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Terry Vern Cole
Aug 19, 2025
Terry Vern Cole, age 84, passed away peacefully on August 19, 2025, surrounded by his loving family at Immanuel St. Joseph’s Hospital in Mankato, Minnesota. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at the First Lutheran Church of Albert Lea at 11AM with visitation to be held for an hour prior to the service. Burial will...
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...
Iris Irene Bighley
Aug 16, 2025
Iris Irene Bighley passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2025. A memorial service will be held at Ascension Lutheran Church at 1PM on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Visitation will be held for an hour prior to the service.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
