Obituaries
Ladella Joy Anderson
Feb 3, 2022
Ladella “Dodie” Joy Anderson, age 89 of Mankato, died Thursday February 3, 2022. Dodie was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Mankato for many years and has gone home to her Lord and Savior.
A private family gathering will be held at a future date.
Ladella was born June 1, 1932, to Leon Lowe and Ruth (Jackels) Lowe on...
Maria Smith
Feb 2, 2022
Maria de Jesus Smith, 93, of Mankato died Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at Brookdale Assisted Living, Mankato.
Mass of Christian Burial 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 11, 2022, at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Mankato. Visitation will be one hour before service at the church on Friday. Interment in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Johnsburg, MN. Mankato Mortuary is in...
John C. Soost
Feb 2, 2022
John C. Soost, age 77, of Nicollet, died on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at his home.
Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, February 7, 2022 at the Northview – North Mankato Mortuary, 2060 Commerce Drive, North Mankato. Visitation will be 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 6, 2022 at the funeral home and will continue...
Don Wells Keepers
Feb 1, 2022
Don Wells Keepers was born September 21, 1931, to Ray and Amelia (Olson) Keepers at their farm, near Cottonwood, MN. As a boy he was immersed in mechanics, and dove into fixing and hacking things in order to make a Model T or a Model A into something that he could race around the farm or in road ditches. A...
Sandra J. Haley
Jan 30, 2022
Sandra Jean Haley, age 83, of Mankato, died Sunday, January 30, 2022, at New Perspective, Mankato.
The Family Funeral Mass will be livestreamed 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 4, 2022 at Sandra’s obituary page, https://www.mankatomortuary.com/obituary/sandra-haley. Interment in Calvary Cemetery, Madison Lake. Memorials are preferred to All Saints Catholic Church.
Sandra Jean was born October 25, 1938 to Cyril and...
Sidney Spangenberg
Jan 30, 2022
Sidney Frederich Spangenberg, 100, of North Mankato, died January 30, 2022 at Oak Terrace Assisted Living in North Mankato.
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 5, 2022 at St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church in North Mankato. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., Friday, February 4, 2022 at Northview-North Mankato Mortuary, 2060 Commerce Dr., in North Mankato and...
Pastor Vicki Roberta Hultine
Jan 30, 2022
Vicki Roberta Hultine, age 70, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022 at her home in Mankato.
Pastor Vicki Hultine grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of two chiropractors.
After graduating from high school in Milwaukee, she earned an undergraduate degree in music education at St. Olaf College in Northfield, which she called “liberating.” For six years in...
Pete (Gerald L.) Morrison
Jan 28, 2022
UPDATED: CELEBRATION OF ETERNAL LIFE at Hosanna Lutheran Church 105 Hosanna Drive, Mankato
Saturday, May 14, 2022 10:00 a.m. with visitation from 9-10:00 a.m.
Lunch following honor guard presentation
Pete, age 70, passed away January 28, 2022.
A celebration of life will be held May 14th at Hosanna Lutheran Church. As a plasterer and drywall finisher for the past 50...
Lester Schneider
Jan 27, 2022
Lester John Schneider, 78, of Mankato, died January 27, 2022, at Water’s Edge Assisted Living in Mankato.
Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Mankato. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., Monday, January 31, 2022 at Mankato Mortuary, 1001 N Riverfront Dr., in Mankato and one hour...
Elayne Ruth Lidstrom
Jan 26, 2022
Elayne Ruth Lidstrom was born December 19, 1921 and passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at Oak Terrace Assisted Living. She and her family recently celebrated her 100th birthday.
Elayne is survived by her children: Tim (Nancy) Lidstrom, Mark Lidstrom, and Karin (Sam) Rees; and her grandchildren: Laura Rees, Kory Lidstrom and Nicole Lidstrom.
She was preceded in death...
Mildred (Millie) Hodapp Fossen
Jan 25, 2022
Millie Fossen, age 99, died Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Monarch Meadows Assisted Living in North Mankato.
Millie was born to Joseph Edward Hodapp and Mary (Materne) Hodapp on February 24, 1922, in rural Madison Lake, and has lived in the Mankato area her entire life. She was married to Clifton A. Fossen on September 25, 1948, at St....
Beverly A. Marvin
Jan 23, 2022
Beverly Ann Marvin, age 88, of Mankato, died Sunday, January 23, 2022 at Pathstone Living in Mankato.
A Memorial Visitation will be held in the Spring of 2022 to be announced.
Northview – North Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. www.mankatomortuary.com
Beverly was born March 30, 1933 to Peter Marvin and Brigetta Elizabeth (Dolan) Albright in Austin, Minnesota. She...
Beverly Ann Rose Delyea
Jan 22, 2022
Beverly Ann Rose Delyea, age 91, of Mankato, passed away on January 22, 2022 at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Mankato.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in North Mankato, MN with visitation one hour prior to Mass. Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. In...
David Mead
Jan 21, 2022
David Mead, age 82, of Mankato, died on Friday, January 21, 2022 at Water’s Edge Assisted Living in Mankato.
Private family services will be held at a later date. Mankato Mortuary is assisting the family with arrangements.
David F., the son of Frank and Luella (Ewert) Mead, was born on November 28, 1939 in Mankato. He graduated from Mankato High...
Dane Williams
Jan 21, 2022
Dane “Skelly” Lee Williams, 66, of North Mankato, died January 21, 2022 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.
Visitation will be from 4-6:30 p.m., Friday, January 28, 2022 at Mankato Mortuary, 1001 N Riverfront Drive in Mankato with a memorial service at 6:30 p.m. Livestreaming will be available at www.mankatomortuary.com.
Skelly was born May 29, 1955 to Lee...
James Martin Potz
Jan 20, 2022
James Martin Potz, age 68 passed away on January 20, 2022 in Arkansas.Jim was born September 7, 1953 in Mankato to parents Harlan J. and Margaret I. Potz. He attended school in Eagle Lake and in the Minneapolis area. As a teen, he relocated to the Russelville, Arkansas area along with his brother. There he, and his brother, helped to...
Florinne Marie Alders
Jan 18, 2022
Florinne Marie (Glebe) Alders, 95, died January 18, 2022 at Hillcrest Rehabilitation Center under hospice care. A private family burial will take place Friday, January 21, 2022.
Flo was born to Floyd and Jennie (Hall) Glebe March 22, 1926 in Omaha, Nebraska. She lost her mother in childbirth and was raised by her grandparents, Robert and Annie Hall, along with...
Geneen Ruth Karstens
Jan 17, 2022
Geneen Ruth Karstens “Grandma Geneen” (85) passed away peacefully Monday, January 17, 2022 at Birchwood Cottages in North Mankato, MN. Geneen was born October 9, 1936 to Levi and Hilda (Draegert) Schoonover in Lewisville, MN.
Geneen graduated from Truman High School in 1954 where she was known as The Girl With The Contagious Laugh. After graduation, she and her best...
Diane L. Thornburg
Jan 17, 2022
Diane Lee Thornburg, age 74, of Mankato and formerly of Lake Crystal, died unexpectedly, at her home in Mankato on January 17, 2022.
Diane’s Family will have a Private Celebration of Life. Interment will be in Armstrong Grove Cemetery, Armstrong, IA in the summer.
Diane was born February 26, 1947 to Carl M. and Margaret M. (McGregor) Carlson in Armstrong,...
Duane Roland Erickson
Jan 16, 2022
Duane R. Erickson, age 91 passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 16, 2022 at Laurels Edge in Mankato. At Duane’s request, his service will be a private family gathering on Friday, January 21, 2022 at Northview-North Mankato Mortuary, followed by burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Mankato. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Mayo Hospice, or to the donor’s...