Obituaries

Apr 10, 2019

Georgia Marie (Kuhl) Underdahl, age 81 of Cannon Falls, MN, and formerly of Austin, MN, died on Wednesday morning, April 10, 2019 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester.

Georgia was born on May 25, 1937 in Lansing, MN, the oldest child born to Harold and Berniece “Bea” (Taylor) Kuhl. She graduated from Austin High School in 1956,...

Apr 9, 2019

Florence Mary (Stoffel) Munson of Cannon Falls, died on her 88th birthday, Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.

Florence Mary Stoffel was born on April 9, 1931 in Vermillion, MN, the daughter of Joseph and Martha (Meisch) Stoffel. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1949 and married Merlyn R. Munson on July...

Apr 7, 2019

Donald O. Kraft, age 76, of Cannon Falls, died Sunday, April 7, 2019 at The Gardens at Cannon Falls.

Donald Oliver Kraft was born on June 16, 1942 in Cannon Falls, the son of Seymour and Grace (McLauchlan) Kraft. He was a life-long resident of Cannon Falls. Donald completed five years of Special Education at the Northfield...

Apr 6, 2019

Kathleen Tolvay, formerly of Cannon Falls, died peacefully, Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the Hospice Lodge in Elko. A peaceful place, looking out at a small pond and countryside, filled with the sound of birds and ducks flying all around.

Kathleen ‘Kay’ Alice Tolvay, age 76, was born on May 30, 1942 in Red Wing, MN, the...

Apr 4, 2019

Delores Marie Anderson-Engen, age 84 of Cannon Falls, died peacefully on Thursday, April 4, 2019.  She was born April 2, 1935 in Superior, WI to Archibald Wilhelm and Myrle Marie (Soderlund) Johnson.

Delores attended Wentworth Elementary and Northwestern High School in Poplar, WI. She was united in marriage to William (Bill) Anderson on August 25, 1956 at...

Mar 31, 2019

Marian Viola (Anderson) Bergman, age 95 of Red Wing and formerly of Cannon Falls and Minneapolis, died peacefully at her home at Red Wing Health Center on Sunday morning, March 31, 2019.

Marian was born on January 17, 1924 in Cannon Falls Township, MN, the daughter of Fritz A. and Teckla G. (Larson) Anderson. She graduated from...

Mar 29, 2019

Arlene Marie Hernke, age 83 of Cannon Falls, died peacefully at her home at Twin Rivers Senior Campus, Cannon Falls on Friday, March 29, 2019.

Arlene was born on January 1, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest child of Orrin and Thelma (Gilje) Egland. When she was very young, she came to Minnesota with her siblings,...

Mar 21, 2019

Paul Nick Otto, age 58 of Welch, MN, died at his home on Thursday evening, March 21, 2019.

Paul was born on August 20, 1960 in Cannon Falls, MN, the son of Harold M. and Ida A. (Hempel) Otto. He attended school in Cannon Falls and farmed his whole life in Vasa Township. He also worked at...

Mar 19, 2019

Loretta Catherine Lee, age 98 of Cannon Falls, died peacefully at her home at Twin Rivers Senior Living, Cannon Falls on Tuesday morning, March 19, 2019.

Loretta was born on October 5, 1920 in Pierz, MN, the daughter of Joseph and Frances (Hoffman) Tschida.  She attended school in Pierz and Little Falls. She later moved to Northfield...

Mar 17, 2019

Sharon Jilek, age 65, of Rochester and formerly of Cannon Falls, died peacefully with her husband, Gary, by her side after fighting a courageous 2 1/2 year battle with cancer.

Sharon Marie Jilek was born on March 4, 1954 in St. Paul, the daughter of Lowell and Frances (Tyrrell) Lorenson. She grew up in Cannon Falls, graduating...

Feb 28, 2019

Joyce Rawlings, age 89, formerly of Cannon Falls, died on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at the Ebenezer Ridges Care Center in Burnsville.

Joyce Ellen Lundell Rawlings was born on August 31, 1929 in Cannon Falls, the daughter of John F. and Leona F. (Dierke) Lundell. She grew up in Cannon Falls and was both baptized and confirmed...

Feb 20, 2019

Shirley Elizabeth (Midness) Bjerva Payne died peacefully at 96 years of age on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 in Northfield, Minnesota.

Shirley was born on February 21, 1922 in Cannon Falls, the daughter of Sjur and Pearl (Wenz) Midness. She graduated from Cannon Falls High School in 1940 and went on to work as a federal employee in...

Feb 14, 2019

Robert Trinka, age 62, of Hastings died on Thursday, February 14, 2019, at United Hospital in St. Paul.

Bob was born on March 13, 1956, at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, the son of Robert and Betty (Shetka) Trinka. He grew up in St. Paul and Montgomery. After high school Bob enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps...

Feb 14, 2019

Scott Friedrich, age 58, of Cannon Falls, died unexpectedly Thursday, February 14, 2019.

Scott was born on January 19, 1961 in St. Cloud, the son of Theodore and Bonnie (Pallies) Friedrich. He was raised in Glenwood where he graduated from high school in 1979. Following graduation, Scott attended lineman school in Wadena, and eventually began to work...

Feb 14, 2019

Terri Stephenson, age 49, of Hampton died on Thursday, February 14, 2019.

Terri Lynn Stephenson was born on December 16, 1969 in Wells, MN, the daughter of Ewing “Butch” and Mary (Armstrong) Stephenson. She grew up in Apple Valley, MN, graduating from Apple Valley High School in 1988. Throughout her working life she had various jobs including...

Feb 5, 2019

Roger Allen Taube, age 72 of Dennison, died at his home on Tuesday morning, February 5, 2019.

Roger was born on October 8, 1946 in Red Wing, MN, the son of August and Eza (Moorhouse) Taube. He married Marlene Jacobson in April, 1965. He worked on the railroad and later construction until retiring.

After moving...

Feb 2, 2019

Jeanne Evelyn Lodermeier was called home on February 2, 2019 at Regina Senior Living in Hastings, MN.

Jeanne was born to Ed and Mayme (Diercks) Boxrud on February 11, 1933 in Red Wing.  Jeanne grew up around Goodhue and graduated Goodhue High School in 1950. She started training as a lab technician at Mayo in Rochester and...

Jan 22, 2019

Pamela Ann Andren of Dennison, MN died at the age of 61 on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Health System – St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester.

She was born on June 8, 1957, in Minneapolis, to Ronald J. and JoAnn R. (Bartosh) Hughes. Pamela grew up in South Minneapolis and later moved to Apple Valley,...

Jan 20, 2019

Cooper Lane Greseth, 5 months old, of Wanamingo, died unexpectedly on Sunday, January 20, 2019. He is back in the loving arms of his daddy, Gregory Greseth.

Cooper was born on August 16, 2018 in Rochester, MN, the son of Gregory and Aimee (Larson) Greseth. He was the happiest little guy with such a beautiful, big smile!...

Jan 18, 2019

Henry LeRoy Swanson, age 64, of Cannon Falls, died Friday, January 18, 2019, at the Mayo Clinic Health System, Cannon Falls.

Henry was born on September 23,1954, in Red Wing, MN. He was the son of Kenneth and Evelyn (Staples) Swanson. He was a life-long resident of Cannon Falls. Henry attended Cannon Falls High School and went...