Obituaries

Everett Clarence Wessels

Everett Clarence Wessels

Aug 6, 2019

Everett Wessels, 86 of Blue Earth passed away Tuesday August 6, 2019 at The Beacon in Mapleton. A funeral service will be held at 11am Monday August 12 at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Rev. Matthew Lorfeld officiating. Visitation will be Sunday August 11th from 5-7pm at Patton Funeral Home 400 E. 14th St. and one hour prior to the...

Donald H. Bell

Donald H. Bell

Jul 20, 2019

Donald Henry Bell, age 85, died unexpectedly but peacefully on Saturday, July 20, 2019, in his Guckeen, Minnesota, farm home. He was born June 15, 1934, on the same farm that he loved and cared for his whole life. He was born the son of George and Helen Bell (née Ficken). He was married to Vernette Bell (née Vogt) on...

Wayne Everett Johnston

Wayne Everett Johnston

Jul 12, 2019

Wayne Johnston (90) of Woodbury and formerly of Elmore passed away Friday July 12, 2019 at his home surrounded by family at Stonecrest Presbyterian Senior Living Homes in Woodbury. An open house celebration of life will be held at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth, MN Sunday July 21 from 12-2:30pm. A committal service will follow at the Riverside Cemetery....

Evelyn Mae Whitney

Evelyn Mae Whitney

Jul 8, 2019

Evelyn Mae (Kasperson) Whitney, age 96, was taken to her eternal home on Monday July 8, 2019. Cause of death was kidney failure. She had been on dialysis since January 2008. A funeral service will be at 11am Monday July 15, 2019 at Faith Lutheran Church in Delavan with Rev. Todd Substad officiating. Visitation will be Sunday July 14 from...

Sally (Sarah) Alice Smith

Sally (Sarah) Alice Smith

Jul 1, 2019

Sally (Sarah) Smith, 99 of Blue Earth passed away Monday July 1, 2019 at St. Luke's Care Center in Blue Earth. A funeral service will be held 11am Saturday July 6, 2019 at Hope United Methodist Church with Rev. Jan Redman officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery...

Betty Jean Wallace

Betty Jean Wallace

Jun 27, 2019

Betty Jean Wallace, age 86 of Delavan passed away Thursday June 27, 2019 at United Hospital District in Blue Earth. A memorial service is planned for 5pm Saturday July 20th at The River of Life Worship Center. Visitation will be 3-5pm at the church. 

Betty was born April 6, 1933 to Orval “Bus” and Lila (Crouse) Lux in Waukee, IA....

Ruth Lucille Winter

Ruth Lucille Winter

Jun 22, 2019

Ruth Winter, age 91, of Buffalo Center, Iowa, died peacefully on June 22, 2019 at United Hospital in Blue Earth.

Ruth Lucille Winter was born on December 31, 1927, to Thomas and Hertha (Holtz) Hinna in Freedom Township, Waseca County, Minnesota.  She graduated from Waldorf High School in June 1945 and then from Mankato School of Cosmetology in November 1945. ...

Keith Eugene Cooper

Keith Eugene Cooper

Jun 19, 2019

Keith Cooper, 56 of Winnebago died Wednesday June 19, 2019 at his home. A celebration of life will be at 11am Tuesday June 25th at the Community Covenant Church in Huntley with Rev. Michael Baker officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. 

Those who got to know Keith found a quality in the man that...

Rebekah Anne Stalder

Rebekah Anne Stalder

Jun 18, 2019

Rebekah Anne Stalder, age 20, of Grandview, MO, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Visitation time will be from 10:00am-2:00pm Friday June 28, 2019 at Patton Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held on Friday, June 28, 2019, at 3:00 PM, at Riverview Cemetery in Elmore. Web tributes may be left at www.pattonfh.com

Rebekah Anne Stalder was born in our...

Ronnie Lee Hall

Ronnie Lee Hall

Jun 17, 2019

Ronnie Lee Hall “Hallsey”, 83 of Blue Earth passed away Monday June 17, 2019 at St. Luke’s Care Center in Blue Earth with his wife Val, family & friends by his side. A Celebration of Life will be held 4-7PM Friday June 28, 2019 at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth with a prayer service officiated by Rev. Reid Ellis...

Jean Agnes Yeager

Jean Agnes Yeager

Jun 16, 2019

Jean Yeager, 91 of Blue Earth passed away peacefully in her home Sunday June 16, 2019. A celebration of life will be at 11am Thursday June 20, 2019 at the First Presbyterian Church in Blue Earth with Chaplain Russ Steele officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30-11am at the church. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Blue Earth. Online condolences...

Merelyn "Moe" Arden Evans

Merelyn "Moe" Arden Evans

Jun 6, 2019

Merelyn “Moe” Evans, age 91, of Blue Earth passed away Thursday, June 6, 2019 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center.  Funeral services will be at 11am Tuesday June 11at Trinity Lutheran Church, Blue Earth with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church and burial in Riverside Cemetery with full military honors.                                                        

 

Moe was born October...

Marlys Rose Emma Bowles

Marlys Rose Emma Bowles

Jun 6, 2019

Marlys Bowles, 78, of Blue Earth and formerly of Denver, CO died Thursday, June 6, 2019 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 8, at 10:30am at Patton Funeral Home, 400 E 14th St. Blue Earth, with Rev. Michael V. Klatt officiating.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial...

Luella Laura Hermanson

Luella Laura Hermanson

Jun 5, 2019

Luella Laura Hermanson, age 87 of Blue Earth, passed away at her home on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am Saturday June 15 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 305 E. 5th Street in Blue Earth with Pastor Matthew Lorfeld officiating. Visitation will be 5-7pm Friday, June 14 at Patton Funeral Home, 400 E. 14th St.,...

Ramona K Ricke

Ramona K Ricke

Jun 3, 2019

Ramona K. Ricke, 87 of Blue Earth passed away Monday June 3, 2019 at St. Luke’s Care Canter. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11am Saturday June 8th at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth with Father Peter Klein officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be...

Kathy Lee Ferguson

Kathy Lee Ferguson

May 26, 2019

Kathy Lee Ferguson (70) of Elmore passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Sunday, May 26, 2019.

A celebration of life will be held at 11AM Friday May 31 at Shiloh Lutheran Church with Rev. Robert Roettger officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday May 30 from 5-7pm at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth and one hour...

Christine Carol Wagner

Christine Carol Wagner

May 16, 2019

Christine (Chris) Carol Wagner, age 62, passed away Thursday night, May 16, 2019 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN, surrounded by family after a year-long battle with cancer.

Visitation will be held at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth, MN on Wednesday May 22 from 5-7:30PM. Funeral service will be held at 11am at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth...

Thomas Duane Gerberding

Thomas Duane Gerberding

May 14, 2019

Thomas Duane Gerberding, age 72, of Blue Earth, died Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at his home in Blue Earth.A celebration of life will be held on Friday, May 24, 2019, from 5:00pm – 7:00pm, at Patton Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 400 E. 14th Street in Blue Earth. Web tributes may be left at www.pattonfh.com

Tom was born May 22,...

Myrna Lee Krosch

Myrna Lee Krosch

May 13, 2019

Myrna Lee Krosch, age 82, passed away Monday night, May 13, 2019 at Goldfinch Estates Memory Care in Fairmont.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 17 at 11:00 AM at Shiloh Lutheran Church in Elmore with Pastor Robert Roettger officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:00 prior to services. Interment will follow in Riverview Cemetery, Elmore. Patton Funeral...

Evelyn Aldene Henke

Evelyn Aldene Henke

May 10, 2019

Evelyn Aldene Henke, age 84, of Blue Earth, died Friday, May 10, 2019, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center.

Memorial services for Evelyn will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2019, at 11:00 AM, at Hope United Methodist Church in Blue Earth, with Rev. Russ Jacobsen officiating. Visitation time will be from 9:30am-11:00 am before the service at the church....