Obituaries

Oct 17, 2019

Michael Gerald Fahrenkamp, age 52 of rural Montgomery, passed away unexpectedly on his farm near Montgomery.  Memorial service will be at 11a.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine.  Rev. Tim Redfield will officiate.  Visitation will be from 5-7p.m. on Monday at the Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine and continue one hour...

Oct 12, 2019

Daryl James Woods, age 81 of Arlington, died peacefully on October 12, 2019 at Arlington Good Samaritan Home with family by his side after a brief battle with lung cancer.  Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 19th at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Green Isle with visitation one hour prior to the service.  Interment will...

Oct 9, 2019

Janice L. Hentges, age 80 of Le Sueur, died Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at her home.  Memorial Mass will be 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 18, 2019 at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Le Sueur.  Fr. Chris Shofner will officiate the Mass.  Visitation will be one hour prior at the church.  Following Mass, there will be a luncheon held...

Oct 7, 2019

Barry Owen Lovelace, age 55 of Henderson formerly of Le Sueur, died Monday, October 7, 2019.  Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 14 at Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.  Interment will be in Mound Cemetery, Le Sueur.

Barry was born...

Oct 6, 2019

Audrey M. Sickmann, age 92 of Arlington passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at the Arlington Good Samaritan Society. A funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 14 th at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Arlington with Deacon Tim Dolan officiating.  A visitation will occur one hour prior to the service time at the church...

Oct 6, 2019

Henry “Hiney” Ruff, Jr., age 84 of Henderson, died Sunday, October 6, 2019 at his home.  Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 11 at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington with Pastor Bob Broeder officiating.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.  Interment will be in the St. John’s Lutheran...

Oct 2, 2019

Esther A. Beseke, age 91 of Arlington passed away October 2, 2019 at Golden Hearts Assisted Living Center in Arlington. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2019 at Peace Lutheran Church in Arlington. A time for family and friends to gather will be two hours prior to service time Saturday at the church. Interment...

Sep 29, 2019

Brogan Michael Schaefer, age 10 of rural Henderson, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019 at Mayo Health Systems in Mankato.  Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 7 at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Le Sueur.  Visitation will be from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the church on Sunday, October 6, and also 1 hour...

Sep 27, 2019

Lynda Joyce Torgerson, age 67, passed away at the Good Samaritan Society in Arlington on the   evening of Friday, September 27th.

A memorial service will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church in Arlington at noon Wednesday, October 2nd.  A time for gathering of family and friends will be held from 10:30 a.m. until the service time...

Sep 27, 2019

Diane M. Bauleke, age 78 of Le Sueur, died Friday, September 27, 2019 at the Ridgeview Medical Center in Le Sueur.  Memorial Mass will be 11am on Thursday, October 3 at St. Anne’s Catholic Church, Le Sueur.  Visitation will be from 9-11am at the church on Thursday.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Le Sueur.  Lunch to follow burial...

Sep 26, 2019

Ronald Carl Wiese, age 83 formerly of rural LeSueur died on Thursday at Fairview-Ridges Hospital in Burnsville.  Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in LeSueur.  Rev. Jeremy Glowicki will officiate.  Interment will be in the Mound Cemetery in LeSueur.  Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the...

Sep 26, 2019

Marion D. Ische, age 88 of Glencoe passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019 at GlenFields in Glencoe. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at First Ev. Lutheran Church  in  Glencoe with Rev. Dan Welch officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Kolden Funeral Home...

Sep 13, 2019

Leo “Sonny” Albrecht of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, passed away at the Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine on Friday night, September 13, 2019, with his family by his side. Memorial Mass will be on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church, Belle Plaine, MN.  Visitation will be at the Kolden Funeral Home...

Sep 12, 2019

Thomas “Tom” J. Morrison, age 77 of Belle Plaine, died Thursday, September 12, 2019 at his home.  Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12pm/Noon on Wednesday, September 18 at St. John’s-Assumption Catholic Church in Faxon Township.  Visitation will be held at the Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine from 10 am-11:45am on Wednesday.  Interment will be in...

Sep 11, 2019

Wayne Roland Farber, age 81 of Green Isle, died Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at his home.  Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 14 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Green Isle.  Rev. Eric Rapp will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the church.  Interment will be in St. Paul’s...

Sep 8, 2019

Harry F. Thorau, age 86 of Le Sueur, died Sunday, September 8, 2019 at his home.  Memorial services will be 11:00 am on Friday, September 20, 2019 at the First Lutheran Church in Le Sueur with Rev. Carl Bruihler officiating.  Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at the church.  Inurnment will be in the New Ulm...

Sep 6, 2019

Betty Ann Carlson, age 91 of rural Henderson passed away Friday, September 6, 2019 at Oak Terrace Senior Living in Jordan, Minnesota. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 21st at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine, Minnesota with Reverend Martin Bentz officiating. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service at the...

Sep 4, 2019

Mary Starheim Uppstrom, 95, of Le Sueur, died on September 4, 2019.  Memorial services will be held Friday, November 15, 2019 at Kolden Funeral Home, Le Sueur.  Visitation at 10 am, Service at 11am. Rev. Rosemary Rocha is officiating with Interment in Mound Cemetery, Le Sueur.

Mary Starheim Uppstrom was born September 12, 1923, in Minneapolis, to...

Sep 4, 2019

Raymond A. Andresen, formerly of Le Sueur, passed away September 4, 2019 at his home in Chicago, Illinois.  Ray was born in Le Sueur to Clarence and Geneva (Morganthaler) Andresen on August 13, 1936.

He graduated from Le Sueur High School and then studied to be a chef at Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, MN.  He then served...

Sep 3, 2019

A very beautiful charismatic young lady left us way too early.  Catina Samone Odegaard, age 28 of Las Vegas, Nevada (formerly of Carver, Minnesota), concluded her life on September 3, 2019.  As a result of much heartache, lies and deceit, Catina had found the strains of a relationship had become too unbearable.  She wanted the pain to go away...