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Joanne Carol Bradford
Sep 28, 2014
Joanne Carol Bradford was born in Albert Lea, November 23, 1937, the daughter of Merle and Lillian (Pederson) Michaelson. She grew up in Hartland and graduated from Freeborn High School. Following school she worked at Wilson’s as a secretary. Joanne married Frank A. Bradford in Colorado Springs, CO. They lived in several other parts of the country, mostly on the west coast....
Carmen Mavis Mundale
Sep 23, 2014
Carmen died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Albert Lea. Carmen Mavis Mundale was born December 17, 1926 in Albert Lea, the daughter of Chris and Clara (Hovland) Mundale. Carmen grew up in Albert Lea until the age of 12, she then moved with her family to Alden where she graduated from high school. After graduation Carmen attended...
Larry Allen Miller
Sep 21, 2014
Larry Allen Miller was born on July 14, 1954 to Herman and Virginia (Lund) Miller in Albert Lea. He attended elementary school in Emmons and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1973. Larry joined the U. S. Army after high school and was later given an honorable discharge. Larry worked for Cedar Valley Services at the Good Samaritan Center...
Robert Dean Olson
Sep 20, 2014
Robert D Olson was born on November 19, 1932 in Woden, IA., the son of Christ and Lillian (Heaney) Olson. He attended country grade school and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1950. On Aug. 14, 1954 Robert was united in marriage to Dorothy Kral at First Lutheran Church in Glenville. The couple lived and farmed east of Glenville. Robert worked for various...
Delorus Ann Jacobs
Sep 18, 2014
DELORUS “DODE†ANN JACOBS Funeral services for Delorus “Dode†Jacobs, age 81, of Albert Lea will be held on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Father Timothy Reker and Deacon Mike Ellis will officiate. Burial will be at St. Theodore’s Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 – 6:00 p.m. at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior...
Donna Jean Hogan
Sep 13, 2014
Funeral services for Donna Jean Hogan will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 18, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Deacon Mike Ellis will officiate. Interment will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Owatonna. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Donna died Saturday, September 13, 2014 at St. John’s Lutheran Community. Donna Jean Hogan was born...
Randall Jay Jensen
Sep 12, 2014
Randall Jay Jensen was born on January 29, 1957 in Albert Lea, Minnesota to James and Leona (Milligan) Jensen. He was baptized and confirmed at North Freeborn Lutheran Church and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1975. He spent his childhood traveling all over the country with his family and helping out on the family farm. In 1985, he was united...
Olga May Schmitt
Sep 11, 2014
Olga May Schmitt was born August 2, 1917 on a homestead in Mountrail County, North Dakota. She was the second child and only daughter of Carl and Anna (Finstad) Aanerud and grew up with six brothers. She was baptized and confirmed in Bathania Lutheran Church and attended school into 10th grade in Van Hook, ND. During the depression and dust storms of the...
Diane Diedre Lawson
Sep 10, 2014
Diane Diedré Lawson was born on March 19, 1953 in Albert Lea, the daughter of Willard and Charlene (Clasen) Perleberg. She attended school in Glenville and worked at various places including Weyerhaeuser, Hormel and Shade Tree. On April 3, 1971 Diane was united in marriage to Kenneth Lawson in Monroe, WI. She enjoyed gardening spending time with friends and family,...
Merlin Stanwood Peterson
Sep 9, 2014
Memorial services for Merlin Peterson, age 77, of Albert Lea, will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday September 13, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Rev. Kent Otterman will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Merlin died Tuesday, September 09, 2014 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis. Merlin Stanwood Peterson was born January...
Esther Caroline Dawson
Sep 8, 2014
Esther Caroline Dawson was born on June 2, 1912 in Pickerel Lake Township, the daughter of Albert and Rosalie (Lembke) Bauers. She grew up and went to country school near Pickerel Lake. After she finished school Esther worked on her parent’s farm. She loved to help with the animals, taking care of dogs and cats and especially loved the horses....
Archie Leon Lau
Sep 1, 2014
Memorial services for Archie Lau will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at Central Freeborn Lutheran Church. Rev. Matt Griggs will officiate. Interment will be at Wanderer’s Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Monday, September 8, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Archie died Monday, September 1,...
Florence Matz
Sep 1, 2014
Funeral services for Florence “Tootie†Matz, age 92 of Hayward will be held on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church. Pastor Clayton Balsley will officiate. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7:00 p.m., Thursday, September 4, 2014 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. ...
LeRoy Offenhauser
Aug 30, 2014
LeRoy Offenhauser was born on Oct. 19, 1922 in Eagle Grove, IA., the son of Garnett and Julia (Johnson) Offenhauser. He attended and graduated from Albert Lea High School. LeRoy was united in marriage to Jeanette Wendt on Dec. 18, 1942 in Glenville. LeRoy worked for Emil Olson and Sons where he was the Pit Foreman when he retired. He enjoyed Senior bowling, hunting...
Elsie Mae Egge
Aug 28, 2014
Funeral services for Elsie Mae Egge will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. Rev. Kent Otterman will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2014 and one hour prior to the service at Bayview. Elsie died Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Good Samaritan Society. Elsie...
Daniel John Disher
Aug 24, 2014
Memorial services for Daniel John Disher will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 28, 2014 at St. Theodore’s Catholic Church. Father Timothy Reker and Deacon Mike Ellis will officiate. Military honors will be accorded by local servicemen’s organizations. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at...
Raymond Troska
Aug 23, 2014
Memorial services for Raymond Troska, age 81, of Alden, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at St. Theodore’s Catholic Church. Father Timothy Reker and Deacon Mike Ellis will officiate. Interment will be at Alden Cemetery. Military Honors will be accorded by local servicemen’s organizations, VFW and American Legion. Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 26,...
Larry Dean Prantner
Aug 14, 2014
Larry Dean Prantner was born on Aug. 13, 1947 in Albert Lea the son of Milo “Mike†and Evelyn (Mudra) Prantner. He attended and graduated from Glenville High School and attended 2 years college in 1991 for Environmental Services. Larry served his country in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. During his service he was awarded the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the National...
Charles P. Long
Aug 10, 2014
Charles Peter Long was born on February 23, 1929 in Chicago, IL, the son of Aloysius and Elsie (Beck) Long. At the age of two he moved with his family to a small farm near Finlayson, MN where he grew up and went to school. In 1946 Chuck joined the U.S. Army Air Force. He trained as an Aircraft mechanic...
Edmund Edgar Brandt
Aug 9, 2014
Edmund E. Brandt was born on April 23, 1927 in Hayward, MN, the son of Ferdinand and Emma (Beuthein) Brandt. Ed attended school in Freeborn and later served his country in the US Army. He enlisted in 1946 and took his basic training at Ft. Louis, Washington. He then was shipped to the Philippines and then to the Palawan Islands. He was...
