All Obituaries

Delores Joyce (Leaf) Steele passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020.  Funeral Services will be held at 1 PM Wednesday, June 3, at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home with visitation 2 hours prior to services at the funeral home.  Interment will be at Pickerel Lake Cemetery. Due to social distancing requirements, we are limited to 50 or fewer attendees in the funeral home at any time. Masks will be required.

Memorial Mass of Christian Burial for Anne Troska will be held on Tuesday (6/2) at 10am at St. Theodore's Catholic Church. Fr. Kurt Farrell will officiate. Burial will be in Alden Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday (6/1) from 5-7pm at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at church on Tuesday. Please wear masks if you are attending the visitation and service. If you do not feel comfortable coming to the service or the visitation the family understands;...

Private family graveside service for Dorothy Farnham will be held at 10:30 am on Saturday (5/30) at Graceland Cemetery. Rev. Clayton Balsley will officiate. Memorials can be sent to Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home where they will be forwarded to the family. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com Dorothy Mae Farnham passed away on May 24, 2020 at St. John’s Lutheran Community – Woodlands. Dorothy was born to Charles and Hannah Christensen on October 5, 1922 in...

Graveside Service for Dar Claussen will be held on Wednesday (5/27) at 11am at Round Prairie Cemetery. Rev. Kent Otterman will officiate. The public is welcome to come and pay their respects to the family and remain in their vehicles for the service. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Memorials can be mailed to Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com Darwin D. “Dar” of Glenville passed away peacefully at the...

Franklin “Frank” Chrz, 67, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2020. Frank was born on January 2, 1953 and is the son of Frank and Alice Chrz in Freeborn County, MN. The light of Frank’s life was his daughter, son, and two grandchildren – his family. He worked and lived at Hiawatha Beach Resort – his second family. He loved boating, fishing, hunting, and of course 4:00 pm happy hour! His positive and enthusiastic attitude was delightfully contagious. Frank is...

Visitation will be held 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Wednesday, May 20 at First Lutheran Church. Social distancing rules of 10 people in the church at a time during visitation will be observed. The family asks that all who attend the visitation wear a face mask. A private family service will be held at 1:30 followed by interment at Lakewood Cemetery.  The funeral will be live streamed on our Facebook page. We will stream live at 1:25. After 102 years of a life lived to the fullest, our beloved...

Funeral services for Edwin Milton Johnson,  96, of Albert  Lea will be at 2pm Tuesday at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home.  The Rev. Ost will officiate. Internment will be at Greenwood Cemetary following the funeral.  Visitation will be 4 to 6 pm Monday at the funeral home. Social distancing guidelines of no more than 10 people in the funeral home will be observed at both visitation and funeral. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com.   Edwin...

Darrel Louis Johndro, 82, died peacefully on Tuesday afternoon, May 12 at Thorne Crest Retirement Home in Albert Lea, MN, where he resided with his wife of 61 years Patricia Johndro (Schulte).  His wife, children and grandchildren surrounded him night and day with love and care as his journey of life drew to a close. Darrel was born on November 13, 1937 in Limestone, Maine.  He served in the United States Airforce from 1958 to 1966- a period of time he so loved and felt great pride...

Ammon Jesse Harper passed on into eternity on May 11th close to 7:30 AM.  My name is Iolie Rose Harper.  I am his wife.  Our son’s name is Ammonihah Kai Harper.  Ammon is stepfather to my first child, Cura Kailee Hill.  He has two step grandchildren, Bianca Rose Scott and Whesley Rose Scott.  We have one son who was about 2 years younger than Ammonihah.  He passed away right after he was born.  His name is Anakin Ammon Harper.  Though Ammon...

Stanley A. Espeland, 78 years young, died at Mayo Clinic Health System Albert Lea on Friday, May 8, 2020. A private family memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 15, 2020 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, Albert Lea, MN. Interment will be at West Cemetery in Rake, IA at 1:00 p.m. on May 15, 2020.   Stanley Ardell Espeland was born on March 3, 1942 in Rake, IA to Sam and Josie Espeland on the family farm. Stanley graduated from Rake High School in 1960 where he...