Obituaries

Scot Christenson

Apr 6, 2022

Scot Lee Christenson, age 55, of Bricelyn, passed away on April 6, 2022.

Scot was born on October 1, 1966, to Harold and Mary in Albert Lea, MN. He graduated from Albert Lea high school in 1985 and went to Vo-Tech following graduation. Scot worked at R&S Racing in Albert Lea and Wayne’s Repair in Freeborn.

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Paul Groth

Apr 4, 2022

Paul Luther Groth, age 85, of Ellendale, MN passed away on April 4, 2022.

Paul was born on November 18, 1936, to Oscar and Alice Groth in Mason City, IA. He attended school in Mason City until moving to Ellendale in 1953. He graduated from Ellendale-Geneva High School in 1954. Paul went to Waldorf College.

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Jane Pearson

Apr 4, 2022

Jane Pearson, age 67, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2022 in the comfort of her own home in New Richland, MN. She was born on January 12, 1955 to Frank and Helen Pearson in Austin, MN. She enjoyed gardening, her church community, and visiting with family and friends. After receiving the diagnosis of COPD in 2009, Jane began...

Shirley Chase

Apr 2, 2022

Shirley J. Chase, 100, of Albert Lea, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Thorne Crest Senior Living.

Services are being arranged for a later date.  A full obituary will be published soon.

Shirley Chase

Apr 2, 2022

Shirley Jeanette Chase, age 100, passed away on April 2, 2022, in Albert Lea, Minnesota.  Born August 9, 1921, on her aunt’s farm near Ellendale, Minnesota, Shirley, a 100% Dane and proud of it, was the only child of Alice Victoria (Larsen) and Irvin Andersen (Charley Irvin Andersen).  After her father died in a construction accident in 1927, Shirley...

Chad Sommer

Apr 2, 2022

Chad A. Sommer, age 42, died unexpectedly at his home on April 2, 2022. He lived in Ramsey, MN with his mother, LuAnn (Lee) Granholt.

Chad lived a full and active life in Ellendale and received a great start in the Special Education system. The family moved to Colorado Springs in 1987 where he attended Air Force Academy...

Verona Thorson

Mar 30, 2022

Verona Pauline Thorson, age 99, of Albert Lea, passed away on March 30, 2022.

She was born on July 13, 1922, to Ole and Amanda Iverson in Freeborn County, the youngest of 9 children.

Verona was an avid gardener and animal lover. Living on a hobby farm allowed her to spend many hours with her beloved...

Ricky Pollard

Mar 30, 2022

Ricky Pollard, 60 passed away on March 30th, 2022. Ricky was born in Albert Lea, MN to Eugene Pollard and Lillian Urschitz-Serrano on December 1st 1961.

After high school Ricky joined and served in the army. From there he went on to peruse jobs in sales, factory management, and his favorite, carpentry.

Ricky loved woodworking,...

Dennis Yotter

Mar 28, 2022

Dennis Ralph Yotter, 60, of Austin, passed away on March 28th, 2022.

Dennis was born July 7th, 1961, to Ralph and Patricia (Mitchell) Yotter in Slayton, MN.  After graduating Albert Lea High School in 1980 he attended vocational school.  He enlisted in the Minnesota Army National Guard and served 9 years where he achieved the rank of...

Janell Johnson

Mar 27, 2022

Janell R. Johnson, age 91, of Albert Lea, formerly of Rosemount MN, passed away on March 27, 2022.

Janell was born on January 23, 1931, to Arnold and Clara Faleide in Kiester, MN.

Janell worked as a telephone operator for most of her adult life in Minneapolis, Albert Lea and Eagan, MN.  Later in life,...

Richard Doppelhammer

Mar 25, 2022

Richard V. Doppelhammer, age 84, of Albert Lea, passed away on Friday, March 25, 2022 at The Woodlands - St. John's Lutheran Community, surrounded by his family.

Funeral service will be at 11:00 am Friday, April 1, 2022 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Conger with burial at the Conger Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Lavonne Christenson

Mar 25, 2022

Lavonne M. Christenson, 89 passed away surrounded by the love of her family and prayers at Thorne Crest Health Care in Albert Lea on Friday, March 25, 2022.

Lavonne Marion and her twin sister Lorraine were born in December 1932 at Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea, MN to Myrtle (Peterson) and Herbert Christensen. She was baptized and...

John Peterson

Mar 24, 2022

John was a native son of Albert Lea, except for the years spent in college and Army service during the Korean War. He was born in 1928 at the old Naeve Hospital building to Bertha and Elmer Peterson. His mother had the “luxury” at the time of remaining in the hospital for two weeks with her new...

Harold Christensen

Mar 20, 2022

Harold Lee Christensen, age 64, of New Richland, MN, passed away on March 20, 2022.

He was born on December 11, 1957, to Harvey Lowell and Alice in Albert Lea, MN.

Lee married the love of his life, Diane at the little brown church in Iowa on July 18, 1987. He was employed at Brown...

Fredrick Nelson

Mar 20, 2022

Fredrick John Nelson, age 78 of Albert Lea, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on March 20, 2022.

A memorial service will be held at 10:00am on Friday, April 1, 2022 at Concordia Lutheran Church of Pickerel Lake. A visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00pm on Thursday, March 31,...

Beverly Field

Mar 19, 2022

Beverly Marie Field, age 86, of Albert Lea, passed away on March 19, 2022, surrounded by her family.

Beverly was born on October 11, 1935, to Lyle and Lillian Larson in Frost, MN.

She enjoyed cooking, baking, entertaining and making her guests feel special. Family was a big part of Beverly’s life. She loved her...

Richard Miller

Mar 19, 2022

Richard Ramsey Miller, age 76 of Albert Lea, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at St. John’s Lutheran Home.

Private family services will be held. A public visitation will be from 12:00 noon until 2:00 pm Thursday, March 24, 2022 at Bonnerup Funeral Service. Family burial will take place at Greenwood Cemetery,...

Justine Van Ryswyk

Mar 18, 2022

Justine M. Van Ryswyk, age 86, of Albert Lea, passed away on March 18, 2022, surrounded by her family.

Justine was born on April 6, 1935, to Julius and Stella Hoverson where she grew up on a dairy farm near Twin Lakes, MN.

She married the love of her life, Duane Van Ryswyk at Round...

Mary Strehlow

Mar 17, 2022

Mary Ann Strehlow, age 62, of Albert Lea, passed away on March 17, 2022, after battling with diabetes for 55 years and 3 transplants.

Mary was born on September 27,1959 to Albert J. and Helen Mae Strehlow in Albert Lea, MN. She graduated from Albert Lea high school and a member at Trinity Lutheran Church.

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Jason Baas

Mar 16, 2022

Jason Allan Baas age 52, of Albert Lea, passed away peacefully at his home on March 16, 2022. Jason was born on September 10, 1969 to Rosanne Baas. He attended Albert Lea High School and later went on to attend Albert Lea Vo-Tech. For most of his life he worked in the auto-body industry. Jason excelled at everything he...