Obituaries

Paulette Friesen

Apr 7, 2018

Paulette Colette Friesen, age 61, of Cannon Falls MN passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Saturday April 7, 2018. Paulette was born to Rueben and Cyrilla Friese on February 14, 1957, the youngest of 4 siblings.  She met her lifelong love, Kenny, when she was 14.  She graduated from Hastings High School in 1975, and she and...

Dr. Kristin Engebretsen

Apr 6, 2018

Dr. Kristin Mary (Vandehey) Engebretsen, age 47 of Cannon Falls, MN died peacefully at her home on Friday, April 6, 2018 after a long fight with a chronic disease.

Kristin was born on June 19, 1970 in Neenah, WI, the daughter of William and Mary (Draxler) Vandehey.  She graduated from Merrill High School in Merrill, WI in...

Marian Rapp

Apr 1, 2018

Marian Louise Rapp died on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 at the Red Wing Health Care Center.

Marian was born on February 19, 1926 in Red Wing, the daughter of Arthur and Marcella (Colling) Larson. She grew up and went to school in Red Wing. As a young woman she worked for Red Wing Shoe Company. Marian...

Alyce Gruber

Mar 27, 2018

Alyce Gruber was born on January 27, 1935 in Red Wing, the daughter of Arthur and Deloris (Lohman) Forsell. She grew up on a farm in Belle Creek, MN. She went to school until the eighth grade and then started work at the Belle Creek Store. She then moved to Red Wing with her sister Ardelaine. She waited tables...

Lawrence O'Connor

Mar 27, 2018

Lawrence “Larry” O’Connor, age 86, died peacefully in his home in Pewaukee, WI on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.

Lawrence Charles was born in Red Wing, MN on August 28, 1931.  He grew up on the family farm in Belle Creek, MN and attended a rural elementary school where he graduated as valedictorian, before graduating from Cannon Falls...

Helen Holmes

Mar 21, 2018

A spunky Irish lass has left this earthly life to be embraced by heavenly arms. Helen Ann Holmes passed away on March 21, 2018 at the age of 90.  She was born June 20, 1927 in River Falls, WI, the 10th of 13 children to James Daniel and Florence Augusta Linehan. In those 90 years, she added laughter and...

Kenneth Perryman

Mar 16, 2018

Kenneth E. Perryman was born on September 21, 1943 in Redlands California, the son of Edward and Edith (Slaven) Perryman. He moved with his family to Arkansas and then to Washington state at the age of 8. Ken graduated from Sunnyside High School in Sunnyside, WA in 1961. Following high school Ken served in the U. S. Air Force...

Ruth Landon

Mar 14, 2018

Ruth L. Landon, age 89, of Northfield, died on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at the Three Links Care Center in Northfield.

Ruth LaVonne Landon was born on January 12, 1929 in Farmington, the daughter of Thomas and Jennie (Holum) Hallanger. She grew up there and graduated from Farmington High School. On July 23, 1948 Ruth was united...

Ruth Hurt

Mar 12, 2018

Ruth Ann Hurt, age 78 of Cannon Falls, passed away on Monday, March 12, 2018 at the Regina Care Center in Hastings MN, with family by her side.

Ruth was born the oldest of 14 children to Robert and Marilyn (Lunkenheimer) Hiniker on May 23, 1939 in Mankato, MN.  She graduated in 1957 from Loyola High School...

Dimitri Lewis

Mar 11, 2018

Dimitri Denzel Lewis, age 23 of Rochester, died unexpectedly on March 11, 2018.

Dimitri was born to Tywander Brooks on July 30, 1994 at Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester.  He lived in Chicago, IL during elementary school, and moved to Rochester, MN in 2004.  He attended Rochester public schools.

Dimitri was a published poet and...

Charles McNamara

Mar 9, 2018

Charles “Chuck” McNamara, age 86, a lifelong resident of the Goodhue, MN area died on Friday evening, March 9, 2018, just a week short of one of his favorite holidays, St. Patrick’s Day.

Charles Daniel was born on April 21, 1931 in Red Wing, MN, the son of Raymond F. and Mary Leona (O’Reilly) McNamara.  He graduated...

Elma Ann Lyon

Mar 9, 2018

Elma Ann (Moorhouse) Lyon, age 84 of Minneapolis, MN died on Friday evening, March 9, 2018 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis.

Elma Ann was born on August 18, 1933 in Glenwood, MN, the daughter of Arthur and Pearl (Miller) Moorhouse. She graduated from Randolph High School and went on to work at the St. Barnabas School of...

Kenneth Volness

Mar 8, 2018

Kenneth Harold “Ken” Volness, age 71 of Dennison, MN died at his home on Thursday, March 8, 2018.

Ken was born on April 26, 1946 in Fargo, ND, the son of Harold J. and Ruth N. (Jacobson) Volness. He graduated in 1964 from Harding High School in St. Paul, ranking high in his class.

​He attended...

Justus "Bud" Widholm

Mar 1, 2018

Justus A. "Bud" Widholm, age 87, of Cannon Falls, died Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Reflections Care Suites in Northfield.

No services will be held at this time.

David Lundell

Feb 25, 2018

David Byron Lundell, age 74 of Rosemount and formerly of Cannon Falls, died at his home on Sunday, February 25, 2018.

David was born on December 5, 1943 in Cannon Falls, the son of Elmer and Gladys (Danielson) Lundell. He graduated from Cannon Falls High School in 1961 and began his career as a salesman. David worked...

Arthur McKinley

Feb 25, 2018

Arthur Sidney McKinley, age 99, a lifelong resident of Cannon Falls, died on Sunday, February 25, 2018 at Pleasant Manor Nursing Home in Faribault.

Art was born at home on the family farm in Stanton Township, MN on June 11, 1918, the son of John A. and Cora E. (Felien) McKinley. He graduated from Cannon Falls High...

Mark Sabin

Feb 14, 2018

Mark “Scruffy” Sabin, age 43, of Cannon Falls, lost his battle with depression on Wednesday, February 14, 2018.

He was born on November 20, 1974 in Northfield, the son of Paul and Kay (Schwartz) Sabin. Mark grew up in Cannon Falls and graduated from Cannon Falls High School. He worked various jobs throughout his life including being...

Jean Duden

Feb 11, 2018

Jean Blanche (Lundell) Duden, age 79 of Red Wing and formerly of Cannon Falls, died at her home on Sunday afternoon, February 11, 2018.

Jean was born the youngest of six children to Rutherford and Blanche (Lindell) Lundell on September 28, 1938 in Red Wing. She was a lifelong member of St. Ansgar’s Lutheran Church in Cannon...

Marilyn Cook

Feb 8, 2018

Marilyn Adell (Larson) Cook, age 87 of Cannon Falls, MN and formerly of International Falls, MN died on Thursday morning, February 8, 2018 at Three Links Care Center, Northfield, MN.

Marilyn was born in Bovey, MN, on October 8, 1930, the daughter of Emil and Nina (Bracken) Larson.  She attended a rural country school in Loman. She...

David Radman

Feb 2, 2018

Dave Radman, age 69, of Randolph passed away at home on February 2, 2018.

David Robert Radman, the son of Bertrand and Rose (Tschann) was born on February 8, 1948. He attended St. Mathias Catholic Grade School and graduated from Randolph High School in 1966. On June 17, 1967 Dave married Nancy Nicolai at St. Mathias Church...