Arnold George Wendt, 91, of Eyota, passed away 1/20/23 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield surrounded by family. Arnold was born 7/16/1931 in St Paul, MN to Arthur W Wendt Sr. and Emma Wendt and was the oldest of their nine children. He married Esther Froehner  on October 12,1953 in Afton, MN and moved to Eyota in 1958.   Arnold enjoyed farming , then had an excavation business and a mechanic shop where he enjoyed doing maintenance on trucks and tractors. He played on a...

Lois Marie (Tlougan) Carter, 97, of Plainview MN passed away on Friday, January 13 at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center. Lois Marie Mussell was born May 21, 1925 at home in Plainview Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota to Adolph and Blanche (Grieve) Mussell. She was born the fifth of nine children. She attended the French Country School in Plainview Township. She was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Plainview. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1942. She worked at the Tip...

Glenn Herbert Komisar, 87, a longtime rural Kellogg resident, died Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview. Glenn was born in Wabasha on July 26, 1935 to Vosie and Ina (Nowalk) Komisar. Glenn lived his entire life on a farm in East Indian Creek Valley, rural Kellogg. He farmed and did custom woodwork. He was preceded in death by his parents, 1 brother Roy and 1 sister Ina. Funeral service is Monday, December 19, 2022, 1:00 p.m. at Schad &...

John Howard Fuchs, 88, of Eyota, MN passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 14th, 2022, with family members by his side. He was born May 15, 1934, to Elmer and Ethel (Whitcomb) Fuchs, in Kalmar Township, in rural Byron Minnesota. John graduated from Eyota High School in 1952. He married the love of his life, Betty Mae Hampel, on February 9, 1963. They raised three sons and one daughter. John farmed with his brother and father until 1972 after which founded John’s Welding and...

Gary Eugene Sylvester, age 62 of Plainview, MN died Sunday, December 11, 2022 at Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Care Center in Wabasha, MN of a brain tumor.  He was born July 29, 1960 to Eugene and Margaret Sylvester.  Gary attended school in Plainview and graduated in 1978.  He married Sherry Mollert and together they had 4 children and later divorced.  Gary worked at Crenlo in Rochester, Cochran in Waseca, Sacred Heart in Waseca and as a paraprofessional at Waseca...

Robert Glenn Wehrs, 95, passed away with family at his bedside at Edenbrook Rochester on Friday, December 2, 2022. Robert was born in Viola Township on May 7, 1927 to Henry and Nora (Schacht) Wehrs Jr. He attended country school. On September 11, 1946 Robert married Arlene Polikowsky. They farmed west of Elgin until 1997 when they sold the farm and moved to Rochester. Robert was a longtime member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin. Besides farming, he had also worked at UBC and Beck...

Joann Manemann, 92, passed away on November 30, 2022, at Seasons Hospice in Rochester.  Born Lujean Johanna Loeffelholz on August 8, 1930, Joann was the middle of 11 surviving children of Joseph and Catherine (Leiting) Loeffelholz.  She was born and raised on her parents’ farm near Mount Carmel, Iowa, graduating from the parish school in Mount Carmel and from St. Angela’s Academy in nearby Carroll in 1948.  While working as a dental hygienist in Carroll, Joann met...

Ione Mae Odermann passed away peacefully on November 28, 2022 with her family at her bedside. Ione was born in Westhope, ND on April 7, 1927 to Bernadette & Nels Christenson. Ione married Matthew Odermann in 1947. She & Matthew had five children: Jacqueline (Roy) & Gerald (Rosie), Matthew Jr. (Maria), Randall (Miriam) and Mary Jane (David). In 1960 Ione & Matthew moved to Plainview, MN where Matthew was a teacher in the Plainview School System. Ione & Matthew moved to...

(Paul) Alfred John Paul Drenckhahn, 86 of Minneiska, MN joined his beloved wife Marilyn in heaven on 11/1/2022. Paul graduated from Plainview High School in 1955 and married his beloved wife Marilyn Lois (Halliday) on September 15, 1956. Paul and Marilyn were married for 55 years until her untimely death in 2011. Paul and Marilyn owned and operated Drenckhahn Valley View Farms where they raised four children. In later years, 2 sons farmed in partnership with them. Paul supported his...

   Kathryn “Katie” Marie (Baab) Buck passed away in Plainview, MN on Oct. 18, 2022 at the age of 92. A visitation will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 from 12:30-2:00 pm in the Commons at Christ United Methodist Church in Rochester, MN. A memorial service will follow at 2:00 pm at the church.      Kathryn Baab was born in Minneiska, MN to Gordon and Hazel (Stevens) Baab on July 10, 1930. She graduated from Winona Senior High School in 1948. Katie...