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Mary M. Garbers

FAIRMONT — A Mass of Christian Burial for Mary M. Garbers, 95, of Fairmont, Minn. and formerly of Welcome, Minn. will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fairmont. Burial will be held at Welcome City Cemetery. Visitation will be held 9 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church. Mary passed away on Sunday morning, April 12, 2026, at Goldfinch in Fairmont. The Kramer Family Funeral Home of Sherburn, Trimont and Welcome, Minn. are in care of Mary’s arrangements. www.kramerfuneralhome.com

Richard (Dick) C. Simon

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 ...

John T. Stevenson

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 ...

Helen Backstrom Nelson

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 to mourn her are son-in-law Dave Shipley, two grandsons, Jeff Shipley (Leslie), and Steve Shipley (Andrea), two great-grandsons, Payton and Parker Shipley, and great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Shipley. Memorials are preferred to Mayo Clinic breast cancer research.

Donna Mae Lohse

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.

Larry A. Puhrman

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) ...