Milton (Milt) Albert Kuball, 78, of Dodge Center, MN, entered the presence of his Lord and Savior on May 23, 2022. Milt passed away peacefully at Season’s Hospice House in Rochester with family by his side. Milt was born on October 9th, 1943 in Morristown, MN to Martin and Agnes (Guerke) Kuball.

Robert A. (Bob) Jacobson, age 69, of Waterville died at his home on June 4th, 2022. Bob was born on August 9th, 1952, to George and Helen (Kuckenbecker) Jacobson. He attended school in New Richland and joined the US Marine Corps serving from 1969 to 1972.
Bob owned and operated a semi truck hauling over the road and then became a heavy equipment operator/ foreman. He retired from Heselton Construction in Faribault in 2015. After retiring he enjoyed working for area farmers assisting with field work.

Gary P Mager, age 75 of Burnsville, MN died Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at home.
Gary, the son of Leon and Dorothy Mager of Waterville, was born February 24, 1947, grew up in Waterville, graduated from Waterville High School in 1965 and from the University of Minnesota with honors in 1983. Gary was employed by the State of MN Department of Human Services as I.S. Director for 20 yrs.
He is survived by wife Karen, mother Dorothy Mager; two children; Suzette Bojanowski and Melissa Mager; brother Leon Mager, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

John Clifford Renken, age 93, of Fridley, passed away on May 20, 2022, two days shy of his 94th birthday. He was a devout Christian, husband, father, grandfather, outdoorsman, inventor, and army sergeant.
He was born in Green Isle, MN on May 22, 1928, graduated from Waterville MN High School and Gustavus Adolphus College and was a CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter). He lived in Waterville, MN and Fridley, MN. John served his country in both World War II and the Korean War.

Joan M. Glende, age 89 of Waterville, died on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Traditions of Waterville.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Canice Catholic Church, Kilkenny on Friday, May 27, 2022 at 11 a.m. with the Reverend Tom Niehaus officiating. Interment will be at Concordia Cemetery, North Morristown.
Visitation will be at Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault on Thursday, May 26th from 4 to 7 p.m. and also at church for one hour prior to the service on Friday.

Carl Fridrik Wilhelm Krueger, Jr., age 89 of North Morristown, died on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at his earthly home before entering his heavenly home to spend eternity with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  Funeral Services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, North Morristown on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Juan Palm officiating. Interment will be at Meadow Ridge Memorial Park, Faribault with military rites by American Legion Post #149, Morristown.

Michael Loren Hecht, age 67 of Waseca, died on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at Hillcrest Rehabilitation Center in Mankato.
Born on April 3, 1955 in Waseca, Minnesota, he was the son of Loren and Sigri (Gunderson) Hecht.  Michael graduated from Waseca High School in 1973 and later graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College.   He was employed with Birds Eye and the E.F. Johnson Co. in Waseca before moving to Houston, TX in 1988.  While in Houston, he was employed with SOREP Technology until his return to Waseca in 2009.

Mary M. Nordmeier, age 74 of Morristown, died on Saturday May 7, 2022, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis.
Funeral services will be held at Peace United Methodist Church, Morristown on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Elden Eklund officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Morristown.
Visitation will be at Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault on Wednesday, May 18th from 4 to 7 p.m. and also at church for one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

Grant Edgar Roemhildt, age 80, of rural Elysian, died on Saturday April 23, 2022, at his home with his son by his side.

Harriet D. Guentzel, 97, of Rockford, Illinois, formerly of DeKalb and Sycamore, passed away April 10, 2022 in Rockford. She was born in 1924 on the family farm in Waseca County, Minnesota, the daughter of Fred and Esther. She married Otto “Jack” Guentzel in 1947, in Mankato, Minnesota. Harriet and Jack were pen pals during WWII when Jack was a B-17 crew member in the Army Air Corps, stationed in England. They didn’t meet until after the war ended.

Alvin Martin Coon, age 77, of Elysian passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on April 9, 2022.
Born on August 31, 1944, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The son of Thomas and Ellen (Nikl) Coon. He attended Waseca and Waterville public schools. Al furthered his education at Mankato VoTec, graduating in 1969 with a machinist and tool and die degree. On June 15, 1968, he was united in marriage to Doris Cummins at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Elysian. Born to them were four sons: Jason, Jeffrey, Nathan, and Joseph.

Mary Jane (Clemons) Hrdlicka Braziel of Sun City, AZ passed away on April 4, 2022 after a 5-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Mary is survived by her daughter Heidi (Eric) Friese of Peoria, AZ and her son Scott Hrdlicka of Rome, NY; grandchildren Meagan Friese, Matthew Friese (Haley) with one great-grandchild on the way; and Alex Hrdlicka. She is survived by her brother, Gary Clemons (Karen) of Cleveland, MN and her step-niece & nephew Heidi Jo Wells and Eddie Engelby. Her husband, Tony, step-niece Carrie Youngerberg and her nephew Joshua Clemons pre-deceased her.

Stephen (Steve) Jon Preston, born February 19th, 1939 to Wilbur Arthur and Sarah Hazel (Buchanan) Preston in Marshall County, Iowa, died peacefully with his family by his side on March 30th, 2022 at Colony Court Assisted Living in Waseca, MN from his 2nd fight with lung cancer.

MARTHA “JANE” THOMAS, age 70 of Waterville, passed away at Traditions of Waterville on the morning of Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

Nancy Joan Lee, age 82, of Duluth formerly of Waterville, died on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth.

Our Beautiful and Charismatic Tony, age 37 of Waterville and formerly of Hampton, Minnesota, blessed us with his presence on August 3, 1984, and went to be with our Lord on March 26, 2022.  It was with heavy hearts to see brain cancer take him too soon, but we rejoice knowing he is home in heaven.