Jan 13, 2022

With heavy hearts we announce the death of Loren Jacob Friesz (Waseca) who passed away on Thursday, January 13th 2022 at the age of 81. Loren was born on November 4, 1940 in Bismarck, North Dakota to Jack and Mathilda (Schmidt) Friesz. Loren was the oldest of nine children. He enjoyed growing up on the family farm and running the...

Jan 12, 2022

CAROL ANN SCHUCH, age 81, of Janesville, died on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at Whispering Creek in Janesville. Born on October 4, 1940, in St. Peter to Henry and Mary Crystal (Downs) Johnson. She grew up on a farm 5 miles west of LeSueur, graduating with the class of 1958. She continued her education at Commercial College for 6 months...

Jan 7, 2022

BARBARA ANN CLIFF, age 76, of Waseca died on Friday, January 7, 2022, at Mayo Clinic Health System – St. Marys Campus in Rochester. Born on May 2, 1945, in New Ulm, Minnesota to Lawrence and Lela (Hulett) Bartz. She grew up in Morton and attended Morton Public Schools, graduating with the class of 1963. Following her education, she took...

Jan 1, 2022

AMIE KAYE CHRISTIANSEN, age 47 of Janesville, died unexpectedly on the morning of Saturday, January 1, 2022, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato. Born in Waseca on May 19, 1974, Amie was the daughter of Jerry and Deborah (Fell) Tesch. She graduated from Waseca High School before attending Rasmussen College where she studied accounting. During her time in Waseca...

Jan 1, 2022

RUTH ETHEL SYBILRUD, age 94, of Waseca, died peacefully on January 1, 2022, at Mayo Clinic – St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester. Born on July 14, 1927, in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, to Henry and Ethel (Warner) Bosacker. She grew up on a farm outside of Marshall where she began her education before her family moved to Waterville where she...

Dec 30, 2021

JAMES “JIM” JEREMIAH CUNNINGHAM, age 82 of Inver Grove Heights, passed away on Thursday, December 30, at Central Health Care in Le Center. Jim was born in Rochester on October 29, 1939 to Donald and Virginia (Purvis) Cunningham. Following high school he honorably served his country in the United States Airforce, and was married to Janice Jones in Claremont. Following...

Dec 24, 2021

JANET RAE QUIRAM, age 88, of Waterville, died on Friday, December 24, 2021, at Traditions of Waterville. Born on March 19, 1933, in Waseca to Sy and Ruth (Engebretson) Carlson. Jan attended Waseca Public School and graduated with the class of 1951. She continued her education at Mankato State College before working for Federated Insurance in Owatonna. On November 23,...

Dec 24, 2021

SCOTT DOUGLAS SIEVERT, age 62, of Elk River, MN, died on Friday, December 24, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN after an extended battle with cancer. Born on September 18, 1959, in Minneapolis, MN, Scott grew up in the Elk River-Rogers, Minnesota area. He found joy in working with his hands, was constantly learning, and could fix most...

Dec 22, 2021

ANDREW ALLEN SASS, age 27 of Waterville, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, as the result of ongoing complications related to diabetes. Born on March 18, 1994, in Waseca, Andrew was the son of Larry F. Sass and Renee J. (Recknor) Timlin. He was a 2012 graduate of Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton High School. Andrew began playing drums in school and his...

Dec 22, 2021

MARY LOU STUDNICKA, age 81 of Waseca died on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at her residence at Colony Court. Born on August 12, 1940 in Owatonna, Minnesota, she was the daughter of Oswald and Deloris (Spear) Evans. She attended school in Owatonna and on May 3, 1958 was united in marriage to Joseph Studnicka at the First Congregational Church in...

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Dec 18, 2021

BARBARA “BOBBIE” FRANCES O’BRIEN, age 71, of Crystal, died on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale. Born on November 11, 1950, in Waseca to Clarence “Bud” and Ruby (Hrdlicka) Roessler. She grew up in Elysian and graduated from Waterville-Elysian High School with the class of 1969. On May 6, 1972, Bobbie was united in marriage to...

Dec 18, 2021

GARY E. RAVNKILDE, of Waseca, passed away peacefully on the morning of Saturday, December 18, 2021, with his loved ones by his side. He was 78. Born to Peter Sr. and Lucille (Matz) Ravnkilde on Sept. 28th in Waseca, he was the 3rd of 6 children. He grew up in rural Waseca and attended grade school at the Pink Schoolhouse...

Dec 17, 2021

DONNA MARGARET BERGERSON, age 95, passed away on the morning of Friday, December 17, 2021 at Foxdale in Waseca. Born in New Richland on November 21, 1926, Donna was the daughter of Carroll and Mae (Verplank) Dezell. She attended school in New Richland until the family moved to Freeborn where she graduated with the class of 1944. She went on...

Dec 16, 2021

LINDA ANN SHELL, age 67 of Elysian, died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Pemberton on Thursday, December 16, 2021. Born in Waseca on April 11, 1954, Linda was the daughter of Donald Martin and Irene Delores (Berndt) Lau. She graduated from Waldorf High School with the class of 1972. In 1973 Linda was married...

Dec 10, 2021

DELORES “DEE” STENGER BRUCE, age 85, of Janesville died on Friday afternoon, December 10, 2021, at Whispering Creek in Janesville. Born on February 14, 1936, in Watkins, Minnesota. She was the 10th of 15 children born to Peter and Margaret (Borman) Stenger. Dee graduated from 8th grade at District 44 before becoming the caregiver of her father, two brothers and...

Dec 9, 2021

FRANCIS (FRANK) J. SCHREINER, age 80, passed away on December 9, 2021, at St. Mary’s Campus of Mayo Clinic Health System in Rochester. Francis Joseph Schreiner was born on February 16, 1941, to Joseph and Verna (Fergel) Schreiner in Mandan, North Dakota. Francis grew up on their farm in Shields, ND until they moved to Mandan where he attended St....

Dec 8, 2021

KORRINE MARIE RIETFORT, age 59 of Waseca died on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. Born on November 20, 1962 at the Army Base hospital at Fort Leonardwood, Missouri, she was the daughter of Jerry and Patricia (Fitzpatrick) Rietfort. She attended school in Waseca until transferring to Waterville-Elysian High School her sophomore year. She was a...