Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Arlington, Belle Plaine, Le Sueur, and surrounding areas.
Rev. Evon Bachaus
May 28, 2021
Rev. Evon Emma Bachaus, 79, passed away May 28, 2021, at St. Francis Hospital in Shakopee. Funeral service will be at 11a.m. on Friday, June 4, 2021 at the Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Rev. Katie Slack will officiate. Interment will follow service in Mound...
Rodney "Rod" W. Wilke
May 27, 2021
Rodney “Rod” W. Wilke, age 79 of Le Sueur, died Thursday, May 27, 2021 at his home. Funeral service will be 2:00 pm on Friday, June 4 at the United Methodist Church in Le Sueur with Pastor Terry Horn officiating. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm on Thursday, June 3 at the Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur, and...
Janice Schense
May 24, 2021
Janice Helen Dahlke Schense, age 78 of rural Henderson, passed away on Monday, May 24, 2021 at the Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine. Funeral Service will be held at 11am on Saturday, May 29, 2021 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine. Rev. Martin Bentz will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Saturday morning....
Louise C. Johnson
May 21, 2021
Louise Christine Johnson, age 93, passed away on May 21, 2021 at Cottagewood Senior Communities in Mankato, MN, due to complications of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Memorial services will be held at Elk Creek Lutheran Church, rural Osseo, WI on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 11:00 AM, with Reverend Valerian Ahles officiating. Visit Schiefelbeinfh.com for the ZOOM link for...
Thomas R. Wickham
May 18, 2021
Thomas Richard Wickham, age 73 of Le Sueur, died at Mayo Health Systems in Mankato on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Memorial services will be on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 11:00 a.m. at the Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 9:00 a.m. ~ 11:00 a.m.
Thomas was born on March...
John F. Sylwester
May 17, 2021
John F. Sylwester, age 82, formerly of Minneapolis, passed away on Monday, May 17, 2021. A gathering of family and friends will take place on Saturday, May 22 from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington, MN
John Frederick Carlisle Sylwester was born on April 28, 1939 in Ames, Iowa to Dr....
Tiandi Wang
May 16, 2021
Tiandi Wang, age 80 of Belle Plaine and formerly of China, passed away on May 16, 2021 at his home in Belle Plaine. Interment will take place at 8:30am on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at Oakwood Cemetery in Belle Plaine.
Tiandi was born in Changle City, Fujian Province, China on January 20, 1941 to Wang Senguan and...
Earl Koepp
May 16, 2021
Earl Koepp, age 90 of Belle Plaine, passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2021 at Mayo Hospital in New Prague. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 24, 2021 at St. John Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine. Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. at the church. Interment for Earl and Lorraine will take place following the...
Dorothy A. Culbert
May 14, 2021
Dorothy Ann Culbert, age 92 of LeSueur, Minnesota died unexpectedly on Friday at Rivers Edge Medical Center in St. Peter of complications of Covid 19. A Celebration of her life is scheduled for June 19, 2021 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Ney Center in rural Henderson. Private family services were held at the Kolden Funeral Home with...
Ryan R Stumm
May 11, 2021
Ryan Stumm, age 26 of Arlington passed away on May 11, 2021 near Arlington as a result of a motorcycle/deer accident. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 17th at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gaylord. Visitation will be 3:00-7:00 p.m. Sunday at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington. Visitation will continue one hour prior to service time Monday...
Florence Petzel
May 11, 2021
Florence Petzel, age 94 of Arlington passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at Golden Hearts Assisted Living in Arlington. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 15th at St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Arlington. Visitation will be 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. Friday at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington with visitation continuing one hour prior to service...
Randolph W. Ely
May 8, 2021
Randolph (Randy) W. Ely, age 73 of Jordan, Minnesota died unexpectedly on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at St. Francis Medical Center in Shakopee.
Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 1 p.m. at the Kolden Funeral Home in LeSueur. Visitation will be from Noon to service time on Saturday. Military rites will be...
Doris D. Felmlee
May 8, 2021
Doris D. Felmlee, age 92 of Le Sueur, died Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Ridgeview Medical Center in Le Sueur. Funeral service will be 11 AM on Thursday, May 13 at Zion United Church of Christ in Le Sueur. Rev. Kent Meyer and Rev. Rosemary Rocha will officiate. Visitation will be 5 – 7 PM on Wednesday, May 12...
Lois Kechely
May 7, 2021
Lois Ann Kechely, age 71 of Belle Plaine, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 7, 2021 with both of her sons by her side. Visitation will be from 2-4p.m. on Thursday, May 20 at the Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine. Visitation will conclude with a prayer service and interment will follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Belle...
Eugene O'Brien Iii
May 6, 2021
Eugene Thomas O’Brien, age 58 of Hopkins, passed away on May 6, 2021 after battling cancer. Graveside service will be at 10:30a.m. on Thursday, May 13, at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Belle Plaine. The family will gather at the Kolden Funeral Home at 9:30am prior to the procession to the cemetery.
Eugene was born in New...
Darrell Stier
May 4, 2021
Darrell Stier, age 78 of Le Sueur and formerly Belle Plaine, passed away on May 4, 2021 at Oak Terrace in Le Sueur. Funeral service will be at 11am on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at St. John Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine. Rev. Mark Johnson will officiate. Visitation will be from 5-7pm on Monday at the Kolden Funeral Home...
Kenneth E. Brenke
May 4, 2021
Kenneth E. Brenke, age 95, of LeSueur died on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at Oak Terrace in LeSueur. Due to COVID concerns, a private memorial services will be held at a later date to be determined.
He was born on November 17, 1925 in Mankato, MN to Harold and Bertha (Westphal) Brenke. He grew up in the...
Shirley Youngblom
May 3, 2021
Shirley Youngblom, age 88 of Belle Plaine, formerly of Lafayette, MN died on Monday, May 3, 2021 at St. Gertrude’s in Shakopee. Funeral services will be on Friday, May 7, 11 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine. Visitation will be at the church prior to the service from 9:30-11 a.m. Burial will follow service at First...
Marvin E. Bulau
May 2, 2021
Marvin Ernest Bulau, a well known concertina player from the Arlington area, passed away on Sunday, May 2 nd 2021 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. A private burial service for the immediate family is being planned with Pastor Matthew Rauh, from the St Pauls Lutheran Church in Arlington at the Arlington Public Cemetery. A celebration...
William J. Schrank
May 2, 2021
William Joseph “Bill” Schrank, age 89 of Le Sueur, passed away on Sunday, May 2nd at his home from congestive heart failure. He was surrounded by loving family members.
There will be a Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, May 7th, at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of St. Anne in Le Sueur. The Friday visitation will...
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