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Doris Weise

NEW ULM—Doris Weise, 98, of New Ulm, died Thursday, December 4, 2025 at Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in New Ulm, with Father Mark Steffl celebrating the Mass. Burial will follow in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home – NORTH Chapel and will continue from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home on Wednesday. To leave an online condolence for her ...

Beverly Joan (Messerschmidt) Hale

June 6, 1933-Dec. 2, 2025 NEW ULM—Beverly Joan (Messerschmidt) Hale, age 92, of New Ulm died Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm. Funeral service will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 6, 2025 at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm. Burial ...

Jerome P. Nachreiner

NEW ULM—Jerome P. Nachreiner, 85, of New Ulm, died peacefully on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at his home surrounded by his family, after a brief battle with cancer. Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, December 13, 2025, at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home – South Chapel in New Ulm.  Burial will follow in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery Columbarium. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday, December 12, 2025, at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home – South Chapel in New Ulm, and will continue one hour prior to the service Saturday at the funeral home. A full obituary will ...

Lanny Dean Ries

Dec. 25, 1962-Dec. 2, 2025 NEW ULM—Lanny Dean Ries, 62, of New Ulm, died peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New Ulm.  Father Tanner Thooft will celebrate the Mass, and burial will follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-6 p.m. on Monday, December 8, 2025, at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home – North Chapel in New Ulm.  The visitation will continue from 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday at St. ...

Donald S. Gunelson

BELVIEW—Donald S. Gunelson, 72, of Belview, MN, died on Saturday, November 29, 2025, at the Parkview Nursing Home in Belview, MN. A mass funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Redwood Falls, with luncheon to follow at the church. A burial will follow the luncheon at 1:15 p.m. at the Belview City Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to his service from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the church.  The Nelson-Hillestad Funeral and Cremation Service of Redwood Falls and Morgan were in charge of the ...

Edward J. Schweiss

Nov. 10, 1942-Nov. 23, 2025 SPRINGFIELD—Edward J. Schweiss born November 10,1942 to William and Anna (Beck) Schweiss in the rural Hector-Fairfax Minnesota area joined his daughter Annette Schweiss in eternal peace on November 23, 2025 surrounded by family at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, ...