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David Noble, 86, Blooming Prairie

David Allen Noble, age 86 of Blooming Prairie, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Timberdale Trace Assisted Living in Owatonna.
David was born Feb. 1, 1934 to Albert and Ludmilla (Kvasnicka) Noble. He graduated from Blooming Prairie High School. He married Shirley Brudwick and together had four children. They later divorced.

Jerry Gail Struthers, 77, Kasson

Jerry Gail Struthers, 77, of Kasson, passed away on Monday, July 20, 2020 at Mayo Clinic Hospital Saint Mary's Campus in Rochester.
Jerry was born on Oct. 18, 1942 in Cyrus, MN to Bernard and Florence (Mathison) Struthers. He worked at NRI, formerly named the Waters Instruments of Rochester for over 35 years. 
He enjoyed woodworking and the metal arts. 

Lowell Claire Johnson, 81, Dodge Center

Lowell Claire Johnson, 81, of Dodge Center, died on Sunday, July 19, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Hospital Saint Mary’s Campus in Rochester. 
Lowell was born on April 25, 1939 to Oscar and Norma (Lienau) Johnson in Sioux Falls, where his father worked for Oliver Tractor Company. 

Joan Vanden Heuvel, 86, Geneva

Joan Marjorie (Thompson) Vanden Heuvel, 86, went home to Jesus on July 20, 2020, at her home in Geneva, Minn., following a short battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
Joan was born on Sept. 12, 1933, on the family farm outside of Ellendale, to Anna Julia (Thompson) and Ole O. Thompson, the youngest of three children. She graduated from Ellendale High School at the age of 16 as class valedictorian.

Lucille J. Althoff, 104, Dodge Center

Lucille J. Althoff, 104, of Dodge Center, died July 13, 2020 at Field Crest Care Center in Hayfield. Lucille was born Sept. 18, 1915 in Grenville, SD to Kazmir and Josephine (Koslowski) Wirkus. 
Lou married Frank E. Althoff Sept. 2, 1941 in Detroit Lakes. They lived in various cities in Minnesota before settling in Dodge Center in 1950 to raise their children. They moved to Zumbrota in 1970 and returned to Dodge Center in 1982.

Floris Juanita Holderness, 92, Hayfield

Floris Juanita Holderness, formerly Floris Henslin, passed away peacefully in her Hayfield home on July 12, 2020 at the age of 92.  
Floris (Flo) Voorhees was born on March 22, 1928 in Clayton Township. She was welcomed by her parents, Florence and Edward Voorhees, and her grandmother Ida Peterson, who, as a trained midwife, had the honor of delivering her first grandchild. 

Nancy Eve Lippert, 58, Kasson

Nancy Eve Lippert, 58, of Kasson, passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Saturday, July 11, 2020. 
Nancy was born in Oxnard, CA to Gerald and Eva (Bradac) Nehring. As a child she sang in the youth choir, played for the Flamingos softball team and was a cheerleader for the Oxnard Chiefs youth football team where her three brothers played.

Terrance Dean Burnes, 84, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho

Terrance Dean Burnes died peacefully July 5, 2020 at Kootonai Hospital in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
He was born April 19, 1936 in Sioux City, Iowa to John Walter Burnes and Evelyn Nora (Roeder) Burnes.

Warren Lloyd Pepper, 69, Byron

Warren Lloyd Pepper, 69, of Byron, died Monday, April 6 after a courageous battle with cancer at his home with his wife and daughter by his side.

Jarrold “Jerry” Paul, 66, Summit Township

Jerry Paul of Summit Township died peacefully at his home on July 10, 2020 at the age of 66.
A funeral service is scheduled for Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 2 p.m. at Brick – Meger Funeral Home, 1603 – Austin Road Owatonna. Friends may greet the family one hour before the funeral service.

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