Sylvia Essie Ruth Stetzer, 92, of Hokah, Minn., passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born on May 16, 1919, in the Town of Farmington in rural La Crosse County to Milton and Lonnie (Kirschner) Pfaff. She was baptized on July 14, 1919 and [...]
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Jean Link passed away Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. A memorial Mass will be celebrated in her honor on Saturday, May 5, 2012, 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Caledonia, Minn. A luncheon will be served at Holy Family Hall after the Mass. Her life was not as long as she would have wished [...]
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Dolores E. Schmidt, 86, of Rushford, Minn., died Friday, April 13, 2012 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. Dolores was born May 2, 1925 to Frank and Martha (Burmester) Bolduan in Caledonia, Minn. On Sept. 5, 1945, she was united in marriage to Melvin “Bud” Schmidt. Following Bud’s discharge from the Navy, they farmed [...]
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George F. Stemper, 74, of Hokah, Minn. died suddenly on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at the Gundersen-Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. He was born on July 31, 1937 in La Crosse to George E. and Alice (Fogel) Stemper and graduated from St. Peter’s High School in Hokah. He then worked on the family farm [...]
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Helen R. Meiners, 98, formerly of Brownsville, Minn., passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012, at Caledonia Care and Rehab. She was born Dec. 1, 1913, in Ligonier, Ind., to Guy and Wilma (Growcock) Besse. On Dec. 29, 1932, she married Henry Schmoll and they later divorced. On March 26, 1970, Helen married Marvin Meiners in [...]
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Kathryn (Kay) Bridget Moore (Welsh) waltzed into heaven March 15, 2012. She was the firstborn of 15 children of Patrick and Mary Welsh (Zoll) of Waukon, Iowa on June 22, 1922. In 1939 she graduated from Waukon High School and went on to teach school at French Creek Township, having some of her siblings as [...]
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Tina Eileen Kuecker, beloved wife and mother, friend of Jesus, of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., died April 3, 2012 comfortably at home surrounded by family, following a two and a half year battle with breast cancer. Tina was born Nov. 7, 1962 in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. to Everett and Eileen Roberts. She was baptized and [...]
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Gloria Jean Traff passed away Friday, March 30, 2012 at Caledonia Care and Rehab at the age of 66. Gloria was born Dec. 15, 1945 in Austin, Minnesota to Emil and Lillie (Schroeder) Traff. She graduated from the Austin High School in 1963. On April 16, 1966 she married Richard William Bustad. They had three [...]
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James T. McDonald, 89, of Caledonia, died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wis. He was born April 18, 1922 in Superior, Wis. to James and Julia (McNulty) McDonald, Sr. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army AirCorp and he served his country during WWII in the Pacific. [...]
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Warren Everett Deters, 83, of Eitzen, Minn., died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Tweeten Lutheran HealthCare Center, Spring Grove, Minn. He was born Aug. 5, 1928, in La Crosse, Wis. to Herbert and Elfrieda (Vollbrecht) Deters of Eitzen. He attended Eitzen elementary, graduated from Caledonia High School in 1945, and from the Ag School of [...]
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Dr. James Bedore, age 76, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2012 at his home in Outing, Minn. surrounded by his family and friends after a long and courageous battle with cancer. James was born in Lake Edward Township in rural Brainerd, Minn. at the home of his paternal grandparents, Lillian (Snell) and Louis Bedore [...]
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