Obituaries

Warren Peterson Obituary

Apr 24, 2018
Warren Sheldon ‘Shelly’ Peterson, 85, of Lake City, died Friday, April 20, 2018.    Warren was born on Sept. 25, 1932 to Warren Reith and Allene Esther (Munger) Peterson. He married Mildred Caroline Fritze, a Northwestern Bell operator in 1961 in Owatonna, Minn. He was a graduate of Hamline...

Lorraine Swanson Obituary

Apr 23, 2018
    “A vivacious maid with a merry heart.” (Red Wing High School yearbook, 1933),    Lorraine Swanson, 101, of Vadnais Heights, Minn., passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 22, 2018.      Lorraine grew up on a farm in Vasa, Goodhue County, and lived most of her life in Red Wing and Lake City. ...

Daniel Foster Obituary

Apr 17, 2018
    Daniel L. Foster, 63, went to his heavenly home on Monday, April 16, 2018.      He was born Oct. 11, 1954 in Duluth, Minn. to Gerald and Mary (Coughlin) Foster.  He worked for Federal-Mogul in Lake City for 40 years and served in the Army National Guard. He married Debra Kohrs on June 7, 1975...

Ralph Lichtblau Obituary

Apr 17, 2018
    Ralph William Lichtblau, 80, died Sunday, April 15, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Health System - Lake city  Care Center.    He was born on Sept. 17, 1937, to William and Almina (Schumann) Lichtblau.  He attended Lake City High School (grades 9-11) and Wabasha High School (grade 12), graduating in 1955...

Ervin Dick Obituary

Apr 17, 2018
Ervin R. “Erv” Dick, 91, of Lake City died Sunday, April 15, 2018, at his home.      He was born Sept. 25, 1926, in Wabasha, one of 11 children born to Andrew and Mary (Theismann) Dick. He left school and went to work on a bridge crew for the Milwaukee Rail Road to help support his mother and...

Ralph Pruter Obituary

Apr 16, 2018
Ralph Elmer Pruter, 63, of Lake City, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018 at the Mayo Clinic Health System, Lake City Hospital.      He was born July 2, 1954 in Lake City to Arnold and Margaret (Niemann) Pruter.  He graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City.  In 1980 he married Teri Bauer and...

Merlyn Kohrs Obituary

Apr 16, 2018
    Merlyn Kohrs, 87, of Lake City, passed away peacefully Sunday April 15, 2018 at The Bluffs memory care unit in Lake City.    Merlyn was born on March 29, 1931 to Albert and Martha (Wiebusch) Kohrs in Lake City. He grew up on the family farm with his five siblings in the Belvidere area.  He was...

Jon Carlson Obituary

Apr 16, 2018
    Jon C. Carlson, 59, North Tonawanda, N.Y., passed away Friday, March 23, 2018 at the Hospice Hospital after a battle with ALS.      Jon was born in Lake City to Ralph and Jean (Copp) Carlson Dec. 5, 1958.  He graduated from Lincoln High School  and Mayo School of Respiratory Therapy.  He was...

Robert Schnell Obituary

Apr 16, 2018
    Robert Schnell, 92, died Thursday, April 12, 2018 at his home in rural Millville, surrounded by his loving family.    Robert Edward Schnell Jr. was born June 11, 1925 to Robert E. and Elsie M. (Radtke) Schnell Sr. He was baptized by Pastor C.J. Murry on July 5, 1925.  He confirmed the faith he...

Walter Thornton Obituary

Apr 16, 2018
Walter R. Thornton, 68, of Nokomis, Fla., formerly of Wabasha, died Friday, April 6, 2018 at Venice Bayfront Regional Hospital in Venice, Fla.      He was born Sept. 1, 1949 in Newport, R.I., to Richard and Mildred (Gibson) Thornton.  He was a graduate of Wabasha High School.  Walt worked as a...

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