Obituaries

Leona Marie Speck, 88, of Miller, SD, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2024, at Good Samaritan Society in Miller. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at Reck Funeral Home in Miller. Burial took place at St. Placidus Cemetery in Duncan, SD. Leona Marie Mular was born in rural Minnesota to Stanley and Maggie (Kopitski) Mular. She attended school in Taunton, MN and college at Mankato, MN. She arrived in South Dakota in 1954...
Frances Faye (Askdal) McIntyre of Albert Lea, MN, died at the age of 84 on Feb. 15, 2024. Frances was born Jan. 11, 1940 in Lyon County, MN to Bertha and Jonas Askdal. After growing up in Minneota, she attended Hamline University, graduating in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. Frances’s professional career began at Methodist Hospital and later positions included School District 241 nurse and supervisory roles in nursing homes...
Mass of Christian Burial for David Jon Guttormsson will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 1, 2024, at St. Edward Catholic Church in Minneota. Visitation will be two hour prior to the service from 12-2 p.m. Friday at the church in Minneota. David Jon Guttormsson was born on Jan. 5, 1940, in Canby, Minnesota, to Ragnar and Ada (DeSutter) Guttormsson. He passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 20, 2024 with family at his side. He was 84 years old. In...
Mavis Erickson, 89, of Bloomington, MN, passed away Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 at Presbyterian Homes. The family is holding a memorial service on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 11 a.m. at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN with visitation one hour prior to the service. A lunch will follow the service at the church and the interment will be at the Mt. Olivet West Campus in Victoria, MN following the luncheon. Mavis was born May 29, 1934 on her...
Vonnie Gossen, age 87, of Canby, MN passed away Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 at Sylvan Court Nursing Home in Canby. Mass of Christian Burial was held on Monday, Feb. 12 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Canby, MN. Visitation was on Sunday, Feb. 11 from 2-4 p.m. with a prayer service following at Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel in Canby, and resumed one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial was at St. Peter Catholic Cemetery in Canby....
Thomas Edward Dilley died on Nov. 15, 2023 in Minneota, MN, surrounded by the love of his family. He was 63. Thomas was a Christmas baby, almost born in Turkey, where he spent the first three years of his adventuresome life. Tom’s family moved numerous times during his father’s career in the United States Air Force. As a child in Texas, Tom learned the value of hard work by helping his father to maintain oil rigs, for which he was paid one bit...
Douglas Alan Bernardy, 67, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. The family has planned a private prayer service, and requests a prayer for him in their own place of worship or the comfort of their own home. A good man with a hearty laugh and stout values, recently celebrated his 47th wedding anniversary with his lovely wife, Gina (Flood). Doug was born in Marshall, MN, the third oldest of five children; serving as the foundation of his strong...
Mass of Christian Burial for Wayne Thomas Skorczewski, 74, of Minneota took place on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at St. Edward Catholic Church in Minneota. A public visitation was held on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at St. Edward with a prayer service following. Visitation continued Friday morning at St. Edward. Military honors took place outside the church following the service, with a funeral luncheon following. Burial will take place at a later date...
Sam (Selmer) Smith died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at his residence in Minneota, MN, at the age of 85. Sam was born Dec. 2, 1938, in Minneota, MN, to Sidney and Elva (Brue) Smith. He attended District 24 country school in Nordland Township through third grade and Minneota Public School thereafter. At age 23, Sam served in the U.S. Army. He was first stationed at Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX, and then Fort Chaffee, Fort Smith, AR....
Elaine Vlaminck, 89, of Marshall, MN, died on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, at the Madison Healthcare Services Care Center in Madison, Minnesota. Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Marshall. A reception will follow immediately in Carlin Hall. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, at the Hamilton Funeral Home in Marshall. The evening will begin with a Rosary at 5 p.m...

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