Obituaries

Lorene Dray

Lorene Dray

Jan 31, 2020

Lorene M. Dray passed away on January 31, 2020 at the St. Luke's Lutheran Care Center in Blue Earth. She was 95.Visitation will be from 9-11 am on Wednesday February 5, 2020 with a funeral service at Shiloh Lutheran Church in Elmore. Reverend Robert Roettger officiating. Interment will follow at Riverview Cemetery in Elmore. Patton Funeral Home is entrusted with...

Ronald Stensland

Ronald Stensland

Jan 27, 2020

Ronald Stensland (90) of Blue Earth passed away Monday, January 27, 2020 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Mankato, surrounded by family and friends. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am Monday, February 3, with visitation beginning at 10:00 am, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth, MN.

Ronald Wayne Stensland was born on August 18, 1929 to Gustave...

Kenneth J. Matteson

Kenneth J. Matteson

Jan 24, 2020

KENNETH J MATTESON, age 63, of Bertha, formerly of Blue Earth, died Friday, January 24, 2020 at Lakewood Hospital in Staples, MN.

Memorial services will be held on Friday, February 21, 2020 at 2:00 PM, at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth, with Matthew Koscielski officiating.  Burial will be in Pemberton Cemetery at a later date.  Visitation time will be...

Ruth Ann King

Ruth Ann King

Jan 18, 2020

On Saturday, January 18, 2020, our mother, Ruth Ann (Faulkender) King, went to be with the Lord after spending 7 weeks at Parker Oaks Senior Living in Winnebago, MN.

Ruth was born on the family farm in Spencer, Iowa on June 11, 1936, the second of five kids of Jesse Merle and Frances Magdalena (Yost) Faulkender. She attended country school...

Colette M. Jenkins

Colette M. Jenkins

Jan 7, 2020

Colette Mae Jenkins, age 90, of Rochester, formerly of Delavan, passed away on January 7, 2020 in Rochester.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, January 12, at 1:00PM at Hope United Methodist Church, Blue Earth, with visitation beginning at noon, one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Rice Lake Cemetery, rural Delavan.

Colette (McDermott) Jenkins was born...

Douglas Lee Richards

Douglas Lee Richards

Jan 6, 2020

The Honorable Douglas L. Richards, age 67, of Blue Earth passed away on Monday, January 6, 2020 after bravely battling multiple myeloma for nine years.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 am on Saturday, January 18, 2020, at Hope United Methodist Church in Blue Earth with Rev. Russ Jacobsen officiating. Burial will take place at Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont....

Myrna Mae Pirsig

Myrna Mae Pirsig

Jan 3, 2020

Myrna Mae Pirsig (Louks), age 85, died peacefully, Friday, January 3, 2020 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center in Blue Earth with her family by her side.

Memorial services will be Saturday, January 11, 2020, at 11:00am, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Earth with Pastor Matthew Lorfeld officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Blue Earth...

Thomas Edwin Hanson

Thomas Edwin Hanson

Dec 30, 2019

Thomas Edwin Hanson died on Monday, December 30, 2019 at the age of 92. At the time of his passing, he and his wife of 68 years, Margaret, continued to reside in Guckeen Minnesota, with the loving care of their son, Peter. 

Tom was born, the fourth of five children, February 6, 1927 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to Henrietta (Sheehan)...

Patricia Elbert

Patricia Elbert

Dec 24, 2019

Patricia J. Elbert, age 80, passed away December 24, 2019 at Lakeview Methodist Care Center in Fairmont, MN due to complications from a stroke. Visitation will be Friday December 27th from 5-7 at Patton Funeral Home and continue one hour before the service at the church. A memorial service will be held at 10:30am Saturday December 28, 2019 at the First Baptist...

Ronald Dean Hanevik

Ronald Dean Hanevik

Dec 22, 2019

Ronald D. Hanevik, age 79, of Fairmont, passed away on December 22, 2019 at the Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Fairmont, surrounded by his family.  Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 2 PM at Patton Funeral Home with visitation one hour prior. Web tributes may be left at www.pattonfh.com.

Ronald Dean Hanevik was born January...

Dennis "Butch" Esser

Dennis "Butch" Esser

Dec 20, 2019

Butch Esser, age 70, of Blue Earth, passed away on Friday, December 20, 2019 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center in Blue Earth. Visitation will be Thursday, December 26, 2019 from 5 to 7 PM at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth.  A memorial service will be Friday at 11 AM at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. Additional...

Gayle "Swede" B. Ensrud

Gayle "Swede" B. Ensrud

Dec 19, 2019

Gayle "Swede" B. Ensrud, age 81, of Frost, passed away on Thursday Dec. 19, 2019 at his home in Frost.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth with Rev. Arne Halbakken officiating.

Gayle was born Dec. 26, 1937, in Bird Island to Clarence S. and Edna (Babcock)...

Mary J. Kriewall

Mary J. Kriewall

Dec 4, 2019

Mary J. Kriewall, 87, of Winnebago, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at the United Hospital District in Blue Earth.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30am on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Earth with Rev. Matthew Lorfeld officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday from 5-7pm at Patton Funeral Home. Interment will...

Harold "Duane" Gartzke

Harold "Duane" Gartzke

Dec 1, 2019

Harold Duane Gartzke, 78, of Blue Earth, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center, surrounded by his family.

Funeral services will be held at 11am on Friday, December 6, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Blue Earth. Visitation will be held from 5-7pm on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth,...

Dannie Lee Nelson

Dannie Lee Nelson

Nov 28, 2019

Dannie Nelson, 82 of Blue Earth passed away Thursday November 28, 2019 at Mayo Clinic-Albert Lea. A funeral service will be held Wednesday December 4th at 11am at United Lutheran Church in Frost with Rev. Arne Halbakken officiating. Visitation will be 5-7pm Tuesday December 3rd at Patton Funeral Home and will continue at the church one hour prior to the...

Richard "Dick" Holmseth

Richard "Dick" Holmseth

Nov 17, 2019

Richard Lamar Holmseth, 89, of Blue Earth passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 17 at Oaklawn Nursing home in Mankato, MN. A funeral service will be at 11am Thursday November 21 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth with Rev. Dr. Jeanette Bidne officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday November 20 from 5-7pm at Patton Funeral Home and continue one hour...

Helen "Pat" Souba

Helen "Pat" Souba

Nov 16, 2019

Helen Patricia (Pat) Souba, age 85, of Blue Earth passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Fairmont, MN. A memorial service will be held at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church Saturday November 23, 2019 at 11am with Fr. Andrew Beerman officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church....

David Thrond

David Thrond

Nov 16, 2019

David Thrond, 63 of Blue Earth passed away Saturday November 16, 2019 at the United Hospital District in Blue Earth. Funeral services will be Monday November 25 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Kiester at 11am with Pasot Robert Stover officiating. Visitation will be Sunday November 24 from 5-7pm at Patton Funeral Home and again one hour prior to the...

Barbara Kay Stancl

Barbara Kay Stancl

Nov 15, 2019

BARBARA KAY STANCL (KNAACK), age 74, of Elmore, Minnesota, died Friday, November 15, 2019 at Madonna Towers of Rochester, Benedictine Health System. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, November 22, 2019, at 10:30 AM, at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth, MN with Father Andrew Beerman as celebrant.  Burial will be at Bohemian National...

Josephine Ann Jansen

Josephine Ann Jansen

Nov 14, 2019

Josephine Ann (Hornberg) Jansen of Elmore, passed away on November 14, 2019 at Heartland-Parkview Care Center in Wells, at the age of 85. A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth is entrusted with arrangements. www.PattonFH.com

Josephine was born on May 23, 1934 in Thompson, IA to Charles and Hazel (Anderson) Hornberg....