Obituaries

James "Jim" Lee Kollmann, age 81 of North Mankato, passed away on Friday, July 31, 2026 surrounded by family at his home.
Mass of Christian burial will be 11:00am Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at the Catholic Church of St. Peter, St. Peter with Military and Red Men Honors to follow. Visitation is two hours prior at...

Doris Helen Stier, 83, Belle Plaine, formerly of Henderson, died Monday, July 27, 2026 a home. Funeral service, Monday, August 10, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., Centennial Lutheran Church, Henderson, MN. Visitation, Sunday, August 9, 2026, 3:00 p.m. ~ 6:00 p.m., Kolden Funeral Home, Le Sueur, MN and one hour prior to the...

Boubel, Karen Anne, age 76 of Burnsville, MN formerly of Mankato, MN and Superior, WI passed away on July 25, 2026, in Lakeville, MN. Karen was born on February 6, 1950, in Duluth, MN to Roy and Jeannette Brandser. She grew up in Superior WI, where she graduated high school. After high school she attended the...

Harold (Harry) Reinhardt Stofferahn, age 79, of Chaska, MN. Celebration of Harry's Life will be held on August 4, 2026, from 10:00am - Noon at Bertas Funeral Home, 200 West Third St., Chaska, MN, followed by inurnment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN, at 2:00pm. Survivors include his wife of 59...

Valeria "Val" Youngblom passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 19, 2026, at 5:00 a.m.

A memorial service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
Val was born at home near Winthrop, Minnesota, to Henry and Marie (Bubolz) Thenemann. She was the youngest of nine children. She...

Roger Dale Johnson, 73, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, at Ecumen Prairie Hill in Saint Peter on July 22, 2026, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Roger was born on January 27, 1953, in Marshall, Minnesota, to Melvin and Maxine (Jensen) Johnson. In 1968, the family moved to Saint Peter,...

Robert "Bob" Dauk, age 83, of rural Madison Lake, died Tuesday, July 21, 2026, surrounded by his family.
Funeral Mass 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 27, 2026, at All Saints Catholic Church, Madison Lake. Visitation will be held from 9:30 - 11 a.m., Monday at the church. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Madison...

Joy Carol (Anthony) Struck, age 77, passed peacefully into her heavenly home on Sunday, July 19, 2026, surrounded by her loving children.
Funeral service will be 11:00am Friday, July 24, 2026 at Norseland Lutheran Church. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00pm Thursday, July 23 and 10:00am Friday at Norseland Lutheran...

Frye, Kermit Edward, 84, of Bloomington, died July 16, 2026, at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, MN. Born in Mankato, MN on September 30, 1941 to Edward Leigh Frye and Selma Hohenstein Frye. He attended Mankato High School prior to graduating from Wheaton High School in 1958. He received bachelor's degrees from...

Gordon Wesley Anderson, 82, passed away on July 14, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family. Born in Mankato, MN, he grew into a man known for his steady kindness, quiet strength, and unwavering devotion to the people he cared for.

He spent nearly his entire life in North Mankato and always felt it was the best...

Janet L. Belgard, age 83 of Amboy passed away on June 24 at Mapleton Community Home, Mapleton.
Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 11:00 at the First Presbyterian Church in Amboy. Burial will be with immediate family at Pleasant View Cemetery, Amboy. Visitation time will be one hour prior...

Deanna Merkel, age 82, of New Ulm passed away Monday, July 13, 2026 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.
Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday, July 17, 2026 at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes - North Chapel in New Ulm.
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