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Mary Gregor
Mary Jane Gregor, age 66 of Elysian died on Thursday, October 2, 2025 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.
Born on April 9, 1959 in Faribault, Minnesota, she was the daughter of Ernest and Myrtle (Schwartz) Gregor. Mary graduated from Waseca High School in 1977. Early in her working...
Karen Pettigrew
Karen Fay Pettigrew, age 80 of Waseca, died at her home surrounded by her family on the morning of Friday, September 26, 2025.
Born in Minneapolis on November 27, 1944, Karen was the daughter of Howard Sumner and Fay Eileen (Bashore) Stiff. She grew up in St. Louis Park and Hopkins,...
Alden Patten
Alden “Pat” Patten, age 91, of Waseca, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2025. He was born on November 9, 1933 in St. James, Minnesota to Earl and Anna (Carlson) Patten. After graduating from Medford High School in 1952, he entered into the United States Marine Corp serving his country from...
Richard Sullivan
Richard “Dick” Sullivan, Sr. (a.k.a. “Sully”, “Big Dick”) of Long Prairie, MN passed away on Saturday September 13th at his home on Lake Beauty after a long battle with the squirrels who relentlessly raided his bird feeders. He was surrounded by members of his loving family.
Dick was born...
Robert Bentley
Robert “Bob” Glen Bentley, age 81 of Waseca, died on the morning of Saturday, September 20, 2025 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.
Bob was born at home on his family’s farm near Mapleton on October 2, 1943, to parents Glen and Lucy (Fitzpatrick) Bentley. He attended District #91...
Dennis Dinse
Dennis Ewald Dinse passed away peacefully on September 12, 2025, at Medford Senior Care, with his loving family by his side.
Born on May 25, 1934, in Waseca, MN he was the son of Ewald and Erma (Eggers) Dinse. He attended country school. In 1955, he began working for the Meriden Creamery...
Susan Paniagua
Susan (Powell) Paniagua, of Sun City, AZ, passed away peacefully on September 6, 2025 at the age of 77.
Born and raised in Waseca, MN, Susan was the daughter of Eugene Powell and Monna (Bonnie) Powell. She graduated from Waseca High School in 1966, where she was a proud and passionate...
Sandra Flitter
Sandra M. Flitter, born to Margaret B. and Merrill Carson on September 8, 1945, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2025, at her home in Elysian, MN. It was just shy of her eightieth birthday. Sandra grew up in Minnesota and graduated with the Waseca High School class of 1963.
Sandra was...
Norman Wolfe
Norman Ernest Wolfe of Waseca, MN passed away peacefully on August 11, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Waseca, MN, surrounded by his loving family.
Norman E. Wolfe was born on June 8, 1935, on a farm near Deep River, Iowa to Raymond and Beaulah (Elliot) Wolfe. In 1939 the family moved...
Shirley Langer
Shirley Anne Langer, age 81, of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and a devout Catholic, passed away peacefully at Lakeshore Assisted Living in Waseca on Monday August 11, 2025, surrounded by loved ones.
Shirley was born in Grafton, ND, on April 25, 1944, to parents Edward and Myrtle LeQuire....
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