Alan David Mendenhall
Nov 24, 2025
Alan Mendenhall, age 84, passed away Monday, November 24, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Reverend Kent Otterman will be officiating. A visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service.
Alan David Mendenhall was born July 16, 1941, in Windom, MN to Gordon and...
Jeannie Jo Hanson
Nov 1, 2025
Jeannie Jo Hanson, 72, passed away on Saturday, November 1, 2025 after a short, but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. A potluck will be held on November 15 in Rudd, Iowa with more details to be determined. Also, a Celebration of Life will be held in the lower level of the Abundant Life Church in Albert Lea from 1-3pm on...
Alice Myree Anderson
Dec 1, 2025
Alice Myree Anderson, 69, passed away on Monday, December 1st, 2025 at her home in Albert Lea surrounded by her loving family. A memorial service will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025 at 2PM at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home with visitation to be held for an hour prior to the service. Reverend Tim Reed will be officiating.
Alice was born...
Ronald Morris Linde
Nov 18, 2025
Ronald Morris Linde, 81, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2025 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home at 1PM with visitation to be held for an hour prior to the service. Burial shall be held at Hillcrest Cemetery.Full obituary to follow.
Beverly "Smiley" Huston
Dec 1, 2025
Beverly J. Huston, 72 passed away on Monday December 1, 2025 in Austin, MN. A Memorial Service will be held at 2pm on Friday, December 19, 2025 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service. Pastor Tim Reed will be officiating.
Full obituary to follow.
The service will be live-streamed,...
Donly E Cromwell
Nov 27, 2025
Donly Eugene Cromwell, 90, passed away on Thursday, November 27, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 1pm on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at the Community Lutheran Church in Geneva, MN, with a visitation held an hour prior to the service at the church. Pastor Leandra Anderson will be officiating.
Full obituary to follow:
The service will be live-streamed, and can...
Roxanne Rae VanRyswyk
Nov 18, 2025
Roxanne Rae VanRyswyk, 68 passed away Tuesday November 18th, 2025. Arrangements pending with Bayview Funeral Home.Roxanne was born March 10th, 1957 to Ray and Lorraine VanRyswyk. She attended Albert Lea High School and spent her last years at Oak Park Place in Albert Lea, MN.She was preceded in death by her parents Ray and Lorraine VanRyswyk and her brother Bradley...
John Garfield Bauernfeind
Nov 16, 2025
John Garfield Bauernfeind, age 80, passed away peacefully with his wife by his side on Sunday, November 16, 2025 in Albert Lea. A memorial service will be held at 11am on Friday, November 21, 2025 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service. Pastor Kent Otterman will be officiating.
John...
Kristine Wakefield
Nov 11, 2025
Kristine Wakefield, age 57, passed away on November 11, 2025. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. A visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery.
Gregory Jerome Vick
Nov 1, 2025
Gregory Jerome Vick, 71 passed away on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Society Comfort Care Center in Austin, MN surrounded by his loved ones. A funeral service will be held at noon on Friday, November 7, 2025 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held from 10 to noon prior to...
James Brian Holmberg
Oct 27, 2025
James (Jim) Brian Holmberg passed away unexpectedly in his home in Albert Lea, Minnesota, on October 27th, 2025. A memorial service will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel, located at 1721 Bay Oaks Drive, Albert Lea, MN 56007, at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday November 8, followed by a meal.
Jim was born in California, the...
Thomas Chester Sawyer
Oct 25, 2025
Thomas C. Sawyer, 83, passed away on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at his home in Albert Lea, MN. A memorial service will be held at 11am on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at the St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held from 4-7pm on Friday, October 31, 2025 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, along with...
Lois "Arlene" Jensen
Oct 25, 2025
Lois “Arlene” Jensen, 81, passed away on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Society in Albert Lea, MN. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, October 29 2025 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Tuesday, October 28 at the...
Bruce Roberts
Oct 24, 2025
Bruce Richard Roberts, age 71 of rural Ellendale passed away on Friday, October 24, 2025 at Mayo Health System-Mankato after a 4-month battle with cancer.
Bruce was born on December 4, 1953, in Albert Lea, MN the third child of Richard and Mavis (Nelson) Roberts. He attended Ellendale Public Schools and was known to friends as “Boo”. He learned from an...
Bradley Ray VanRyswyk
Oct 22, 2025
Bradley Ray VanRyswyk, 72, passed away peacefully on October 22, 2025 surrounded by his loving family. A funeral service will be held at 10:30am on Tuesday, October 28 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held from 5-7pm on Monday, October 27, 2025 along with an hour prior to the service at the funeral...
Bernetta Marie Smith
Oct 14, 2025
Bernetta Marie Smith (Hofschulte) passed away on October 14th, 2025, after a long and courageous struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born on July 12, 1939, in Hammond, Minnesota, Bernie was the second of six children to Peter and Edith Hofschulte (Herrick). She grew up in Plainview, MN, where she formed the values of kindness and resilience that would define her life.On...
Sherilyn "Sherri" Kay Anderson
Oct 13, 2025
Sherilyn “Sherri” Kay Anderson, 63, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 13, 2025. A funeral service to celebrate her vibrant life will be held at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 11:00 AM, with visitation from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Burial will follow at State Line Cemetery in Northwood, Iowa, with...
Connie Lee Terhaar
Oct 12, 2025
Connie Lee Terhaar, age 74, passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at her home in Albert Lea.
Steve R. Johnson
Oct 8, 2025
Steven R. Johnson, 76, passed away on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at his home in Hayward, MN. A funeral service will be held at 11am on Friday, October 17, 2025 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service. Pastor Josh Enderson will be officiating.
Steven was born on October...
Lorraine Schaper
Oct 5, 2025
Lorraine Caroline Schaper, 86, passed away on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at the St. Johns Woodlands Campus in Albert Lea. A funeral service will be held at 11am on Friday, October 10, 2025 at the Ascension Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, MN. A visitation will be held an hour prior to the service at the church. Pastor Kelly Heide will...