Obituaries

Lauris Nelson

Lauris Nelson

Dec 4, 2015

Funeral services for Lauris "Lolly" C. Nelson of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, December 7, 2015 at the First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Pastor John Holt will officiate. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by...

Jon Bera

Jon Bera

Dec 2, 2015

Memorial services for Jon Bera will be held at 11AM Saturday, December 5, 2015 at East Freeborn Lutheran Church. Reverend Matthew Griggs will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at church. Jon Michael Bera passed away peacefully surrounded by family Wednesday morning, December 2, at St. John's Lutheran Home in Albert Lea. He was 82...

Dwaine Bridley

Dwaine Bridley

Nov 20, 2015

Dwaine Elwood Bridley, 84, of Gordonsville, died Friday evening November 20, 2015 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. Born April 10, 1931 in Glenville, he was the son of the late Clarence H. Bridley and Ruth (Billie Anderson) Bridley. A celebration of life service will be held at 3 PM at Bonnerup Funeral Service Chapel on Friday, December 11, 2015....

Betty Bera

Betty Bera

Nov 20, 2015

Memorial services for Betty Lou Bera will be held at 11AM Saturday, November 28, 2015 at East Freeborn Lutheran Church. Reverend Matthew Griggs will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at church. Betty Lou Bera passed away peacefully surrounded by family Friday morning, November 20, at St. John's Lutheran Home in Albert Lea. She was...

Marjorie Kepple

Marjorie Kepple

Nov 18, 2015

Ninety-three-year-old Marjorie Stirm Kepple passed away Nov.18, 2015. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1922 to Jack and Lydia Stirm, she spent her early years with her parents and grandfather "gentleman farmer" George Stirm, a connoisseur of fine porcelain and furnishings and his wife Daisy. From an early age, Margie was immersed in art and culture. In 1929 the family moved...

Lorraine Slette

Lorraine Slette

Nov 18, 2015

The Celebration of life for Lorraine M. Slette, of Albert Lea, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, November 23, 2015, at the First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. The Reverend Diane Odermann will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Friends may visit with family one hour before the service at the church. Bonnerup Funeral Service is assisting...

Harold Nelson

Harold Nelson

Nov 16, 2015

Funeral services for Harold R. Nelson will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, November 20, 2015 at the Bonnerup Funeral Service Chapel, Albert Lea. Father Russell Scepaniak will officiate. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery following the service. Harold passed away on November 16, 2015 at the Olmsted Medical...

Wanda Dowd

Wanda Dowd

Nov 11, 2015

Funeral services for Wanda Almira Dowd of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at the First Presbyterian Church in Albert Lea, MN. Pastor Dwight Netzer will officiate. Visitation will be held Monday evening from 4 until 7 PM at the Bonnerup Funeral Service and one hour prior to the service at the church....

Mary Cerrato

Mary Cerrato

Nov 10, 2015

Funeral services for Mary Cerrato will be held at 11AM Monday, November 16, 2015 at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea, MN. Father Russell Scepaniak will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at church. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Winona, MN at 4 PM Monday following the service. Mary Elizabeth Cerrato,...

Darice Hamberg

Darice Hamberg

Nov 6, 2015

Funeral Services for Darice A. Hamberg, of Albert Lea, will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 14th, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. The Reverend John Holt will officiate. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Friday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and one hour before the service at the church. Darice...

Judy Abrego

Judy Abrego

Nov 3, 2015

Funeral services for Judith M. Abrego will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, November 9, 2015 at Ascension Lutheran Church, Albert Lea. The Reverend Mark Boorsma will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 – 7 PM on Sunday at the Bonnerup Funeral Chapel, Albert Lea, and again one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take...

Jill Doppelhammer

Jill Doppelhammer

Oct 30, 2015

A celebration of life will be held at 1:30 PM Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, MN. Reverend Gary Harris will officiate. Visitation will be held from 4-7 PM Tuesday November 3 at Bonnerup Funeral Service in Albert Lea and again one hour prior to the service at church. Interment will be in Bear Lake...

Katherine Barnick

Katherine Barnick

Oct 26, 2015

Funeral services for Katherine Marie "Noona" Barnick will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, October 30, 2015 at the Hayward Lutheran Church in Hayward, MN. The Reverend Joshua Enderson will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 – 7 PM on Thursday at the Bonnerup Funeral Chapel, Albert Lea, and continue one hour prior to the service at the church....

John Riper

John Riper

Oct 26, 2015

A memorial service for John Van Riper will be held at 2 PM Thursday, October 29, 2015 at Round Prairie Lutheran Church near Albert Lea. Reverend Kent Otterman will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at church. Carroll "John" Van Riper, age 88, died Monday October 26, 2015 at Albert Lea Medical Center. He was...

Lois Orvick

Lois Orvick

Oct 22, 2015

Funeral Services for Lois I. Orvick will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, October 28, at Bridge Community Church North in Albert Lea. The Reverend Clayton Balsley will officiate. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery in Elmore, MN. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. Bonnerup Funeral Service is assisting the family. Lois Irene Orvick,...

Audrienne Nelson

Audrienne Nelson

Oct 20, 2015

Funeral services for Audrienne Y. Nelson will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at the First Lutheran Church, Ellendale, MN. The Reverend Richard Sliper will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 – 8 PM on Friday at First Lutheran Church, Ellendale, and again one hour prior to the service on Saturday. Interment will take place at...

Inez Ribbe

Inez Ribbe

Oct 19, 2015

Memorial Services for Inez A. Ribbe, of New Richland, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 24, at Trinity Lutheran Church in New Richland. The Reverend Paul Andree will officiate. Interment will be in St. Olaf Cemetery. Friends may visit with family one hour before the service at the church. Inez died on Monday, October 19, 2015 at...

Violet Spain

Violet Spain

Oct 18, 2015

Funeral Services for Violet E. Spain, of Albert Lea, will be held at 1:30 P.M on Thursday, October 22, 2015, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, in Albert Lea. The Reverend James Kassera will officiate. Interment will be in Lakewood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and one hour...

Glenn Erickson

Glenn Erickson

Oct 15, 2015

Funeral services for Glenn Erickson, 90 of Emmons will be at 10:30 Monday, October 19, at Concordia Bear Lake Lutheran Church. The Rev. Daphne Hamborg will officiate. Visitation will be at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea on Sunday from 4-7 and one hour prior to the service at church. Burial will be at the Church Cemetery following the service. Glenn...

Iris Hunter

Iris Hunter

Oct 15, 2015

A memorial service for Iris Hunter will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, October 19, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Ellendale. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. The Reverend Randy Cirksena will officiate. An interment will take place at the Trempealeau Cemetery. Iris passed away on October 15, 2015 at...