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Gretchen Wangen
Mar 10, 2015
Gretchen Lois Wangen, age 93, of Austin, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Sacred Heart Care Center. Gretchen was born June 22, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the youngest child of Kathryn (Mayer) and W.L. Van Camp. When she was 14 she moved to Austin, Minnesota where she graduated from Austin High School in 1938. While employed at the Northwestern...
Inez Nuzum
Mar 7, 2015
Inez “Inie” Gertrude Nuzum, 91, of Austin, died Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin. Inez was born in Freeborn County on June 26, 1923 to Charles and Dorothy (Skamfor) Bailey. She attended various grade schools in small towns around Austin and graduated from Austin High School in 1941. During WWII, she worked in the lab...
Virgil Fry
Feb 22, 2015
Virgil Mathias Fry, 87, of Austin, died peacefully on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Home in Austin. Virgil was born in Burton Township, Yellow Medicine County MN, on March 6, 1927 to Mathias and Julia (Ademmer) Fry. He attended school in the St. Leo area. He enlisted in the US Army on July 6, 1945 and served...
Ida Wicks
Feb 19, 2015
Ida Josephine Wicks, 92, of Faribault and formerly of Austin, died of natural causes at her home on Thursday, February 19, 2015. Ida was the eighth child born to Alexander and Alvina (Quimette) Martin on September 6, 1922 on the family farm in Crystal Lake Township (Comstock) Wisconsin. On December 4, 1942, Ida married Walter Joseph Wicks. After Walter returned...
Inez Waters
Feb 17, 2015
Inez Mary Walsh Waters, 94, of Austin, died Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin. Inez was born in Dubuque, IA on June 12, 1920 to Joseph and Marie (Haley) Walsh. She attended grade school and graduated from Visitation High School in 1939 in Dubuque. Inez graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Iowa...
Sylvia Brimacomb
Feb 9, 2015
Sylvia E. Brimacomb, 96, formerly of Austin, died Monday, February 9, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society in Albert Lea, where she had been a resident for a number of years. Sylvia was born in Austin on February 19, 1918 to Enoch and Belle (Holmes) Hall. She attended school in Austin. Sylvia married Maitland Brimacomb April 25, 1941. She was a...
Cyrilla Rockers
Feb 7, 2015
Cyrilla Elizabeth Rockers, age 98, of Austin, passed from this life on February 7, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society Comforcare. Cyrilla Mueller was born on November 28, 1916 – the firstborn of 13 children to John and Elizabeth Mueller. She grew up on a farm in the German-speaking community of Meyer, Iowa during the Great Depression years, and moved to...
Junior Conner
Jan 24, 2015
Junior Lee Conner, 86, of Austin, died on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Our House Memory Care in Austin. Junior was born in Le Mars, IA on May 26, 1928 to Nathan and Eva (Miller) Conner. He attended grade school in the Iowa area and ended up working for local farmers there after his education. Junior drove for a cab...
Walter Marreel
Jan 22, 2015
Walter Robert Marreel, 94, of Austin, died on Thursday, January 22, 2015 surrounded by his loving family, at Comforcare in Austin. Walter was born on January 14, 1921 to Hector and Herminea (Parmentier) Marreel, on their family farm near Carpenter, IA. After his schooling, Walter worked on the farm with Hector until Walter enlisted in the US Army Air Corp....
Lorraine Meyer
Jan 17, 2015
Lorraine L. Meyer, 93, died peacefully on January 17, 2015 in Austin. Lorraine, or preferably Lori, was born May 5, 1921 in Iona, Minnesota to Isadore and Mary Lieb. Lori worked at a drug store in Des Moines, IA after graduating from Paulina High School in Paulina, IA. The family moved to a farm in Zimmerman, MN when Lori was...
Florence Lee
Jan 10, 2015
Florence Catherine Lee, 98, of Austin, died Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin. Florence was born in Lodi Townshop, Mower County on March 26, 1916 to Matthew and Mary (Heimer) Schaefer. She attended school in Adams and was a graduate of Adams High School. After her schooling, Florence was a waitress in Adams for a...
Mary Orlowski
Jan 4, 2015
Eileen Orlowski, age 95, of Austin, died Sunday, January 4, 2015 at the Cedars of Austin. Eileen was born December 24, 1919 in Marshall, Minnesota to Floyd and Roseanna (Moore) Hosfield. She grew up in Marshall and Owatonna, Minnesota. After graduating from high school in Owatonna she attended St. Theresa College in Winona, Minnesota. On June 26, 1946 she married...
Vickie Goodew
Jan 2, 2015
Vickie Sue Goodew, 56, of Albert Lea, died unexpectedly at her home on Friday, January 2, 2015. Vickie was born in Brainerd, MN on July 30, 1958 to Richard and Josephine “Judy” (Graves) Goodew. She was raised by Judy and Donald Nihart. She moved to Austin when she was 3 years old. She attended Austin High School. At an early...
Julie Wiese
Dec 29, 2014
Julie Ann Wiese, 57, of Austin, died suddenly on Monday, December 29, 2014 at Primrose Retirement Community. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her. Julie was born on July 20, 1957. Her parents were Nathan & Margaret (Wackwitz) Wiese of Austin. Julie grew up in the Brownsdale area, attended Queen of Angels Parochial School, Brownsdale...
Alfred Simon
Dec 20, 2014
Alfred M. Simon, 94, of Austin died Saturday December 20th, 2014 at his home. Al was born on August 4th, 1920 in Stacyville, Ia. to Jacob and Anna (Heaman) Simon. He graduated from Visitation High School in 1938. Al married Ruth C. Vanderbilt on July 16th, 1941. Ruth died on June 3rd, 1972. Al married Donna L. (Hallman) Hareid on...
Merriam Diederich
Dec 18, 2014
Merriam “Merry” Adell (Nelson) Diederich, 85, of Austin, passed away December 18, 2014 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. She was born to Emile and Eldora (Patch) Nelson in Austin on December 25, 1928. She was married to William B. Diederich on December 27, 1947 at St. Augustine’s Parrish house. Merry graduated from Austin High School in 1947, and was...
Dianne Iversen
Dec 17, 2014
Dianne Carolyn (Sather) Iversen, age 72, of Austin, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. Dianne was born April 3, 1942, and raised in Benson, Minnesota. She married Burton Iversen on June 16, 1962. Dianne was a caring, thoughtful, and generous person. Her beautiful home and picturesque gardens reflected her creative and unique style....
Cornelia Haines
Dec 17, 2014
Cornelia T. “Connie” Haines, age 100, of Austin, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Sacred Heart Care Center. Connie was born February 6, 1914 in Arcadia, Wisconsin to Christian and Angela (Dascher) Felsheim. She was a school teacher in Trempleau, Wisconsin. On May 27, 1940 she married Evarist “Ebbie” Haines in Arcadia. Connie was a member of Queen of Angels...
Dianna Conner
Dec 11, 2014
Dianna Marie (Greenlee) Conner died on December 11, 2014 at Mayo Clinic Hospital – Saint Mary’s Campus in Rochester, MN. She was 54 years old. Dianna was born on July 2, 1960 to Carol (Twedell) and Howard Greenlee in Austin, MN. She attended Pacelli High School, graduating in 1978. Dianna married Bruce Conner on November 19, 1993. She worked most...
Gary Granle
Dec 3, 2014
Gary Gene Granle, 67, of Austin, died on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at his home in Austin. Gary was born in Austin on February 8, 1947 to Raymond and Genevieve (Miller) Granle. He attended Ellis Middle School and was well known, along with Conrad “Smoky” Peterson, for wearing canary colored suits to school. After his schooling, Gary purchased Bertelson’s Garage...
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