Obituaries
Sister Francis Clare Schares, SSND
Jan 20, 2020
Just five days short of her 95th birthday, our beloved Sister Francis Clare Schares, SSND, 94, died peacefully at 5:42 p.m. on Monday, January 20, 2020, in Notre Dame Health Care, Good Counsel Hill, Mankato, Minnesota. Her condition had steadily declined over the past few weeks and it became evident that her death was imminent. Sisters were praying with her...
Dr. Hobert J. Setzer, Jr.
Jan 20, 2020
Hobert Joseph Setzer, Jr., age 92, died peacefully January 20 at Sunrise at Old Meridian in Carmel, IN with family by his side.
The Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28th at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Mankato, MN, with Reverend Collette Broady Grund officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 11 a.m. at...
Karen Lund Storvick
Jan 19, 2020
Karen Lund Storvick, age 67 of Mankato, MN, died peacefully on January 19, 2020 after a long battle with cancer. The daughter of Clarence Lund and Doris (Juul) Lund, Karen was born on October 8, 1952, in Mohall, North Dakota. She grew up on the family farm outside of Mohall. Karen attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, where she played...
Janet Louise Heise
Jan 18, 2020
Janet Louise (Brown) Heise, 76, valiantly fought pancreatic cancer since she was diagnosed at the end of February 2019 until she passed away January 18, 2020 in the nursing home wing of Laurels Peak Rehabilitation Center.
The memorial service that was previously scheduled for 1pm, Saturday, March 21 at Mankato Mortuary has been CANCELED and private family services will...
Larry V. Walters
Jan 17, 2020
Larry Vern Walters, age 78, of Lake Crystal died unexpectedly, Friday, January 17, 2020 in Mesa, AZ.
A Celebration of Larry’s Life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at Zion Lutheran Church, Lake Crystal. Visitation will be held from 4-6 p.m., Monday at Lake Crystal Mortuary. Family interment will be in Lake Crystal Cemetery. Memorials may...
Lise Elizabeth Cote
Jan 16, 2020
Lise Elizabeth Cote (Cayer) lost her battle with dementia, with her granddaughter, Trina, by her side, on January 16th, 2020.
Lise was born in Montreal, Canada on May 11, 1931. She met and later married Roger Cote and together they had two sons, Max and Nico. The Cote family moved to the United States in 1971 where they eventually settled in West...
Margaret Jane Hassel
Jan 15, 2020
Margaret Jane Hassel, age 101 of Mankato, passed away peacefully Wednesday, January 15th, 2020 at Waters Edge, in her room overlooking Glenwood Pond.
She was born December 21, 1918 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota to Arthur and Elsie (Warthen) Yeager.
As a child, she grew up on her family’s farm where she spent her free time creating artwork, riding...
Charles John Biedscheid
Jan 15, 2020
Charles John Biedscheid, age 69, of New Ulm, died Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at the New Ulm Medical Center.
Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Please share a memory of Charlie with his family at www.mankatomortuary.com.
Charlie was born January 9, 1951 in Mankato to Leo and Eva (Bergmark) Biedscheid.
He grew up...
Dean Harold Mosher
Jan 14, 2020
Dean Harold Mosher, 84, of St. Clair, passed away January 14, 2020 at Cottagewood Senior Living Communities in Mankato.
Memorial service will be 2pm, Sunday, January 19, 2020 at Epiphany Lutheran Church in Eagle Lake with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at a later date. Mankato Mortuary is assisting the family.
Dean was born September...
Debra A. Osborne
Jan 6, 2020
Debra Ann Osborne, age 65, of Lake Crystal, passed away on Monday, January 6, 2020 in Harlingen, Texas. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, July 12, from 1 pm to 4pm at the American Legion in Lake Crystal. The family requests that you dress casual. A private burial will be held at the Lake Crystal Cemetery. The...
Gertrude E. Marks
Jan 6, 2020
Gertrude Emma Marks, age 104, of rural Good Thunder, died Monday, January 6, 2020.
Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 11, 2020 at St. John Lutheran Church, Good Thunder with Rev. Rudolph H. Maurer, Jr., officiating. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Friday at Mankato Mortuary and will continue one hour before service at the church on Saturday. ...
Anthony "Tony" Kozitza
Jan 6, 2020
Anthony “Tony” Kozitza, age 74, of North Mankato, MN, passed away on January 6th, 2020 at Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato.
Born September 13, 1945 and raised on a Nicollet County farm, Tony excelled in football and basketball before graduating from Nicollet High School in 1963. During this time he became an avid hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman, which continued throughout his...
Bernita "Bernie" Ruth Erickson
Dec 30, 2019
Bernita Ruth Erickson, of North Mankato, died Monday, December 30, 2019, at Mayo Clinic Health System at the age of 73.
A Celebration of Life will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, January 25, 2020, at the North Mankato Fire Station Community Room (1825 Howard Drive West, North Mankato, MN). In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred...
Marcia Jean (Stordahl) Jones
Dec 28, 2019
Marcia Jean Jones, age 81, of Lake Crystal, died on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at The Beacon in Lake Crystal.
Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, December 31 at 2:00 p.m. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Butternut. Visitation will be Tuesday from 12:30-2:00 p.m. at the church. Burial will be in Our Saviour’s Lutheran Cemetery, Butternut. Lake Crystal Mortuary...
Shirley L. Higginbotham
Dec 24, 2019
Shirley L. Higginbotham died in her home on December 24, 2019 at the age of 88.
Funeral Service will be held on Monday, December 30 at 11:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be Sunday December 29 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at Mankato Mortuary and will continue one hour prior to the service at church. Burial will be in Glenwood...
Verena K. Schugel
Dec 22, 2019
Verena K. Schugel, age 81 of Mankato passed away Sunday morning December, 22, 2019 at New Perspective Senior Living in Mankato.
Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 30, 2019 prior to the service. Funeral Mass will follow at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Mankato. Burial will be...
Charles "Chuck" Troldahl
Dec 21, 2019
Charles “Chuck” E. Troldahl, 91, of Mankato, MN, died on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at River¹s Edge Hospital in St. Peter, MN.
Memorial Service will be held 11:00 a.m. on February 8, 2020 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 720 S. 2nd Street in Mankato. Visitation will begin one hour before the service. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be...
Helen Edith Dudash
Dec 21, 2019
Helen Edith Dudash, 91, passed away peacefully on December 21 at her home at Cottagewood Assisted Living. She was born in Mankato, MN in 1928, and was the third of six children born to
Luva and Ralph Lloyd. Helen graduated Mankato High School in 1946 and, being adventurous, moved to Chicago for a year, then moved to Los Angeles where...
Rose Anne Schoeb
Dec 21, 2019
Rose Anne Schoeb of Madison Lake passed away peacefully with family on Saturday, December 21st, 2019 at Oak Terrace assisted living in North Mankato, at the age of 81.
Funeral Mass will be 11:00a.m., Friday, December 27, 2019 at All Saints Catholic Church in Madison Lake with visitation starting at 9:00a.m. until the time of the service. In lieu of...
Carol Ann Parsley
Dec 21, 2019
Carol Ann Parsley, age 58, formerly from Mankato, died Saturday, December 21, 2019 at her home in Minnetonka.
Visitation will be held from 4-8pm, Friday, December 27, 2019 at Northview ~ North Mankato Mortuary. Celebration of Carol’s life will be held at 11am, Saturday, December 28, 2019 at the Courtyard by Marriott (901 Raintree Road, Mankato) with visitation one...
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