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Denise Olsen
Jul 26, 2020
Denise Rene (Schroader) Olsen, 65, of Albert Lea, passed away at home on Sunday, July 26. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home of Albert Lea with Rev. Vern Harris presiding. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service and interment will take place immediately following the service...
Darrel Allen Varland
Jul 25, 2020
Darrel Allen Varland, 73, of Albert Lea, passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer on Saturday, July 25 at St. John’s Lutheran Community on Fountain Lake. A Funeral Service will be held at 10AM on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at Faith Baptist Church of Albert Lea, with Rev. Riley Brown presiding. Visitation will be one hour prior to the...
Kathleen "Kathy" Mae Bennett
Jul 24, 2020
Funeral Service for Kathleen “Kathy” Bennett will be held at 11AM on Saturday (8/1) at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Rev. Jan Crissinger will officiate. Burial will be in Lakewood Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com
Kathleen Mae Bennett passed away on July 24th, 2020...
Elaine A Hallum
Jul 22, 2020
Elaine Avonelle “Grandma” Hallum loved butterflies. It is quite fitting that Grandma felt a kinship with butterflies, which are so beautiful and nurture a sense of joy and wonder. And while butterflies may appear delicate, they are capable of demonstrating remarkable strength and stamina as they flutter across oceans and continents. One shouldn’t underestimate butterflies, and one shouldn’t underestimate Grandma. ...
Marjorie Ann Lonning
Jul 19, 2020
Marjorie Ann Lonning, age 88, of Albert Lea, passed away on July 19, 2020 at the Thorne Crest Senior Living Community.
Marjorie was born September 22, 1931, daughter of Selmer and Norma (Sivesind) Moe in Waukon, IA. She attended rural school (3 years) and then to the Waukon Public Schools; graduating from Waukon High School in 1950. Marjorie “Marge” married...
ElVera Viola Kabe
Jul 18, 2020
Funeral Service for ElVera Kabe will be held on Saturday (7/25) at 11AM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Rev. Matt Lehman will officiate. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Masks will be required for entry into the building. The service will be live streamed through the...
Irene Ann Bock
Jul 18, 2020
A memorial Service for Irene Bock will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, July 23 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service. Social distancing guidelines will be followed and masks are required.
Irene Ann (Henderson) Bock was born October 22, 1940 and she grew her beautiful angel wings Saturday, July 18, 2020 at...
Dorothy Jean Stegenga
Jul 12, 2020
Dorothy (Dot) Jean Stegenga was born May 2, 1930 to Henry and Edith (Ashworth) DeVries in Albert Lea. Dorothy grew up in Hollandale and graduated from Albert Lea High School. On April 20, 1949, she was united in marriage to Elmer Stegenga, "the best boyfriend ever" as she would always tell to her grandchildren. Together they made their home in rural Hollandale. She was...
Gladys M. Belshan
Jul 10, 2020
Gladys Mae Belshan, age 97, of Albert Lea passed away on Friday July 10, 2020 at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community.
Gladys (Kycek) Belshan was born on December 8, 1922 to Louis and Jessie Kycek in Freeborn County. She attended District #60 school in Hayward township. Gladys married Fred Belshan on July 21, 1943 in Albert Lea. She passed away...
Barbara Ann Cichosz
Jul 8, 2020
Barbara Ann Cichosz, age 75 of Albert Lea, formerly of Annandale, MN, passed away on July 8, 2020 at her home in Albert Lea, MN.
Barb was born on July 20, 1944 in Annandale, MN to Leonard and Ethel (Olson) Rudolph. She grew up in the Annandale area and graduated from Annandale High School. She ventured out to Bemidji State...
Arleen M Rasmussen
Jul 2, 2020
Arleen M. Rasmussen, 84, of Cambridge, WI passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at her home.
Arleen was born on May 23, 1936 in Albert Lea, MN to Carl and Louise (Jensen) Rasmussen of Clarks Grove. She was baptized at North Freeborn Lutheran Church in Clarks Grove, and later confirmed at the church in 1950.
In 1954, Arleen graduated...
Colleen Larson
Jul 2, 2020
Colleen Carole Larson, age 92, of Albert Lea passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at St. John’s Lutheran Community.
Colleen Carole Larson was born on October 7, 1927 to Hjalmer and Ruth Johnson in Wyndmere, North Dakota. She graduated from Wyndmere High School in 1945. Colleen married James Breuer in Albert Lea, Minnesota and they had three sons, Mike,...
Solveig Christine Sorenson
Jul 1, 2020
Solveig was born April 3, 1920, on the family farm north of Hayward, MN, the second of four children born to Pedar J. and Elsie E. (Lunde) Skaar. She died July 1, 2020 at the New Richland Care Center, New Richland, MN.
Solveig was baptized (May, 1920) and confirmed (1934) at the Hayward Lutheran Church. She attended Elementary country school...
Shirley Jean Wright
Jul 1, 2020
Shirley Jean Wright (Raines), 92, a resident of New Perspectives Senior Living in Roseville, MN, passed away on Wednesday, July 1st, 2020 surrounded by family.
Shirley was born on February 20th, 1928 in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Chris and Lillian Paulson (Nelson). The family moved to Hastings, Nebraska where she graduated from Hastings High School. She then returned to Minnesota...
Stanley Luverne Stadheim
Jun 28, 2020
Graveside Service for Stanley Stadheim will be Thursday (7/2) at 10AM at East Freeborn Cemetery. Rev. Matt Griggs will officiate. Memorials can be sent to Bayview Freeborn Funeral home where they will be forwarded on to the family. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com.
Stanley Luverne Stadheim, age 96 of Albert Lea, passed away on June 28th, 2020 at St....
Albert J Reynen
Jun 26, 2020
Albert Jean Reynen passed away June 26, 2020, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Born May 26,
1923, near Killduff, lowa, to Pearl A. (Rozendaal) and John Dirk Reynen, Al moved with his parents to a farm near Hollandale, MN, in 1925. Al graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1941 and began farming with his father. On March 23,1945, Al married...
Donald Paul Johnsrud
Jun 22, 2020
Donald “Don” Paul Johnsrud, 93, of rural Albert Lea, died on June 22, 2020 on the farm that he was born on. He was born on September 16, 1926 in Bancroft Township to Henry Edwin Johnsrud and Alice Hazel (Slattery) Johnsrud. Don was baptized and confirmed at East Freeborn Lutheran Church. He grew up on the family farm near Lerdal...
Dwayne Klukow
Jun 21, 2020
Dwayne Klukow, 82, passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN on June 21, 2020. He was a longtime resident of Albert Lea, MN and was the son of Donald and Hazel Klukow, both deceased. He is survived by brother Harlan Klukow and his wife Beverly of Independence, MO; brother Lonnie Klukow of Albert Lea; sister Lorraine...
Mary Lou Thompson
Jun 20, 2020
Private Memorial Service for Mary Thompson, age 88 of Albert Lea, will be held on Thursday (6/25) at Salem Lutheran Church. Rev. Erica Cunningham will officiate. Burial will be in Lakewood Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home where they will be forwarded on to the family. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com.
Mary L. (Katzung) Thompson...
Caroline Alvina Theobald
Jun 18, 2020
Caroline Theobald, 100, of Waseca, formerly of Albert Lea and Alden, passed away peacefully on June 18, 2020 at Lakeshore Inn Nursing Home in Waseca. A Memorial Service will be held at 11AM on Monday, July 20, 2020 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home of Albert Lea, MN with Pastor Kristi Mitchell presiding, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Inurnment...
