Carol was born on August 10, 1948, at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin, Minn., the only child of William and Leona (Hanson) Bybee.  She grew up in Fairmont, Minn., Charles City, Iowa, and Hayfield, Minn. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, where she was baptized and confirmed. Carol graduated from Hayfield Community Schools in 1966, and she then attended Mankato Commercial College.  

Vivian Marie (Dresen) Thorn, born July 3, 1920 to Charles Dresen and Mary (Beacom), passed away on July 15 at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center where she had resided since 2008. Thanks to Fairview Care Center for the care given to our mother.

Tom Heymann, 67, of Kasson, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on July 4, 2016, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s Disease with Lewy Body dementia. He was diagnosed in 2003.

A longtime public safety warrior in Steele County will always be remembered as a sheriff with one of the most infectious laughs.  
William “Bill” Hildebrandt of Claremont died July 5 at the age of 78. He served an unprecedented number of years as Steele County’s sheriff from 1982 to his retirement in 2002.

Donald R. Aarsvold, 93, formerly of Kasson, passed away at 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2016, at Zumbrota Health Services in Zumbrota, Minn.
Donald was born July 20, 1922, in rural Peterson, Minn., to Joseph and Clara Aarsvold.  Later they moved to Kasson, where Donald grew up on the family farm.  He was baptized and confirmed at South Zumbro Lutheran Church in rural Kasson.

Eugene Lyle Meyer, 83, of Kasson, passed away Monday morning, June 27, 2016, at his home.