Obituaries

Ella Nelson

Ella Nelson

Mar 14, 2016

Funeral services for Ella Yanke Nelson will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Ascension Lutheran Church, Albert Lea. The Reverend Mark Boorsma will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will take place at First Lutheran Cemetery in Ellendale. Ella passed away on Monday, March 14, 2016 in Plymouth, MN....

Mabel Johnson

Mabel Johnson

Mar 12, 2016

A memorial service for Mabel S. Johnson will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at First Lutheran Church, Albert Lea. Reverend John Holt and Reverend Kent Otterman will officiate. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Lakewood Cemetery. Mabel passed away at the Good Samaritan Society, Albert Lea on...

LaVerne Olson

LaVerne Olson

Mar 9, 2016

LaVerne (Vern) C. Olson, 88, of Clarks Grove, MN, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Center, Albert Lea, MN, in his loving wife's arms and surrounded by her two caring nephews and niece and their spouses. He was loved by all. He is now rejoicing in the presence of our Lord and Savior. Funeral services will...

Duane Hausman

Duane Hausman

Mar 8, 2016

Memorial services for Duane D Hausman will be held at 1:30 PM on Friday, March 11, 2016 at Zion Lutheran Church, Albert Lea. The Reverend Robert Stohlmann will officiate. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. Military honors will be accorded by the Freeborn County Veteran's Organizations. Duane passed away quietly in his sleep...

Virginia Thomas

Virginia Thomas

Mar 7, 2016

Virginia Maxine Friedrich Thomas, 98, of Albert Lea, MN passed away at St. John's Lutheran Community in Albert Lea, MN on March 7, 2016. Virginia was born on Dec. 22, 1917 in Dickens, Iowa to Harriet Ann (Mayes) and Harry Ernest Rideout. She graduated from Austin High School in 1937. She was united in marriage to Gustaf August William Friedrich...

Linda Radke

Linda Radke

Mar 4, 2016

Linda M. Stinehart Radke, of Albert Lea, passed away on March 4, 2016 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She was 63 years old. Linda was born on July 30, 1952 to Kenneth and Marion (Honstad) Odson in Wells, Minn. She attended grade school in Frost, Minn. and high school in Albert Lea. Linda was a member and confirmed at...

Lorna South

Lorna South

Mar 4, 2016

Funeral services for Lorna L. South will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Zion Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, Minn. Reverend Robert Bailey and Reverend Robert Stohlman will officiate. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Monday, March 7, 2016 at Bonnerup Funeral Service (2210 E. Main Street) in Albert Lea. Lorna Lee South, of Albert...

Carol Lundblad

Carol Lundblad

Mar 2, 2016

Funeral services for Carol E. Lundblad of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 3:00 PM Friday, March 4, 2016 at the ThorneCrest Retirement Center Chapel. Pastor Todd Walsh will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the chapel. Interment will be in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN. Carol died on Wednesday, March 02, 2016 at...

Irene Christensen

Irene Christensen

Feb 29, 2016

Irene Elizabeth Haugen Christensen, 92, passed away peacefully Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 surrounded by her family. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday March 5, 2016 at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. The Rev. Diane Odermann will officiate. Friends may visit with the family one hour prior to the service at the church. Irene was born May...

Helen Supalla

Helen Supalla

Feb 29, 2016

A memorial service for Helen M. Supalla will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at All Saints Catholic Church in New Richland, MN. Father Raul Silva will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at a later date. Bonnerup-Friedrich Funeral Home in New Richland is...

James Richter

James Richter

Feb 28, 2016

Funeral services for James Richter will be held at 1:30 PM on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at Concordia Lutheran Church of Pickerel Lake. Reverend Wendy Anderson will officiate. Visitation will be held the night before, Wednesday March 2, from 4-7 p.m. at Bonnerup Funeral Service in Albert Lea, MN and again one hour prior to the service at church. Western...

Florence Brzezenski

Florence Brzezenski

Feb 27, 2016

Funeral Services for Florence L. Brzezenski, of Albert Lea, will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 5, at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea. Pastor Christopher Martin will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before services at the funeral home. Florence died on Saturday, February 27, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society in Albert...

Elmer Quiram

Elmer Quiram

Feb 26, 2016

Memorial Services for Elmer R. Quiram will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, March 2 at St. Peter Lutheran Church of New Richland, MN. The Reverend Scott Williams will officiate. Military Honors will be accorded by New Richland Veteran's Organization. Interment will be at a later date in St. Peter Cemetery, New Richland. Friends may visit with family from...

Bernetta Hanson

Bernetta Hanson

Feb 26, 2016

Funeral Services for Bernetta Hanson, of Albert Lea, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, March 1 at Zion Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. The Reverend Robert Bailey will officiate. Interment will be in Geneva Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. on Monday at Bonnerup Funeral Service and one hour before the service at the...

Duane Hansen

Duane Hansen

Feb 25, 2016

Memorial services for Duane T. Hansen of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at the First Lutheran Church in Glenville, MN. Pastor Tom Klingbeil will officiate. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service. Duane died Thursday, February 25, 2016 at the Albert Lea Good Samaritan; he was 61 years...

Richard Langerud

Richard Langerud

Feb 25, 2016

Memorial Services for Richard Dean Langerud, of Albert Lea, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, March 1, at Grace Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. The Reverend Janet White will officiate. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Military Honors will be accorded by Freeborn County Veteran's Organizations. Friends may visit with family from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on...

James Wendt

James Wendt

Feb 24, 2016

Memorial Services for James "Jim" I. Wendt, of Albert Lea, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 2, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. The Reverend James Kassera will officiate. Friends may visit with family one hour before services at the church. Interment will be at a later date at Hillcrest Cemetery. Jim died on Wednesday...

Jerome Lee

Jerome Lee

Feb 21, 2016

Funeral services for Jerome Lee will be held at 1:30 PM Thursday, February 25, 2016 at First Lutheran Church in Ellendale, MN. Reverend Richard Sliper will officiate. Visitation will be held from 5-8 PM Wednesday, February 24 at Bonnerup Funeral Service Ellendale Chapel (308 7th Avenue in Ellendale). Visitation will also be held one hour prior to the service at...

Iris Bell

Iris Bell

Feb 18, 2016

Funeral services for Iris W. Bell will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, February 22, 2016 at Hartland Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Reverend Shawn Stafford will officiate. Visitation will be from 2 – 5 PM on Sunday at the Hartland Evangelical Lutheran Church, as well as one hour prior to the service on Monday. Interment will take place at...

Carol Raben

Carol Raben

Feb 17, 2016

Funeral services for Carol Mae Raben of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, February 22, 2016 at the Crossroads Evangelical Free Church in Albert Lea. Pastor Jeffrey Phelps will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Carol died Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at...