Sylvia Margaret Satter
Feb 21, 2013
Sylvia M. Satter, age 83, of Albert Lea died Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the Mayo Clinic Health System Albert Lea. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Sylvia Margaret Satter was born on July 15, 1929 in Glenville, the daughter of Peter and Anna (Vestad) Rovang. She grew up in Glenville and went to Country School. On...
Franklin James Walker
Feb 21, 2013
Funeral services for Franklin J. Walker, age 85, of Albert Lea will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday February 25, 2013 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Alden. The Rev. Greg Ofsdahl will officiate. Interment will be in the Alden Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 – 4:00 p.m., Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, and one hour prior to...
Kenneth Gerhard Ofstedal
Feb 20, 2013
Kenneth Gerhard Ofstedal, age 67, of Albert Lea, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the Mayo Clinic Health System Albert Lea, following a very short battle with cancer. According to his wishes there will be no service held. Kenneth Gerhard Ofstedal was born on December 19, 1945 in Albert Lea, the son of Gerhard and Blanche (Pike) Ofstedal. Ken grew up...
DeWain Nelson
Feb 19, 2013
Memorial services for DeWain Arthur Nelson, age 82, of Albert Lea, will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Zion Lutheran Church. The Rev. Joel Vano will officiate. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery at a later date. Military honors accorded by the Albert Lea VFW and the American Legion. Visitation will be from 4 – 7:00 p.m., Friday, February...
Shirley Ann Sorenson
Feb 17, 2013
Funeral services for Shirley Ann Sorenson will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Chapel. Rev. George Marin will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Shirley died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with...
Marvin Donald Vee
Feb 16, 2013
Marvin Donald Vee was born on February 24, 1956 in Albert Lea the son of Donald and Grace (Husby) Vee. He attended and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1974 and was a 1980 graduate of Moorhead State University. He lived in Dayton, OH and worked as a Software Support Analyst for Reynolds and Reynolds prior to moving back to Albert...
Pearl Andersen
Feb 14, 2013
Pearl was re-united with her husband of 72 yrs. on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013. She died at Cerenity Care Center in White Bear Lake surrounded by her family. Pearl Agate Beatrice Helle Andersen was born on April 24, 1918 in Albert Lea, the daughter of John and Gena (Hafstad) Helle. She graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1935....
Delbert Kermit Wegner
Feb 13, 2013
Delbert Kermit Wegner was born on February 17, 1920 to Albert and Emma (Bauer) Wegner in Lakefield, MN. He grew up and attended school in Lakefield. On December 15, 1944 Delbert was united in marriage to Eleanor Elizabeth Andersen in Albert Lea. Delbert worked as a welder at Queen Products for 31 years. In 1958 the couple purchased the family farm and he has...
Bernice Nelsine Thompson
Feb 11, 2013
Bernice Nelsine Thompson was born on August 30, 1911 in Bancroft Township, the daughter of Mandeas and Eleonora (Olson) Monson. Bernice grew up in Freeborn County. She attended Luther Academy, and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1929. On June 17, 1937 Bernice was united in marriage to Howard Truman Thompson in the Clarks Grove Parsonage. They farmed together and were...
Janna Grace Jacobsen
Feb 8, 2013
On October 6, 2010 the Lord blessed the world with a new little angel- Janna Grace Jacobsen. Janna was born in Albert Lea, MN to parents Theodore and Leah Jacobsen. He then took her from this world on February 8, 2013 when she unexpectedly died in her home. Visitation will be Tuesday Feb. 12 from 5-7pm at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home,...
Rhonda Kay Koziolek
Feb 2, 2013
Memorial services for Rhonda Koziolek, age 53 of Glenville will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday February 7, 2013 at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Rev. John Holt will officiate. Visitation will be from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 6th at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Rhonda Kay Koziolek died at her...
Luverne (Chris) Christensen
Jan 30, 2013
Luverne (Chris) Edward Christensen was born on December 1, 1938 in Freeborn County the son of Edward and Martha (Davidson) Christensen. Chris attended school in Albert Lea and then served his country in the US Marines. He was united in marriage to Joan Heilman on July 23, 1958 in Cherry Point, North Carolina. After his discharge the couple returned to Albert Lea...
Robert L. Blowers
Jan 28, 2013
Robert L. Blowers, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2013, at the Mayo Health System Hospital in Austin, Minnesota. He was born on August 10, 1928, in Waterville Township in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, the son of Arthur and Adelaide (Waldron) Blowers. He met his wife, Ilene (Dahl) Blowers, a resident of Albert Lea. They were married on March...
Charlotte Lavina Dagner
Jan 25, 2013
Charlotte Lavina Dagner was born on October 17, 1915 in Freeborn County, the daughter of Hans W. and Amelia (Jensen) Christenson. At the age of 6, Charlotte moved with her family to their farm NW of Clarks Grove where she grew up. She attended grade school at District #5 finishing the eighth grade in seven years. She was baptized and joined...
Mildred Clarine Sigurdson
Jan 25, 2013
Mildred Clarine Sigurdson was born on July 22, 1917 in Mansfield Township, the daughter of Cornelius and Mathilda (Olson) Qualey. She grew up in Emmons, Nevis, Northfield, Hayward and Albert Lea. She graduated from high school in Albert Lea in 1935. On December 27, 1938 Mildred was united in marriage to Luman B. Sigurdson in Northwood, IA. She worked as a waitress...
Gary George Schreiber
Jan 19, 2013
Gary George Schreiber was born on November 27, 1938 in Wagner, South Dakota the son of George and Mildred (Halter) Schreiber. Gary attended and graduated from Murray F. Tuley High School, Chicago, Illinois in 1956. While in high school he completed ROTC and then went on to enlist in the US Army, serving in Korea. Gary married Ruth Cornick, and the couple were...
Luetta Wolff
Jan 17, 2013
Funeral services for Luetta Emma Wolff will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Reverend Curtis Zieske will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, January 25th at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Luetta died Thursday, January 17,...
Richard Wayne Rye
Jan 16, 2013
Funeral services for Richard Wayne Rye Sr., age 69, of Albert Lea will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 19, 2013 the Oakland Lutheran Church, rural Oakland, MN. The Rev. Todd Walsh will officiate. Interment will be in the Oakland Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 – 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 18, 2013 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, and one...
Rhoda Jean White
Jan 15, 2013
Jean White was born on October 26, 1920 to Robert Amos and Evelyn Amanda (Harrison) Perkins in Long Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from high school in 1938 she went to nurse’s training at Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and received her R.N. Degree in 1942. She joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in 1943. She had duty on a hospital ship in...
Janet Pearl Ewing
Jan 14, 2013
Janet Pearl Ewing was born February 9, 1929 to Perle and Dikka (Hovland) Floyd in Albert Lea. Janet grew up in Albert Lea and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1947. She worked as a bookkeeper for Albert Lea Country Club, a teller for the London Bank and later US Bank and also as a tax preparer at H & R...