Marian Melissa Thompson
Aug 31, 2024
Marian Melissa (Borland) Thompson passed away on August 31, 2024 at the age of 102 and 6 months.
Services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Clarks Grove, MN on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Marian was born on February 24, 1922 to Archie and Anna (Putman) Borland in...
Cindy Rae Sparrow
Aug 30, 2024
Cindy Rae Sparrow (née Stillwell)
4/24/1960-8/30/2024
Born in Brainerd Minnesota, died Albert Lea, Minnesota
Cindy Sparrow passed away in the early hours of Friday August 30, 2024. She is preceded in death by her parents Mr. Richard Bert Stillwell and Mrs. Lena Cordelia Stillwell (née Hoareux), her siblings Rick Stillwell and Linda Nachtsheim. She is survived by her two sons Jacob Sparrow and...
Richard Dean Walker
Aug 30, 2024
Richard "Dick" Dean Walker, 84, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024. A funeral mass will be held at St. Theodore Catholic Church on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 11AM with visitation held for an hour prior to the service. Burial will be held at Hillcrest Cemetery immediately following the service.
Dick was born on July 7, 1940 in Emerald Township,...
Warren August Wichmann
Aug 29, 2024
Warren A. Wichmann passed away on August 29, 2024 surrounded by family. He was born on April 7, 1954 in Albert Lea, the son of Walter and Muriel Wichmann. He was a contractor and an avid hunter. He enjoyed spending time with his family. He is survived by his wife Terri Wichmann, children Zach (Tiffany Tanner), Cody (Danielle Hunter), Holly...
Clarence Fredrick Eggers Jr
Aug 26, 2024
Clarence Frederick Eggers Jr, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away Monday, August 26, 2024 in his home surrounded by family. A memorial service will be held at 11am on Friday, September 6, 2024 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service at the church. Pastor Eileen Woyen...
Marva Ann Gullord
Aug 26, 2024
Marva Ann Gullord, age 81, passed away Monday, August 26, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Tuesday, September 3 at Zion Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.
Marva was born on May 6, 1943, in Blue Earth, Minnesota to Leslie and Evelyn (Klatt) Lunning. She...
Roger Allen Jensen
Aug 26, 2024
Roger Allen Jensen, 84, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2024. Memorial services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 4-6 PM on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at the funeral home and for an hour prior to the service. Interment will be held at Lakewood cemetery...
Phyllis Elizabeth Nordstrom
Aug 26, 2024
Phyllis Elizabeth Nordstrom, 87, of Albert Lea, passed away peacefully on August 26, 2024, at St. John’s on Fountain Lake. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28 at Bayview/ Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea and for an hour prior to the service at the church. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday...
Gary Dean Hunnicutt
Aug 22, 2024
Gary Dean Hunnicutt, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, joined his Heavenly Father on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at the age of 76. His legacy of love, kindness, care, and service will forever be cherished by those whose lives he touched.
A funeral service will be held at the Community Lutheran Church in Geneva on Friday, August 30, officiated by Pastor...
Dylan Michael Ihme
Aug 21, 2024
Dylan Michael Ihme, born March 8, 1999, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
He is survived by his daughter Everleigh Ihme, mother Angie Rodgers, father Robert Ihme, grandparents Steve and Pam Ihme and Carolyn Whipple, siblings Curtiss and Miranda Ihme and Amber, Brittany, Aneesa, and Aarin Steen, stepmother Kimberly Ihme, stepfather Brandon Shoaftal, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends.
He was...
Arlene Faye Vanek
Aug 21, 2024
Arlene Faye Vanek, 80, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at her family’s home in Glenville, MN. A funeral service will be held at 1:30pm on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held from 12:30-1:30pm on the day of the funeral. Pastor Kent Otterman will be officiating.
Arlene was...
Rosemary Kathaleen Casey
Aug 17, 2024
Rosemary Kathaleen Casey, age 75, passed away at her home in Albert Lea on Saturday, August 17, 2024.
Matthew Muschler
Aug 10, 2024
Matthew Ries Muschler, age 62, passed away on August 10, 2024, from complications of chronic alcohol use disorder, a condition he struggled with most of his adult life. This condition complicated his relationships with family and friends leaving us with feelings of regret, deep sadness, and missed opportunity. There was another Matt we knew, and we choose to remember and...
Keith R Redman
Aug 9, 2024
Keith Rodney Redman, 94, passed away Friday, August 9, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. A funeral service will be held at 10:30AM on Friday, August 16, 2024 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 5-7PM Thursday, August 15 at the funeral home, and for an hour prior to the service. Burial will be held at Freeborn...
Susie Elizabeth Veldman
Jul 31, 2024
Susie Elizabeth (Kraay) Veldman, 96, passed away peacefully at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community on July 31. She was born August 7, 1927, at Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea, to Susie and Case Kraay of Hollandale. She attended school in Hollandale and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1945.
She was united in marriage to Bill Veldman on May 10,...
Gloria Ann Hall
Jul 30, 2024
Gloria Ann Hall, age 82, passed away Tuesday, July 30. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, August 6 at First Lutheran Church in Glenville. Pastor Kent Otterman will be officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery.
Gloria Hall was born on April 5, 1942,...
Thomas Eustis
Jul 20, 2024
Thomas Eustis, 59, a beloved member of the Albert Lea community, passed away on July 20, 2024, in the Good Samaritan Society Comfort Care in Austin Minnesota. A memorial service will be held on Friday, September 6, 2024 at 11AM at New Life Christian Church in Albert Lea with visitation to be held for an hour prior at the church.
Born...
Brian Egeness
Jul 20, 2024
Brian Lee Egeness, 48, passed away at his home in Albert Lea on Saturday, July 20, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. A visitation will be held the night before on Monday, July 29, 2024, from 5-7pm, along with an hour before the service. Pastor Don Malinsky...
Jerry Alan Copas
Jul 15, 2024
Jerry Alan Copas, 72, of Albert Lea, MN went home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 15, 2024 while holding his wife Cindy’s hand at Methodist Hospital in Rochester. Cause of death was Acute Myeloid Leukemia. A memorial service will be held at 11AM on Friday, July 19, 2024 at Bridge Community Church with visitation to be...
Arlis Smith
Jul 13, 2024
Arlis Smith, age 92, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, July 18, at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Arlis was born August 25, 1931, on the farm to George and Clara (Richter) Rebelein. She soon became her mother’s helper as her sister Audrey...