Obituaries

Nov 5, 2024

Elizabeth Lou (Betty) Kruger, age 96, passed away peacefully in St. Gertrude’s Health and Rehabilitation Center, Shakopee, MN on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

Betty was born on October 20, 1928, in Milwaukee, WI to Kenneth and Katherine (Stauber) Marden. She moved with her parents to Greenwood, WI and later met her future husband, Jack D. Kruger, of...

Nov 5, 2024

Marlene L. Arndt, age 89 of Le Sueur, passed away on November 5, 2024 at the Ridgeview Hospital in Le Sueur. Funeral Service will be held on Friday, November 8, 2024 at 11:00 A.M. at the Le Sueur Methodist Church. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the service. Interment in Mound Cemetery, Le Sueur, MN....

Nov 3, 2024

Terry E. Klages passed away Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024 at home in Arlington, Minnesota. Memorial Mass will be on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Arlington.  Visitation will be in the church social hall from 10:30 a.m. ~ 11:30 a.m.  Lunch to follow the 11:30 a.m. Mass.  Burial will be at a later...

Nov 2, 2024

Marion Wieland Peck, age 101, of Le Sueur, passed on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at Cura of Le Sueur in Le Sueur, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Anne’s Church in Le Sueur, MN. C.C.W. Rosary at church Saturday morning, 9:15 a.m. followed by visitation starting at 9:30 a.m. ...

Oct 26, 2024

Darrell Arnold Malz, age 71 of Blakeley Township/Belle Plaine, passed away on October 26, 2024 at Cura of Le Sueur. Funeral services will be on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 12:30 P.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery...

Oct 22, 2024

Richard Joseph Burmeister, age 80, of Belle Plaine, MN passed away peacefully on October 22, 2024.  Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church in Belle Plaine. Visitation will be from 4-7p.m. on Wednesday, October 30, at the Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine and continue...

Oct 22, 2024

Doris Darlene Meyer, 90, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Tuesday October 22, 2024.  Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, October 26th, 2024 at 2pm (visitation from Noon ~ 2:00 p.m., coffee and bars will be served) at the Arlington United Methodist Church.  Burial will be at the Arlington Cemetery following the service....

Oct 20, 2024

Allen Eugene Herd, better known as Gene or Geno died on Sunday morning, October 20, 2024 at Auburn Manor in Chaska, MN.  He was born in Green Isle on September 18, 1933 to Clarence and Ann (Sickler) Herd.  He had 91 years to impact so many lives.  He spent all but 16 years in Green Isle, and said there...

Oct 19, 2024

Rhonda Renee Henderson, of Glencoe formerly of Fargo, Hutchinson and the Arlington area, died at the Grand Meadows Health Facility in Glencoe, MN on Saturday, October 19, 2024.  Funeral Service will be on Saturday, October 26, 2024, 11:00 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church 20199 385th Ave. Green Isle, MN 55338 in Sibley County.  Visitation will be Friday, October 25,...

Oct 17, 2024

John Phillip Otting, age 77 of Minnetonka, formerly of Le Sueur died on Thursday, October 17, 2024. The visitation will be at Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur, MN on Saturday, November 2, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. concluding at 3:00 p.m. with a short memorial service. Celebration of John's life will continue at the Lake Front...

Oct 14, 2024

Leona Verona Krentz passed away October 14, 2024 at the age of 80.  Leona was born to William and Frieda (Blume) Reinke on February 9, 1944 in rural Amboy, Blue Earth County.  The family later settled in rural LeSueur, where she graduated from LeSueur High School in 1962.  She married Frederick Krentz on July 6, 1963 and they dairy...

Oct 7, 2024

Lorenz Loyde Quast, age 80 of Belle Plaine, passed away suddenly on Monday, October 7, at his home. Visitation will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at the Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur. Prayer service will begin at 12 p.m. Burial will be at a later date in Calvary Cemetery in Jordan, MN.

Oct 4, 2024

Raymond Edward Heimkes, age 84 of Arlington, died on Friday, October 4, 2024 at the Glencoe Regional Medical Center. Services will be the morning of Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington, MN, with visitation from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., and a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery,...

Oct 3, 2024

Eldora Louise Kroells, age 88 of Belle Plaine, formerly of Green Isle, died on Thursday, October 3, 2024, at the Belle Plaine Lutheran Home.  Funeral service will be on Friday, October 11, 2024, 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Green Isle, MN.  Visitation will be on Thursday, October 10, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. ~ 7:00 p.m. at...

Sep 28, 2024

Vernetta Lou Edberg, age 88, of Shakopee, formerly of Belle Plaine, passed away peacefully at her residence, Emerald Crest Memory Care, in Shakopee on Saturday, September 28, 2024.  Memorial service will be 11A.M. on Saturday, November 2, 2024. Rev. Arlen Solem will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine....

Sep 28, 2024

Donald William Zabel, age 85 of Gaylord and formerly of Belle Plaine passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at Bayside Manor in Gaylord.  Memorial Services will be held at 11a.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine.  Rev. Martin Bentz will officiate.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the...

Sep 26, 2024

Karl Frederick Fisher Jr., age 94 of Hamburg, MN passed away on September 26, 2024. A private burial will take place in the Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.  Karl was born on April 14, 1930 to Karl and Vera (Hermstad) Fisher in Minneapolis, MN. He grew up in Minneapolis and attended Washburn High School. After graduation, Karl...

Sep 22, 2024

Marvin George Wentzlaff, age 89 of Arlington died on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at his home. Memorial services will be on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Arlington, MN. Visitation will be on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington, MN from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m....

Sep 21, 2024

Marilyn Jeanette Hanks Wells of Le Sueur, passed away at the age of 98 on September 21st at Oak Terrace Senior Living in Le Sueur.  Marilyn was predeceased by her husband Wayne Wells and is survived by her 3 children, Brian Wells (late wife Sally), Mark Wells and his wife Cheryl and Eileen Wells (late husband Rick Pautz).  She...

Sep 18, 2024

Patricia Louise Gamache, age 89 of LeSueur and formerly of Brainerd, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at Oak Terrace Senior Living in LeSueur. She was born on March 21, 1935 in St. Paul to Juan and Florence (Heiser) Colon.  She graduated from St. Paul public school.   She married Warren Gamache on November 5, 1955 in St. Paul....