Obituaries

Thomas Gagnon Obituary

May 18, 2020

Thomas Gagnon, 72, of Old Frontenac, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at The Bluffs in Lake City. Tom was born July 20, 1947, in Saint Cloud, Minn. to Marvin and Signa (Johnson) Gagnon. Tom received his bachelor's degree in education from the University of Minnesota. He was commissioned...

Sean McElmury Obituary

May 12, 2020

Sean Michael McElmury, of Lake City, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, May 7, 2020, with his family at his side. Sean was born on Jan. 3, 1974, in Lake City to John and Suzanne (Kane) McElmury. He graduated as valedictorian from Lincoln High School in 1992, where he met the love of his...

Kip Edquist Obituary

May 8, 2020

Kip Mikal Edquist, 69, of Red Wing, died Thursday, May 7, 2020. He was born Feb. 19, 1951 to Carl “Bob” and Donna Mae (Nord) Edquist. He grew up in Red Wing and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1970. He then moved to Jackson, Minn. where he attended appliance repair school...

Mary Ulland Obituary

May 8, 2020

Mary Ulland of Lake City lost her year-long struggle with lymphoma on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. She was born on Oct. 12, 1943 to Marjorie and Rolf Kaasa in Red Wing and grew up at her parents’ home just north of Lake City on Lake Pepin. She attended Lincoln High School and graduated from Luther...

Catherine Haneca Obituary

May 5, 2020

Catherine “Kitty” Haneca, loving mother, grana, sister, aunt and friend to many, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Kitty was born on Oct. 14, 1943 in Lake City to John and Catherine (Murphy) Haneca. Kitty’s family eventually moved to Minneapolis and she graduated from Columbia Heights Senior...

Marvin Rabe Obituary

May 5, 2020

Marvin Elroy Rabe of Chatfield passed away peacefully on Friday, May 1, 2020, at the Chosen Valley Care Center at the age of 105. Marvin was born Aug. 8, 1914, in Mt. Pleasant Township, Wabasha County, to Lizzie Anna (Wiemann) and Clarence Frederick Cord Rabe and grew up in the Oak Center area....

Laura Bigelow Obituary

May 1, 2020

Laura L. Bigelow, 91 of Lake City, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Health System, Lake City Care Center. Laura Lynette was born Jan. 31, 1929, in West Bend, Iowa, to Marion and Jean (Robinson) Law. On Jan. 18, 1950, she married Louis Bigelow at the Methodist Parsonage in...

MarDelle Shulze Obituary

May 1, 2020

Former resident of Lake City, MarDelle Irene Shulze, 69, passed away peacefully Friday, April 24, 2020 at St. Elizabeth's Health Care Center, where she had been a resident since 2018. MarDelle was born Dec. 22, 1950 in Blue Earth, Minn. to William and Ora Griese. She graduated from Ledyard High...

Earl LaBrash Obituary

Apr 29, 2020

Earl “Buster” Edward LaBrash, 87, of Lake City, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 25, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Health System - Lake City Care Center. Buster was born March 25, 1933, in Elgin, Ill. to Earl and Edith LaBrash. He attended Rochester High School to the 11th grade after which he...

Curtis Gerken Obituary

Apr 28, 2020

Curtis E. Gerken of Neenah, Wis., 71, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 25, 2020, surrounded by his loving family at St. Paul Elder Services. Curt lived with Parkinson’s Disease and other related complications for over 16 years. He was born in Lake City on Sept. 12, 1948 to Bernard and...