Obituaries

Eugene "Gene" R. Meschke

Eugene "Gene" R. Meschke

May 26, 2024

Eugene “Gene” Robert (Dahle) Meschke, age 75, died Sunday, May 26, 2024, at MCHS – Mankato, with family by his side.

Memorial Service 2:00 p.m., June 9, 2024, at Resurrection Lutheran Church, Mankato.  Visitation will be from 12-2 p.m., at the church.  Interment will be in Richland Lutheran Cemetery, Adams County, ND.  Mankato Mortuary is handling arrangements. 

Gene was born May 10,...

Lois Ann Berglin

Lois Ann Berglin

May 26, 2024

Lois Ann Berglin age 84 of Mankato passed away Sunday May 26, 2024, at The Pillars of Mankato. 

Memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 6, 2024, at Northview – North Mankato Mortuary. Visitation will be held one before the service on Thursday.

Lois Ann Berglin was born March 16, 1940, to Llewllyn and Eva (Hams) Bakke in Greenbush,...

Ryan A. Osborn

Ryan A. Osborn

May 26, 2024

Ryan Osborn, age 38 of Easton Minnesota, passed away peacefully in his home on Sunday, May 26th, 2024.

Visitation will be held from 4:00-7:00pm, Friday, May 31, 2024, at Northview - North Mankato Mortuary. Memorial service will begin at 11:00am, Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Crossview Covenant Church, North Mankato with visitation one hour prior to the service. Livestream of the...

John S. Kawell

John S. Kawell

May 25, 2024

John passed away peacefully on the morning of May 25, 2024. 

John was born in Mankato to Florence and Allen Kawell. He lived there until moving with his family to Burnsville in 1965. In 1981 he returned to Mankato and lived in Eagle Lake at the Harry Meyering Center Home.  He worked for over 30 years at MRCI in Mankato. He...

Gary D. Roberts

Gary D. Roberts

May 23, 2024

Gary Dean Roberts, age 71, of Garden City, died Thursday, May 23, 2024, at his home.

A Memorial Service Celebrating Gary’s Life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 7, 2024 at Northview – North Mankato Mortuary.  Visitation will be from 9:30 – 11 a.m., Friday at Northview.  Interment will be in Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, MN.

Memorials may be...

Randy David Lorentz

Randy David Lorentz

May 23, 2024

Randy David Lorentz, age 63, of Mankato passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2024 after a courageous battle of multiple cancers over the past several years. 

 

A celebration of life will be held Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 12pm to 3:30pm followed by a memorial service beginning at 3:30pm at Northview-North Mankato Mortuary (2060 Commerce Drive, North Mankato, MN 56003). A...

Alexander 'Sandy' Allen

Alexander 'Sandy' Allen

May 23, 2024

Sandy Allen died Thursday, May 23,2024 at his home surrounded by his family.  He was 75. Memorial service will be held 11:00 am June 15, 2024 at Northview-North Mankato Mortuary with visitation two hours prior to the service.Memorials may be sent to Nicholas Carey Allen Memorial Nursing Scholarship at Minnesota State University, Mankato.  It was his wish to continue to fund scholarships...

Rose E. Wilson

Rose E. Wilson

May 23, 2024

Rose E. Wilson, age 88, of North Mankato, died Thursday, May 23, 2024 at Oak Terrace Assisted Living in North Mankato.

 

Visitation will be held from 5-7pm, Thursday, May 30, 2024 at Northview – North Mankato Mortuary (2060 Commerce Drive, North Mankato, MN 56003). Please share a memory of Rose with her family online at www.mankatomortuary.com

 

Memorials are preferred to either Blue...

Arlene Kaye Rosener

Arlene Kaye Rosener

May 22, 2024

Arlene Kaye Rosener, age 70 died suddenly Wednesday May 22, 2024 

Celebration of Life service will be held Sunday June, 30th from 12-4 p.m., at the Colvill Park Courtyard building in Red Wing, Minnesota. 

Arlene Kaye Rosener was born December 13, 1953, to Kenneth and Frances (Wells) Sarnstrom in Red Wing, Minnesota. She graduated from Ellsworth High School in Wisconsin. She was...

Nicole E. Larson

Nicole E. Larson

May 21, 2024

Nicole Larson, age 39, of North Mankato, died unexpectedly from natural causes on May 21, 2024.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., June 21, 2024, at Northview - North Mankato Mortuary, 2060 Commerce Drive, North Mankato. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at Northview and will continue one hour before the service. In lieu of flowers,...

Bruce "Abe" Allen Abraham

Bruce "Abe" Allen Abraham

May 21, 2024

Bruce “Abe” Allen Abraham, 71, found eternal rest on May 21, 2024. 

Visitation will be held from 4-6pm, Friday, May 24, 2024 at Northview – North Mankato Mortuary. Funeral service will begin at 11am, Saturday, May 25, 2024 at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, North Mankato with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Owatonna Memorial Gardens....

Gladys Marie Mullin

Gladys Marie Mullin

May 20, 2024

Gladys Mullin (Olson), 86, was called to heaven, peacefully, on May 20, 2024.  

Graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday June 7, 2024 at Woodland Hills Memorial Park. Northview-North Mankato Mortuary assisted with arrangements. 

Gladys was born February 16, 1938, to Carl and Stella Olson of Mankato.   Gladys graduated from Mankato West High School in 1956.  She was...

Wayne Norman Kruse

Wayne Norman Kruse

May 19, 2024

Wayne Norman Kruse, age 74, of Amboy passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2024.

Celebration of Life will be held from 4-7p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at Northview – North Mankato Mortuary – 2060 Commerce Drive, North Mankato, MN 56003. 

Wayne was born on January 21, 1950 in Redwood Falls to Norman and Lavonne Kruse.  He grew up with his parents...

Marilyn Jean Michel

Marilyn Jean Michel

May 15, 2024

Marilyn Jean Michel, age 88, passed away peacefully on May 15 at her home in Ankeny, Iowa.   Marilyn Jean (Haugen) Michel was born to Henry and Florence Lillian (Anderson) Haugen at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, MN on November 29, 1935. She was an only child and attended public schools. In high school she graduated from Minnehaha Academy in 1953. She...

Jerome Martel Sandstrom

Jerome Martel Sandstrom

May 14, 2024

On the night of May 14, 2024, at Ecumen Pathstone Care Center, the Lord took Jerome Martel Sandstrom’s hand and led him home. He was 96 years old.

A funeral to celebrate Jerome’s life is planned for 11:00 a.m., on Friday, May 24th, 2024 at Zion Lutheran Church in Lake Crystal, MN with preceding visitation from 10:00-11:00 a.m. on the same...

Marlene C. Satre

Marlene C. Satre

May 10, 2024

Marlene Satre, age 88 of Mankato, formerly of Amboy, passed away on Friday, May 10, 2024 at The Pillars of Mankato. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 am on Wednesday, May 15 at Jackson Lake Lutheran Church in Amboy, MN. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 14 from 4:00 - 7:00 pm at Northview - North Mankato Mortuary and...

Harry Fast

Harry Fast

May 6, 2024

Harry Fast, age 95, of Mankato, passed away Monday, May 6, 2024 at Generations Memory Care in Mankato.

 

A memorial service will be held at 3pm, Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Mankato with visitation one hour prior. A graveside service will be held at a later date at Windom Memorial Gardens. Livestreaming will be available at www.mankatomortuary.com.

 

Harry...

Donald Linne' Roberts

Donald Linne' Roberts

May 4, 2024

Donald Linne Roberts was called home to eternity with God on May 4, 2024. He died at Mayo Health System, Mankato, MN after his final battle with ALS. Don was born on March 20, 1949, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, MN to Dolph and Ruth Roberts. He graduated from Two Harbors High School in 1967, graduating from University of...

Phyllis (Crane) Taylor

Phyllis (Crane) Taylor

May 3, 2024

Phyllis (Crane) Taylor, age 101, of Phoenix, Arizona and originally of Garden City, died, Friday, May 3, 2024.

A Private Graveside service will be held in Garden City Cemetery, Garden City. Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Phyllis was born in Garden City, MN on July 26, 1922, to Thomas G. and Gela M. (Cox) Crane.  She attended and graduated from...

Keith "Marv" LeRoy Hanson

Keith "Marv" LeRoy Hanson

May 3, 2024

Keith “Marv” LeRoy Hanson, age 63, of North Mankato transitioned to his eternal home in Heaven on Friday, May 3, 2024, following a courageous surrendering to a terminal cancer diagnosis a few short months prior. 

Keith’s Memorial Service begins at 11 a.m., on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at Northview – North Mankato Mortuary, with visitation one hour prior. 

Keith was born November...