Obituaries

Robert Chesnutt, 82, Kasson,

Robert Paul Chesnutt, 82, of Kasson, passed away peacefully on Oct. 4, in his home at Prairie Meadows Senior Living. He had been a resident there since April 2016. Bob was born Nov. 30, 1933, in Phillipston, Pa., to Roy and Garnet Chesnutt. After graduating high school, he married Helen Loretta...

Richard Nelson, 81, Albert Lea

Richard “Penny” D. Nelson, 81, died Sept. 21, 2016, at St John’s Lutheran Retirement Community. Richard Nelson was born Jan. 11, 1935, in Albert Lea to Thursten “Turk” and Jeanette (Ness) Nelson. He was a graduate of Albert Lea High School, and as a young man he worked for his father at the Conoco...

Arno Moenning, 94, Dodge Center

Arno Frederick Moenning, 94, passed away after a long and fulfilling life on Sept. 20, 2016, at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center, where he had resided for the last 11 and a half years. Arno was born May 30, 1922, the son of Edward and Matilda (Rodert) Moenning in Madison, Neb. Arno attended...

Daryl Madson, 86, Kasson

Daryl Howard Madson, 86 of Kasson, died Thursday, Sept. 8, at Golden Living West in Rochester. He was born Aug. 14, 1930, in Canton Township, Fillmore County, Minn., to Howard and Anna (Morem) Madson. After moving to Austin in 1942, Daryl graduated from Austin High School in 1948. He then went...

Iva King, 91, Rochester

Iva A. (Chilson) King, 91, of Byron died Saturday, September, 10, 2016, at Madonna Towers in Rochester. Iva was born August, 16, 1925, in rural Olmsted County. She was baptized at the Byron United Methodist Church with her Mother. She was an active member of Byron Methodist Church. When asked if...

Robert C. Hilliard, 96, Kasson

Robert Clark Hilliard, 96, died on Sept. 5, 2016, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital. Robert was born to Ross and Josephine (Maxson) Hilliard on May 9, 1920, in Kasson. He graduated from Mantorville High School in 1939. He married Dorothy Peterson in Kasson on Aug. 3, 1941. He served in the Army Air...

Arlene Christenson, 90, Kasson

Arlene Christenson, 90, died Sept. 7, at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center, where she had stayed for nearly two weeks. Arlene was born Feb. 7, 1926, in rural Steele County to Martin and Mollie Wiek. She was baptized and confirmed in Aurora Lutheran Church in Havana Township near Owatonna. In...

Robert “Bob” Paul Seifert, 54, Rochester

Robert “Bob” Paul Seifert, 54, passed away on Aug. 25, 2016, after losing his battle with alcoholism Bob Seifert was born and raised in Rhinelander, Wisconsin on Oct. 1, 1961. He was the youngest of five children and the only son of Robert Leo Seifert and Regina Margaret (Powell) Seifert. In 1986...

Lorraine Stussy, 98, Wells, Minn.

Lorraine Stussy, age 98, died Aug. 7, 2016 at the Parkview Care Center in Wells, Minn. Inez Lorraine was born April 24, 1918, to Claude Chase Robbins and Rena Thompson Robbins on their farm in Wasioja Township, Dodge County, Minn. She was the first of seven children. Through her father’s side,...

Meredith Skalicky, 71, West Concord

Meredith “Rusty” Skalicky, age 71, of West Concord, Minn., passed away on Aug. 5, 2016, at the Owatonna Homestead Hospice House. Meredith was born on June 11, 1945, to Verne and Ruth Redeker in Mason City, Iowa. She graduated from high school in Owatonna, Minn., in 1963. On May 5, 1984, she...