Obituaries

May 17, 2019

Memorial services for Janice “Cooki” Westrum will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday at Trinity Evangelical Free Church 10658 210th St W Lakeville, MN  55044 Following the service, please stay for dessert and fellowship.

Janice (Cooki) Westrum, 84, of Apple Valley, MN died surrounded by family on Friday, May 17th, 2019 at the Legacy of Farmington....

May 15, 2019

Funeral services for Geraldine (Jerrie) Faye Gunderson will be held at 1:30 PM Monday, May 20, 2019 at the Bonnerup Funeral Service Chapel in Albert Lea, MN. Pastor Howie Krienke will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the chapel. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Albert Lea. Jerrie passed away peacefully on Wednesday,...

May 14, 2019

Eileen Chicos, age 83, formerly of New Richland, MN, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, surrounded by her loving family.  Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 17, 2019, at Friedrich’s Funeral Chapel in New Richland.  Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2019, at All Saints Catholic...

May 13, 2019

Connie Marie (Garner) Bergland was born on April 4, 1951 in Huron, SD to Walter and Ardith (McLagan) Garner.  Her family would move frequently throughout her childhood. She graduated from Lindberg High School in St. Louis, MO in 1969, and attended a few years of college following.  While in St. Louis, she had several jobs, but a favorite of...

May 11, 2019

Funeral Services for Joanne E. Christensen will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, May 15, at the Community Lutheran Church in Geneva, MN. The Rev. Dr. Kristen Venne will officiate. Interment will be in Geneva Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 on Tuesday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Ellendale and one hour before services at the church. Joanne was...

May 8, 2019

A memorial service for Trena M. Espe will be held at 4 PM on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, with Captain Jim Brickson officiating.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service, and interment will follow the service at Hollandale Cemetery.

Trena passed away surrounded by family on Wednesday, May...

May 4, 2019

Celebration of Life services for William Logan Bankester of New Richland, MN, will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday, May 25, 2019 at the Bonnerup Funeral Service in Albert Lea, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Private family interment will be in the Hollandale Cemetery.Military honors will be accorded by the Albert Lea Area...

May 2, 2019

Funeral services for Ladyne Keller of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 11:30 AM Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at the First Presbyterian Church in LeRoy, MN. Pastor John Kerr will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery, Riceville, Iowa. Ladyne died Thursday, May 2, 2019...

May 1, 2019

Funeral services for David E. Wenzel of New Richland, MN, will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, May 4, 2019 at the Church of All Saints in New Richland, MN. Father Michael Cronin will officiate. Visitation will be held Saturday morning from 9 until the time of the service. Interment will be in the LeSueur River Cemetery, New Richland....

Apr 29, 2019

Joanne E. (Overgaard) Schrader, of Albert Lea, died peacefully on Monday, April 29 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. Friends may visit with family and share memories from 2-4 on Sunday, May 5 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea. There will be a private interment at Lakewood Cemetery in Albert Lea. Joanne was born April 30, 1936, in Albert...

Apr 28, 2019

Jimmie Mervel Cornelius, “JC”, age 72, of Beaver Lake, MN, died suddenly on Sunday, April 28, 2019, at his home. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2019, at Community Lutheran Church in Geneva, MN. Rev. Dr. Kristen Venne will officiate. Burial will follow at the Geneva City Cemetery.

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Apr 27, 2019

Funeral services for Arlo Jaspersen will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Albert Lea.  The Reverend Eileen Woyen will officiate.  Visitation will be held from 5 – 7 PM at Bonnerup Funeral Service on Wednesday, and again one hour prior to the service at the church.  Interment will be in Carlston...

Apr 27, 2019

Private family services for Mary Ann Becker, 85, were held at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea. Interment at St. Theodore Cemetery, Albert Lea. Mary Ann always enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Open House gatherings were held on the previous three weekends, allowing everyone to re-connect, and giving her the time that she so very much loved....

Apr 26, 2019

Memorial Service for Elaine Cynthia Johnson of New Richland will be on Friday, May 10 at 11:00 at Trinity Lutheran Church in New Richland. Friends may visit with family one hour before services at the church. Burial will be at LeSueur Lutheran Church Cemetery at a later time. Elaine was born on July 11, 1922 in Waseca County, Minnesota and...

Apr 24, 2019

A memorial gathering for Joan A. Anderson of Albert Lea, MN, will be held between 4 until 7 PM Friday, May 3, 2019 at the Bonnerup Funeral Service in Albert Lea, MN. Joan died Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at the Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater, MN. She was 78 years of age. Joan was born April 23, 1941 in St Peter,...

Apr 19, 2019

Funeral Service for Frances E. “Dolly” (Kerwin) Williams will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, April 24, at Bonnerup Funeral Service. The Reverend Kent Otterman will officiate. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery, Oakland, MN. Visitation will be one hour before services. Dolly died on Friday, April 19, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society. She was 95. She...

Apr 19, 2019

A Celebration of Life memorial service for Monica Root will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, April 26, 2019 at St. Peter Lutheran Church in New Richland, MN, with the Rev. Scott Williams officiating.  Visitation will take place Thursday evening from 4 – 7 PM at the church, as well as one hour prior to the funeral on...

Apr 18, 2019

A Celebration of Life open house for René Davis will be held from 5-8 PM on Friday, April 26, 2019 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea.  Come tell stories, laugh, and share a drink with the family in René’s honor.

René passed away to soon on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at her home outside of Albert Lea....

Apr 17, 2019

Jean Severson passed away Wednesday April 17th at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community after a short battle with cancer. Funeral services will be conducted by Bonnerup Funeral Home at Grace Lutheran Church at 11:00 am on Tuesday April 30th.    The Reverend Jennifer Gonsalves will officiate.  Interment will be at Lakewood Cemetery.  Visitation is at Bonnerup Funeral Home on Monday,...

Apr 17, 2019

Memorial services for Annette Marie Hagen will be held on 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, 2019, at Bonnerup Funeral Services in Albert Lea. Reverend John Holt will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the funeral chapel. Burial will take place at Hillcrest Cemetery, Albert Lea.

Annette passed away on Wednesday, April...