Lotus Ann Hanson, age 81 of Dexter, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester, St. Mary’s Campus.

Verlin Eaker, 86, of Mechanicsville, Iowa passed away Sunday, July 14, 2019, at his home, nearly nine months after the passing of his beloved wife, Sharon.
Funeral Service was held Friday, July 19, 2019, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Mount Vernon, Iowa by Pastor Josh Swaim.

John Dean Bernard Olson, age 92 of Blooming Prairie, passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Health System Austin.
John Dean was born April 12, 1927, to John Alfred and Helma (Siblerud) Olson of Hartland. He graduated from Freeborn High School in 1945 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in April of 1945. He was discharged with an honorable discharge in August of 1946.

Roger Lee Dulas, age 88, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019, at his home in rural Ellendale.
He was born on Nov. 19, 1930, in Wells. His parents were Julius and Hedwig (Goraczkowski) Dulas. Roger attended country school in rural Wells until the 8th grade. After school, he worked on the family farm with his father.

The funeral service for Donald L. Behne, 87, of rural Kasson will be at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday June
27, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hayfield with Rev. Paul Hauschild offici-
ating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Hayfield with military graveside honors by the Hayfield American Legion Post 330. Mr. Behne died on Friday June 21, 2019 of natu- ral causes at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, where he had been a

The Rev. Dr. Elsa Patt was born on Oct. 7th 1931 in Erndtebrück Germany to Wilhelm and Elisabeth Patt.  She was the oldest of four children and helped to care for her younger siblings during WWII as her father served in the German army.  In her early childhood she fell in love with Jesus and his church and found comfort in them through the ravages of war.