Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Arlington, Belle Plaine, Le Sueur, and surrounding areas.

Marlene Bruch

Marlene Bruch

Apr 17, 2018

Marlene Bruch, age 84 of Arlington died Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at the Arlington Good Samaritan Society. Memorial services are 12:00 noon on Friday, April 20, 2018 at Zion Lutheran Church, Green Isle Township. Visitation will be two hours prior to service time ALL at the church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Kolden Funeral Home of Arlington...

Helen Finch

Helen Finch

Apr 17, 2018

Helen Marie (Heitkamp) Finch, 81 went to be an angel in Heaven Tuesday April 17, 2018 at the Homestead Hospice in Owatonna after a short battle with cancer. Helen was born Sept 16, 1936 to Vernon and Viola (Krohn) Otto. She lived most of her life in the Belle Plaine area. She worked a variety of jobs but most...

Roger  D. Stenzel

Roger D. Stenzel

Apr 15, 2018

Roger Stenzel was born in Glencoe Township, McLeod County MN in 1941. The family moved to Arlington and in 1959 he graduated from the Arlington Green Isle High School. Roger attended the University of Minnesota and in 1963 received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business. After college Roger entered Officer's Training School. On November 22, 1963 he was...

Darold  W Schwartz

Darold W Schwartz

Apr 5, 2018

Darold W. Schwartz, age 100, died on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Comfort Residence in LeSueur. Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 9, 2018 at 11 a.m. at Zion United Church of Christ in LeSueur. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday at the Kolden Funeral Home in LeSueur and one hour prior to...

Violet Krueger

Violet Krueger

Apr 2, 2018

Violet Minnie Augusta Gruetzmacher Krueger, lifelong resident of Belle Plaine, passed away Monday, April 2, 2018 at the Lutheran Home at the age of 92. She has resided there since 2010. Funeral Service will be at 11a.m. on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at St. John Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine. Rev. Mark Johnson & Rev. Sarah Timian will officiate....

Evelyn Burdorf

Evelyn Burdorf

Apr 2, 2018

Evelyn Burdorf, age 94, of Arlington passed away Monday, April 2, 2018, at the Arlington Good Samaritan Society. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 7th, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Arlington with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to service time Saturday all at...

Rosemarie Thorau

Rosemarie Thorau

Mar 27, 2018

Rosemarie Thorau, age 87 of Le Sueur, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at the Ridgeview Nursing Home in Le Sueur. Memorial service will be 11:00 am on Friday, May 11, 2018 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. Rosemarie was born...

Ruth Effertz

Ruth Effertz

Mar 26, 2018

Ruth (Fahey) Effertz, age 78 of Belle Plaine, passed away unexpectedly on March 26, 2018 at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11a.m. on Tuesday, April 3, at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church in Belle Plaine. Fr. Brian Lynch will officiate. Visitation will be from 4-8p.m. on Monday at the Kolden...

Wally Otto

Wally Otto

Mar 23, 2018

Wallace "Wally" Henry Otto, 85, of Belle Plaine passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on Friday, March 23, 2018. Funeral service will be at 11a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine. Rev. Tim Redfield will officiate. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 4-8p.m. at the Kolden Funeral Home in...

Patricia  Ann Olsson

Patricia Ann Olsson

Mar 22, 2018

Patricia Ann Olsson, age 78 of Cleveland formerly of the Le Sueur area, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at her home in Cleveland. Memorial service will be at the Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. Visitation will be one hour prior to the noon services at the funeral...

Marvin  James Pautsch

Marvin James Pautsch

Mar 21, 2018

Marvin Pautsch, age 60 of Glencoe, passed away March 21, 2018 at his residence. A gathering of family and friends will take place from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, April 14th at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington. A graveside service will follow at the Arlington Public Cemetery and conclude with a reception at the Lion's Center at Four...

Frances  "Fran" Bigaouette

Frances "Fran" Bigaouette

Mar 19, 2018

Frances "Fran" Bigaouette, age 90 of Belle Plaine passed away on March 19, 2018 at Chaska Heights Senior Living. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11a.m. on Saturday, March 24, at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church in Belle Plaine. Fr. Brian Lynch will officiate. Visitation will be from 4-8p.m. on Friday at the Kolden Funeral Home...

Lois Stahl

Lois Stahl

Mar 19, 2018

Lois Emma Stahl, age 83 of Bloomington, formerly of the Le Sueur area, died Monday, March 19 at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Funeral service will be on Friday, March 30, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Le Sueur. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery,...

Yvonne  M. Kobreek

Yvonne M. Kobreek

Mar 18, 2018

Yvonne M. Kobreek, age 80 of Le Center, died on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Memorial services will be private. Yvonne was born on July 5, 1937 to Frank & Neoma (Godfrey) Meyer in Belle Plaine, MN. She attended Belle Plaine Schools and grew up in the Belle Plaine area. She married Wallace G....

Barbara Kiewel

Barbara Kiewel

Mar 14, 2018

March 14, 2018, Barbara Alice (Shaykett) Kiewel passed away peacefully at Friendship Manor in Shakopee, MN. A Celebration of Life Service will be at 11a.m. on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at St. John's Lutheran Church, 148 S. Chestnut Street, Belle Plaine. Pastor Mark Johnson will preside. Barbara will be honored with a time for gathering one hour prior to...

Lorraine Herrmann

Lorraine Herrmann

Mar 11, 2018

Lorraine Herrmann was born on January 2, 1924 in Blakely, MN to Willis and Martha Castor. She graduated from Belle Plaine High School. She began working in Minneapolis until her marriage to the love of her life, William Herrmann. They moved to Le Sueur where Bill worked for Green Giant and Lorraine began her career as a wife, mother...

Thomas  "Bud" Callahan

Thomas "Bud" Callahan

Mar 4, 2018

Thomas W. ‘Bud" Callahan age 98 of Le Sueur, died on March 4, 2018 Mayo Clinic Health System in New Prague, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 12, 2018 at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Le Sueur, MN. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at the...

Dorothy  M. Winters

Dorothy M. Winters

Mar 3, 2018

Dorothy M. Winters, 92 of Le Sueur, died on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the Benedictine Living Center in St. Peter, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Le Sueur. Visitation will be on Friday at the Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur beginning with...

Judith  Ann Schultz

Judith Ann Schultz

Mar 2, 2018

Our beloved wife and mother, Judith "Judy" Ann Schultz, age 77 of Belle Plaine, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on Friday evening, March 2, 2018, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 10 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine, with Rev. Tim Redfield officiating. Visitation...

Carol  L. Mueller

Carol L. Mueller

Mar 1, 2018

Carol L. Mueller, Age 91 of rural Arlington, died March 1, 2018 at Oak Terrace in Gaylord, MN. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 5, 2018 at St Paul's United Church of Christ in Henderson, MN. Visitation will be at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington on Sunday from 3-7 p.m. and one hour prior to service...

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