F. Howard Olson
May 1, 2021
Howard Olson, 76, of Byron, MN, died Saturday May 1, 2021 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Howard was born July 21, 1944 in Albert Lea, MN to Fritz and Mildred (Wakefield) Olson. He graduated from St. Clair High School in 1962. On August 8, 1964 he married Beverly Blank at St. John's Lutheran Church...
Leora M. Daley
Apr 14, 2021
Leora "Lee" M. Daley, 86, of Byron passed away peacefully at Meadow Lakes Senior Living in Rochester on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Leora was born on January 17, 1935 to Otto and Catherine (Boetel) Bartsch in Pipestone, MN. She graduated from Lewiston High School in 1953. After high school, Leora worked as a telephone operator and at Standard Lumber...
Craig Grev
Mar 23, 2021
Craig P. Grev, 66, of Byron, MN, died Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at St. Mary's Hospital, surrounded by his wife Karen and his daughter Christina after a short fight with cancer.
Craig was born on May 25, 1954, to DeWayne and Dorothy (Peters) Grev. He graduated from Mountain Lake High School in 1972. On September 12, 1992,...
Leo J. Loosbrock
Feb 19, 2021
Leo J. Loosbrock, 77, of Byron, Minnesota passed away peacefully at home with his family on February 19, 2021, after a five month neurological illness and complications.
He was born in Adrian, MN on March 26 th , 1943 to Arthur and Emma Loosbrock – the youngest of eight children. He was raised on a farm near...
Ethan Benaiah Tweite Pohlman
Feb 9, 2021
"Ethan Benaiah, son of Adam and Molly Pohlman, ran into the arms of Jesus on February 9, 2021, 11 days after his birth. He fought valiantly for life and made known the mercy of God in his son Jesus Christ through his brief time on earth.
Ethan leaves behind his parents, big sisters and brothers, Grace Eliza,...
Leanne K. Mattison
Feb 4, 2021
LeAnne Kay Mattison, 86, was called home by her Lord and Savior on February 4, 2021.
LeAnne was born June 18, 1934 in Lamberton, MN. She had a large family of eight siblings. Her mother who was a church organist instilled in her a love for music which she enjoyed her entire life. LeAnne graduated from Lamberton...
Eunice Jane Dols
Feb 4, 2021
Eunice Jane Dols, 83, of Byron, MN, died Thursday, February 4, 2021 at home.
Eunice was born January 1, 1938 in Rochester MN to Leo and Marie (Poellinger) Connelly. She graduated from Lourdes High School. On September 22, 1973 she married Alfred Dols. They lived in Bloomington and Cottage Grove, MN until 1987 when Alfred was able...
Cheri Lee Zieman
Feb 2, 2021
Sharon (Cheri) Lee Zieman was born to William Mason French and Charlotte Ester French (Hartwell) on June 24, 1942 in Mason City Iowa. Cheri was raised by her mother and Hugh Tipton, the man she called father and loved with all her heart. In her childhood, her family never settled in one place for long, moving back and forth...
Max “Brian” Kingsbury
Jan 22, 2021
Max "Brian" Kingsbury, 61 of Rochester, passed away peacefully of natural causes at his home on Friday, January 22, 2021.
Brian was born on April 6, 1959 in Rochester to Max and Judy (Hoban) Kingsbury. The family moved to Byron in 1962 and Brian graduated from Byron High School in 1977. He attended RCTC and Mankato State...
Jay Lester Cheney
Jan 20, 2021
Jay Lester Cheney, 81 of Byron passed away on January 20, 2021 at Mayo Clinic Campus, St. Marys Hospital.
Jay was born on January 5, 1940 in Ball Club (near Deer River) Minnesota to Harry and Stella (Riley) Cheney. He grew up in Ball Club and graduated from Deer River High School. He then moved to Rochester...
Mary A. Keckhafer
Dec 30, 2020
Mary Alice Keckhafer, 85 of Byron passed away on December 30, 2020 at Mayo Clinic Campus, St. Marys Campus.
Mary was born on October 9, 1935 in rural Rochester to Edwin and Olga (Hamister) Keckhafer. She grew up in the Rochester area and graduated from Rochester High School in 1954. She then graduated from Humboldt Institute in...
Shirley Ann Rink
Dec 28, 2020
Shirley Ann Rink, 92 of Byron passed away on December 28, 2020 at Madonna Summit of Byron.
Shirley Ann Zelmer was born on November 24, 1928 in Rochester, MN to Walter and Grayce (Beeman) Zelmer.
She graduated from Rochester High School in 1946. She married Arthur William Rink on April 5, 1948. Shirley was a...
Dorothy Alice Diercks
Dec 15, 2020
Dorothy Alice Diercks, 89, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at home surrounded by her
loving family. Dorothy was born on October 15, 1931, the daughter of Gladys & Victor Moreland. She, along with her parents & five siblings lived in Dodge Center, MN, where she graduated from Dodge Center High School.
Dorothy & David...
Elroy V. Bessler
Dec 3, 2020
Elroy Verne Bessler , 81, of Byron, Minnesota di ed peacefully on Thursday , December 3 rd of Covid -19 after a three year health battle since his stroke in 2018 , with his wife and daughters at his side.
Elroy was born in Elkton , S outh D akota on April 29, 1939 and graduated from...
Jeannette M. Tweite
Nov 6, 2020
On Friday, November 6, 2020, Jeannette Marie Tweite, 86, of Byron, peacefully passed away on a sunny Fall day with her loving family by her side.
Jeannette was born on December 8, 1933, in Staples, MN, to Fred and Julia Law. On June 17, 1934, she was baptized at the United Methodist Church in West Bend IA. ...
Leslie R. Kunz
Oct 2, 2020
Les Kunz, 63, of Byron, MN, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2020 at St. Mary's Hospital due to complications from surgery.
Les Kunz was born on December 6, 1956 in Zumbrota, MN, to Jim and Doris (Archer) Kunz. He went to West Concord School through the 11th grade and graduated from Pine Island High School in...
Lillian Irene Fischer
Sep 29, 2020
Visitation for Lillian I. Fischer will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 2nd at Byron Funeral Home in Byron.
Lillian I. Fischer, 80, of Kasson, died Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at St. Marys in Rochester,
Lillian was born on July 19th, 1940 in Wasioja to Elvin "Al" and Inez Leighton. ...
Edward Raymond Voll
Sep 7, 2020
Edward (Ed) Voll was born December 14, 1921 on the Voll farm in Byron and lived there for 97 years. He passed away September 7, 2020 at the age of 98.
Ed graduated from Byron High School in 1940. The BHS class of 1940 had 15 people and he was the last surviving member of his class. ...
Paula Marie Ferdinandt
Aug 30, 2020
Paula Marie Ferdinandt, 54, of Byron, MN died Sunday, August 30 th 2020 at home with her family after a long battle with cancer.
Paula was born December 6, 1965 in St. Cloud, MN to Don and Leah (LeRoux) Ferdinandt. When Paula was 8, she moved with her family to Byron, MN. She graduated from Byron High...
Phillip “Phil” Fuchs
Aug 29, 2020
Phillip Edward Fuchs, 59 of Byron passed away peacefully due to multiple health complications at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus on Saturday, August 29, 2020.
Phil was born on October 23, 1960, and was adopted at 3 months old by Audrey and Leo Fuchs. He grew up in Byron and graduated from Byron High School in...
