All Obituaries

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...

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...

Paula Anna Kroeger, age 88, of Albert Lea, passed away with family by her side on Friday, May 8, 2020 at Mayo Clinic Health System – St. Mary’s Campus. Paula was born on January 8, 1932 in Reiterswiesen, Germany to Philipp and Josepha Gruebel. She grew up and attended school in Reiterswiesen. Paula was united in marriage to Leonard Kroeger. She was a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Albert Lea. Over the years she enjoyed fishing, traveling, collecting dolls, antiquing,...

Roger G. Rebelein, age 83, of Alden passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Roger George Rebelein was born on December 14, 1936 in Albert Lea to George and Clara (Richter) Rebelein. He graduated from Alden High School. On September 29, 1962, he married Bonita “Bonnie” Benson and together they had four children. In 1970, Roger and Bonnie moved to the Rebelein family farm in Alden and that is where he farmed, and they raised their family. He was involved with Gideons, jail ministry,...

Private funeral service for Darlene Anderson will be held on Tuesday (5/5) at 10:30am at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Rev. Don Malinsky will officiate. Burial will be in North Freeborn Lutheran Cemetery. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com. Darlene Mae (Olson) Anderson, age 81, died at her home Friday, May 1, 2020, from her battle with congestive heart failure. Darlene was born July 18, 1938, in Austin, MN.  She was the daughter of Oscar and Alice (Johnson)...

Herbert Nels Mehus, 80, of Albert Lea died Saturday May 2, 2020 at St. John’s Lutheran Community - Woodlands. A private family service will be held at a later date at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com Herb was born September 3, 1939 in Glenville, MN to Nels and Inga (Burkhow) Mehus. He attended Glenville schools and Albert Lea High School. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Herb enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving...