Obituaries
Walter Meidl
Sep 12, 2017
Walter H. Meidl age 92, of Austin, Minnesota died Tuesday, September 12, at Our House Memory Care. Walter was born November 4, 1924, in New Ulm, Minnesota to Hugo E. Meidl and Mary (Saffert) Meidl. He grew up in New Ulm and attended Holy Trinity Catholic School after graduation, he then attended Dr. Salisbury Veternary School of Poultry Health. On...
Vivian Hall
Sep 7, 2017
Vivian (Krebsbach) Hall, age 97, of Austin, died Thursday, September 7, 2017 at Sacred Heart Care Center. Vivian was born October 5, 1919 in Adams, Minnesota to Alois and Sadie (Haralson) Krebsbach. She attended Sacred Heart Catholic School and Adams High School. Vivian worked in several cafes and at the George A. Hormel Company. On September 18, 1944, she was...
Louise Weber
Sep 7, 2017
Louise Eleanor Weber, age 98, of Austin, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 7, 2017 with her sons at her side, at Our House Senior Living. Louise was born February 21, 1919 in Clarissa, Minnesota, the daughter of Anton and Josie (Kos) Krob. She attended school in Rose Creek and began work at Hormel Foods at the age of 16....
Norman Turner
Aug 30, 2017
Norman R. Turner, age 86, of Austin, died Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at The Cedars of Austin. Norman was born in Harmony, MN on February 15, 1931 to Eva and Warden Turner. He married his high school sweetheart, Hilda, on December 2, 1948. They had five children: Terry, Greg, Jane, Brad and Becky. Norm worked at Hormel for 41 years....
Betty Wagner
Aug 21, 2017
Betty Jean Wagner, age 88, of Austin, died Monday, August 21, 2017 at Sacred Heart Care Center. Betty was born April 19, 1929 in Rochester, Minnesota to Olaf and Dorothy Christopherson. The family moved to Austin where she grew up and attended Columbus Grade School and St. Augustine High School. She graduated from high school in 1947 and worked as...
Daniel Cotter
Aug 20, 2017
Daniel Lloyd Cotter, 74, of Austin, died Sunday August 20th, 2017 at his home, with family by his side, exactly two months to the day of his pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Dan was born August 4th, 1943 in Austin, MN to Mary and Lloyd Cotter. He grew up on the family farm southwest of Austin, and graduated from Pacelli High School...
Harry Willmott
Aug 18, 2017
Harry William Willmott, age 79, of Austin, MN, passed away peacefully on August 18th, 2017, after a courageous six-year battle with lung cancer. Harry was born on December 12th, 1937, in Watertown, SD, to Harry Thomas and Mary Ellen (Smith) Willmott, the fifth of eleven children. He graduated from White High School (White, SD) in 1955 and ran the family...
Emily Devriendt
Aug 9, 2017
Emily Elizabeth DeVriendt, age 91, of Austin, died Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at the Cedars of Austin Memory Care. Emily was born August 18, 1925 in London Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota to Josef and Wilhelmina (Kopp) Hrabak. She was married to Vincent A. DeVriendt for 64 years. Together they raised four children who were the center of her life. Emily...
Ruth Wunderlich
Aug 3, 2017
Ruth Ellen Wunderlich, age 91, of Austin, died Thursday, August 3, 2017 at the Cedars of Austin. Ruth was born October 4, 1925 in Austin, Minnesota to Herman and Gweneth (Green) Wunderlich, the youngest of three daughters. She graduated from Austin High School with the class of 1944, then from Austin Junior College in 1946, and St. Cloud Teachers College...
Darrell Erickson
Aug 2, 2017
Darrell Lee Erickson was born, as he liked to say, “29 March, 1937.” He was born in Chicago, Illinois and adopted as an infant by Lee and Gertrude Erickson. The family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota while Darrell was still a baby. Several years later his sister, Rita was adopted and the family was complete. Darrell went to Catholic school through...
Doris Flanders
Jul 31, 2017
Doris Mae Flanders, Age 87 of Austin, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 at Prairie Manor Nursing Home in Blooming Prairie after a lengthy battle with cancer. Doris was born June 9, 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Mable and John Pipke. On August 8, 1953 she married Elders (Slim) Flanders. They lived in Austin. Doris retired from Land O' Lakes...
Michael Cotter
Jul 31, 2017
“My name is Michael Cotter. I am a third generation farmer from Austin, Minnesota where the land is flat and the soil is black. Many of those farms have been in the same families for a hundred years, and ours is one of those farms.” Excerpt from The Killdeer by Michael Cotter Michael Cotter died on July 31 at his...
Thomas Nims
Jul 26, 2017
Thomas Henry Nims, age 57, of Hollandale, passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Austin. Tom was born December 4, 1959 in Austin to Thomas W. and Delores Nims. He grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School. Tom was the owner of Mr. Machinery Inc. He was kind to a fault and always willing...
Paul Irvin
Jul 24, 2017
Paul D. Irvin Sr 88, of Austin, MN, died on Monday July 24, 2017, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Paul was born October 11, 1928 in London Township Freeborn County MN to Joseph and Catherine (Taggart) Irvin. He attended school in Rose Creek, MN. On June 7, 1947, he married the love of his life, Crystal “Chris” Christianson....
Greg Farrell
Jul 22, 2017
Greg Robert Farrell Greg Robert Farrell, age 58, of Lyle, passed away Saturday July 22, 2017 at his home in rural Lyle. Greg was born April 20, 1959 in Austin, Minnesota to Robert and Retha Farrell. He grew up in the Brownsdale area and was baptized at the Church of Christ in Austin, MN in 1975 and graduated from Hayfield...
Marlis Janssen
Jul 20, 2017
Marlis Ileen Janssen, age 86, of Austin, died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at Adams Health Care Center. Marlis was born February 18, 1931 in Hampton, Iowa to Henry and Margaret (Uilk) Miller. She grew up in Hampton and graduated from Hampton High School. On February 4, 1951 she was united in marriage to Willis (Bill) Janssen at Trinity Lutheran Church...
Stanley Stanek
Jul 20, 2017
Bud was born November 8, 1923 in Austin, MN to Albert and Caroline (Yaroshek) Stanek. He was the seventh of ten children. He grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School. Bud enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps on December 13, 1942. He served on the USS Bunker Hill in the South Pacific during WWII. The ship...
Virginia Daily
Jul 19, 2017
Virginia Catherine Daily, age 96, of Austin, died Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Sacred Heart Care Center. Virginia was born September 17, 1920 in Ossian, Iowa to Leo and Marie (Thiltgen) Barthelme. The family moved to Rose Creek when Virginia was seven years old. She attended St. Peter’s School through the 8th grade. In 1934 her parents moved to a...
Marion Kvam
Jul 15, 2017
Marion “Penny” Kvam 87, of Austin died Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Mayo Health Systems of Austin after short illness. Penny was born August 29, 1929 in Austin to William and Margaret (Wilkerson) Diggins. She married Delmar “Jack” Kvam. To that union three sons were born, Roger, Larry and Randy. They were later divorced. She enjoyed playing softball, crocheting, baking,...
Robert Thomas
Jun 17, 2017
Robert James Thomas, age 87, of Austin, died Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Our House Senior Living. Bob was born February 27, 1930 in Austin, Minnesota to Forrest “Emmet” and Edna (Crilly) Thomas. He grew up in Austin and graduated from St. Augustine (Pacelli) High School. Bob enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1948 and served in Fort Monmouth, New...
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