Daniel Schiefert, 78, of Rochester, passed away peacefully and quietly at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester surrounded by the love of his family on April 19, 2019 after a living courageously and graciously with prostate cancer for 15 years.

Funeral services for Roland “Ron” Leak will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at First Lutheran Church, Blooming Prairie, with Rev. Mike Walerius officiating. Visitation will take place two hours prior to the service. Interment will be in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery – Danville Township, in Blue Earth County.
Ron passed away suddenly doing what he loved on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. He was 86 years old.

Arline Lorraine (Bendorf) Sepin, 97, of Dodge Center, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2019 in Rochester.
Arline was born on Nov. 10, 1921 to Alma Eleanor Bendorf in Steele County.
She married Everett Edward Sepin on Nov. 22, 1939 in Owatonna. Together they had two children. Arline worked as a librarian for 16 years and also as a clerk at Nelson’s Red Owl for 22 years.

Marion Phyllis Jorgensen was born on June 29, 1925 on a family farm near Hanska, to John and Hilda Brekke. The Lord called her home on Sunday, April 7, 2019.
On Feb. 22, 1947, she married Einar Jorgensen in Madelia. They made homes in Preston, Deer River, Byron and then settled in 1958 to their home in Kasson.

Taylor Cierra Zylstra-Sletten, 16, of West Concord, died Thursday, April 11, 2019 at her home. 
She was born May 21, 2002 in Owatonna, the daughter of Christine Janke and David Zylstra. Taylor attended Blooming Prairie Schools through sixth grade at which time she transferred to Kenyon-Wanamingo School District. She played softball for K-W and loves to work on her car and build and drive derby cars.  

Marion Serbus, age 87, of Olivia, Minn. died Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Redwood Area Hospital in Redwood Falls.  
Mass of Christian Burial was April 4, 2019 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Olivia with Rev. Joe Steinbeisser as celebrant. Burial was in the church cemetery.