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Joan Rickerl
Nov 13, 2017
Joan Patricia Rickerl, age 88, of Austin, died Monday, November 13, 2017 at her home at St. Mark's Memory Care. Joan was born June 16, 1929 in Ottumwa, Iowa to John and Rosalie (Robertson) Quinn. As a young girl, Joan helped her father in his drug store in Ottumwa, IA. On November 19, 1948, she was united in marriage to...
Mary Jorgenson
Oct 28, 2017
Mary Jane Jorgenson, age 74, of Austin, died Saturday Oct 28, 2017 at Sacred Heart Hospice-Austin. Mary was born Oct 4, 1943 in Austin, Minnesota to Vernon and Mildred (Neitzal) Ellison. She grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School. On Sept 21, 1968 she was united in marriage to James Jorgenson in Austin. The couple lived in...
Richard Kelley
Oct 4, 2017
Richard Joseph Kelley, age 93, of Austin, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, October 4, 2017. Richard was born December 5, 1923 in Austin to Daniel Kelley and Loretta (Gorman) Kelley. He graduated from Waterloo High School in Waterloo, Iowa where he was an avid basketball player. Richard had been invited to play professional basketball but chose to protect and...
Evelyn Bracken
Oct 3, 2017
Evelyn Lorraine Bracken, 91, of Austin, passed peacefully on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 with her family by her side. She was born March 30, 1926 in Austin. She married Jim Bracken on July 9, 1949. Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband, Jim, and her parents Art and Mary Meyer. Evelyn was a 1944 graduate of Austin High School....
Virginia Dale
Oct 3, 2017
Virginia Ollie Dale, age 92, of Austin, died Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea. Virgie was born June 17, 1925 in Austin to John and Florence (Hangge) Delhanty. She grew up in Austin and married James Dale on December 18, 1946 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Virgie served as a Sunday...
Agnes Weber
Sep 24, 2017
Agnes M. Weber, age 97, of Austin, entered into eternal rest, on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at her home. Agnes was born September 2, 1920 in Stacyville, Iowa to Fred and Winefred (Gilles) Hemann. She attended Visitation Catholic School in Stacyville. Agnes was the oldest of nine children. On January 10, 1953 she married Charles L. Weber at Visitation Catholic...
Dorothy Peterson
Sep 23, 2017
Dorothy L. Peterson, age 90, of Austin, died Saturday, September 23,2017 at Field Crest Care Center in Hayfield. Dorothy was born March 22, 1927 on a farm north of Bagley, Minnesota to Warren and Violet Baumann. The family moved to Kabetogama Lake in 1935 where Dorothy attended a country school through fifth grade and finished high school in Orr, Minnesota...
Phillip Bernatz
Sep 19, 2017
Phillip B. Bernatz, Jr., age 67, of Austin, died peacefully on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at his residence, Elmwood in Austin, Minnesota. Phillip Jr. was born in Rochester on December 29, 1949 to Phillip and June (Petersen) Bernatz. Phil lead a good and long life with Down Syndrome. He was able to take several trips over the years including Hawaii...
Walter Meidl
Sep 12, 2017
Walter H. Meidl age 92, of Austin, Minnesota died Tuesday, September 12, at Our House Memory Care. Walter was born November 4, 1924, in New Ulm, Minnesota to Hugo E. Meidl and Mary (Saffert) Meidl. He grew up in New Ulm and attended Holy Trinity Catholic School after graduation, he then attended Dr. Salisbury Veternary School of Poultry Health. On...
Vivian Hall
Sep 7, 2017
Vivian (Krebsbach) Hall, age 97, of Austin, died Thursday, September 7, 2017 at Sacred Heart Care Center. Vivian was born October 5, 1919 in Adams, Minnesota to Alois and Sadie (Haralson) Krebsbach. She attended Sacred Heart Catholic School and Adams High School. Vivian worked in several cafes and at the George A. Hormel Company. On September 18, 1944, she was...
Louise Weber
Sep 7, 2017
Louise Eleanor Weber, age 98, of Austin, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 7, 2017 with her sons at her side, at Our House Senior Living. Louise was born February 21, 1919 in Clarissa, Minnesota, the daughter of Anton and Josie (Kos) Krob. She attended school in Rose Creek and began work at Hormel Foods at the age of 16....
Norman Turner
Aug 30, 2017
Norman R. Turner, age 86, of Austin, died Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at The Cedars of Austin. Norman was born in Harmony, MN on February 15, 1931 to Eva and Warden Turner. He married his high school sweetheart, Hilda, on December 2, 1948. They had five children: Terry, Greg, Jane, Brad and Becky. Norm worked at Hormel for 41 years....
Betty Wagner
Aug 21, 2017
Betty Jean Wagner, age 88, of Austin, died Monday, August 21, 2017 at Sacred Heart Care Center. Betty was born April 19, 1929 in Rochester, Minnesota to Olaf and Dorothy Christopherson. The family moved to Austin where she grew up and attended Columbus Grade School and St. Augustine High School. She graduated from high school in 1947 and worked as...
Daniel Cotter
Aug 20, 2017
Daniel Lloyd Cotter, 74, of Austin, died Sunday August 20th, 2017 at his home, with family by his side, exactly two months to the day of his pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Dan was born August 4th, 1943 in Austin, MN to Mary and Lloyd Cotter. He grew up on the family farm southwest of Austin, and graduated from Pacelli High School...
Harry Willmott
Aug 18, 2017
Harry William Willmott, age 79, of Austin, MN, passed away peacefully on August 18th, 2017, after a courageous six-year battle with lung cancer. Harry was born on December 12th, 1937, in Watertown, SD, to Harry Thomas and Mary Ellen (Smith) Willmott, the fifth of eleven children. He graduated from White High School (White, SD) in 1955 and ran the family...
Emily Devriendt
Aug 9, 2017
Emily Elizabeth DeVriendt, age 91, of Austin, died Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at the Cedars of Austin Memory Care. Emily was born August 18, 1925 in London Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota to Josef and Wilhelmina (Kopp) Hrabak. She was married to Vincent A. DeVriendt for 64 years. Together they raised four children who were the center of her life. Emily...
Ruth Wunderlich
Aug 3, 2017
Ruth Ellen Wunderlich, age 91, of Austin, died Thursday, August 3, 2017 at the Cedars of Austin. Ruth was born October 4, 1925 in Austin, Minnesota to Herman and Gweneth (Green) Wunderlich, the youngest of three daughters. She graduated from Austin High School with the class of 1944, then from Austin Junior College in 1946, and St. Cloud Teachers College...
Darrell Erickson
Aug 2, 2017
Darrell Lee Erickson was born, as he liked to say, “29 March, 1937.” He was born in Chicago, Illinois and adopted as an infant by Lee and Gertrude Erickson. The family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota while Darrell was still a baby. Several years later his sister, Rita was adopted and the family was complete. Darrell went to Catholic school through...
Doris Flanders
Jul 31, 2017
Doris Mae Flanders, Age 87 of Austin, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 at Prairie Manor Nursing Home in Blooming Prairie after a lengthy battle with cancer. Doris was born June 9, 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Mable and John Pipke. On August 8, 1953 she married Elders (Slim) Flanders. They lived in Austin. Doris retired from Land O' Lakes...
Michael Cotter
Jul 31, 2017
“My name is Michael Cotter. I am a third generation farmer from Austin, Minnesota where the land is flat and the soil is black. Many of those farms have been in the same families for a hundred years, and ours is one of those farms.” Excerpt from The Killdeer by Michael Cotter Michael Cotter died on July 31 at his...
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