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Carolyn “Tootie” Lastine

Carolyn “Tootie” Delores Lastine, 77, passed away peacefully on Aug. 10, 2022, at Abbott Northwestern from complications after a fall, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at Zion Lutheran Church, Hanska, Minnesota, at 11:00 a.m., with ...

Georgia Marie Maki

Georgia Marie Maki (nee Hysell), 90, of Duluth, died Aug. 11 in Duluth. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 18, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Nicollet, Minnesota. Burial will follow at St. Paul’s Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes-North Chapel in New Ulm. Visitation will continue 10-11 a.m. Thursday at the church in Nicollet. Georgia is survived by daughters, Gwen Domas of Duluth and Kari Schnobrich of Indian Trail, North Carolina; and sister, Delores Morris of ...

Shirley Ann (Lunz) Gulden

Shirley Ann (Lunz) Gulden, 81, of Minong, Wisconsin, died Aug. 9 at Essentia Health—St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 700 S. Broadway St. in New Ulm, with visitation from 10 a.m. to the start of the service. Burial will take place following the service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, and a luncheon will be provided at Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes-South Chapel. Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes (mvfh.org) is assisting the family with arrangements. She is survived by her husband of almost ...

Patricia “Pat” Ann Bruels

Patricia “Pat” Ann Bruels, age 92, of North Mankato (formerly New Ulm), died peacefully on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, at her home at the Oak Terrace Assisted Living Community in North Mankato. A private family Mass will take place at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Clair. ...

Erna A. Zahn

Erna A. Zahn, 114, of New Ulm, died Aug. 9 at the Oak Hills Living Center. A funeral service will be 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be 11 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Arrangements are with Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes (mvfh.org).

Otto A. Gutknecht

Otto A. Gutknecht, 86, of Winthrop, died July 29 at the Good Samaritan Society in Arlington. A funeral Service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bismarck Township, Sibley County, Minnesota, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, 4-7 p.m. at the Dalin-Hantge Funeral Chapel (hantge.com) in Winthrop and will continue one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church.