Obituaries
Irma Heitzig
Dec 1, 2007
Irma Jane (nee Munson) Heitzig, age 77 of Inver Grove Heights and formerly of Cannon Falls, died on Saturday afternoon, December 1, 2007 at the Woodlyn Heights Health Care Center in Inver Grove Heights, where she has been residing since 2004. Irma Jane was born on May 27, 1930 in Cannon Falls, the daughter of Victor and Amelia (Johnson) Munson....
Robert Boe
Nov 30, 2007
Robert Elwood Boe, age 67 of Vasa, died Friday morning, November 30, 2007. Following an eleven-year battle with cancer, he was currently being cared for at the Margaret S. Parmly Residence in Chisago City, MN, where they were managing his pain in the final stages of prostate cancer. Bob was born on June 6, 1940 in Dawson, MN, the son...
Marjorie Pagel
Nov 29, 2007
Marjorie Lorraine Pagel, age 89 of Cannon Falls, died on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul. Marjorie was born on July 27, 1918 in Unityville, South Dakota, the daughter of Fred "Almer" and Hannah Appalonia (Larson) Benson. When Marjorie was 18 months of age, her mother died in childbirth and the children came to Cannon Falls...
Lawrence Kasel
Nov 25, 2007
Lawrence William Kasel, age 72 of Cannon Falls, died on Sunday, November 25, 2007 at the Three Links Care Center in Northfield. Lawrence was born in Vermillion on May 29, 1935, the son of George and Kathrine (Zeien) Kasel. He was a graduate of Hastings High School and worked as a self-employed carpenter most all of his life. He also...
James Meath
Nov 21, 2007
James Louis Meath, age 74 of Fruitland Park, Florida and formerly of Red Wing, died on Wednesday afternoon, November 21, 2007 at their home in Red Wing. He was born on April 29, 1933 in Fargo, North Dakota, the son of Frank and Laura (Vore) Meath. He received his Electrical Engineering degree from the Wahpeton School of Science. Jim was...
Eddie Nelson
Nov 19, 2007
Eddie Randolph Nelson, age 94 of Cannon Falls, died on Monday evening, November 19, 2007 at the Zumbrota Care Center, where he has been residing since, January, 2007. Eddie was born on May 13, 1913 on the family farm near Ogilvie, MN, the son of Edward and Mary (Erickson) Nelson. He graduated from Spring Brook Elementary and Ogilvie High School....
Clarence Nelson, Jr
Nov 10, 2007
Clarence R. Nelson, Jr., age 52, of Red Wing, died unexpectedly on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at the Fairview Red Wing Medical Center in Red Wing. Clarence was born on August 6, 1955 in Zumbrota, the son of Clarence R., Sr. and Helen L. (Stafford) Nelson. He attended school in Cannon Falls where he graduated with the class of 1974....
Dorothea Schulz
Nov 8, 2007
Dorothea Gray Schulz, age 95, of Cannon Falls, died Thursday afternoon November 8, 2007 at the Angels Care Center in Cannon Falls. Dorothea was born on September 27, 1912, the daughter of Thomas and Ann (Gray) Morgan in Saint Paul. She attended Red Wing High School and worked at the Ben Franklin in Red Wing. Dorothea married Arnold J. Schulz...
Margaret Skillestad
Nov 7, 2007
Margaret J. Skillestad, age 90 of Cannon Falls, died on Wednesday morning, November 7, 2007 at the Angels Care Center in Cannon Falls. Margaret was born on July 23, 1917 in Cannon Falls, the daughter of Gust and Hattie (Ring) Wahlberg. She attended school in Cannon Falls and upon graduation she attended college and got her teaching certificate. Margaret first...
LuVerne Olson
Nov 6, 2007
LuVerne A. Olson, age 88, of Northfield and formerly of Cannon Falls, died on Tuesday morning, November 6, 2007 at the Northfield Care Center. LuVerne was born at home on the farm in Leon Township on November 27, 1918, the son of Oscar and Emma (Miller) Olson. He graduated from the Cannon Falls High School, and farmed in Leon Township...
Orlando Norstad, Sr
Nov 4, 2007
Orlando was born on March 19, 1916 in Zumbrota, the son of Oscar Cornelius and Rachel Josephine (Greseth) Norstad. He attended country school in Zumbrota. Orlando married Edna Marie Paul on October 14, 1938 at the Vasa Chapel. They farmed for 55 years, starting in Cannon Falls Township, and later in Skunk Hollow (Leon Township). Along with working his own...
Mary Mills
Oct 29, 2007
Mary Louise Mills, age 81 of Cannon Falls, died on Monday afternoon, October 29, 2007 at United Hospital in St. Paul. Mary was born at home in Cannon Falls Township on August 18, 1926, the daughter of John and Violet Wahlstrom. She attended country school until she was 15 years old, and upon the death of her mother at that...
Ellwood Benson
Oct 21, 2007
Ellwood Henry Benson, age 88, a lifelong resident of Cannon Falls, died on Sunday afternoon, October 21, 2007 at the Angels Care Center in Cannon Falls, where he has been residing since July. Ellwood was born on June 6, 1919 in Clark Valley of Cannon Falls Township, the son of Emil Theodore and Anna Elida (Bernanderson) Benson. He attended country...
Merna Putnam
Oct 15, 2007
Merna Matilda Putnam, age 88 of Cannon Falls, died on Monday afternoon, October 15, 2007 at the Angels Care Center in Cannon Falls. Merna was born at home on the family farm in Wabasha County on October 21, 1918, the daughter of Arthur and Florence (Heaser) Timm. During WWII, from August, 1943 until her honorable discharge in January, 1946, Merna...
George Ellison
Oct 5, 2007
George P. Ellison, age 81 of Cannon Falls, died peacefully at his home on Friday afternoon, October 5, 2007. George was born on June 6, 1926 in Madison, WI, the son of Donald H. and Verna L. (Baxter) Ellison. He graduated from Washburn High School in Minneapolis in 1944, and went on to the University of Minnesota where he received...
Grover George
Oct 5, 2007
G. Dennis George Grover Dennis George, age 77 of Cannon Falls and formerly of Bellechester, died on Friday morning, October 5, 2007 at the Cannon Falls Medical Center. Dennis was born on November 12, 1929 in Belvidere Township, the son of Grover C. and Pearl M. (Hawkinson) George. He grew up in the Bellechester area, and later farmed there. He...
Lucille Wennblom
Sep 19, 2007
Lucille Helen Wennblom, age 89, a lifelong resident of the Cannon Falls area, died on Wednesday morning, September 19, 2007 at the Angels Care Center in Cannon Falls, where she has been residing since June, 2006. Lucille was born on October 29, 1917 in Leon Township, the daughter of Carl R. and Alice E. (Erickson) Freeberg. She graduated from the...
John Erie
Sep 11, 2007
John Russell Erie, age 65 of Vasa, died at his home on Tuesday afternoon, September 11, 2007. John was born on April 18, 1942 in Faribault, the son of Raymond J. and Edna C. (Hoseth) Erie. John graduated from the Cannon Falls High School in 1959. He married Judith A. Hanson on October 13, 1962 at the Urland Lutheran Church....
Marilyn Volkert
Sep 9, 2007
Marilyn Adele Volkert, age 81, a lifelong resident of Randolph, died on Sunday afternoon, September 9, 2007 at Three Links Care Center in Northfield. Marilyn was born a twin on April 27, 1926 at home in Castle Rock Township, the daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Becker) Engler. She graduated from Randolph High School, and went on to attend Mankato State...
Andrina Pike
Aug 28, 2007
Andrina Pike, age 84 of Burnsville, died on Tuesday morning, August 28, 2007 at the Ebenezer Ridges Care Center in Burnsville. Andrina Pernilla Eide was born on January 15, 1923, the daughter of Cornelius and Bertha (Sander) Eide, on their farm home northeast of Howard, South Dakota. She was baptized and confirmed at Bellview Lutheran Church. Andrina spent her eight...
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