Obituaries
Eileen Goodnature
May 30, 2018
Margaret Eileen Goodnature (Reller) September 12th 1925 - May 30th 2018. Our mother was born September 12, 1925 on her parent’s family farm just northwest of Ellendale, Minnesota to Herman Earle Reller and Lillian Nelson Reller. She grew up with her 3 sisters during the Great Depression. She worked very hard to help her parents with farming. Calvin Coolidge was...
David Hays
May 30, 2018
David Howard Hays, 80, formerly of Austin, passed away Wednesday evening, May 30, 2018 at the Minneapolis Veteran’s Hospital. He was born January 23, 1938 to Elton and Loretta (Graff) Hays. David attended Whittier grade school and Austin High School. David later served in the U.S. Army as a Private First Class from January 1, 1960 to January 18, 1964,...
Tina Young
May 23, 2018
Tina Marie Young, age 52, beautiful and courageous passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 peacefully in her beloved home in Austin, MN surrounded by loved ones. Tina fought a long battle with not only two types of cancers, but also endured many strokes. She never once gave up the fight or complained during her illness. She was committed and...
Betty Kruger
May 22, 2018
Betty Lou Kruger age 84, of Austin, died Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Our House assisted living facility. Betty Lou was born on July 30, 1933 at her home in Austin, Minnesota to George and Catherine (Weiss) Holgate. Betty will be remembered for her passion for bingo, western movies, collecting dolls, and spending time with her grandchildren. She is survived...
Gerald Grimley
May 19, 2018
Gerald Nicholas Grimley, age 88, of Austin, died Saturday, May 19, 2018 at the Cedars of Austin Assisted Living. Jerry was born September 28, 1929 in Austin, Minnesota to Edwin and Sarah (Connelly) Grimley. He grew up in Austin and graduated from St. Augustine High School. Jerry was a member of the National Guard Unit Company H, they were called...
Anna Miller
May 3, 2018
Anna Marie Miller age 97, of Austin died Thursday, May 3, 2018 at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea. Anna was born May 31, 1920 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Joseph and Marie Starnick. She grew up in Pittsburgh and attended country school. On March 16, 1940, she was united in marriage to John Miller in Winchester, West Virginia. The...
Marlene Whalen
Apr 28, 2018
Marlene Helen (Wagner) Whalen was born August 5, 1935 to Jacob and Amelia (Blonigan) Wagner in Austin, MN. She was the youngest of five children. She attended grade school at Columbus School in Austin and Austin’s St. Augustine. She was a stay at home mom raising ten children. She worked at a time at Sterling Drug and Sacred Heart Nursing...
Roger Schaefer
Apr 26, 2018
Roger Allen Schaefer age 68, of Austin, died Thursday, April 26th, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. Roger was born July 8, 1949 in Austin to Wilfred and Isabel (Giles) Schaefer. He grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School. On October 19th 1968 he was united in marriage to Marlene Christopherson. To this union, 7 children were...
Shirley Saaranen
Apr 9, 2018
Shirley Marie (Hanson) Saaranen, age 86, passed away Monday, April 9th, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Austin, MN, surrounded by her children. Shirley was born, July 3rd, 1931 in Newry Township, MN, to Archie and Hattie (Braaten) Hanson. She grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School on June 2nd, 1949. On July 31st, 1954, she was married...
Lenore Mccutchen
Apr 9, 2018
Lenore M. McCutchen, age 81, of Austin, died Monday, April 9, 2018 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Home. She was born October 2, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Lenore grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School. Survivors include two brothers, Eugene Etzig, Austin, MN, Ron Lee, Lyle, MN; grandson, Jordan Etzig, Las Vegas, NV. Lenore is preceded in death...
Sheila Dion
Apr 3, 2018
Sheila Marie (Clayton) Dion, age 61, of Albert Lea and formerly of Austin, died Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Albert Lea. Sheila was born January 13, 1957 in Ada, Minnesota to Fred and Allet Clayton. She grew up in Austin, Minnesota and graduated from Austin High School. On January 2, 1982 she was united in marriage to...
Rita Landherr
Mar 26, 2018
Rita Ann Landherr, 87, of Austin, Minnesota passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on March 26, 2018 from metastatic cancer. She was surrounded by her family and husband as she was called to God’s Kingdom. Rita Ann Ryan was born July 10, 1930 on the Ryan family farm near Ryan, Iowa. She was the youngest of six children...
Joseph Kemmerick
Mar 24, 2018
Joseph William Kemmerick 98, of Austin, MN died peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, March 24th at St. Mark’s in Austin. Joe was born April 1st, 1919 in Leonore, Il to Frank and Elizabeth (Fluech) Kemmerick. The family moved to Williams, IA when Joe was a baby and to a farm near Stacyville, IA at age 7 where he attended...
Chester Gerhart
Mar 24, 2018
Chester L. Gerhart, age 75, of Austin, died Saturday, March 24, 2018 at his home. Chet was born March 10, 1943 in Austin to Edward Sr. and Beatrice (Clark) Gerhart. He attended both Queen of Angels and Pacelli High School. Chet later received his GED from the University of Kansas while serving in the Army from 1962 to 1965. In...
Clifford Stoen
Mar 19, 2018
Clifford R. Stoen, Jr., age 82, of Austin, died Monday, March 19, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Austin. Cliff was born April 10, 1935 in Clear Lake, Iowa to Clifford B. and Edna (Bowman) Stoen. He attended school in Clemmons, Iowa. His family called him Junior. They moved to Brownsdale, Minnesota in the late 1940’s. Cliff served in the United...
Barbara Parmenter
Mar 17, 2018
Barbara Ann Parmenter, age 63, of Austin, died Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Austin. Barb was born August 13, 1954 in Le Mars, Iowa to Junior and Darlene (Sanow) Conner. The family moved to Austin in 1967. On September 23, 1995 she was united in marriage to John Parmenter and they made their home in Austin. Barb...
Herman and Mabel Foster
Mar 13, 2018
Herman and Mabel Foster, passed away November 25, 2019, and March 13, 2018.
A graveside service for Herman and Mabel will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 10, 2025, at Grand Meadow Cemetery. All are welcome to attend. Following the graveside service, everyone is invited to the Grand Meadow Community Center until 4:30 p.m. for refreshments and fellowship. Worlein-Hoff Funeral...
Mabel Marie Foster
Mar 13, 2018
Mabel M. Foster, age 84, of Austin, Minn., died on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester, Methodist Campus, from complications of lung cancer.
Mabel Marie Rita Leibold was born on April 16, 1933, in rural Spillville, Iowa, to Arthur and Mary Ann (Wagner) Leibold. She attended country school and graduated from Austin High School in 1951. On Jan. 15,...
Kathleen Pusch
Mar 8, 2018
Kathleen (Kathy) Pusch passed away on Thursday, March 8th after a brief illness. Kathleen and her twin brother, Donald were born on December 18, 1925 in Graceville, Minnesota. They were the youngest of 5 children and grew up in Munich, North Dakota. Kathy met the love of her life, Frederick Pusch when she was a student at the College of...
Lorretta Seira
Mar 4, 2018
Lorretta “Lottie” Seira age,91 of Austin died Sunday March 4, at her Cedars home. Lottie was born September 11, 1926 to John and Margaret (Mueller) Keilen. On September 25, 1946 she was united in marriage to Frank Seira, they had three beautiful children. This union was later dissolved. Lottie held many jobs, head checker at Tempo, jailer and Reeds 4th...
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