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Ella Dee (Birdsell) Rouhoff, 96, Park Rapids, Minn.

Ella Dee (Birdsell) Rouhoff, age 96, of Park Rapids, formerly of Austin,m passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022, at Ecumen — Heritage Cottages, Park Rapids Memory Care.
Ella Dee Birdsell was born Dec. 20, 1925, in Marmaduke, Ark., the daughter of William and Linnie (Knappier) Birdsell. She graduated from Washington Union High School in Easton, Calif. in 1943.

Dr. Gregory Lee Angstman, 66, Mantorville

Dr. Gregory Lee Angstman was born March 8, 1956, in Princeton, and grew up on the family dairy farm with his loving parents, Vicki and Roger Angstman and three younger brothers.
Under God’s grace and love Greg, age 66, died on July 31, 2022.  

David Paul Hawkins, 62, Kasson

David Paul Hawkins, 62, of Kasson passed away peacefully on July 25, 2022 at Seasons Hospice House, Rochester.
He was born on November 7, 1959, in Rochester, to Gene and Zeta (Zubradt) Hawkins. David was graduated from Kasson-Mantorville High School and later received an associate degree from RCTC. He married Marian Martin; they were later divorced. He then married Toni Paro.

Robert E. Brakke, 84, Okeechobee, Florida

Robert E. Brakke died June 28, 2022. He was born August 21, 1937 in Kasson, to Walter and Myrtle Brakke. He graduated from Kasson High School, then served in the United States Navy in Panama as a communications specialist. After serving, he worked and retired from IBM in Boca Raton and then Océ followed by being a real estate agent for Preferred Properties in Okeechobee.

Daryl Laverne McGowan, 77, Hayfield

Daryl Laverne McGowan, 77, passed away at Mayo Clinic Hospital Saint Marys Campus in Rochester, on July 5, 2022.
Daryl was born on June 13, 1945, the son of Laverne and Esther (Berg) McGowan in Rochester. He graduated from Byron High School and then attended Austin Vo-Tech. Daryl was united in marriage to Judith Svendsen on June 25, 1966, at the Christ Lutheran Church in Byron.

Audrey Gail Durst Highum, 83, Mantorville

Audrey Gail Durst was born April 29, 1939, in Pine Island, Goodhue County to Victor and Hylah Durst. The eldest of seven children, she was raised south of Pine Island. The family then moved to north of Milton where her father farmed. She attended country school.
Audrey graduated from Kasson-Mantorville in 1957. During high school she met her future husband, Edward Highum. Audrey and Edward were married on October 10, 1959.

Edward Emil Sowieja, 90, Hayfield

Edward Emil Sowieja, 90, passed away on July 11, 2022, in Field Crest Care Center in Hayfield.
Edward was born on September 12, 1931, the son of John and Anna (Namyst) Sowieja in Holdingford, Minn.

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