Obituaries
Hazel Johnson
Oct 15, 2016
Hazel Johnson, age 96 of St. Peter, died Saturday, October 15, 2016 at the Benedictine Living Community of St. Peter. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday October 19, 2016 at St. Peter Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m., until the time of the service on Wednesday. Burial will take place at a later date in...
Louis Walechka
Oct 13, 2016
Louis John Walechka was called to his place with the Lord on October 13, 2016 after a long battle with Heart Disease, Parkinson's and Lewy Bodies Disease. Visitation will be Monday from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Church of Nativity in Cleveland, MN. Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday at 11 am at the Church of Nativity with...
Helen Miller
Oct 13, 2016
Helen Miller, age 89 of Mankato and formerly of Richfield, died on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Laurel’s Edge in Mankato.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at the Church of St. Peter in St. Peter with Fr. Todd Petersen officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church....
Marion E. Veith
Oct 12, 2016
Marion E. Veith, 95, of St. Peter passed away October 12, 2016 at Ecumen Prairie Hill in St. Peter.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 am on Monday, October 17, 2016 at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Peter. Visitation will be 2:00 - 4:00 Sunday at the church as well as one hour prior to the service. Burial...
Angela Widi
Oct 5, 2016
Angela Rose Widi, a long time resident of St. Peter, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at the age of 101 years.
Angela was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 21, 1915 of parents Francesco and Isolina Widi, immigrants from Italy. After graduating from high school, she worked at Maudry’s Apothecary in St. Paul for many...
MARIE JOSEPHINE (DAUN) DAWALD
Sep 14, 2016
Marie Dawald, 87, of Burnsville, MN, formerly of Cleveland, MN, Bonita Springs, FL, Bloomington, MN, and St. Peter, MN, passed away September 14, 2016. She was born February 15, 1929 in St. Peter, MN to Joseph and Josephine (Sauer) Daun. She grew up on the Daun family farm located at the current Traverse des Sioux site. She attended school in...
Eugene "Gene" Wenner
Sep 11, 2016
Eugene “Gene” Wenner, age 88 of St. Peter died Sunday, September, 11, 2016 at Oaklawn Health Care Center in Mankato.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00am Friday, September 16, 2016 at the Church of St. Peter in St. Peter with burial at Calvary Cemetery, St. Peter. Visitation will be 4:00 – 7:00 Thursday and will continue one hour prior...
Tom Henry Svendsen
Aug 28, 2016
Tom Henry Svendsen, 63, of St. Peter, and formerly of the Twin Cities, passed away Sunday, August 28th, 2016 at his home.
A visitation will take place from 4-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 1st at St. Peter Funeral Home, with a prayer service at 6:15.
Tom was born September 15, 1952 to Charles and Margie (Walsh) Svendsen in Brainerd, MN....
James Jacobs
Aug 25, 2016
James L. Jacobs, 95 of St. Peter, passed away at Ecumen Prairie Hill Thursday, August 25, 2016. Memorial service is 11:00 am Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at First Lutheran Church in St. Peter. St. Peter Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Jim was born on June 6, 1921 in Plainview, MN to Rudolph and Minnie (Olson)...
Ida Mae Bennett
Aug 4, 2016
Ida Mae Bennett, age 97 of St. Peter, died on August 4, 2016 at the Benedictine Living Community in St. Peter.
Memorial service will be 11:00 am on Friday, October 28, 2016 at St. Peter Funeral Home with visitation one hour prior. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery, St. Peter.
Ida Mae was born on April 5, 1919 in Oshawa...
Jean D. Pettis
Aug 2, 2016
Jean D. Pettis, age 84 of Kasota, died August 2, 2016 in Lexington, South Carolina.
Memorial service will be 12:00 noon on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at St. Peter Funeral Home – Klein Chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, St. Peter.
Jean Darlene was born...
Robert Werner
Jul 25, 2016
Robert Fredric Werner, Jr., 87, of St. Peter, MN, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Monday, July 25, 2016. He is now at peace after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
Robert was born in Minneapolis, MN on January 12, 1929, to Elizabeth (Erdmann) and Robert Werner. After graduating from John Marshall High School, he attended the University of Minnesota,...
Naomi Ann Kind
Jul 25, 2016
Naomi Ann (Pilgrim) Kind, age 83 of St. Peter, died peacefully on Monday, July 25, 2016 at her home at Ecumen Prairie Hill.
Naomi was born on May 13, 1933, in St. Paul, MN, to Paulus and Elsie (Bartz) Pilgrim. She graduated from Hector High School in 1951, attended Gustavus Adolphus College, and completed her RN degree at Bethesda Hospital...
Donald Roberts
Jul 24, 2016
Roberts, Donald Eugene, 83, St. Peter, died peacefully on July 24. While his heart may have tired, his spirit is alive and strong in the many lives he touched.
Don was born May 27, 1933, raised in Appleton, MN, and graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1956, where he met Nancy Lea, his love and life companion for 59 years. ...
Ruth Mary Victoria Jackson
Jul 10, 2016
Ruth Mary Victoria Jackson (Bengtson) was born on October 17, 1920 in St. Paul, MN. She died peacefully on Sunday, July 10, 2016. Her parents were Rev. Carl A. Bengtson and Esther (Stenborg) Bengtson. When she was 8 years old, the family moved to Seattle, WA where Ruth and her brothers Paul and Luther grew up. She graduated from Ballard...
Rev. Dr. Svante Bernhard Erling
Jul 1, 2016
The Rev. Dr. Svante Bernhard Erling died July 1, 2016 in Saint Peter, MN at the age of 94.
Born April 15, 1922 in Underwood, ND to Swedish immigrants – the Rev. Svante Anderson and Edla Mathilda (Larson) Erling – he spoke Swedish until he started school. After completing degrees at Gustavus Adolphus College (B.A. 1943), Augustana Seminary (B.D. 1946),...
Grace Engesser Paquette
Jun 30, 2016
Grace Engesser Paquette, 106 of St. Peter, died Thursday, June 30, 2016 at the Benedictine Living Community. Funeral service 2:00 pm Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Peter with visitation from 12:00 to 2:00. Burial will be at Greenhill Cemetery, St. Peter. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. www.saintpeterfuneralhome.com Grace was born on April...
Yvonne "Bonnie" Kaveney-Rients
Jun 21, 2016
Yvonne “Bonnie” Kaveney-Rients, age 73 of Kasota, died on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at the Benedictine Living Community in St. Peter.
Memorial service is 11:00 am Saturday, June 25, 2016 at St. Peter Funeral Home with visitation at 10 am.
Bonnie was born to Warren and Hazel Westphal on November 4, 1942. She was married to John Kaveney on September...
Charles E. Regenscheid
Jun 13, 2016
Charles Edward Regenscheid passed away on June 13, 2016 at Benedictine Living Center in St. Peter. He was born on January 22, 1927 in LeCenter to Joseph and Helen Moudry Regenscheid. He attended schools in Cleveland, St. Peter and Mankato.
He was the second youngest of 9 children. He and three brothers served in World War II. His service was...
Helen M. Pope
Jun 8, 2016
Helen M. Pope, age 99 of St. Peter, passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2016.
Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 am Saturday, June 18th at the Church of the Nativity in Cleveland with visitation beginning at 9:00. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery, Le Center. St. Peter Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Helen was born on...