Obituaries

Aug 24, 2022

On Wednesday, August 24, 2022, Delores Mae Gemmel, loving mother of two, grandmother of four and great grandmother, passed away at age 83 after a five+ year battle with Alzheimer’s. Dee was born on August 4, 1939 in St Charles, MN to Howard & Nettie Smith. She had three sisters – Phyllis Handegaard, Shirley Klein and Sharon Wheat – and...

Aug 23, 2022

John Augustin “John the Barber” died peacefully at home with family at his bedside and under the care of Pine Ridge Assisted Living and Lakeview Hospice staff. He was 89 years old. 

John was born in 1932 and grew up in Elkton, Minn., the youngest of Nora and Fred Augustin’s four children. It was during The Great Depression, and he...

Aug 22, 2022

Rose Marie Francis, age 83, of Austin, passed away Monday, August 22, 2022 at Sacred Heart Care Center.

Rose was born April 18, 1939 to Aaron and Evelyn Thompson in Austin, Minnesota. She was a hard working and independent woman who put her all into her job which included Burr Oak Manor and the donut shop. Rose...

Aug 19, 2022

Joshua James Meyer, age 34, of Altamonte Springs, Florida, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2022. Born in Ohio, Joshua grew up to do amazing things. He pursued his artistic ambitions and completed a successful academic career at Full Sail University. Not done, he then went on to make an impact at Golf Channel and Cherry Beakart; leaving his mark...

Aug 19, 2022

 

Florence A. Wendorf, age 106, of Austin, Minnesota, was called home to the Lord on Friday, August 19, 2022, at South Grove Lodge Senior Living in Austin. Florence Adeline Swenson was born August 19, 1916, in Ostrander, Minnesota, the daughter of Swen and Caroline (Severson) Swenson. On November 14, 1953, she was united in marriage to Harold F. Wendorf at...

Aug 19, 2022

Marion Pearl Dossett, age 91, of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, passed away Friday, August 19, 2022, at Heather Haus Assisted Living in Blooming Prairie, where she had resided since November of 2021. Marion was born March 5, 1931, to William and Minnie (Blank) Wagner in Minnesota Lake, where she was raised and later moved to Albert Lea, Minnesota, where she graduated...

Aug 18, 2022

  Thomas James Hanson, age 87, of Hayfield, Minnesota, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2022, at the Legacy of Brownsdale. Tom was born on August 22, 1934, to Palmer and Mildred (Hutton) in Hayfield, Minnesota. Tom served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955. While still in high school, he met Lotus Paape at the local roller rink. The couple married...

Aug 17, 2022

Lois Erna Emery, 100, formerly of Hayfield passed away on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at her apartment at the Cedars of Austin, Minnesota, on her father’s birthday. 

Lois Erna Hoffmann was born on November 18, 1921 in Willow Lake Township, Redwood County, Minnesota, daughter of Herman and Augusta (Wegner) Hoffmann. Lois was baptized in 1921 and confirmed in 1936 at...

Aug 16, 2022

Charmaine (Doumel) Raber, age 85, formerly of Austin, died Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at Park River Estates in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

Private graveside services were held.

Aug 12, 2022

Dorothy M. Johnson, age 95, of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, passed away Friday, August 12, 2022, at Prairie Manor Care Center in Blooming Prairie. Dorothy Marie Davis was born January 23, 1927, in Vernon Center, Minnesota, the daughter of Homer and Sara (Scearcy) Davis. She attended school in Vernon Center through the 8th grade, then graduated from Blooming Prairie High School...

Aug 12, 2022

Breaker, breaker 1-9…you got a copy on me, Bearded One, c’mon…

Glenn Robert Schewe, age 80, of Moscow, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2022, at Our House Senior Living – Austin Memory Care. Glenn was born on June 6, 1942, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, to Robert and Ardith (Wittmer) Schewe. He grew up in Hayward, Minnesota, and graduated...

Aug 11, 2022

Mary Ann (Wavrin) Stoeckel, age 80, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at Our House Senior Living – Austin Memory Care, after a five-year battle with dementia. Mary Ann was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, to Lester and Dorothy (Wodarczak) Wavrin on April 14, 1942. She met her husband, Max Otto Stoeckel in 1959, at the...

Aug 10, 2022

Kristine Kay Scott, age 57, of Lansing, Minnesota, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at her home in Lansing. Kristine was born June 27, 1965, to Charles Klock and Lucinda Smith in Austin, Minnesota. She attended grade school in Lansing and graduated with the class of 1983 from Austin High School. Kristine went on to enlist in the National...

Aug 6, 2022

Mary Ellen Stevens, age 83, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin. Mary Ellen was born in Pleasant Grove, Minnesota, on May 30, 1939, to David and Neva (McAlister) Stevens. At the age of 3, her family moved to Mapleview, Minnesota. She attended grade school at Sumner and graduated in...

Aug 5, 2022

Gary Louis Sims, age 42, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2022, at his home in Austin. Gary was born on May 27, 1980, in Davenport, Iowa, to Kenneth and Mary (Sass) Sims. He was baptized at the Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Austin.

Survivors include his mother, Mary Sims of Austin, MN; sister, Jennifer...

Aug 5, 2022

Troy Joseph Cunningham, age 60, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away unexpectedly at his home Friday, August 5, 2022.

Troy was born 8 weeks premature on March 10, 1962 to Alvin and Ilene Cunningham at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin. Catching up in size and development was the first of many feats that Troy made quick work of,...

Jul 31, 2022

Ella Dee (Birdsell) Rouhoff, age 96, of Park Rapids, Minnesota, formerly of Austin, Minnesota, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022, at Ecumen – Heritage Cottages, Park Rapids Memory Care. Ella Dee Birdsell was born December 20, 1925, in Marmaduke, Arkansas, the daughter of William and Linnie (Knappier) Birdsell. She graduated from Washington Union High School in Easton, California in 1943....

Jul 31, 2022

Lucella (Sally) Michels has joined her family in Heaven on July 31, 2022.  Sally was born on April 22, 1930, in Meyer, Iowa to Alban and Kathren Hemann.  She grew up on a farm east of Meyer.

On May 4, 1949, she married the love of her life, Jerome "Jerry" Michels, at Sacred Heart Church in Meyer.  They shared...

Jul 30, 2022

Donovan Kenneth Hague, age 71, of Brownsdale, Minnesota, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Mayo Clinic Health System Austin. Donovan was born January 16, 1951, in Austin, Minnesota, to Kenneth and Helen (Westerberg) Hague. He graduated with the class of 1969 from Hayfield High School. Donovan then went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in engineering. From 1971...

Jul 27, 2022

Sunny Khaoone, age 56, of Austin, died Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at the New Richland Care Center in New Richland, Minnesota.

Sunny was born October 18, 1965 in Vientiane, Laos to Doungdy and Bounyu Phommachanh.

She grew up in Laos and finished 12th grade and also did 2 years of college.

Sunny enjoyed...