JAMES C. “JIM” KUNELIUS , age 61 of Waterville, passed away on Friday, June 28, 2013 at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park.

Born in Waseca on December 23, 1951, Jim was the son of John Elmer and Donitza “Dee” (Lumovich) Kunelius.  Following high school Jim attended Gustavus Adolphus College where he belonged...

ERNEST "ERNIE" KRAMER , age 94 of Waseca passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Colony Court.

Born on September 12, 1919 in Algona, Iowa, he was the son of John and Margaret (Klein) Kramer.  The family moved to Waseca in 1921and he attended Sacred Heart School in Waseca.  Following his schooling, Ernest did...

SIGRI A. HECHT, age 88 of Waseca died on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester.

Born on February 5, 1925 in Faribault County, Minnesota, she was the daughter of Gunder and Caroline (Lien) Gunderson.  She attended rural Faribault County school district #11 and graduated from Delavan High School in 1942.  She...

DONNA L. HAMMER , age 79 of Waterville, passed away at her home on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, surrounded by her family.

Donnavieve Luverne was born in Harrison Township, Minnesota on October 31, 1933 to Walter and LuElla (Heuer) Lindemeier.  After graduating from high school in Atwater, Minnesota, Donna worked for a short time in...

DONALD ROEPKE, age 85 died on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at the New Richland Care Center.  His wife of 61 years, MABEL ROEPKE , age 78 died on Monday, November 4, 2013 at the New Richland Care Center.

Donald Emil was born on October 19, 1928 in rural Carver County.  He was the...

WILLIAM “BILL” H. SHORT , age 90 of Elysian died on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at the Waterville Good Samaritan Center.

Born on February 17, 1923 in Elysian, Minnesota, he was the son of Harry and Nellie (Warburton) Short.   He attended school in Elysian and Waterville.  Bill married Jayne Lois Hardegger on February...

DONALD SIEMS , age 81, of Waseca died on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at his home in Waseca.

Mr. Siems was born to George and Irene (Rooker) Siems on Aug. 12, 1931 in Silver Lake Township, Martin County, MN.  He attended rural school through the 8th grade and graduated from Fairmont High School in 1949. ...

LUCILLE MARY KRAUSE, age 87 of Waterville died on Friday, February 28, 2014 at her home in Waterville.

Born on November 8, 1926 in Waterville, Minnesota, she was the daughter of Edward and Christina (Hoschka) Zimbrich.  She graduated as salutatorian from Waterville High School in 1944.  Following high school, Lucille began working at the high...

EMILY WHITE MILLER , age 91 of Waseca, passed away on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Lake Shore Inn in Waseca.Â

Born in St. Paul on October 7, 1921, Emily was the daughter of Everett and Mary (Turner) White.  After graduating from Central High School in St. Paul, she attended the University of Minnesota.  Emily...

CHELSEY JO BLUHM , age 24 of Waterville, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2013 at District One Hospital in Faribault.

Born in Mankato, Minnesota on July 2, 1988, Chelsey was the daughter of Justin and Tricia (Ruch) Bluhm.  Chelsey was baptized at the First Lutheran Church in Waldorf by Rev. Rusert on August 23,...

SHIRLEY M. RISTAU , age 77 of Waseca, died Friday morning, May 9, 2014, at her home after a yearlong battle with cancer.

Shirley was born on November 30, 1936 in rural Hartland, Minnesota to Irvin A. and Cordelia G. (Gulbrandson) Olson.  She graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1954.  She attended Minnesota School...

Anita Markham ANITA MARKHAM recently passed away at her home. Private family services will be held at a later date.

ALAN LEE “BIG AL” BRECK , age 73 of Red Wing, formerly of Waseca, died on Sunday, January 5, 2014 at the Red Wing Health Care Center.

Born on November 11, 1940 in Waseca, Minnesota, he was the son of Ted and Ethel (Nevins) Breck.  He graduated from Waseca High School in 1958.  He enlisted...

LUCIAS FRANCIS “LUTE” REMINGTON, age 93 of Waterville, died on Friday, April 4 2014 at Traditions of Waterville.

Born on September 18, 1920, Lucias was the son of Salmon and Mary (Thomas) Remington.  He attended school in Waterville before working at the local CC Camp.  He then rode the rails and explored the country for...

KENNETH JAMES BARBER , age 80 of Waterville died on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at St. Lucas Care Center in Faribault.

Born on November 29, 1933 in Askov, Minnesota he was the son of Elwin and Ellen (Grobe) Barber.  He attended school in Waterville, graduating in 1952.  Following his schooling, he served in the U.S....

ERICKA (OLSON) HENDERSHOT , age 38, of Austin, formerly of Waterville died on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 in Austin.

Born in Deer River, Minnesota on April 5, 1976, Ericka was the daughter of Bert and Maxine (Wicklund) Olson.  Ericka attended school in Deer River and later moved to Waterville with her family.  Through...

LYLE LAWRENCE CROMER , age 82 of Waseca passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at Colony Court Memory Care in Waseca surrounded by his family.

Born on July 31, 1931 in Waseca, Minnesota, he was the son of Lawrence and Mabel (Gehring) Cromer.  He graduated from Waseca High School in 1949.  Lyle was...

MARY MARGARET “MARGEE” BENGTSON , age 82 of Waterville, died on Monday, February 10, 2014 at Traditions of Waterville.

Born in Fairfax on November 9, 1931, Margee was the daughter of Frank and Catharine (Butler) Frassel.  She attended St. Andrew’s elementary school and Fairfax High School before attending the Mankato State Teacher’s College in 1951. ...

ALICE A. “ALIE” ROBINSON , age 82 of Waseca, died on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at Colony Court Memory Care in Waseca.

Born in Waseca County on July 10, 1931, Alice was the daughter of Louis and Elsie (Grunwald) Born.  She grew up in Waseca and graduated from Waseca Central High School in 1950.  On...

JERILYN ANN “JERI” BLUHM , age 51 of Waseca died on Monday, April 1, 2013 at her home in Waseca.

Born on April 4, 1961 in Mankato, Minnesota she was the daughter of Ramon and Clarice (Roemhildt) Schaub.  Jeri graduated from Waseca High School in 1979 and went on to attend Albert Lea Vo-Tech.  She...