Ronald L. Giesen, age 59, of New Prague, died suddenly with his family at his side on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System – St. Mary’s Hospital Campus in Rochester.  Ron was born the ninth of eleven children on January 14, 1959 in New Prague to William F. and Helen M.

Delphine Marie Odette, age 87, of Farmington Minnesota, passed away Sunday October 28, 2018.

Josephine M. Deutsch, age 95 of Jordan, passed away on October 27, 2018. A visitation will be held on November 1, 2018 from 4-7PM at Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home, Jordan. Mass of Christian Burial will be on November 2, 2018 at 11AM with a visitation 1-hour prior at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Jordan. Josephine will be laid to rest at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Jordan. Her grandsons will act as pallbearers.

Margaret Cecelia Neubauer, age 96 of Jordan, entered eternal life on Thursday, October 25, 2018. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 11AM with a visitation 2-hours prior, all at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Jordan. Margaret will be laid to rest at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Her grandchildren will act as pallbearers and Father Neil Bakker will preside.
On September 1, 1922, Margaret was born to parents, Joseph and Anna (Hennes) Von Bank in Helena Township.

Beatrice M. Krocak passed away at Mala Strana Skilled Nursing Home on October 24, 2018 at the age of 98 years.
Bea was born on September 24, 1920 to Joseph and Mary (Borak) Novotny.  She was a graduate of New Prague High School and the Minneapolis Vocational School of Nursing where she earned her LPN.

David N. Friedges, age 83 of New Market, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2018 at home surrounded by his family. Preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and May; siblings, Donna Kerber, Raymond Friedges, Jimmy (Jeanne) Friedges; in-laws, Bob Cervenka and Kay Friedges.

Mary V. Palma, age 80, of New Prague, died Thursday, October 18, 2018 at White Pine Assisted Living and Memory Care.  She was born on May 29, 1938, in Evanston, IL to David V. and Teresa R. (Ormond) Wenzel, Sr. The family moved several times when Mary was a child before finally settling in St. Paul.  She graduated from St. Mary’s School of Nursing as an RN and began a life that fulfilled her passion for nursing.  She married Edward F. Palma on May 28, 1960 at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in St.

Marlene “Gussie” Emmers, 80, passed away on October 14, 2018, at Methodist Hospital after an eight-year battle with kidney failure and being on dialysis. Visitation will be on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, from 9 to 10 a.m. with Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. all at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Le Center. Interment will be held in Calvary Cemetery in Le Center.
 

Betty Jane Neisen, age 93 of Belle Plaine, died Thursday, October 4, 2018 at the Belle Plaine Lutheran Home.  Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 8 at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church in Belle Plaine.  Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, October 7 at the Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine, and will continue one hour prior to Mass  at the church.  Interment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Belle Plaine.