Elaine H. Johnson, 88 formerly of Austin, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at Lake Shore Inn Nursing Home in Waseca. 
Elaine Harriet Hendrickson was born Oct. 21, 1926, in Owatonna to Henry C. and Marie E. (Lofthus) Hendrickson. She graduated from Blooming Prairie High School. On Oct. 5, 1946, she was married to Erling Nathan Johnson, the son of Eddie M. and Nellie (Hagna) Johnson, in Blooming Prairie. 

Willis ‘Bud’ Miller, age 89 of Blooming Prairie, died Monday, January 12, 2015, at Prairie Manor Care Center. He was born August 9, 1925, in Wanamingo, Minnesota, to Edward and Nettie (Anderson) Miller. A Kenyon High School graduate, Bud served his country in the U.S. Navy from June 1943 until his honorable discharge in June 1946.

Esther Margie Wiese, age 91 of Blooming Prairie, died Saturday evening, January 17, 2015, at Mayo Clinic Hospitals, St. Mary’s Campus, Rochester. She was born April 6, 1923, in Hayfield, the daughter of George and Ragnhild (Nesheim) Simonson. She attended country school district #91 near Evanger, Minnesota, and after completing her education lived in Hayfield, Rochester and Austin.