Obituaries

Ardelle Dohrn Obituary

Apr 8, 2016

Ardelle Marie Dohrn, 71, of Lake City, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester after a six-year battle with cancer. She was born Sept. 4, 1944 to Edward and Bernice (Danckwart) Witt in Lake City. Ardelle married Vernon Dohrn on March 3, 1962 at St. John’s...

Orlin Zillgitt Obituary

Apr 6, 2016

Orlin O. Zillgitt, 92, of Lake City, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Mayo Clinic Health System - Lake City Care Center. He was born July 5, 1923 in Lake Township to Otto and Rose (Henn) Zillgitt. He was baptized on July 29, 1923 and confirmed in May 1936. He grew up in Lake Township...

Gilbert Bowen Obituary

Apr 4, 2016

Funeral services for Gilbert W. Bowen, 87, of Aurelia, Iowa, were Monday, March 21, 2016, at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Thomas Petersen officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Gilbert William Bowen was born Jan. 22, 1929, at Lake...

Melvin Harms Obituary

Apr 1, 2016

Melvin George Harms, 94, passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 at Mayo Clinic Health System - Lake City Care Center. Melvin had moved to Lake City in 2012 from Alexandria, Minn. He was born Oct. 20, 1921 in Audubon, Minn. to George and Emma (Wolff) Harms. He attended school in Audubon,...

Dorothy White Obituary

Mar 31, 2016

Dorothy White, 87, of Lake City passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Mayo Clinic Health System - Lake City Hospital. She grew up in Chula Vista, Calif. She graduated from Cathedral High School in 1945. Dorothy married James Calvin White on Aug. 13, 1946 in Chula Vista. They lived in California...

Dale Wood Obituary

Mar 28, 2016

Dale Richard Wood, known to most as Woody, 63, of Lake City, died Friday, March 25, 2016 at his residence. He was born Oct. 17, 1952 in Austin, Minn. to Richard and Violet (Malchow) Wood. He grew up in Austin and graduated high school from there. In December 1970 he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He...

Gary Carsten Obituary

Mar 25, 2016

Gary Carsten, 61, of Spring Valley, Wis., formerly of Lake City, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at the Baldwin Hospital in Baldwin, Wis. He was born April 21, 1954, in Lake City to Ervin and Florabelle (Brehmer) Carsten. Gary graduated in 1972 from Lincoln High School in Lake City. ...

Lila Benjaminson Death Notice

Mar 24, 2016

Lila M. Benjaminson, 85, of Lake City, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016 at the Mayo Clinic Health System - Lake City Care Center. Private family burial will be in the Grandview Park Cemetery in Hopkins at a later date. Funeral arrangements are entruted to Schleicher Funeral Homes, Lake City...

Leo Dick Obituary

Mar 24, 2016

Leo A. Dick, 90, a lifelong resident of Wabasha, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at St. Elizabeth’s Nursing Home in Wabasha. He was born Sept. 7, 1925, one of 11 children born to Andrew and Mary (Theismann) Dick. Leo was a graduate of St. Felix High School. He then enlisted in the U.S. Marine...

Barbara Marshall Obituary

Mar 22, 2016

Barbara Jean Marshall, 68, of Lake City, formerly of St. Paul passed away at her home on Saturday, March 19. 2016. She was born Nov. 12, 1947 in St. Paul to Roy and Irene (Croft) Whaley. She grew up in East St. Paul and graduated from Harding High School. She married Wayne Loeffler and the...