Odean Berg, 89, of Albert Lea passed away on July 2nd with family by his side after complications following emergency back surgery at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester. Memorial Mass will be Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 11:00 am at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea, with public visitation from 9:30am – 11:00am at the church. Masks will be required while in the church and social distancing guidelines will be followed. Military Honors will be performed...

Suzanne “Sue” Gutknecht, 85, of Albert Lea, passed away July 1, 2020 at the St. John’s Lutheran Community on Fountain Lake. Memorial Mass will be Friday, July 31, 2020 at 2:00 PM at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea, with public visitation from 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM at the church. Burial will be private. Masks will be required while in the church for both the visitation and for the mass. Please follow social distancing guidelines and the family will have some...

William Bair (aka: Bia, Eggplant, Willie Bear) 18, of Albert Lea was unexpectedly reunited with his brother on June 27, 2020. A Celebration of Williams Life will be scheduled and planned by family. William was born January 21, 2002 to Zachary Bair and Jessica Osborne in Albert Lea. He attended school in Albert Lea and Austin. William worked at Teluwut in Lake Mills, IA, and thought of the staff and people there as a second family. He loved listening to all genres of music, shooting...

Graveside services for Betty L. (Halverson) Callahan, of Albert Lea, will be held at 10:30 A.M. on  Thursday at St. Theodore Catholic Cemetery in Albert Lea. Visitation will be from 5-7 on Wednesday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, 2210 East Main, Albert Lea, MN. Masks and social distancing are encouraged. Betty was born on May 15, 1928, in Glenville, Minnesota to Henry and Mable (Knutson) Halverson. On October 14, 1950, Betty married Philip J. (Phil) Callahan at St. Theodore Catholic...

A visitation for Margella LaVoy Johnson will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 PM on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at the Bonnerup Funeral Service - Ellendale Chapel in Ellendale, MN. Burial will immediately follow at Graceland Cemetery in Albert Lea. Margella was born on August 2, 1933 in Steele County, Minnesota to Lloyd and Mabel (Erickson) Johnson. Margella was born on and spent her entire life living on the family farm, raising both cattle and crops. She had a kind and caring heart, was family...

Milburn (Mel) Nedren Nelson, 93, passed away peacefully, Friday, June 26, 2020 at the family home in Albert Lea, surrounded by his family. Milburn was born to Nels and Tillie (Walker) Nelson on August 17, 1926, in Bricelyn, MN. Milburn attended high school in Alden, MN.  He met his wife, Phyllis, while employed at Queen Stove in Albert Lea.  They were united in marriage on June 24, 1946, in Ellendale, MN and lived to celebrate 67 years of marriage. In their younger years Phyllis...

The Mass of Christian Burial for Bernard “Bernie” Priebe will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, July 10, 2020 at St. Clara Catholic Church, Clara City, MN.  The Reverend Steve Verhelst will officiate. Interment will be in the St. Clara Cemetery, Clara City, Minnesota. Bernard was born December 25, 1927 in the Township of Stoneham Chippewa County the son of Arthur and Clara (Harguth) Priebe.  He grew up on the family farm and attended St. Clara Parochial School in Clara City....

Martha Louella (Andersen) Jacobson, 96, of New Richland passed away June 20, 2020 at the New Richland Care Center. A small private funeral will be held. Burial will take place in the LeSueur River Cemetery. Filming of the service will be uploaded to the funeral home website on Friday, June 26. Martha was born January 10, 1924 to Yens and Hannah (Anderson) Andersen in Summit Township of Steele County, Minnesota. She was baptized at First Lutheran Church in Ellendale, confirmed at the Grace...

Howard “Howie” Hanson, 65, of Lake Mills, IA, formerly of Austin, MN passed away of natural causes at home on June 17, 2020. Memorial Service will be Tuesday, June 23 at 11:00 am at the Bonnerup Funeral Home of Albert Lea. Visitation will be from 9:30 am – 11:00 am at the funeral home. Burial will take place at the Hayward Lutheran Cemetery. Bonnerup Funeral Home is assisting the family. www.bonnerupfuneralservice.com Howard was born February 9, 1955 to Palmer and Bernice...

Joel Kent Howser of Hoschton, Georgia passed away peacefully after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis on February 23, 2020, at North East Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Joel was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, April 22, 1948, and was the youngest of two children born to the late Violet L. Howser and Dale R. Howser. Survivors include wife Susan J. Howser, daughters Dr. Maureen Lewis (Bradley) of Tyler, Texas and Nicole Lennig (Jason) of Dacula, Georgia, and five grandchildren,...