Obituaries

Myrna Gieser Braun

Myrna Gieser Braun

May 25, 2021

Myrna Gieser Braun, age 72, of Mankato, died on May 25, 2021 at her home. 

Memorial Service will be held on Friday, May 28 at 11:00 a.m. at Hosanna Lutheran Church. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.  Burial will be at the Sherburn Cemetery.  Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. In lieu...

Larry Bruce Krueger

Larry Bruce Krueger

May 24, 2021

Larry B. Krueger, age 72, of Lake Crystal passed away on Monday, May 24, 2021. Larry was born on January 14, 1949 to Elmer and Geraldine Krueger in Mankato. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at the Lake Crystal Mortuary, with visitation one hour prior. Lake Crystal Mortuary is assisting the family with arrangements.

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Pamela Sue Murphy

Pamela Sue Murphy

May 23, 2021

Pamela Sue Murphy, age 61, of North Mankato, died at her home on Sunday, May 23, 2021.Pamela was born October 24, 1959 in Billings, Montana to Thomas and Patricia (Lund) Gisborne. She graduated from Eden Prairie High School in 1976 at the age of 17. Pamela studied at the University of Minnesota, Duluth before transferring to the University of Minnesota,...

Edwin W. Forst

Edwin W. Forst

May 23, 2021

Retired veteran and former North Mankato resident, Edwin W. Forst, 94, passed peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, May 23, 2021 in Prior Lake, Minnesota.

Memorial visitation will be 1 to 3 p.m. on Friday, June 4, 2021 at the Mankato Mortuary, 1001 N. Riverfront Drive, Mankato. Interment will be at Woodland Hills Memorial Park in Mankato at a later...

Terri Pollard

Terri Pollard

May 22, 2021

Terri Pollard, 92, of North Mankato, died May 22, 2021 at Oak Terrace Assisted Living in North Mankato.

Memorial service will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at Peace Lutheran Church in North Mankato.

Terri was born November 11, 1928 to Gustav and Norah (Courtenay) Mueller in Maymyo, Myanmar (Burma).  At 8 months she was fostered by Albert and...

Joan Elaine (Erickson) Eichers

Joan Elaine (Erickson) Eichers

May 22, 2021

Joan Eichers, age 84, of Mankato, passed away on May 22, 2021 at Mayo Health Systems, due to complications from kidney disease.Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 27 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Mankato. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 26 at Northview-North Mankato Mortuary and will continue one hour before service at church...

Frances Beckel Landwehr

Frances Beckel Landwehr

May 21, 2021

Frances Mary Landwehr, 105 amazing years old, passed away in her home on Friday, May 21, 2021. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren all had a chance to spend time with her and care for her over the past few months as she prepared to go to heaven, meet the Lord, and be reunited with her husband, Richard, who passed in...

John "Jack" Mueller

John "Jack" Mueller

May 21, 2021

John “Jack” P. Mueller, age 80 of Mankato passed away May 21, 2021 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester.

 

Jack was born December 31, 1940 to John and Dorothy (Baugatz) Mueller in Mankato, Minnesota. Lifelong resident of Mankato and graduate of Mankato High School and Mankato State College. Jack served his country in the United States Marine Corps. He was...

Edith Mae Dauk

Edith Mae Dauk

May 20, 2021

Edith Mae Dauk, 93, of Mankato, passed away May 20, 2021 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Mankato.

Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Mankato with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Mankato. The family prefers memorials be given to...

Ronald William Held

Ronald William Held

May 19, 2021

Ronald William Held from Lake Crystal passed away May 19, 2021 at the age of 82.

Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lake Crystal. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Visitation will be held from 4 – 7 p.m., Monday at Lake Crystal...

William "Bill" Joseph Fetter, Jr.

William "Bill" Joseph Fetter, Jr.

May 18, 2021

William Joseph “Bill” Fetter, Jr., after 92 years of enthusiastic living, died peacefully May 18, 2021 in Mankato, MN.  Born September 21, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, Bill grew up in Kansas City before graduating from Ft. Scott (KS) High School in 1945 at the tender age of 16.  He was the first in his family to attend college, proudly...

Jodie Eggert

Jodie Eggert

May 17, 2021

Jodie's Order of Worship

Jodie Eggert, age 85, of Mankato, died Monday, May 17, 2021 at Pathstone.

 

Visitation will be held from 4-7pm, Friday, May 21, 2021 at Northview ~ North Mankato Mortuary. Memorial service will be 11am, Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Northview with visitation one hour prior. Livestreaming will be available at www.mankatomortuary.com.

 

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Donald J. Anderson

Donald J. Anderson

May 16, 2021

Donald Jerome Anderson, age 91, died peacefully May 16, 2021 in Mankato, Minnesota.

Memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Mankato with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Piligrims Rest Cemetery in Mankato.

Donald was born March 16, 1930 to Oscar and Betsy Anderson (Troe)...

Donald Charles Bequette

Donald Charles Bequette

May 16, 2021

Donald Charles Bequette, age 87, died on May 16, 2021. 

Don was born on June 20, 1933, to Archie and Eva (Elsner) Bequette in Fairchild, WI.  He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church where he later married Bonita Craker on August 2, 1952.  He attended Gale Institute in Minneapolis before being drafted into the Army Signal Corp. ...

Dorothy M. Kapfer

Dorothy M. Kapfer

May 15, 2021

Dorothy Kapfer, age 90, longtime resident of Eagle Lake, MN, died on May 15, 2021 at Laurel's Edge Assisted Living in Mankato.

Private interment was held at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis. Mankato Mortuary is assisting the family with arrangements.

Dorothy May, the daughter of Louis and Katherine (Frandsen) Havelick was born January 20, 1931 in Jamestown, ND. On August...

Jerald "Jerry" Wersal

Jerald "Jerry" Wersal

May 13, 2021

Jerald “Jerry” Wersal, age 79, of Mapleton, died on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato.

Memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Mankato. Interment and military honors will be at Calvary Cemetery in Mankato.

Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday,...

Alice Jean Chapman

Alice Jean Chapman

May 12, 2021

Alice J. Chapman, age 70, of Garden City, died Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at Mayo Clinic Health System. A memorial visitation celebrating her life will be held from 3-7pm Sunday, May 30, 2021 at the Wellcome Memorial Community Room in Garden City. Mankato Mortuary assisted with the arrangements.Alice was born July 16, 1950 to Herbert and Sylvia (Gustafson) Reinhart in Alton...

Sister Rose (Mary Conrad) Schwab, SSND

Sister Rose (Mary Conrad) Schwab, SSND

May 12, 2021

SISTER ROSE (MARY CONRAD) SCHWAB, SSND “My God, how great thou art!” (Hymn, Stuart K. Hine.) Shortly after breakfast on May 12, 2021, Sister Rose Schwab, 94, died unexpectedly in Notre Dame Health Care at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mankato, Minnesota. Her death was a surprise; just a day earlier she had enjoyed a golf-cart tour of the Good...

Helen C. Nett

Helen C. Nett

May 11, 2021

Helen Catherine (Garvin) Nett, passed away peacefully at her home amongst family on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.  Her spirit is now with the Lord our God.

The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary was said before a Private Funeral Mass for family to Celebrate Helen’s Life.  Both were held at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Mankato on Friday, May 14,...

Stephen Clifford Canton

Stephen Clifford Canton

May 9, 2021

Stephen Clifford Canton, age 71, of Mankato died on Sunday, May 9, 2021 at Autumn Grace Assisted Living in Mankato.

Interment will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Mankato Mortuary is assisting the family with arrangements.

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