Obituaries
Ruth Carolan
Nov 14, 2012
Ruth Demers Carolan, 94, of Austin, Minnesota died Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at Mayo Health Systems Hospital in Austin. She was born March 11, 1918 in Decorah, Iowa to Urban and Blanche Whalen. On March 20, 1937 she married the love of her life, Melvin Stephen Carolan at Plymouth Rock, Iowa. They had five children and relocated to Austin, Minnesota...
Robert Wolfe
Oct 31, 2012
Robert Dean "Bob" Wolfe, age 85, of Austin, died Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Field Crest Care Center in Hayfield. Bob was born November 11, 1926 in Austin. He grew up in Austin and attended Austin High School. He had to leave school to start working, and eventually started working for Hormel Foods in the Austin Plant office. On July...
Howard Greenlee
Oct 29, 2012
Howard Francis Greenlee ,Jr., 76, ofRose Creek, Minnesota died Monday, October 29, 2012 at his home. He was born November 11, 1935 in Austin, Minnesota to Howard Greenlee, Sr. and Margaret Lechman Greenlee. Howard enjoyed his morning coffee at The Rose Peddler. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and just being outdoors, spending time with his boys Dylan and Keenan on...
Bradley Turner
Oct 25, 2012
Bradley John Turner, age 52, of Austin, died Thursday, October 25, 2012 at the hospital. Brad was born August 1, 1960 in Austin to Norm and Hilda Turner. He grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School. Bradenjoyed the outdoors, especially fishing. He looked forward to holiday celebrations, especially his mom's cooking. Brad always found humor in any...
Elizabeth "Betty"Â Whalen
Oct 20, 2012
Elizabeth "Betty" Chihak Whalen, 95, of Austin, Minnesota died Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Sacred Heart Health Care in Austin. She was born November 29, 1916 in La Junta, Colorado to Ralph and Irene (Sullivan) Coppin. At age two she moved to Illinois with her mother. At age five she moved to Lourdes, Iowa where she was raised along with...
Georgia Oxley
Oct 20, 2012
Georgia Kathryn Oxley, 95, of Austin, Minnesota passed away on October 20, 2012 at the Albert Lea Medical Center. She was born February 22, 1917 in Freeborn County to Arthur and Frances (Cafourek) Baley. Georgia was a 79 year member of Czech Lodge No. 38 which she joined in 1933. On June 6, 1936 she married Allen Oxley at the...
Rita Deremer
Oct 18, 2012
Rita Adella DeRemer (Schwartz), 93, of Austin, Minnesota, died Thursday, October 18, 2012 at home after a short illness. She was born October 12, 1919 in Windom Township (Rose Creek) to Charles and Elizabeth Schwartz. Rita attended school in Rose Creek and Austin, graduating from Austin High School in 1937. After meeting Lynn DeRemer on a double date they were...
Wilfred Schaefer
Oct 16, 2012
Wilfred F. Schaefer, 85, of Adams, Minnesota, formerly of Austin, Minnesota, died Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at the Adams Health Care Center. He was born October 14, 1927 in Adams, Minnesota to Joseph Schaefer and Celestine Winkels Schaefer. Bill served his country in the US Army from 1945 to 1947, spending time in Japan. In 1947 he married Isabel Giles....
Fr. James Dandelet
Oct 14, 2012
Fr. James Edward Dandelet, age 88, of Easton, entered into eternal life early Sunday morning, October 14, 2012 at the Grand Meadow Healthcare Center. He is united once again with his parents, James and Louise (Tousignant) Dandelet; sisters and brothers-in-law, Irenaea & Kenneth (Wedding), Mary Joan & A.J. (Vogel), Marian & Bernard (Kroc); sister, Betty. Born in Mason City, Iowa...
Marian Reding
Oct 13, 2012
Marian Agnes Reding passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at the age of 84. She was born Marian Thommes on April 27, 1928 to AJ and Agnes Thommes in Austin, Minnesota. On October 27, 1949, she married Leo John Reding and began a long full life filled with children, Leo's political career, her faith and her St Augustine...
Nancy White
Oct 9, 2012
Nancy Ann White, age 75, of Austin, died Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at her home. Nancy was born March 24, 1937 in Austin to Frank and Georgia (Nordland) Downey. She grew up in Austin and graduated from high school. On November 3, 1956 she married Merrill M. DeRaad. They had three children, and were married for 25 years before they...
Dorothy Ruble
Oct 2, 2012
Dorothy E. Ruble, age 90, of Austin, died Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at her home. Dorothy was born March 16, 1922 in Lincoln, Minnesota to Frank and Alma (Biermaier) Pogreba. She grew up in Lincoln and graduated from Staples High School. On January 15, 1944 she married Myles Ruble of Austin, Minnesota in St. Paul where Myles was stationed in...
David Klinger
Oct 2, 2012
David Frank Klinger, 57, of Austin, Minnesota passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012 unexpectedly at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. He was born April 14, 1955 to Wesley and Lorraine Klinger in Austin, Minnesota. On August 11, 1973 David married Joanne Elizabeth Espe at St. John's Lutheran Church in Austin. Because two people fell in love there are three children...
Violet Krohn
Oct 1, 2012
Violet Mae Krohn, age 74, of Adams, died Monday, October 1, 2012 at the Adams Healthcare Center where she was a resident. Violet was born October 28, 1937 in Joliet, Illinois to Clarence and Dorothy (McNiff) Klotz. She was baptized in a non-denominational church in Joliet and confirmed in the Episcopal Church. Violet completed school in Joliet through the ninth...
Richard Berg
Sep 30, 2012
Richard D. Berg, age 79, of Austin, died Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville. Richard was born January 28, 1933 in Austin to Philip and Gladys (Brechtel) Berg. He grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School. On June 13, 1959 he married Doris J. Wilkemeyer in Austin. Richard was a member of Queen...
James Rysavy
Sep 25, 2012
James Francis Rysavy, age 70, of Austin, died Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at Sacred Heart Care Center due to complications of Multiple Sclerosis. Jim lived with MS for 21 years. He was a resident at Sacred Heart for the past 10 years. During this time, he was an inspiration to everyone he met. Jim always kept his sense of humor...
Sylvester Allas
Sep 24, 2012
Sylvester "Syl" John Allas, 87, of Austin, Minnesota died Monday, September 24, 2012 at his home. He was born March 31, 1925 in Elmore, Minnesota to Andrew and Elizabeth (Kuhn) Allas. Sylvester served his country in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945 and was honorably discharged. On April 24, 1954 he was united in marriage to Alma "Jimmy"...
Louise Landherr
Sep 21, 2012
Louise M. Landherr, age 81, of Austin, passed away on Friday, September 21, 2012 at the Adams Healthcare Center. Louise was born February 28, 1931 on the family farm south of Rose Creek, Minnesota to Aloysius and Elizabeth (Huemann) Landherr. She attended the rural Mower County District #87 country school through 8th grade and then attended and graduated from Rose...
Joseph Rysavy
Sep 20, 2012
Joseph Peter Rysavy, age 92, of Austin, died Thursday, September 20, 2012 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Austin after a brief illness. Joe was born in Summit Township, Minnesota on March 25, 1920 to Peter and Caroline Rysavy. He grew up on a farm west of Blooming Prairie. Joe served in the Marine Corps during WWII and in 1945 he married...
Jo Andrea Bongard
Sep 19, 2012
Jo Andrea "Joey" Bongard, age 65, of Austin, died Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at the Grand Meadow Health Care Center. Joey was the only child born to William and Leona Tietz of Chaska, Minnesota. From there she graduated and moved to Austin. While living in Austin, she married Bruce Bongard. They had one child together, Graham Bongard. They later divorced....
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