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Nancy Nei
Sep 21, 2014
Nancy Ann Nei, 59, of Austin, died Sunday, September 21, 2014 at Mayo Clinic St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. Nancy was born in Austin on May 5, 1955 to Clayton Wallace and Nettie Mae (Moffit) Nei. She graduated from Austin High School in 1973. After high school, Nancy served her country by working in the medical field of the US...
Bernice Krupicka
Sep 10, 2014
Bernice J. Krupicka, age 81, of Austin, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Sacred Heart Care Center. Bernice was born February 11, 1933, in Hayfield, Minnesota to Fred and Bertha Kruger. She was one of five daughters who grew up on the family farm west of Hayfield. She went to a one room elementary school house, Pride of 76, and...
Leona "Lee" Mattice
Sep 1, 2014
Leona Mattice was born on May 22, 1925 to Marie and Edward Schumacher at their farm house in Rose Creek, MN. She was one of seven siblings, which included Esther, Arnie, Irv, Lillian, Lloyd and Darrell. The family moved from Rose Creek to Austin, where Lee attended Austin High School. With World War II raging, upon graduating in 1944, Lee...
Howard Mcdermott
Aug 30, 2014
Howard Henry McDermott, Jr, 84, of Austin died Saturday, September 30, 2014 at Mayo Health Systems Austin. Howard, an only child, was born September, 24, 1929 in Austin to Howard and Helen (Hansen) McDermott. He grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School. In school he was an accomplished musician and played first chair clarinet under the tutelage...
Fay Enfield
Aug 20, 2014
Fay Lee Enfield, 49, died on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin. Fay was born in Spring Valley, MN on March 13, 1965 to Junior Lee and Darlene Fay (Sanow) Conner. She attended school and graduated from Austin High School in 1983. Fay was a cheerleader for the wrestling team and she loved roller skating....
Madeline Krueger
Jul 29, 2014
Madeline L. Krueger passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 29 at her home in Austin surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Madeline Lucille Whisler was born January 21, 1931 in Iowa to Ezra Raymond and Gertrude (Kane) Whisler. On July 18, 1948 she was united in marriage to Merle Owen Krueger at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa and...
Clinton "Dean" Britt
Jul 6, 2014
Clinton Ar’Dean “Dean” Britt passed away on July 6, 2014 at St. Mark’s Memory Care Unit after battling a long-time illness. Dean was born February 7, 1926 in Austin MN to Lemuel and Bernice Britt. He grew up in Austin and attended Austin Senior High School. He enlisted in the United States Navy at 17. He fought in World War...
Joseph Price
Jul 4, 2014
Joseph Keith Price, 47, born April 1, 1967, the son of Keith and Rosemary (Carey) Price, Rose Creek, passed away at his home on Friday, July 4, 2014 at the 3 o’clock hour. Joseph was chosen to live in a family of 5 brothers and 7 sisters, and more important, he was a Child of God knowing that he came...
Francis Merten
Jul 2, 2014
Francis Peter Merten, age 87, of Austin, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 surrounded by his loved ones. Francis was born January 29, 1927 in Austin to Peter and Lucy (Reinartz) Merten. He graduated from St. Augustine High School in 1945 and after graduation he enlisted in the United States Navy. Upon returning home he chose to...
Charles Berg
Jun 26, 2014
Charles “Chuck” W. Berg, 86, of Lyle, died Thursday, June 26, 2014 at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin. Chuck was born in Lyle Township on March 10, 1928 to Frank and Janet (Kavle) Berg. He attended school and graduated from Lyle High School in 1946. On September 13, 1950 he married Dorothy DeVriendt at St. Augustine Catholic Church in...
Genevieve Wagner
Jun 25, 2014
Genevieve “Jenny” Wagner, 91, of Austin, died peacefully on June 25, 2014 at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin. Jenny was born in Albany, MN to Rudolph and Alma (Schleppbach) Hanauska on September 4, 1922. She married Willard Wagner in 1944 and they moved to Austin. She belonged to St. Augustine Rosary Society, Sacred Heart Hospice Auxiliary and Melody of...
Eleanor Mcallister
Jun 21, 2014
Eleanor Helen McAllister, age 91, beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, passed away on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin. Eleanor was born April 28, 1923 in New Hampton, IA. She was the youngest of ten children born to Joseph and Lena (Weber) Hackman. When she was young, the family moved to Winona, MN, where...
Elizabeth Hart
Jun 19, 2014
Elizabeth A. Hart, age 88, of Austin, died Thursday, June 19, 2014 at Sacred Heart Care Center. Elizabeth Ann Enright was born July 20, 1925 at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin, Minnesota. She was the third of four children of William J. and Marian R. (Taylor) Enright. Betty lived on a farm in Rose Creek, Minnesota until age three, at...
Bernard Schaefer
Jun 14, 2014
Bernard Joseph Schaefer, 82, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2014 at Golden Living Center East in Rochester MN. He passed away the same day as his partner in crime his nephew Bruce Schaefer 41 years ago and now they are on their way to trap shoot together. Bernard was born on March 25, 1933 at home in Austin to Joseph...
Kenneth Heise
Jun 10, 2014
Kenneth E. Heise, 89, one the last of the “Greatest Generation”, went home to the Lord on Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Home in Stillwater, MN. On February 11th, 1925, Ken was born to Tony and Irene Heise in Mankato, MN. With his beloved sister Phyllis and his brothers Norman and Raymond, the Heise family faced the...
Joyce Gerber
Jun 2, 2014
Joyce "Charlene" Gerber, 87 of Austin, MN died on Monday, June 2, 2014 at St. Mark's Lutheran Home. Charlene was born in Spencer, Iowa on October 1, 1926 to Holger and Blanche Flink. When she was 16 years old, her family moved to a farm in the Austin area. She graduated from Austin High School. She married Eugene Gerber at...
Ruth Przytarski
May 31, 2014
Ruth Lucretia Przytarski, 93, of Shakopee and formerly of Austin, died Saturday, May 31, 2014 at her residence in Shakopee. She was born in Cashton, WI on March 23, 1921 to Edward and Teresa (Bates) Quinn. She graduated high school and attended a couple of years of college before she married Daniel J. Przytarski on August 6, 1946 in Cashton,...
Ruth Muhlbauer
May 30, 2014
Ruth Loretta Muhlbauer, 72, of Austin, died Friday, May 30, 2014 at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin. Ruth was born on January 2, 1942 to Edmund and Loretta (Fink) Bissen. She attended grade school and high school in Austin and graduated in 1959. She married James Muhlbauer on July 18, 1959 at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Austin. They...
Thomas Forstner
May 29, 2014
Thomas James Forstner a longtime Austin resident and retired Hormel Foods Corporation employee, died Thursday, May 29, 2014 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Home in Austin. He was 88. Tom was born March 24, 1926 in Madelia, MN, the son of Theodore and Mary Forstner. He graduated from Madelia High School in 1944 and was inducted into the U.S. Army that...
Earl Dahmen
May 23, 2014
Earl J. Dahmen, age 85, of Mapleview, died Friday, May 23, 2014 at his home. Earl was born January 1, 1929 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Joseph and Olive (Wilkerson) Dahmen. They moved to Austin in 1933. He married LaVonne Skauge in Austin. The couple moved to Mapleview in 1950. Earl worked in construction. He enjoyed cooking, boxing, going...
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