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Voral Zdenek
Dec 14, 2010
Voral Marie Zdenek, age 96, of Rose Creek, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at the Adams Healthcare Center. Voral was born May 14, 1914 in Belmond, Iowa to Ralph and Ardelia (Dipple) Thayer. On December 17, 1935 she was united in marriage to Joseph Zdenek at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. She was a farmer and a homemaker....
Dale Ihrke
Dec 14, 2010
Dale Ihrke, age 80, of Austin, died Tuesday morning, December 14, 2010 at his home surrounded by his family. Dale was born November 27, 1930 to Frank and Gladys (Abbott) Ihrke in Austin where he grew up and attended Austin Community College. Dale married Petra Nielsen on June 29, 1952 in Austin. He worked at Hormel as a foreman for...
Madeleine Blaser
Dec 14, 2010
Madeleine Mary Blaser, age 89, of Austin, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Prairie Manor in Blooming Prairie. Madeleine was born November 11, 1921 in Cazenovia, Wisconsin to John and Mary (Weber) Duren. She married Ray Blaser in Stacyville, Iowa. He preceded her in death on September 25, 1996. Madeleine was a homemaker. She was a member of Queen of...
Raymond Kubicek
Dec 14, 2010
Raymond Albert Kubicek, age 89, of Austin, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at the Austin Medical Center. Ray was born April 8, 1921 in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota to Frank A. and Mary (Ressler) Kubicek. Ray married Lorrayn Helen Johnson (better known as Cookie) also from Blooming Prairie on May 22, 1943. They were married 67 years and had three children...
Bessie Noble
Dec 8, 2010
Bessie Noble, age 83, of Austin, died Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at her home. Bessie was born November 2, 1927 in Lakewood, New Jersey to Samuel and Harriet (Burk) Cottrell. She went through the tenth grade. On September 8, 1945 she was united in marriage to Robert J. Noble in Lakewood. He preceded her in death on December 29, 2009....
Fred Retterath
Dec 6, 2010
Fred Valentine Retterath, age 92, of Austin, died Monday, December 6, 2010 at the Austin Medical Center. Fred was born February 13, 1918 in Stacyville, Iowa to Michael and Rose (Wagner) Retterath. Fred was in service from 1942 to 1945. He was Staff Sargeant of the Sharp Shooters in the Asia Pacific, 24th division of the 21st Infantry regiment and...
Bernard Crowe
Dec 5, 2010
Bernard A. Crowe, 75 Bernard Anthony Crowe, 75 of Austin, died Sunday, December 5, 2010 at Sacred Heart Care Center. He was born December 23, 1934 in Austin to Martin and Loretta (Feuerhelm) Crowe. He graduated from Pacelli High School. He attended Gunsmith School in Colorado. Bernard lived in Austin all of his life. He worked as a Carpenter, and...
Lyle Nelson
Dec 5, 2010
Lyle LeRoy Nelson, age 92, of Austin, died Sunday, December 5, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Lyle was born June 1, 1918 in Newry, Minnesota to Lena and Nels "Pete" Nelson. On March 21, 1941 he married Esther Schumacher in Osage, Iowa. They were blessed with a daughter, Kay. Lyle served in the Army during WWII overseas in...
Chase Miller
Dec 3, 2010
Chase Randall Miller, age 25, of Austin, died Friday, December 3, 2010 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chase was born June 6, 1985 in Williston, North Dakota to Randy Miller and Janet (Grad) Sunderman. He attended Catholic schools and graduated from Pacelli High School in Austin, Minnesota. Chase was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis several...
Bill Lage
Dec 1, 2010
D. William "Bill" Lage, age 86, of Austin, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at Sacred Heart Care Center. Bill was born December 3, 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska to David Peter and Ella Margaret (Paulsen) Lage. He graduated from Central High School. On March 30, 1948 he married Marilyn Emily Schonlau in Omaha. Bill served in the United States Air Corps....
Donald Brick
Nov 30, 2010
Don Brick, age 82, of Austin, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea. Don was born September 13, 1928 in Owatonna, Minnesota to Frederick and Catherine (Nolan) Brick. He graduated from Owatonna High School in 1946. Don enlisted in the Army, but broke his back in a car accident while he was at basic...
Vance Knutson
Nov 25, 2010
Vance Carlyle Knutson 79 of Austin, died, November 25, 2010 at his home. He was born November 13, 1931 in Rake, Iowa to Eddie and Ella (Ulven) Knutson. He graduated from Austin High School in 1949. He married Grace Anderson on July 12, 1952 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin. She preceded him in death on February 22, 1988....
Alberta Gavin
Nov 25, 2010
Alberta (Hangge) Gavin, age 79, of Austin, passed away on Thursday, November 25, 2010 at the Austin Medical Center. Berta lived in Austin all of her life attending Queen of Angels grade school and Pacelli (then St. Augustine) High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Vernon Gavin, and they were happily married for 49 years. An active member of...
John Howley
Nov 19, 2010
John Carlyle Howley, 85, of Austin, died Friday, November 19, 2010 at Kennedy Park Care Center in Weston, WI. John was born April 10, 1925 in Austin to Edward and Evelyn (Donnelly) Howley. He married Donna Mae Scrabeck on December 28, 1942 in Austin. She preceded him in death October 2, 2010. He was also a veteran of WWII serving...
Adeline Cotter
Nov 17, 2010
Adeline N. Cotter, age 96, a former Austin resident, passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2010 in Vista, CA. Adeline was born September 11, 1914 in Austin, MN to Rosco and Irene (Benda) Dial. She was married April 20, 1940 to Kenneth Cotter in the St. Augustine Rectory and they celebrated 56 years together. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother...
R. Lloyd Herron
Nov 16, 2010
Lloyd Herron, 89 Raymond "Lloyd" Herron passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin. Lloyd is reunited in death with wife Edith and son John Herron. Survived by daughter Kate (Bruce) Brandeland of Plano, TX, and grandchildren Keely Herron of London, Leith Brandeland (Katy) of Plano, TX, Andrew Herron (LeAnna) of Atlantic, IA, and Stephen...
Levonne Rehnelt
Nov 13, 2010
LeVonne TeLoris Rehnelt, age 82, of Austin, died Saturday, November 13, 2010 at the Austin Medical Center. LeVonne was born January 29, 1928 in Fillmore County, Minnesota to Theodore and Leona (Johnson) Opsahl. She graduated from high school and on June 15, 1946 she was united in marriage to Leonard Rehnelt at St. Theodore Church in Albert Lea. LeVonne was...
Frank Slowinski
Nov 7, 2010
Frank Clarence Slowinski, age 87, of Austin, died Sunday, November 7, 2010 at Primrose of Austin. Frank was born July 8, 1923 in Kansas City, Kansas to John and Stella Slowinski. He served in the United States Navy from May 1943 to February 1946 as a Seaman First Class. Frank was very proud of his service to his country as...
Florence Modene
Nov 4, 2010
Florence Myrtle Modene, age 95, of Austin, went to Heaven peacefully surrounded by family on November 4, 2010 at the Austin Medical Center. Florence Furgeson was born February 5, 1915 at Manchester, Minnesota, the daughter to Rudolph and Mabel Furgeson. She was baptized February 26, 1915 at Central Lutheran Church, confirmed October 20, 1928 at Central Freeborn Church and graduated...
Mildred Fasbender
Nov 4, 2010
Mildred C. Fasbender, age 84, of Austin, died Thursday, November 4, 2010 at the Austin Medical Center. Mildred was born January 10, 1926 in Adams, Minnesota to John P. and Anna M. (Kramer) Kloeckner. She was united in marriage to Paul Fasbender. Mildred was a homemaker and a member of Queen of Angels Catholic Church. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and...
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