Obituaries

Nov 15, 2017

Ruth Elaine O’Brien, (née Noland) age 87,  Albert Lea, passed peacefully surrounded by family November 15, 2017.  She was born to the Reverend Garold Bartley Noland and his wife Lura  Summerson Noland on January 19, 1930, in a farmhouse in Lincoln Township, Dallas County, Iowa.  She was married to Alphonsus P. (Frank) O’Brien on February 5, 1949 in Des...

Nov 15, 2017

Funeral services for Fern Wangen will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Oakland Lutheran Church, 22042 850th Ave, rural Albert Lea. Reverend Waldemar Gies will officiate. Visitation will be held from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM Friday, November 24 at Bonnerup Funeral Service in Albert Lea. Interment will be in Oakland Lutheran Cemetery.

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Nov 13, 2017

Walter Russell Riggle, of Glenville, passed away on November 13, 2017 at Good Samaritan Society in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He was 81 years old. Walter was born October 18, 1936 to parents Walter Ray and Martha (Bergland) Riggle in Crystal Lake, Iowa. He attended high school in Crystal Lake and served for three years in the National Guard. He...

Nov 11, 2017

Funeral services for Beverly J. Moen will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at the Bonnerup Funeral Chapel, Albert Lea.  The Reverend Shane Koepke will officiate.  Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service.  Burial will be in Central Freeborn Cemetery, rural Albert Lea.

Beverly passed away at her home of...

Nov 11, 2017

Memorial Services for Raymond J. Cochlin, of Albert Lea, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, November  16, at St. Theodore Catholic Church, Albert  Lea. The Reverend Kurt Farrell will officiate.   Private interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Newry Township.  Military honors will be accorded by Albert Lea Veteran’s Organizations. Friends may visit with family from 5-7...

Nov 11, 2017

A memorial service for Richard D. Westurn will be held at 12:00 PM on Monday, November 20, 2017 at First Presbyterian Church, Albert Lea.  The Reverend Dwight Netzer will officiate.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  Military Honors will be accorded by the Albert Lea Area Veteran’s Organizations.  Burial will take place at Fort Snelling...

Nov 10, 2017

A memorial service for Donald W. Worke will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at the Bonnerup Funeral Chapel, Albert Lea.  The Reverend Janet White will officiate.  Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service.  Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.

Donald passed away on Friday, November 10, 2017 at the...

Nov 9, 2017

Funeral Services for Gerald “Jerry” T. Knutson of  Albert Lea, will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday,  November 15,  at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Albert Lea.  The Reverend David Emmons and the Reverend Wayne Halvorson will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 – 7 PM on Tuesday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, and again one...

Nov 8, 2017

Lenore A. Delhanty, 56, of  Pine Island, MN, died at home on Wednesday morning November 8, 2017.  She had recently been diagnosed with cancer.  She was born on May 27, 1961, in Twin Lakes, Minnesota, the daughter of Jerry and Alyce (Carter) Ovrebo. Lenore graduated from John Marshall High School and later Winona State University with a degree in...

Nov 8, 2017

A funeral service for Nora M. Adams will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at St. Theodore Catholic Church, Albert Lea.  Father Kurt Farrell will officiate.  Visitation will be from 9:30 AM until the time of the service at the church.

Nora passed away of natural causes at her home on Wednesday, November...

Nov 8, 2017

Funeral services for Eleanor A. Iverson will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, November 13, 2017 at Oakland Lutheran Church, rural Albert Lea.  Visitation will take place from 3 – 6 PM on Sunday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, and again one hour prior to the service at the church.  Interment will be held at Oakland Lutheran Cemetery.

Nov 3, 2017

Funeral services for JoAnn Nesje will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, 2210 East Main, Albert Lea, with a visitation one hour prior. Reverend Erica Cunningham will officiate. Interment will be in Our Savior’s Lutheran Cemetery, Kiester, Minnesota, at a later date.

JoAnn Marie Nesje, age 81, passed away peacefully November...

Nov 3, 2017

A memorial mass for Kathleen A. (Warmka) Wilder will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at St. Theodore Catholic Church, Albert Lea. Father Kurt Farrell and Father Brad Pelzel will officiate.  A visitation will be held from 4 – 7 PM on Tuesday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and again one hour prior to...

Nov 2, 2017

Donald Dale Schou, 93, of rural Albert Lea, died Thursday, Nov. 2 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester after being injured in a fall. His funeral will be held Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albert Lea with the Rev. Eileen Woyen officiating. Visitation will be at Bonnerup Funeral Service from 5 to 7...

Oct 31, 2017

Kathy M. Brekke, age 70, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2017 at her home, surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 3, 2017 at Bonnerup Funeral Service 2210 East Main, Albert Lea. Pastor Randy Cirksena will officiate. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, November 2 at Bonnerup...

Oct 25, 2017

Marjorie (Marge) Charlotte Peterson passed away Wednesday, October 25 at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea. Funeral services for Marge will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 4, 2017 at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Reverend John Holt will officiate. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Friday, November 3 at Bonnerup...

Oct 25, 2017

Brady J. Stanley, 43 died October 25, 2017

Brady is survived by his son, William and William's mom, Carson; mother, Debra Stanley; father Randy J. Stanley and wife Sharon; sisters; Maria Stanley and Finesse Luna; and extended family and friends.

A memorial gathering will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 3:00PM until...

Oct 23, 2017

Dorothea Jane Neumann was born in Wells, Minnesota to Elmer and Helen (Malakowsky) Schroeder on October 10, 1926.  She attended Owatonna Public Schools until she was 12 and also a country school in Wells for a while, then returning to Owatonna School.  She spent time in her younger years playing along in her father's concertina band where she discovered...

Oct 23, 2017

Memorial services for Dennis D. “Chunky” Blouin of Ellendale, MN, will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, October 28, 2017 at the United Methodist Church in Ellendale, MN. Pastor Randy Cirksena will officiate. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service at the church. Dennis died Monday, October 23, 2017 at the Owatonna Hospital. He was...

Oct 21, 2017

A Celebration for Judith L. (Engbritson) McKinnon, of Albert Lea, will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday October 28, 2017 , at the Albert Lea Vineyard Church. Interment will be in Hollandale, Cemetery Judith died on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at Thorne Crest Retirement Community in Albert Lea. She was 74. She was born on May 18,...