Audrey Lou Hillman

Audrey Lou Hillman

Aug 19, 2025

Audrey Hillman loving wife, mother, and grandmother, 68, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at the Oak Park Place Assisted Living Community in Albert Lea, MN.  A graveside service will be held at 12:30 on Monday, August 25, 2025 at the Greenwood Cemetery in Glenville, MN, with a reception immediately following at Oak Park Place. Chaplain Wendy Browne...

Gerald Scherb

Gerald Scherb

Aug 12, 2025

Gerald David Scherb, age 82, passed away on August 12, 2025. A celebration of life will be held on August 20 ay Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home from 5 PM to 7 PM.

Judy Zoller

Judy Zoller

Aug 11, 2025

Judy Zoller, age 78, passed away on August 11, 2025, after a long battle with cancer. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, August 16 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Chaplain Don Malinsky will be officiating. A visitation will be held from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM on Friday, August 15 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home...

Donna Mae Weber

Donna Mae Weber

Aug 4, 2025

Donna Mae Weber of Albert Lea, formerly of rural Myrtle, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on August 4, 2025, at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community in Albert Lea. A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 8, 2025 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home at 10AM with visitation to be held for an hour prior to the service. Pastor Karen Peterson...

Orville "Bud" Allen Stevens

Orville "Bud" Allen Stevens

Aug 2, 2025

Orville Allen Stevens passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2025. A Celebration of Life open house will be held at the Eagles club in Albert Lea, MN at 3PM on Saturday, August 9, 2025. A prayer service will be held at Hosanna Lutheran Church in Mankato, MN on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 11AM. Burial will take place following the...

Patricia Stahl

Patricia Stahl

Jul 28, 2025

Patricia Stahl, age 64, passed away on July 28, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM on Friday, August 15 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Reverend George Marin will be officiating.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.

William Micheal Schrankler

William Micheal Schrankler

Jul 28, 2025

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of William Micheal Schrankler, who left us on July 28, 2025, at the age of 78. Born on November 27, 1946, in St. Paul, Minnesota.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie Henry Schrankler and Eleanore Mary Brown Schrankler; his Siblings, Donna Jean Schrankler, Ralph Schrankler, and Sheryl Allison; and the love...

Wayne Thorson

Wayne Thorson

Jul 28, 2025

Wayne Thorson, age 84, passed away Monday, July 28, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 1 PM on Friday, August 15, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. A visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. Burial to follow will be held at Hillcrest Cemetery. Memorials are to be sent to Freeborn County...

Paul Edward Sorum

Paul Edward Sorum

Jul 28, 2025

Paul Edward Sorum, age 93, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2025. A funeral service will be held at Round Prairie Lutheran Church on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 10 AM. A visitation shall be held on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at Round Prairie Lutheran Church from 5-7 PM and for an hour prior to the service. Burial shall be held...

Jerome "Jerry" George Wuerflein

Jerome "Jerry" George Wuerflein

Jul 27, 2025

Jerome "Jerry" Wuerflein passed away on July 27 at St. John's Lutheran Community at the age of 89. A memorial service will be held at Round Prairie Lutheran Church on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM. Visitation shall be held from 5-7 PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home on Monday, August 4th, 2025 and for an hour prior to...

Greg Allen Cameron

Greg Allen Cameron

Jul 27, 2025

Greg Cameron, age 70, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 1 PM on Monday, August 4 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery.

Greg was born on August 3, 1954, in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Richard and Barbara (Hoium)...

Elizabeth "Libby" Seiffert

Elizabeth "Libby" Seiffert

Jul 25, 2025

Elizabeth “Libby” Seiffert, 84, passed away suddenly on Friday, July 25, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 1pm on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. Visitation will begin at noon, one hour prior to the service. Captain Marie Lewis from the Salvation Army will be officiating.

Libby was born on April 16,...

Duane Troe

Duane Troe

Jul 19, 2025

Duane Ordell Troe, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and steadfast community leader, passed away peacefully in Good Samaritan’s hospice room.

Born May 29, 1930, to Helmer and Myrtle Troe, Duane was baptized at Silver Lake Lutheran Church and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. He graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1948 and went on to serve his...

Marjory Ann Hamersly

Marjory Ann Hamersly

Jul 17, 2025

Marjory Ann Hamersly of Albert Lea died July 17, 2025.

She was born September 5, 1931, in Monticello, Iowa, the youngest child of Charles Morris Luett and Ruth Norine Luett (née McNeilly). Marge enjoyed a close-knit family life with her parents, her sister, Mary Lou, and her brother, Robert. She lived in Monticello, and on a nearby farm, until she graduated...

John E. Herman

John E. Herman

Jul 16, 2025

John E. Herman, 61, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on July 16, 2025.

Visitation will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, August 2nd, 2025, at Bayview Funeral Home in Albert Lea. The funeral service and fellowship gathering will follow at 2:00 P.M. Pastor Mary Iverson will be officiating. A burial service at Graceland Cemetery in Albert Lea will...

Mary Ann Pirsig

Mary Ann Pirsig

Jul 15, 2025

Mary Ann Pirsig, 94, passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at the Thorne Crest Senior Center in Albert Lea, MN. A funeral service will be held at 11 am on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service. Pastor Shane Koepke will be...

Darcy Nielsen

Darcy Nielsen

Jul 12, 2025

Darcy Nielsen, age 54, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester, MN.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, with Pastor Eileen Woyen officiating. Visitation will be held from 4:00–8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 25, 2025, at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home,...

Norma LeMay Demmer

Norma LeMay Demmer

Jul 12, 2025

Norma Demmer, age 97, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 11AM on Saturday, July 19, 2025 at Grace Lutheran Church in Albert Lea with visitation to be held for an hour prior to the service. Pastor Henry Burt will be officiating.

The polka music was playing when Norma LeMay Demmer danced her way...

Daniel Joseph Mines

Daniel Joseph Mines

Jul 11, 2025

Daniel Joseph Mines, 51 passed away at the St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester, MN on Friday, July 11, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held at noon on Monday, July 21, 2025 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, with a visitation held an hour before the service. Father Kurt Farrell will be officiating.

Daniel Joseph Mines was born...

Babe Enderson

Babe Enderson

Jul 9, 2025

Gertrude “Babe” Enderson, 77, peacefully passed away on July 9, 2025, at the Good Samaritan Center in Albert Lea, with family by her side. Though she is no longer with us, her warmth, joy, and kind spirit continue to live on in the hearts of all who knew her. A celebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, July...