Obituaries

Katherine Bell-Swenson, 96, Kasson

Katherine Bell-Swenson died May 20, 2016 at Prairie Meadows Senior Living in Kasson. The former Katherine Blatti was born Feb. 6, 1920 in Milton Township, Dodge County. She attended the Mantorville School and lived with her sister and brother-in-law, Edna and Henry Schleeter. She married Carroll...

Margaret Currier, 95, Mantorville

Margaret L. (Maggie) Currier, 95, of rural Mantorville passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at Pine Haven Care Center, Pine Island. Maggie Lou was born Aug. 14, 1920, in Olmsted County to Harry and Agatha (Campbell) Dehn. In 1938, she graduated from Byron High School. Maggie Lou...

Donald Alberts, 82, Mantorville

Donald Edward Alberts died peacefully Sunday, May 22 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus in Rochester after a lengthy illness. He was born in Mantorville Township to Klaus Sr. and Henrietta Alberts. Don attended Cumberland Country School and graduated from Mantorville High School. In...

Charles “Chuck” Michael Juhnke, 61, Rochester

Charles Michael Juhnke, “Chuck”, was born November 23, 1954, in Brookings, South Dakota to Jeannine and Rollins Juhnke. He died at age 61 on May 16, 2016 at his apartment in Rochester, Minnesota. He was preceded in death by his mother Jeannine and his brother Scott. Chuck spent his earliest years...

Eunice I. Colmer, 88, West Concord

Eunice I. Colmer, 88, of West Concord, died Monday, May 16, 2016, at Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna. She was born July 13, 1927, in Lemond Township, Steele County, Minnesota the daughter of Carl and H. Marie (Hanson) Johnson. She graduated from New Richland High School in 1943. Eunice...

Cleland Swanson, 93, Owatonna

Cleland Ellsworth Swanson, 93, of Owatonna, died Thursday, May 12, 2016 peacefully in his sleep at Homestead Hospice House surrounded by his family. Cleland was born June 3, 1922 in Le Sueur, Minnesota the son of Elmer and Esther (Miller) Swanson. He married Donna Frentz, his high school...

Philip Danielson, 71, Kasson

Philip Stanley Danielson, 71, of Kasson passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys Campus on Sat., May 7 after a chronic illness. He was born on March 9, 1945, in Preston and grew up in Lanesboro. He worked for Rochester City Lines for 30 years. Phil...

Lowell Robert Olson, 68, Dodge Center

Lowell Robert Olson, 68, of Dodge Center, passed away on May 2, 2016, at Mayo Clinic Hospital-St. Marys Campus after a lengthy and well-fought battle with cancer. Lowell was born on June 3, 1947, to Leonard and Rosella (Olsgard) Olson from Lenora, Minnesota. He graduated from Canton High School...

Ervin Ernest Gile, 85, of Dodge Center

Ervin Ernest Gile, 85, of Dodge Center, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at the Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center. Ervin was born June 28, 1930 in Kasson, Minnesota to Gerald and Anna (Hein) Gile. He graduated from Kasson High School and went on to proudly serve his country in...

Jason Arthur Schultz, 38, St. Paul

Jason “Bone” Arthur Schultz, 38, passed away at his home in St. Paul on April 22. Jason was born on December 9, 1977 in Zumbrota, Minnesota to Beverly Mehrkens and the late John Schultz. Jason graduated in 1997 from Triton High School in Dodge Center. Jason was preceded in death by his father John...