ARMSTRONG, Iowa — Services are pending for John Sturm, Jr., 84, of Armstrong, Iowa. Sturm passed away on Sunday evening, July 6, 2025, at Valley Vue Care Center in Armstrong, Iowa. Lakeview Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

MANKATO — Robert William Stelter, 96, of Mankato and formerly of Ceylon, died Friday, July 4, 2025. Funeral Service will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 11, at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Mankato. Visitation will be one hour before the service on Friday. Interment will be in Lake Belt Cemetery, ...

BLUE EARTH — Eldon Laverne Steele died July 7, 2025, at UHD hospital after a two-year-long battle with MDS. Eldon was born in Pilot Grove Township, Minn. to Alton and Gladys (More) Steele on May 21, 1937. He attended District #1 country school for grades 1 to 8 and worked on his parents’ ...

HECTOR — DeAnne K. Novotny, age 85, of Hector, Minn., passed away on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at Prairie View Assisted Living in Hector. Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Bird Island, Minn., with interment in the Hector City ...

ROCHESTER — Duane passed away Saturday, June 28, 2025, at the age of 93, with his wife and daughter at his side, in Rochester, Minn. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rudy and Martha Miedtke of Fairmont, Minn. and brother Darrell and his wife Karen. He is survived by his wife, ...

ODIN — A Funeral Service for Robert D. “Bob” Harder, 92, of Odin, Minn. will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 3, at Zion Lutheran Church in Odin, Minn. with burial in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Odin, Minn., with Military Honors. Harder peacefully entered his eternal home Sunday afternoon, ...