Obituaries

Dan Fennern

Apr 13, 2018

Daniel Lloyd Fennern, 56, of Cannon Falls, Minnesota passed away peacefully on Friday, April 13, 2018, in his home surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born on May 23, 1961 in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, to Lloyd and Barbara (Jensen) Fennern. He graduated from Wabasso High School and Mankato Technical Institute. Dan...

Willmer Volkert

Apr 13, 2018

Willmer Theodore Volkert, age 94, of Randolph, died Friday, April 13, 2018 at the Mayo Clinic Health System, Cannon Falls.

Willmer was born on September 17, 1923 in Coates, MN, the son of Martin and Elsie (Bruggeman) Volkert. He attended St. John’s Lutheran School in Rich Valley. After school he began farming in the Coates area until 1942....

Lloyd Berglund

Apr 11, 2018

Lloyd Bertel Berglund, age 85, of Cannon Falls and formerly of Hovland, Grand Marais, and Stillwater, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at Three Links Reflections in Northfield surrounded by his family after a courageous journey with cancer.

Lloyd was born on September 4, 1932 in Hovland, MN the son of Swedish immigrants Gustav and Karin Berglund....

Roger Risty

Apr 8, 2018

Roger Martin Risty passed away at The Gardens at Cannon Falls on Sunday, April 8, 2018. He was born December 4, 1931 and raised on the Brandon SD family farm.  Roger was predeceased by his wife, Joan (Wagner); parents Martin and Anna Risty and his sister Lila Risty.  He is survived by his children: Cynthia (Mark Strack); Douglas (Cheryl)...

Gwen Nelson

Apr 8, 2018

Gwen Ann (Dirckx) Nelson, age 52 of Randolph, died at her daughter’s home in Randolph on Sunday morning, April 8, 2018.

Gwen was born on July 15, 1965 in Concord, California, the daughter of Gregory and June (Smith) Dirckx.  She graduated from Cannon Falls High School in 1983 and attended Dakota County Vo-Tech.  She married Ron Bauer,...

Charles Scofield

Apr 7, 2018

A lifelong Cannon Falls resident, Charles "Chuck" Luther Scofield passed away peacefully at home April 7, 2018.  Chuck was born August 31, 1933 to Wilbur "W.H." Scofield and Edythe (Wolander) Scofield.  Many knew him as the 4th generation owner/pharmacist at Scofield Drug, an iconic Cannon Falls business.  He followed in the footsteps of his father, grandfather and great grandfather,...

Paulette Friesen

Apr 7, 2018

Paulette Colette Friesen, age 61, of Cannon Falls MN passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Saturday April 7, 2018. Paulette was born to Rueben and Cyrilla Friese on February 14, 1957, the youngest of 4 siblings.  She met her lifelong love, Kenny, when she was 14.  She graduated from Hastings High School in 1975, and she and...

Dr. Kristin Engebretsen

Apr 6, 2018

Dr. Kristin Mary (Vandehey) Engebretsen, age 47 of Cannon Falls, MN died peacefully at her home on Friday, April 6, 2018 after a long fight with a chronic disease.

Kristin was born on June 19, 1970 in Neenah, WI, the daughter of William and Mary (Draxler) Vandehey.  She graduated from Merrill High School in Merrill, WI in...

Marian Rapp

Apr 1, 2018

Marian Louise Rapp died on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 at the Red Wing Health Care Center.

Marian was born on February 19, 1926 in Red Wing, the daughter of Arthur and Marcella (Colling) Larson. She grew up and went to school in Red Wing. As a young woman she worked for Red Wing Shoe Company. Marian...

Alyce Gruber

Mar 27, 2018

Alyce Gruber was born on January 27, 1935 in Red Wing, the daughter of Arthur and Deloris (Lohman) Forsell. She grew up on a farm in Belle Creek, MN. She went to school until the eighth grade and then started work at the Belle Creek Store. She then moved to Red Wing with her sister Ardelaine. She waited tables...

Lawrence O'Connor

Mar 27, 2018

Lawrence “Larry” O’Connor, age 86, died peacefully in his home in Pewaukee, WI on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.

Lawrence Charles was born in Red Wing, MN on August 28, 1931.  He grew up on the family farm in Belle Creek, MN and attended a rural elementary school where he graduated as valedictorian, before graduating from Cannon Falls...

Helen Holmes

Mar 21, 2018

A spunky Irish lass has left this earthly life to be embraced by heavenly arms. Helen Ann Holmes passed away on March 21, 2018 at the age of 90.  She was born June 20, 1927 in River Falls, WI, the 10th of 13 children to James Daniel and Florence Augusta Linehan. In those 90 years, she added laughter and...

Kenneth Perryman

Mar 16, 2018

Kenneth E. Perryman was born on September 21, 1943 in Redlands California, the son of Edward and Edith (Slaven) Perryman. He moved with his family to Arkansas and then to Washington state at the age of 8. Ken graduated from Sunnyside High School in Sunnyside, WA in 1961. Following high school Ken served in the U. S. Air Force...

Ruth Landon

Mar 14, 2018

Ruth L. Landon, age 89, of Northfield, died on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at the Three Links Care Center in Northfield.

Ruth LaVonne Landon was born on January 12, 1929 in Farmington, the daughter of Thomas and Jennie (Holum) Hallanger. She grew up there and graduated from Farmington High School. On July 23, 1948 Ruth was united...

Ruth Hurt

Mar 12, 2018

Ruth Ann Hurt, age 78 of Cannon Falls, passed away on Monday, March 12, 2018 at the Regina Care Center in Hastings MN, with family by her side.

Ruth was born the oldest of 14 children to Robert and Marilyn (Lunkenheimer) Hiniker on May 23, 1939 in Mankato, MN.  She graduated in 1957 from Loyola High School...

Dimitri Lewis

Mar 11, 2018

Dimitri Denzel Lewis, age 23 of Rochester, died unexpectedly on March 11, 2018.

Dimitri was born to Tywander Brooks on July 30, 1994 at Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester.  He lived in Chicago, IL during elementary school, and moved to Rochester, MN in 2004.  He attended Rochester public schools.

Dimitri was a published poet and...

Charles McNamara

Mar 9, 2018

Charles “Chuck” McNamara, age 86, a lifelong resident of the Goodhue, MN area died on Friday evening, March 9, 2018, just a week short of one of his favorite holidays, St. Patrick’s Day.

Charles Daniel was born on April 21, 1931 in Red Wing, MN, the son of Raymond F. and Mary Leona (O’Reilly) McNamara.  He graduated...

Elma Ann Lyon

Mar 9, 2018

Elma Ann (Moorhouse) Lyon, age 84 of Minneapolis, MN died on Friday evening, March 9, 2018 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis.

Elma Ann was born on August 18, 1933 in Glenwood, MN, the daughter of Arthur and Pearl (Miller) Moorhouse. She graduated from Randolph High School and went on to work at the St. Barnabas School of...

Kenneth Volness

Mar 8, 2018

Kenneth Harold “Ken” Volness, age 71 of Dennison, MN died at his home on Thursday, March 8, 2018.

Ken was born on April 26, 1946 in Fargo, ND, the son of Harold J. and Ruth N. (Jacobson) Volness. He graduated in 1964 from Harding High School in St. Paul, ranking high in his class.

​He attended...

Justus "Bud" Widholm

Mar 1, 2018

Justus A. "Bud" Widholm, age 87, of Cannon Falls, died Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Reflections Care Suites in Northfield.

No services will be held at this time.