Obituaries

Kristine Neumann

Oct 10, 2020

Kristine Kay Neumann passed away on October 10, 2020 at Methodist’s Hospital in Rochester, MN at the end of her decades long battle with an auto immune disorder at the age of 62.

Kris was born in Owatonna, MN on October 19, 1957 and attended school there until her family’s relocation to New Richland, MN when she...

Victoria "Vicki" Westeng

Oct 10, 2020

Funeral services for Victoria "Vicki" Westeng will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, October 19, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church, Albert Lea, with Rev. Dwight Netzer officiating. Friends can arrive beginning at 10:30 AM until the time of the service. Burial will follow the service at Graceland Cemetery.  Social distancing guidelines will be followed and masks are required....

Harriet Larson

Oct 8, 2020

Harriet Louise Larson was born on July 3, 1920, in Ellendale, Minnesota, the daughter of Chris and Edna (Folie) Nelson. As a young woman she began working as a switchboard operator for the Lerdal Telephone Company. It was here that she met her soulmate Gilbert “Gib” Larson. The couple was married on September 30, 1939 at the First Baptist...

Adeline Reese

Oct 6, 2020

Adeline Marie Reese was born on June 17, 1932 to Myrtle (Moen) and Joseph Anderson, in Berlin township, Steele County, Minnesota.  Adeline died Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at Benedictine Living Community in Owatonna MN. She was 88     years of age. She attended school in Ellendale and on August 30, 1947 married Donald Merton Reese in Austin, MN.

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Amy Crawford

Oct 6, 2020

Amy Lee Crawford passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. She was 49 years old.

Funeral services for Amy Crawford will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at Bonnerup Funeral Service – Albert Lea. Pastor Dave Klawiter will officiate. Public visitation will take place two hours prior to the service. Burial will follow...

Jose "Joe" Avelar Jr.

Oct 5, 2020

Funeral services for Jose “Joe” Avelar Jr. will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, October 9, 2020 at St. Theodore Catholic Church, Albert Lea, with Father Kurt Farrell officiating.  Burial with military honors will be at St. Theodore Cemetery.  Visitation for Joe will be from 4 – 7 PM on Thursday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, with a time...

Jerome Solland

Oct 3, 2020

Jerome Mervin Solland born on January 9th,1932  -   Died on October 3, 2020.

Jerome Mervin Solland was born in Mansfield township January 9, 1932 to Jens and May Solland. Graduated from a country school in Emmons, where he walked up the hill both ways in 5 feet of snow with no shoes. Jerome served in the US Army...

Barbara Andersen

Oct 3, 2020

Barbara Jeanne Andersen (nee Canton), 89, passed peacefully on October 3, 2020, at the Thorne Crest Senior Living Community.

A loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Barb was born on August 10, 1931, in Watson, Minnesota. She graduated from Montevideo High School and Macalester College and taught school in Portland, Oregon before moving back to Minnesota to...

Theresa Jackson

Oct 1, 2020

Theresa C. (Balbach) Jackson was born on May 3, 1924, at home in Dotson, MN,  the daughter of Ernest and Sara (Cartin) Balbach. She attended rural schools until high school. She then attended Blooming Prairie High School until her senior year, graduating from Ellendale High School in 1942. She then went on to attend and graduated from the Naeve School...

Millard Hamborg

Sep 29, 2020

Funeral Services for Millard S. Hamborg, of Albert Lea, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, October 2, 2020 at the First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. His daughter, Reverend Daphne Hamborg, as well as Reverend John Holt will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before services at the church.

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Patrick Sweet

Sep 29, 2020

Patrick “Sweet P” Joseph Sweet, a Police Officer and school bus driver, died on September 29, 2020 at the age of 78 at his home in Clarks Grove, MN.

Patrick was born in Flint, MI, on January 29, 1942, the only child of Thomas Sweet and Bernadine Frechette. He graduated from Flint Southwestern High School and soon...

Donald Schultheis

Sep 26, 2020

Donald LeRoy “Bud” Schultheis passed away on November 21, 2020 at St. John’s – The Woodlands. He was 85 years old.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, a private family funeral will place with burial at Hillcrest Cemetery. Pastor Don Malinsky will officiate.

Bud was born on December 2, 1934 at RR Osage, IA to...

John 'Jack' Wilkenson

Sep 26, 2020

John Wilken ‘Jack’ Wilkenson, of New Richland, died on September 26, 2020. He was 81 years old. A public visitation will be held Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at Friedrich Funeral Home – New Richland from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

A graveside service will take place at 11:00am on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at LeSueur River Lutheran...

Jeanne Wendell

Sep 25, 2020

Jeanne M. Wendell, of Albert Lea, passed away September 25, 2020 at St. John’s Lutheran Community, Albert Lea MN. She was 90 years old.

A memorial service will take place at 11:30AM on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at Bonnerup Funeral Service -  Albert Lea with burial following at St. Theodore Cemetery. Friends may join us for a visitation at...

Peter "Pete" Phelps

Sep 22, 2020

Pete Phelps, 82, of Albert Lea passed away peacefully on September 22, 2020 at the Thorne Crest Senior Living Community.

A Private family graveside service will be held at the Hillcrest Cemetery of Albert Lea.

Alfred "Cedric" (C.T.) Thomas

Sep 22, 2020

Alfred “Cedric” (C.T.) Thomas, 55, of Albert Lea, Minnesota passed away on September 22, 2020 at home, with family by his side.

A visitation will be held from 4:00 – 6:00 pm, Sunday, September 27 at Bonnerup Funeral Service in Albert Lea.

Burial will take place in the Fern Oak Cemetery of Gary, Indiana.

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Delores Sternhagen

Sep 22, 2020

Delores L. (Stiehl) Sternhagen passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020. She was 86 years old.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, a private family service will take place.

She was born to Fred and Elsie (Schmidt) Stiehl on December 29, 1933 in Alden Township and was baptized and confirmed at Pickerel Lake Concordia Church. Beginning her education...

Marilee Citsay

Sep 22, 2020

Marilee Elizabeth Citsay, age 84, of Albert Lea, passed away of natural causes at home with family, on September 22, 2020. She was born in Northwood, IA to Thorvin and Rose Hermanson. She was a 1955 graduate of Albert Lea High School.

She was a life-long member of Grace Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, MN. Her Norwegian heritage was...

Ruth Strand

Sep 19, 2020

Strand, Ruth Eloise, 90, of Albert Lea, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2020 at Good Samaritan Society.

Ruth was born December 31, 1929 in rural New Richland, MN, the daughter of Gerhardt O. and Clara O. (Johnson) Hatle and was the youngest of eleven children.

On August 20, 1952, she was married to Lyle J....

Michael Moore

Sep 19, 2020

Michael G. Moore, 63, of Albert Lea, MN, passed away at his home, surrounded by his family on Saturday, September 19, 2020, after a courageous battle with MSA (Multiple System Atrophy).

Michael “Mike” Gerard Moore, son of William J. and Mary C. (Chambers) Moore, was born August 3, 1957, in Des Moines, Iowa.  He moved to Mason...