Obituaries
James William Heley passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2016.
Jim was born May 8, 1932 to Dr. James and Margaret (Cowles) Heley in West Concord, Minn. He was a star athlete, musician and class president.
He married his high school sweetheart, Marilyn Flom, on June 8, 1953, the day she graduated...
Dennis Yell, 71, died Friday, July 29, 2016, at his Mentor, Minn., home under the care of his family and Hospice.
Dennis Floyd Yell was born January 25, 1945, to Beatrice and Floyd Yell in Barrett, Minn. They later moved to Parkers Prairie, Minn., where he was raised on the family farm. After...
VeeAnn M. Carlson, 75, died on Wednesday (July 27, 2016) of natural causes at Spring Valley Senior Living, where she had been a resident since October of last year. She was a long-time rural Rochester resident.
VeeAnn Marsha Herrick was born on February 8, 1941 in Kiester, Minn., to Homer and...
Donald “Sam” L. Blaeser, 88, of West Concord, died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Cottagewood Senior Community in Rochester.
Donald was born December 7, 1927, in West Concord to Gilbert and Elsie (Sorn) Blaeser. He was a graduate of West Concord High School. Donald served in the United States Army...
Carol was born on August 10, 1948, at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin, Minn., the only child of William and Leona (Hanson) Bybee. She grew up in Fairmont, Minn., Charles City, Iowa, and Hayfield, Minn. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, where she was baptized and confirmed. Carol graduated...
Vivian Marie (Dresen) Thorn, born July 3, 1920 to Charles Dresen and Mary (Beacom), passed away on July 15 at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center where she had resided since 2008. Thanks to Fairview Care Center for the care given to our mother.
Vivian attended school in Sioux City, Iowa, and in...
Tom Heymann, 67, of Kasson, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on July 4, 2016, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s Disease with Lewy Body dementia. He was diagnosed in 2003.
Tom was born to Carl and Pearl (Penkert) Heymann on July 4, 1949, in New Ulm, Minnesota He moved...
A longtime public safety warrior in Steele County will always be remembered as a sheriff with one of the most infectious laughs.
William “Bill” Hildebrandt of Claremont died July 5 at the age of 78. He served an unprecedented number of years as Steele County’s sheriff from 1982 to his retirement...
Donald R. Aarsvold, 93, formerly of Kasson, passed away at 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2016, at Zumbrota Health Services in Zumbrota, Minn.
Donald was born July 20, 1922, in rural Peterson, Minn., to Joseph and Clara Aarsvold. Later they moved to Kasson, where Donald grew up on the family farm...
Eugene Lyle Meyer, 83, of Kasson, passed away Monday morning, June 27, 2016, at his home.
He was born March 31, 1933 in Madison, S.D., to Bernard & Irene (Van Den Hemel) Meyer. He graduated from West Concord High School in 1952. He served in the United States Navy from 1952-1971. After...
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