Dec. 16, 1950 – April 2, 2026 NORTH MANKATO — John T. Stevenson, age 75, of North Mankato, Minn., passed away on April 2, 2026. He was born on Dec. 16, 1950, in St. Paul, Minn., to Richard E. Stevenson and Marie (Swearingen) Stevenson. On Aug. 2, 1974, John married Norma Hughes, with whom ...

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Richard (Dick) C. Simon of Hood River, Ore., previously of Loveland, Colo., and Fairmont, Minn., peacefully passed into the presence of his Lord and Savior on March 24, 2026. Born on July 13, 1925, Richard was approaching his 101st birthday. He was raised on a farm in ...

MANKATO — Donna Mae Lohse, 93, of Mankato and formerly of Welcome, Minn., who died on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Saint Mary’s Campus. Services are pending with the Kramer Funeral Home of Sherburn, Trimont and Welcome, Minn.

HUNTLEY — Helen Backstrom Nelson, formerly of Huntley, Minn. died in Tucson, Ariz. on March 29, 2026. Helen was born in 1929. She graduated from Fairmont, Minn. in 1947. Helen married Gene Nelson in 1954. She was preceded in death by husband, Gene and daughter Randi Nelson Shipley. Left ...

WELCOME — Larry A. Puhrman, age 80, of Welcome, Minn., passed away peacefully on March 22, 2026, at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont, Minn. A Celebration of Life gathering is planned at the American Legion Club in Welcome, Minn. (112 North Dugan Street, Welcome, MN 56181) ...

Jan. 6, 1939 - April 2, 2026 SAINT JAMES — William Lyle Wilson, 87, of Saint James and formerly of Fairmont, died April 2, 2026, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Saint James. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Saint ...