Interment will be...

Robert Orrie

Robert Orrie

Feb 17, 2014

Robert "Bob" Orrie, age 77, of Waseca, died peacefully on Monday, February 17, 2014, at the Colony Court Memory Care and Care Suites in Waseca following an extended illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, February 21, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Waseca, with Father Gregory Leif, officiating. Private family...

William Kuchera

William Kuchera

Feb 12, 2014

William "Bill" Kuchera Sr., age 62, of Janesville, MN, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, February 17, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at St Ann Catholic Church in Janesville, with Rev. Chinnappa Pothireddy, officiating. Interment will be at St Ann Church Cemetery in Janesville. Visitation will be held...

Marjorie Wadekamper

Marjorie Wadekamper

Feb 9, 2014

Marjorie A. Wadekamper, age 70, of Faribault, died Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville, surrounded by her family, following an extended illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Church of St. Patrick, Shieldsville, MN. Interment will be held at the Church of St. Patrick Cemetery...

Virginia Miller

Virginia Miller

Feb 9, 2014

Virginia A. Miller, age 77, of Faribault, died Sunday, February 9, 2014 at the Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 139 Mercy Drive, in Faribault. Interment will be held at St. Lawrence Cemetery, Faribault in the spring. Visitation will be held...