Florence P. Alberts, age 93, of Pine Island, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 at the Pine Haven Care Center, where she had resided for one week following a fall in her home on Feb. 2. 
The funeral was scheduled for Feb. 19 at the United Methodist Church in Pine Island. Burial will be in Pine Island Cemetery. 

Raymond Lloyd Gibbs, age 79, a life-long resident of Dodge Center, died from lung disease at Fairview Care Center on Thursday, Feb. 15. 
 
He was born to Lloyd and Thelma (Johnson) Gibbs on April 21, 1938. He attended school in Dodge Center and served in the Army Reserves after graduation. Ray married Evelyn McDonald on August 2,1963. 

Edward Louis Meyer, 74, of Kasson, passed away on Feb. 9, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital – St. Marys Campus in Rochester.
 
Edward was born March 8, 1943 in West Concord, to Bernard and Irene (Van Den Hemel) Meyer. On Feb. 5, 1966, he married Sheila Starkson and they later divorced. 
 

Eugene D. Trom, 89, of Blooming Prairie, passed away at his home Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. 
Eugene D. Trom was born on March 14, 1928 in rural Blooming Prairie on the family farm in Westfield Township (Dodge County) to Elmer and Marie (Wilson) Trom. He attended Westfield Country School and graduated from Blooming Prairie High School in 1948. 

Sharon Kaye (Larson) Seedorf, 76, of Woodbury, formerly of Albert Lea died unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 while at her winter home in Lake Havasu, Ariz.
Sharon was born at home in Freeborn County on April 26, 1941. She graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1958. Sharon married Gary Seedorf in 1963 at Grace Lutheran Church and they lived outside of Alden until moving to Barstow, Calif. in 1965. 

Otilla Anderson,107, lifelong resident of Blooming Prairie and currently of Mankato, died Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 at Oaklawn Healthcare Center in Mankato.
Funeral service was held Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 at Community Lutheran Church in Geneva. Burial was held at the Danish Baptist Cemetery. 

STATE OF MINNESOTA 
COUNTY OF STEELE
 
DISTRICT COURT 
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT 
PROBATE DIVISION 
 
Court File  Number: 
74-PR-17-2335
 
AMENDED NOTICE AND ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR DESCENT OF PROPERTY
 
In Re: Estate of 
Howard Laverne Moe 
a/k/a Howard L. Moe,    Decedent
 

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE 
FORECLOSURE SALE
 
THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.
 

My mother and I decided to go on a college visit this past weekend. Luckily it happened to fall on the same weekend we had decided to visit my sister in Winona.
For some odd reason we thought it was entirely reasonable to take a four-hour car ride up to the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and then to back track our way through Wisconsin all the way down to Winona State to visit my sister.