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2024 Annual Meeting of Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Apr 27, 2024
Please join us for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and Cremation Services. We have been serving Albert Lea and the surrounding communities for 85 years. The meeting will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea. Meeting starts at 10:30 with doors opening at 10:00am. After the meeting, lunch will...
Marcelene Lange
Apr 14, 2024
Marcelene Lange, 91, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at the Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea, MN. A funeral service will be held at 11am on Friday, April 19, 2024, at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea. A visitation will be held an hour before the service. Father Kurt Farrell will be officiating. A private family burial...
Angela K. Schmidt
Apr 13, 2024
Angela K. Schmidt passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2024. She loved flowers, was a master gardener, her greatest joy in life was being a stay-at-home mom.
Left to cherish her memory is her husband Brad of 34 years; Brad’s children Shawnee (Mark) Schave; grandchildren Jack, Liam, Relyk, Dillon (Anastasia) Schmidt, and Dani (Sarah) Westlin-Williams.
Preceding her is death are her beloved...
Virgie Ann Murra
Apr 11, 2024
Virgie Ann Murra, 90, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2024. A private family gathering will be held at a later date.Full obituary to follow.
Olen Bradshaw Evans Jr.
Apr 9, 2024
Olen (Brad) Bradshaw Evans Jr. passed away April 9, 2024 at Good Samaritan at the age of 71. He was born in Washington D. C. August 16th, 1952 to Olen Sr. and Victoria (Norstrude) Evans. His family moved to Albert Lea in 1957. Brad attended Albert Lea schools and got a GED diploma and an Optical Technician degree at the...
Donna Mae Stolaas
Apr 5, 2024
After a 13-year battle with kidney/bladder cancer, Donna Mae Stolaas, 94 of Glenville was called home to be with our Heavenly Father on April 5, 2024, while surrounded by her loving family.
Donna would like everybody to know that she is, “Just Fine”.
A visitation will be held from 3 to 6 pm Bayview Funeral Home on Sunday, April 14, 2024, and...
David "Christy" Christensen
Apr 4, 2024
David "Christy" Christensen, age 86, passed away April 5, 2024.A funeral service and celebration of Christy's life will be held Saturday, May 11 at 2 PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. The family will greet the public at 1 PM.FULL OBITUARY TO FOLLOW
Meloid Thofson
Apr 3, 2024
Meloid Thofson, 92, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at the Clarks Crossing Assisted Living facility in Wells, MN. A funeral service will be held at 2pm on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service. Pastor Leandra Anderson will be officiating.
Meloid was...
David Edward Davidson
Mar 25, 2024
David Edward Davidson, 79, passed away Monday, March 25, 2024 at his home in Emmons. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 2 PM at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Conger. A visitation will be held Friday, April 5, 2024 from 4-6 PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home and for an hour prior to the service...
Jerome Salveson
Mar 21, 2024
Jerome Salveson, 86, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2024. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home at 11AM. Visitation will be held for an hour prior to the service. Pastor Kent Otterman will be officiating.
Jerome was born October 19, 1937 in Lake Mills, Iowa to Selmer and Mary Salveson. He attended...
Phyllis Ione (Martinson) Quam
Mar 21, 2024
Phyllis Ione (Martinson) Quam, 89, passed away at the St. Johns Campus on Fountain Lake in Albert Lea, MN on March 21, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 10:30am on Wednesday, March 27 at the Silver Lake Lutheran Church in Silver Lake, Iowa. A visitation will be held the night prior from 5-7pm Tuesday, March 26 at the...
Jean Polley
Mar 18, 2024
Elizabeth “Jean” Polley passed away Monday, March 18. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM on March 23 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service.
Jean was born March 6, 1932, to Effie and Ethan Clark of Neve, Kentucky. On September 9, 1950, Jean married her high school sweetheart, Richard Polley. She...
Tony Chavez
Mar 15, 2024
Tony Chavez, age 99 passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 15, 2024, at Thorne Crest Senior Living Center in Albert Lea. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., April 9, 2024 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea with visitation one hour prior followed by internment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Tony was born October 17, 1924 in Memphis, Texas...
Susan Jean Hunnicutt
Mar 15, 2024
Susan (Sue) Jean Hunnicutt, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, peacefully passed away on Friday, March 15, 2024, at the age of 77. Her legacy of love and kindness will forever be remembered by those whose lives she touched. A funeral service to honor her life will be held at the Community Lutheran Church in Geneva on Friday, March 22, at...
Allen Alfred Kaufman
Mar 9, 2024
Allen Alfred Kaufman, 86, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2024. A memorial service will be held at Bear Lake Concordia Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 2PM with visitation to be held an hour prior. Interment will take place at Bear Lake Concordia Lutheran Cemetery immediately following the service. Pastor Lucas Peters will be officiating.
Allen was born...
Inez Haukoos
Mar 8, 2024
Inez Lenore Haukoos of Lakeville, MN, age 87 died peacefully on Friday, March 8. A memorial visitation will be held, Friday, March 15 from 10:00-11:00 at Bayview Funeral Home in Albert Lea with a private family service to follow.
Inez was born December 8, 1936, to Leroy and Ida Rasmussen in Alden, MN. She grew up in Alden and was named...
Beverly Ann Folie
Feb 26, 2024
Beverly Ann Folie, 88, was called home on Monday, February 26, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Senior Care center in Albert Lea, MN. A Memorial Service for Beverly will be held at 10am Saturday, March 9, 2024 at the Central Freeborn Church in Albert Lea. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Pastor Matt Griggs will...
Dorothy Michaelis
Feb 25, 2024
Dorothy Michaelis, age 98, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2024. A memorial visitation will be held at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home from 1 PM to 2 PM on Friday, March 8. A private family burial will take place afterward.
Dorothy Ann Michaelis was born June 9, 1925, in Sioux City, Iowa to P. Clarence and Nora (Gunverdahl) Westland. She graduated from...
JoAnn Gene Goskeson
Feb 25, 2024
JoAnn Gene Goskeson, aged 75, of Albert Lea, Minnesota , passed away peacefully on February 25th, 2024. There will be a celebration of life, Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 2pm at Bayview Funeral home in Albert Lea, MN.
JoAnn was preceded in death by her beloved husband Jon Thomas Goskeson, her parents Arnold and Ellen Helgerson, sister Cindy (Sis) Larsen, brother-in-law...
Berdena Larsen
Feb 25, 2024
Berdena (Dena) Larsen, 92, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on February 25, 2024, at St. Johns on Fountain Lake in Albert Lea, MN. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 9, at 2 p.m. at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, with visitation one hour prior from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Interment will be...
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