Obituaries
Carol Ann Gordon
Jul 20, 2018
Carol Gordon, 75, of Mankato, died at home in the presence of her family following a battle with lung cancer. Carol was born in Newark, NJ to Austin and Anna Gordon of Nutley, NJ, where she spent most of her childhood before moving to Minnesota, where she graduated from St. Louis Park High School. She graduated from St. Cloud State...
LeRoy Sohre
Jul 20, 2018
LeRoy Sohre, 94 of Good Thunder, went to his eternal home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 20, 2018. He was a resident at the Mapleton Community Home in Mapleton, Minnesota. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2018 at St. John Lutheran Church in Good Thunder. Burial with military honors will be...
Dorothy Lora Wickler
Jul 17, 2018
Dorothy Lora Wickler, a resident of Laurels Edge Assisted Living, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, July 17, 2018 at the age of 94. Memorial service will be held at 11am, Saturday, July 28, 2018 at Northview ~ North Mankato Mortuary. Following a reception at Northview, interment will take place at Fairview Memorial Park in Fairmont, MN. Please share a memory...
Zak James Buhr
Jul 17, 2018
Mankato Mortuary1001 N. Riverfront DriveMankato, MN 56001507-388-2202
Zak James Buhr, age 6 months and 19 days, gently passed in the arms of Jesus on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.
Memorial Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 24 at Mankato Mortuary, 1001 N Riverfront Drive. Visitation will be one hour prior, beginning at 9 a.m.
Zak is...
Neva Ann Fritz
Jul 16, 2018
Neva Ann Fritz, age 79, of Lakewood, Colorado, and formerly of Good Thunder, died on July 16, 2018.Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m, Monday, July 23, 2018 at St. John Lutheran Church in Good Thunder.Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m., Sunday, July 22, 2018 at the Mankato Mortuary and also for one hour prior to the...
Barbara Gerlach
Jul 15, 2018
Barbara Jeanne Gerlach, 86 of Mankato, died July 15, 2018 at Monarch Meadows in North Mankato.
Funeral service is 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Mankato Mortuary, 1001 N Riverfront Dr. in Mankato. Visitation will take place from 5:30p.m. - 7:30p.m., Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at Mankato Mortuary and one hour prior to the service. Burial is at Tivoli...
Orville R. Saxton
Jul 13, 2018
Orville R. Saxton passed away at the Good Samaritan Society in Winthrop on Friday, July 13, 2018 at the age of 83. Service will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 20, 2018 at the First Lutheran Church in Winthrop. Visitation will be held at First Lutheran Church from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, July 19,2018 with a Masonic Rite program at 7:30pm....
Arnold "Arnie" William Brummund
Jul 13, 2018
Mankato Mortuary1001 N. Riverfront DriveMankato, MN 56001507-388-2202Arnold “Arnie” William Brummund, age 84, died unexpectedly on July 13, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Mankato.
Celebration of Life will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 20, 2018 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 1103 North Broad Street, Mankato. Visitation will take place from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the...
Thomas Joseph Landgren
Jul 12, 2018
Thomas Joseph Landgren- Tom, Tommy 50 years old Resided in Mankato, MN. Passed July 12th, 2018.Tom was born June 17th, 1968 in Mankato, MN. Parents: Victoria Landgren and Gary Landgren. Siblings: Heather Landgren and Robert Landgren.Tom attended Eagle Lake Elementary and Mankato West High school. Tom owned his own business for 14 years, Payless Roofing/Construction of Mankato.Tom loved to fish, hunt, and...
Kathy (Mell) Mellen
Jul 11, 2018
Northview-North Mankato Mortuary2060 Commerce DriveNorth Mankato, MN 56003(507) 388-2288 Kathy (Mell) Mellen
Kathy died July 11, 2018, at age 57, following an extended illness.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, July 16, 2018 at Northview-North Mankato Mortuary. The Rev. Dr. Nancy Carol Stahl, former pastor of Garden City Christian Church will officiate. ...
Joseph Francis Eckert
Jul 11, 2018
Joseph Eckert, age 83, of Mankato, died Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at Hillcrest Health Care Center, Mankato.Mass of Christian Burial 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 14, 2018 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Mankato. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at church. Interment will be at St. Willibrords’s Cemetery, Gibbon, MN. Mankato Mortuary is in charge...
Robert Gil Sproles
Jul 10, 2018
Robert Gil Sproles, 50, died Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at his Cleveland, Minnesota home. Memorial service 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2018 at Crossview Covenant Church, 2000 Howard Drive, North Mankato. Mankato Mortuary assisted with arrangements. Gil was born on May 24, 1968 in Midland, Texas to Everett and Peggy Sproles. Gil resided in Texas and Minnesota during his life...
Howard Oestreich
Jul 9, 2018
Howard P. Oestreich, age 94 of North Mankato, died peacefully on Monday July 9, 2018 at Monarch Meadows.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 13, 2018 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in North Mankato. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Mankato. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m....
Edward James Benson
Jul 9, 2018
Edward James Benson, age 62, of Madison Lake died on Monday, July 9, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, MN.
A graveside service will be held at a later date.
Edward was the fourth child of James and Alice (Weimert) Benson. He was born October 18, 1955 in Mankato, MN. He loved to spend time with his...
Sister Mary Butzer, SSND
Jul 9, 2018
On July 9, 2018, just two days after her 84th birthday, our beloved Sister Mary Butzer died unexpectedly in her St. Paul, Minnesota, apartment. She had communicated with family and friends the previous day in her usual humorous manner, and the news of her death came as shock to many who knew her. The funeral liturgy, with Father Joseph Fogal...
Tordis "Tory" Peterson
Jul 8, 2018
Tordis “Tory” Peterson, age 66, of Mankato, died on Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Ecumen Pathstone Living in Mankato.Private services will be held for the family.Arrangements are being completed by the Mankato Mortuary.
Mary Ann Norman
Jul 8, 2018
Mary Ann Norman, age 87, lifelong Lake Crystal area resident, died peacefully, Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, MN. Funeral Service Celebrating Mary Ann’s Life will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Cornerstone United Methodist Church, Lake Crystal. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m., Wednesday at the church and one hour before service...
Gary Lee Zimmerman
Jul 8, 2018
Gary Lee Zimmerman, 77, of Mankato, died Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato after a lengthy illness. Memorial service will be held at 11am, Saturday, July 14, 2018 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Visitation will be held from 5-8pm, Friday, July 13, 2018 at Mankato Mortuary and also one hour prior to the service at church....
Sally Mae Beal
Jul 7, 2018
Northview-North Mankato Mortuary2060 Commerce DriveNorth Mankato, MN 56003507-388-2288Sally Beal, 67, North Mankato, MN went to her eternal home on Saturday, July 7, 2018 after a 2 year struggle with cancer. Sally was born Marcella Mae Miller to Leonard and Lucille (Muellerleile) Miller on their 13th wedding anniversary, May 16, 1951. She was the ninth of fourteen children. Sally graduated from...
Ruth Austin Bennett
Jul 6, 2018
Ruth Austin Bennett of Mesa, AZ, passed away on July 6, 2018, at the age of 90. Ruth was a caregiver at the Lake Crystal Clinic until 1973 and enjoyed working with her good friends, Florence Lewis, “Doc Harry” and Dr. Jaspers. Ruth and her husband of 67 years, Robert, farmed west of Lake Crystal before building a house on...
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