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Janice Elaine Hagan
Jun 28, 2022
Janice Elaine Hagan, of Owatonna, formerly of Manchester, passed away June 28, 2022. Funeral Service will be held at 10 AM, Friday, July 1, at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the Funeral Home. Interment will be at West Freeborn Cemetery.
Janice Elaine Bartness Hagen was born July 16, 1941, to Osborn and Gladys...
Larry Duane Sunde
Jun 25, 2022
Larry Duane Sunde passed away on June 25, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. Services will be held on friday, July 1st at 2PM at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral home in Albert Lea, MN.
Larry was born March 15, 1957 in a hospital in Wells, Minnesota to Eldon and Beverly Sunde. He grew up with his parents on their family farm...
Verliss C. Wittmer
Jun 25, 2022
Verliss Wittmer, 87, passed away at the Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea on June 25, 2022.
A graveside service will be held on July 11, 2022 at 3pm at Alden Cemetery, Alden, MN. Pastor Kristi Mitchell will officiate.
Verliss Carol (Rasmussen) Wittmer was born on January 19, 1935, to Ida and Leroy Rasmussen. There were several versions of her...
Dennis G. Bank
Jun 24, 2022
Dennis G Bank 95 of Geneva, MN passed away on June 24, 2022 at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Albert Lea, MN.
Services will be Thursday, June 30th, 2022 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN with visitation at 4pm followed by the service at 5pm with Pastor Don Malinsky officiating. Interment will be August 29, 2022...
John Richard Mayzlik
Jun 24, 2022
John Richard Mayzlik passed away unexpectedly on June 24, 2022, at the age of 67.
He was born at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin, MN on November 17, 1954 to Russell F. and Ruth S. (Thompson) Mayzlik, the 5th of 6 children.
John grew up on a farm NW of Austin and attended Blooming Prairie Schools. He was a 1973...
Hunter Lee Robertson
Jun 20, 2022
Hunter Lee Robertson passed away June 20, 2022, in a tragic accident. Funeral service will be held at 1 PM Monday, June 27, 2022, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 PM Sunday June 26, 2022, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home and for one hour prior to service.
Hunter Lee Robertson was born in...
Alex Garcia
Jun 19, 2022
Alex Garcia, 48, of Albert Lea, MN passed away on June 19, 2022 at Mayo Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN after a courageous four year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 10AM on Friday, June 24th at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be...
Vera Mae Olson
Jun 17, 2022
Vera Mae Olson passed away on Friday, June 17, 2022 at the Good Samaritan Society in Albert Lea, MN
Full obituary and service schedule to follow.
Vera Mae (Kaushagen) Olson
Jun 17, 2022
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our mother.
Vera Mae (Kaushagen) Olson was born June 6, 1932, at home in Geneva, MN. Her parents were Cleber and Jessie (Morck) Kaushagen. She had three older brothers; Earl, Oren, and Roy and two older sisters; Phyllis and Twylah. They moved to Albert Lea and Vera attended and...
Gregory E Hitchcock
Jun 15, 2022
Gregory Edward Hitchcock, 74, passed away peacefully, after a courageous battle with lung cancer, on Wednesday, June 15th, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. Greg was born on August 13, 1947 in Beloit, WI, to Theodore E. and Patricia E. Hitchcock.
Greg grew up in Alden, MN and graduated Alden-Conger High School in 1965. During this time, he was active...
Kimberly Porter
Jun 13, 2022
Kimberly Kay (Keesling) Porter, 57, passed on June 13, 2022 after a 13 month battle with cancer. She passed at home, on the farm she loved, following four days surrounded by family and friends.
Kim was born on August 27, 1964 to Ken and Betty Keesling at Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea, Minnesota. She was the 4th of 5 children...
Bertha Richardson
Jun 9, 2022
On Thursday, June 9, 2022, Bertha Richardson, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away at age 100. Bertha was born with her twin Frieda at home in rural Farnhamville, IA in 1921 to Paul and Bertha Schmidt. She was one of 10 children. Bertha attended Reading Township Country School in rural Farnhamville, IA.
In 1939, Bertha married Merrill LuVerne Richardson...
Helen Karen (Jensen) Wiersma Slegh
Jun 8, 2022
On June 8, 2022, Helen Karen Jensen Wiersma Slegh was welcomed into Heaven by her faithful Savior Jesus Christ. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10AM on Saturday, June 18 2022 at Hollandale Christian Reformed Church with Rev. Dr. Michael Goodwin presiding. Visitation will be from 5-7PM Friday, June 17, 2022 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Burial will take...
Dorothy Joan Regina Schmiedeskamp Muschler
Jun 5, 2022
Dorothy Joan Regina Schmiedeskamp Muschler (Yes, that is really her whole name), 95, of Albert Lea, passed away June 5, 2022, surrounded by family after a full and joyous time on earth.
Joan was born on February 8, 1927, in St. Louis, Mo. She grew up in nearby Kirkwood with her parents, Walter and Kathryn, and two brothers, Harold (Hal)...
Edward Hendrickson
Jun 5, 2022
Edward Henry Hendrickson died at the age of 95 on Sunday, June 5, 2022 at St. John’s, The Woodlands, in Albert Lea, MN.
Funeral services for Edward will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at Hartland Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hartland, MN with visitation two hours prior starting at noon. Interment at Hartland Cemetery. Lunch following at...
Richard "Dick" Sipple
Jun 2, 2022
Richard “Dick” Sipple passed away on June 2nd, 2022 at his home in Albert Lea, Minnesota. A Funeral Service will be held at 2PM on Wednesday, June 8th at Central Freeborn Lutheran Church with Pastor Matt Griggs presiding. Visitation will be one hour prior, starting at 1PM. Burial will be at Central Freeborn Lutheran Cemetery following the service. Online condolences...
Patricia Groseclose
May 30, 2022
Patricia Ann Wynne (Sweigart) Groseclose 74 of Jordan, MN passed peacefully in her sleep on May 30, 2022, after a long battle with depression, diabetes, Lewy Body Dementia, and Parkinson Disease.
Patty Ann was born on Nov 13th, 1947 in Ft. Knox, Kentucky to Ray and Gertrude (Owen) Wynne of Dunkerton, IA. Being a military kid, Patty Ann lived in...
Larry Norbert Schmidt
May 28, 2022
Larry Norbert Schmidt, 71, of Hayward, MN, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at Thorne Crest Senior Living. A Memorial Service will be held at 10AM on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at Hayward Lutheran Church with Rev. Josh Enderson presiding. Visitation will be from 4-7PM on Friday, June 3, 2022 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to...
Donald Albert Renchin
May 28, 2022
Donald Albert Renchin of Twin Lakes, MN, passed away on May 28, 2022, at Country Meadow Place in Mason City, IA. Funeral services for Donald will be at St. Theodore Catholic Church on Friday June 3, 2022, at 10 am. Fr. Kurt Farrell will preside and burial will be at St. James Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday...
Juanice "Dotty" Evelyn (Schacko) Smith
May 28, 2022
Juanice “Dotty” Evelyn (Schacko) Smith, 97, of Albert Lea, formerly of Alden, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at Thorne Crest Senior Living of Albert Lea. A Funeral Service will be held at 11AM on Friday, June 3, 2022 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home of Albert Lea with Rev. Todd Walsh presiding. Visitation will be two hours prior starting at...
