Obituaries
Celebration of Life
A Celebration of Life for Sally Kline Roberts, will be held Sunday, Aug. 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Rustic Farmer, 209 First Street South in Montgomery.
Sally was born January 1, 1941, the daughter of Arnold and Sylvia Kline. She passed away May 28, 2020.
Please join Sally’s...
Joseph Leonard Trnka, 84, of Faribault, MN died peacefully on July 21, 2020.
Joseph Leonard, the son of Mathias and Rose (Sticha) Trnka was born on November 24, 1935 in Wheatland Township, Rice County, MN. He married the love of his life Stacy Kotek on April 12,1955 and throughout their 65-year...
Orville “Orv” William Sawatzky, 88, of Montgomery, passed away at Mala Strana in New Prague on Friday, July 17, 2020.
Private family funeral services will be held.
In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society or American Diabetes Association.
Orv was born on September...
William J. “Bill” Jirik, age 81, of New Prague, died peacefully after a long battle with heart disease on Monday, July 20, 2020 at Mala Strana Health and Rehabilitation Center. Bill was born on March 24, 1939 in New Prague to William J. and Josephine J. (Javurek) Jirik, Sr. He attended St....
Russell Charles Thurston, age 81, of Eagan, passed away Friday, July 17, 2020 with his loving family by his side. He was born June 2, 1939 in Minneapolis, MN, to Oscar W. and Irene M. (nee Ganglehoff) Thurston.
Russell is survived by his children, Steven, Gregory (Melanie), and Anne (Wencel Kubes)...
Verna Marie Ziegenhagen, 103, of Kilkenny, died Thursday, July 16, 2020, at Central Health Care in Le Center. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 21 from 11 a.m. to 12:45 a.m. at the Le Center Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Le Center with...
Sharron Lynn Gillingham, age 88, of New Prague, MN died on July 15, 2020 at her home. She was married to her love, the late Sterling Hart Gillingham for 63 years.
She was born in Rock Bridge, WI on August 14, 1931, daughter of the late Bernard and Bernice Johnson. Sharron graduated from...
Gregg Alan "Bubba" Bauer, age 56, of Faribault passed away unexpectedly at his home on July 10, 2020.
Gregg was born in Faribault on the windy morning of January 25, 1964, to Dennis and Karen (Conklin) Bauer. He married the love of his life, Catherine Mensing, on June 23, 1984.
He graduated from...
LeRoy “Pete” Wolff, was born on November 22, 1932 in rural Madison Lake to Clarence and Kathleen (Smith) Wolff. He attended school in Janesville and graduated in 1952 and then enlisted in the service following high school and was honorably discharged two years later. Pete married the love of his...
Gordon J. Malterud, age 65, of New Prague, died peacefully, with his family present after a prolonged illness at Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital – Mankato on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Gordy was born on May 15, 1955 in Corpus Christi, TX to James and Janet (Roberts) Malterud. He grew up in the...
