GIBBON—Wilbert Schauer, age 96 of Gibbon, died Monday, May 18, 2026 at Harmony River in Hutchinson. A funeral service will be at 11am on Friday, May 29, 2026 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gibbon, with Pastor Steven Bauer officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will ...

NEW ULM—Bonita “Bonnie” Gail Woodard, 65 of New Ulm died Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at the Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. A celebration of life service will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, 2026, at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home-South Chapel in New Ulm. ...

SLEEPY EYE—Paul Hoffman, age 81, of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, peacefully passed away on May 16, 2026, with his family by his side. Visitation will be on Thursday, May 21, 2026, from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye with a Prayer Service at 3:45 pm prior to the ...

MORGAN—Virginia Mae Whitcomb Kopischke, lovingly known as “Mom” to seven, “Grammy” to her grandchildren, “Mrs. K” to generations of children, and to so many as “Babe,” passed away peacefully at Gil-Mor Manor, in Morgan, Minnesota, on May 16, 2026, at the golden age of 94. Mass ...

GAYLORD—Dorothy L. Stolt, 91, of Gaylord, died Friday, May 15, 2026, at Golden Hearts in Arlington. Funeral Service will be Saturday, May 23, 2026, 11:00 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gaylord with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, May 22, 2026, from 5:00 ...

NEW ULM—Mary Jane (Dillon) Laraway was born November 1, 1927, on the family farm near Olivia, MN. She was born into an Irish Czech family, the fourth of eight children. She was one of six daughters in the family, known as the “Dillon Girls” around Olivia. She attended country school, ...