Obituaries

Oct 5, 2019

A century of sharing love, compassion, fun and generosity! That is a small part of the large legacy left by Evelyn Sarver Palm who passed away on October 5, 2019, at the age of 102. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 12, 2019, at Bonnerup Funeral Service, with a visitation beginning one hour...

Oct 4, 2019

Funeral Services for Byron Glenn Spear, Jr., age 95, of Albert Lea, will be held on Thursday, October 10 at 11:00 A.M. at the Church of St. Theodore in Albert Lea, MN. The Reverend Kurt Farrell will officiate. Interment will be in St. Theodore’s Cemetery.  Military Honors will be accorded by Albert Lea Veteran's Organizations. Visitation is one hour...

Sep 28, 2019

Funeral Services for Phyllis I Toft will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 2, at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea. The Reverend Todd Walsh will officiate. Interment will be in First Lutheran Cemetery, Ellendale. Visitation will be one hour before services at the funeral home.

Phyllis Irene Toft passed away on September 28th at Thorne...

Sep 27, 2019

Funeral services for Dorothy H. Jahns will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, July 30, at the United Methodist Church in Albert Lea. The Reverend John Mitchem will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before services at the church. Bonnerup Funeral Service is assisting the family with arrangements. Dorothy died on Friday,...

Sep 27, 2019

Memorial Services for Eileen “Joyce” Lammey, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea. The Reverend John Mitchem will officiate. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Friends may visit with family one hour before services at the funeral home. Eileen Joyce Lammey passed away on Wednesday, May 01, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society....

Sep 27, 2019

Darlene M. Moller, was born on June 16, 1942, in Tracy, Minnesota, the daughter of Nathaniel and Opal (Weedman) Schulz. She graduated from Emmons High School and married Jens Moller. They were blessed with two daughters DeAnna and Darla. Jens and Darlene were later divorced. Darlene worked for Land-O-Lakes for more than 40 years before retiring. Darlene was a...

Sep 27, 2019

Arlo R. Blumer, 89, of Albert Lea, died on Saturday, May 18, 2019, due to the ravages of Multiple System Atrophy. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 9, 2019, at First Presbyterian Church in Albert Lea with visitation one hour prior. Rev. Dwight Netzer will officiate. A private interment with military honors...

Sep 26, 2019

Funeral services for Betty J. Nelson will be held at 1:00 PM on Monday, September 30, 2019 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, MN.  Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.

Betty passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, MN.

Betty was born on July 1,...

Sep 26, 2019

Warren M. Charlson, 91, of Albert Lea, MN, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2019, at St John’s Woodlands.  Funeral Services will be at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, October, 2, 2019, at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea. Reverend Don Rose will officiate. Visitation will begin one hour prior. Interment will take place at Graceland Cemetery.

Warren was born...

Sep 23, 2019

A funeral service for Lois Emma Matthies of Newark, Ohio, formerly of Albert Lea, will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 19th, at Bonnerup Funeral Home in Albert Lea. Interment will be at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Lois died peacefully on September 23rd in Newark, Ohio. She was 92. Lois...

Sep 22, 2019

A Celebration of Life Service for MarySue Wilson Dowd will be held at 2:30PM on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, with Chaplain Don Malinsky officiating.  Family and friends may gather one hour prior to the service.  Private family interment will happen at a later date.

MarySue Wilson Dowd born December 16, 1937...

Sep 20, 2019

Funeral Services for Margaret L. Loven, of Owatonna, formerly of Ellendale, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, September 23 at the First Lutheran Church in Elllendale. The Reverend Richard L. Sliper will officiate. Interment will be in First Lutheran Cemetery, Ellendale. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. Bonnerup Funeral Service is assisting...

Sep 16, 2019

Eugene “Gene” Donald Schlaak, lovingly known as Bumpa, passed away on September 16, 2019, in his home surrounded by his family under the care of St. Croix Hospice. He was 67 years old. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at Hartland Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hartland, MN. The Reverend Shawn...

Sep 16, 2019

A memorial service for Nicholas Ramirez will be held at 11:00AM on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, with Father Kurt Farrell officiating.  Visitation will take place one hour prior.  Interment will be at St. Theodore Catholic Cemetery.

Nicholas R. Ramirez, age 21 of Albert Lea, Minnesota, was found on September 16, 2019,...

Sep 10, 2019

Funeral Services for Joanne Linder, former Albert Lea resident, will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, September 16, at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea. The Reverend Kurt Farrell will officiate. Interment will be in St. Theodore Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before services at the church.

Joanne passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September...

Sep 10, 2019

Funeral services for Harold Dean Nelson, Sr. will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, September 13, 2019, at First Luther Church, Albert Lea, MN. The Rev. John Holt will officiate. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery.

Harold’s earthly journey ended peacefully on September...

Sep 9, 2019

Edna Irene (Olson) Erdmann, passed away on Monday, September 9, 2019, at the age of 95. She was born on November 2, 1923 in Marshall, MN, to August and Anna (Bangston) Olson. She lived around Marshall until 1935, when they moved to Amiret, MN, where her father bought a farm. When she finished 8th grade at a rural Amiret school,...

Sep 5, 2019

Funeral services for Karin Mae Mattson age 84, of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at the First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, MN. Pastor John Holt will officiate. Visitation will be held Monday evening from 5 until 7 PM at Bonnerup Funeral Service and one hour prior to the service at the...

Sep 4, 2019

In life one little decision can make an impact on not just you, but all those that love and care for you. Cahler A. Matthies had a loving and supporting family, and had everything going for him, but drugs took ahold of his life. Addiction changed him and destroyed so much of the hope and promise in his future....

Sep 3, 2019

Funeral services for Ardis Arlene Uittenbogaard of Hollandale, MN, will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday, September 7, 2019 at the Hollandale Reformed Church. Pastor Neal Ooms will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the Hollandale Cemetery prior to the visitation at the church on Saturday. Ardis...