Lowell Irving Trom, age 90 of Blooming Prairie, passed away Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Mary’s Campus, Rochester.
Lowell was born April 10, 1929 on the family farm in Dodge County, to Elmer and Marie (Wilson) Trom. Lowell lived his entire life on the family farm that he loved. He graduated from Blooming Prairie High School in 1946. A lifelong crop farmer, Lowell also raised livestock in the early years. 

Vance Jon Harris, 74, died on Oct. 11, 2019 in South Jordan, Utah from complications related to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. He was with his wife, son and daughter and died as he lived his life-with grit and grace. He was born Oct. 25, 1944 in Kasson to Gaylord Floyd and Evelyn Skogen Harris.

The funeral service for Marion E. Bateman, 87, of Stewartville, was on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, at the Stewartville United Methodist Church with Pastor Jon Marburger officiating. Burial and a committal service followed at Frankford Cemetery in rural Spring Valley.  
Mrs. Bateman died on Sunday, Oct. 13,  2019, of natural causes at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth in Rochester, where she had been a resident since 2015.

Jeanne D. Lee, 83, lifelong resident of Blooming Prairie, died Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 at Prairie Manor Care Center in Blooming Prairie.
Jean Diane Christianson was born March 8, 1936 at home on the family farm near Blooming Prairie. The daughter of Almer and Stella (Johnson) Christianson. She was baptized and confirmed at Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church, attended school in Blooming Prairie.

Elaine Joy Hanson, 92, a long-time resident of Owatonna, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 at Columbine West Health and Rehab Facility in Colorado.Elaine was born May 20, 1927 in Chamberlain, S.D., the daughter of Clarence and Anna Havlik. She graduated from Ellendale High School in 1945. She married Kenneth Hanson on May 20, 1945 at Zion Lutheran Church.

Jon Russell Tollefson, 89, of Mantorville passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 at Seasons Hospice Rochester.