Donna Mae Michaels DONNA MAE IRENE MICHAELS, age 87 of Waterville, died on Friday, Feburary 23, 2018 at Traditions in Waterville. Born in Faribault on February 20, 1931, Donna was the daughter of Roman and Irene (Pope) Grubish. She attended school in Waterville and graduated with the class of 1949. On June 5, 1950 Donna married Verle Michaels at Holy...

LOWELL “PETE” WOBSCHALL , age 76 of Waseca died on Monday, August 5, 2013 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Waseca.

Born on April 11, 1937 in Waseca County, Minnesota he was the son of Albert and Mabel (Roesler) Wobschall.  He attended school in rural Waseca County and later Janesville High School.  Pete married...

VERNA ELAINE SANDBECK , age 93 of Waseca, died on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at the New Richland Care Center.Â

Born near Wall Lake, Iowa, on June 11, 1921, Verna was the daughter of William and Esther (Gustafson) Paysen.  She graduated from Wall Lake High School and was very proud of her academic successes while...

THELMA DEHN , age 95 of Waterville died on Friday, March 1, 2013 at District One Hospital in Faribault.

Born on October 14, 1917 in Goehner, Nebraska, she was the daughter of Soren and Caroline (Johanson) Hansen.  Thelma was raised in Nebraska before moving to Minnesota.  There she married Leon Dehn on April...

NOEL MILTON QUIRAM , age 82 peacefully passed on to his eternal resting place at his home surrounded by loving family on Saturday, February 9, 2013.

Noel was born September 11, 1930 to Louis and Alma (Geisler) Quiram in the same house where he later lived and now died.  Noel loved farming his entire life. ...

JANICE E. SOMMERS, age 74 of Waseca died on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester.

Born on October 10, 1939 in rural Waldorf, Minnesota, she was the daughter of Clifford “Red” and Arlowine (Ward) Moore.  She attended school in Waldorf and Mapleton.  Janice married Allen “Bud” Sommers on December 3, 1956...

DORIS A. ANDERSON , age 85 of Waseca, died on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at her residence at Latham Place in Waseca.

Born on September 5, 1929 in Greenwood, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of Howard and Anna (Lien) Hepburn.  She graduated from Prairie Farm High School in 1947 and went on to study stenography...

VERONA BLASING , age 89 of Mankato, formerly of Waseca and Janesville, died on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at the Hillcrest Health Care Center in Mankato.

Born in Waseca on May 9, 1925, Verona was the daughter of Charles and Helene (Rieck) Woyke.  As a child of the depression, Verona understood the meaning of family. ...

SHIRLEY ANN MARZAHN , age 77 of Waterville, died on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.

Born at her family’s home in O’Brien County, Iowa, Shirley was the daughter of Henry and Delia (DeZeeuw) VanZee.  She attended country school before graduating from St. Peter High School.  On December 19, 1953,...

KATHLEEN SUZANNE PREHN , age 77 of Waterville died on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Janesville Nursing Home.

Born on July 2, 1935 in Mankato, Minnesota she was the daughter of Frank and Rose (Wesley) Galler.   Kathleen attended school in Janesville where she played in the band and was Homecoming attendant.  She...

DEAN CARL MERTINS , age 55 of Waterville died on Thursday, August 29, 2013 in Watertown, South Dakota.

Born on September 7, 1957 in Mankato, Minnesota, he was the son of Paul and Doris (Lamont) Mertins.  He attended school in Waterville.  Dean married Julie Morsching on January 26, 1991.  He had spent his...

MARILYNN A. MORSCHING , age 88 of Waterville died on Sunday, December 14, 2014 at the Waterville Good Samaritan Center.

Born on September 1, 1926 in Mankato, Minnesota, she was the daughter of William and Sophie (Bauer) Ehrke.  She attended and graduated from Le Center Public Schools.

She married Paul...

HARRIET JANE BARTOSCH, age 87 of Medford, formerly of Waseca died on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Pleasant Manor Nursing Home in Faribault.

Born on January 5, 1926 in Waseca, Minnesota, she was the daughter of Theodore and Blanche (Brisbane) Bilben.  She attended Waseca High School and married Arlen Bartosch on May 1, 1943 in...

EDNA SOPHIE MITTELSTEADT , age 89 of rural Janesville died on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at her home.

Born on August 6, 1923 in Regent, North Dakota, she was the daughter of Frank and Sophie (Gehner) Monke.  Edna grew up on the plains of North Dakota on a farm homesteaded by her father, Frank.  The...

JOHN A. ANDERSON , age 85 of Waseca, died on Friday, July 26, 2013 at Lakeshore Inn in Waseca. Born in Milwaukee, WI on January 22, 1928, John was the son of John Adolph Anderson and Anna (Frisch) Anderson. He was raised by his maternal grandparents on their farm in Grove Lake, Minnesota and attended school in...

MARY JO KIRBY , age 64 of Cherokee, IA, and formerly of Waterville, MN, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

Mary Jo, the daughter of Stanley and Virginia (Poehler) Blowers, was born November 25, 1949, in Waterville, MN. Her childhood years were spent at Waterville...

James Nesius JAMES A. NESIUS, was born June 25, 1945, in Lafayette, Indiana, to Leo and Hilda Nesius. He attended school at Lake Crystal and Wells, Minnesota. He graduated from Wells High School in 1963 and earned a B.S. in Chemistry at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff in 1968. He taught Mathematics at Swanville High School, MN, before entering the...

DONNA MAE WILMES , age 78 of Waseca, formerly of Waterville, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at her home following a recent diagnosis of cancer.

Born in St. Paul on August 24, 1935, Donna was the daughter of Clarence and Gladys (Casto) Johnson.  She lived in St. Paul and Mankato before graduating from Mankato High...

STEVEN L. BUKER , age 65 of Waseca died on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.

Born on December 9, 1948 in Waseca, Minnesota, he was the son of Loren and Rachel (Neubauer) Buker.  He graduated from Waseca High School in 1966 and served in the U.S. Army during...

MARGARET JANE “BETTY” SCHWANKE , age 79 of Morristown, passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at the Waterville Good Samaritan Center. Born in Waterville on June 27, 1934, Betty was the daughter of Alfred and Kathryn (Kritzer) Morris.  She attended school in Waterville, graduating in 1952.  On October 10, 1953, Betty married Bernard Schwanke at the Evangelical...