Obituaries
2025 Service of Remembrance .
Oct 31, 2025
We invite you and your family to our Holiday Service of Remembrance at 1:00PM on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at Bonnerup Funeral & Cremation Services, 2210 E. Main Street in Albert Lea.
This special event is centered on keeping memories of your loved one alive. It is our hope that this service offers you a sense of comfort and strength. A...
Rose Boyer
Nov 25, 2025
Rose Boyer passed away on November 25, 2025, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held on Monday December 8, 2025, at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea. Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, with funeral services beginning at 11:00 AM. Rose will be interred in St. Theodore Catholic Cemetery.
Rose was born in Albert...
Lynn Toenges
2025
Lynn Clifton Toenges, 65, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Windermere, Florida.
Lynn was born on June 2, 1960, in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Clifton and Gail Toenges. He was baptized and confirmed at Concordia Lutheran Church at Pickerel Lake and graduated from Alden High School in 1978. Lynn pursued his education with diligence, earning his undergraduate degree from Waldorf...
Inez Johnson
Dec 1, 2025
Inez Louise Johnson, 88, of Albert Lea, passed away on Monday, December 1, 2025, at the Mayo Clinic in Mankato, MN.
Services will be held privately.
A full obituary is pending.
Boyd Robert Reese
Nov 25, 2025
Boyd Robert Reese passed away peacefully at his home on November 25, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.
Boyd was born to Frank and Gladys (Lundberg) Reese in Albert Lea on June 25, 1937. As a child he raised many animals, including rabbits, fish, and dogs. He was involved in Boy Scouts. During his teen years he was very fond of...
Robert Dean Arnold Schmidt
Nov 24, 2025
Robert “Bob” Dean Arnold Schmidt, 85, of Albert Lea, passed away peacefully on November 24, 2025, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, surrounded by his loving children and grandchildren.
Robert was born at home on the family farm in Wood Lake, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on May 21, 1940, to Arthur and Dorothy (Wilson) Schmidt. The second of four children, he...
Timothy Charron
Nov 23, 2025
Timothy "Tim" Charron, 62, of Glenville, MN, passed away peacefully at home on November 23, 2025
Tim was born on January 12, 1963, in Pittsfield, MA, to Kenneth and Helen Charron. Tim was one of three boys to the couple, and loved and was loved by his family very much. He was raised between Rochester and Austin MN, and graduated from...
David DeSart
Nov 23, 2025
David (Snobal) Charles DeSart passed away Sunday, November 23, 2025.
David was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota on June 26, 1961 to Don and Mary DeSart. He had a son, Leo, with Julie DeSart on January 12th, 2010. David was from the class of 1979. He participated in choir, Jazz Band and Junior Achievement. He was an inspirational speaker for those in...
LaVoy Ebnet
Nov 23, 2025
LaVoy Gene Ebnet, 85, of New Richland, MN, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2025. He was greeted with open arms by the love of his life, Mary, whom he missed dearly.
LaVoy was born on October 29, 1940, to Victor Herman Ebnet and Edna Mae (Krueger) Ebnet on a farm in rural Waseca County, Minnesota. He began his education in...
Donald "Duke" Hansen
2025
Donald “Duke” Kenneth Hansen, long-time resident of Albert Lea, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2025, at 77 years of age. Duke was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, in September of 1948, to Kenneth and Rozella Hansen. Pancreatic cancer took his life.
Duke grew up in Hollandale, where he developed a lifelong love for hunting, fishing, and the outdoors. He graduated...
Gerald Schultz
Nov 20, 2025
Gerald Roger Schultz, 92, of Alden, MN, passed away Thursday evening, November 20, 2025.
To honor Gerry, a Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Mary Ann Zenk
Nov 18, 2025
Mary Ann Zenk, age 92, passed away very peacefully with her family by her side on Tuesday, November 18th, at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community.
Mary Ann was born on November 1, 1933, in New Ulm, Minnesota, to Benedict and Clara Reiniger Sehr.
Mary’s strong Catholic faith was instilled in her from an early age. She graduated from Holy Trinity High School...
Linda Rae Portz
Nov 18, 2025
Linda Rae Portz, 74, of Westby, Wisconsin, passed away at Mayo Clinic, on November 18, 2025, from complications related to cancer. Linda’s family would like to thank the teams at both Lacrosse and Sparta, Wisconsin, for their kindness and care during her treatment.
Linda was born in Tyler, Minnesota, and graduated from Ruthton High School in 1969. She attended beauty school...
Alice Van Vooren
Nov 16, 2025
Alice B. Van Vooren, 91, passed away peacefully on November 16 at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community. She was born on July 18,1934 in Larchwood, Iowa to Mathias and Alma (Warborg) Underberg. In 1952, Alice married Bernard “Bernie” Van Vooren, beginning a lifelong partnership filled with devotion and adventure. They enjoyed many travels including Hawaii, Alaska, The Netherlands and Paris,...
Michael Haroldson
Nov 14, 2025
Michael Eugene Haroldson of Albert Lea passed away at his sister's home on November 14, 2025, after his courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
Michael was born on August 2, 1959, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the third child of Kenneth and Elaine (Iverson) Haroldson. He attended Albert Lea Central High and was known to some as "Mikey." He worked at Viracon in Owatonna and worked...
Hugh Edward O'Byrne
Nov 13, 2025
Hugh Edward O’Byrne, age 84, passed away on November 13, 2025 at home in Albert Lea, surrounded by his family.
A Memorial service will be held Monday, November 24, 2025 at 11:00 am, with visitation beginning at 9:30 am at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea. Military honors and a light lunch will take place right after the service, with...
Irene Olinger
Nov 12, 2025
Irene Marie Bartscher Olinger, 93, of Albert Lea, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Nov. 12 after a courageous battle with cancer. Throughout her illness, Irene maintained the strength, humor, kindness, appreciation for beauty, and deep love of family that defined her character. Even in her final days, Irene expressed profound gratitude for her long and fulfilling life, rich with cherished...
Barbara A. Nelson
Nov 12, 2025
Barbara Ann Nelson (Lau) passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2025, in New Richland, Minnesota. She was 67 years old.
Barb was born March 17, 1958, in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Archie and Lois Lau. Barb was a graduate from Albert Lea High School. On May 14, 1977, Barb married Kent Allan Nelson at Central Freeborn Lutheran Church. Barb spent many years...
Beth M. Stahl
Nov 11, 2025
Beth Marie Levisen Stahl
Beth passed away on November 11, 2025, at Good Samaritan in Albert Lea surrounded by her family.
Beth was born on July 3, 1966, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was adopted when she was 2 1/2 weeks old by Myron and Charlotte Levisen.
She graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1984. Beth lived in Oklahoma and Alaska for a...
Charles Stowell
Nov 5, 2025
Charles Richard Stowell, born December 9, 1950, the fifth child of Warren and Irene (Kjos) Stowell, died on November 5, 2025, under the largest supermoon of 2025, while in hospice care in Rochester Minnesota. Except for a four-year stint in the U.S. Navy, Chuck lived at the same South Broadway address in Albert Lea his entire life. Being the baby...
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