Lowell Charles Quiram, age 84 of Waterville died on Friday, January 8, 2021 at his home.
Born on January 30, 1936 in Mankato, Minnesota, he was the son of Everett “Pete” and Eva (Francisco) Quiram. He graduated from the Southern School of Agriculture in Waseca and went on to serve in the US Army. Lowell married Janet Carlson and they raised four children before divorcing after 31 years of marriage. He worked as a truck driver for many years and also drove school bus. Lowell married Sharron Tlougan on February 14, 2013 in Le Center. He enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Travis Ryan Van Houdt, age 18 of Waterville, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at the Hennepin County Medical Center following an automobile accident.

Mary Elizabeth St. John, age 87 of Waterville died on Monday, December 21, 2020 at Traditions of Waterville.
Born on June 17, 1933 in Hudson, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of Carson and Alice (Rupert) Chapman. Mary married Edward St. John on August 5, 1955 in Norwood, Iowa. She worked as a babysitter for many area families. Mary loved spending time with her nieces and nephews and extended family. She enjoyed fishing, gardening, baking, embroidering, coloring and word finds. Mary was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Elysian.

Ruth Ann Kramer, age 86 of Waterville died on Monday, December 21, 2020 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Mankato.
Born on June 28, 1934, she was the daughter of Henry and Helen (Ferch) Watzek. She attended school in Waterville prior to her marriage to Arthur Sorgatz in 1952. Together they had two daughters before they divorced. Ruth was united in marriage to Delmar Kramer in March of 1969 and they later divorced.

Sister Charlotte Dusbabek, 90, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, MN, died at Assisi Heights, December 16, 2020.    
Charlotte Rosemary Dusbabek was born July 9, 1930, in Waseca, Minnesota, to Henry and Esther (Knish) Dusbabek. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis in 1953 and made perpetual vows in 1959.  Professional studies included a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1960, and a Master’s Degree in Nursing Service from Catholic University, Washington, DC, in 1962. 

Ann Marie (Morgan) Kniefel, age 89, of Waterville passed away peacefully, surrounded by family love, at Traditions Memory Care on Wednesday, December 16.
Born on August 25, 1931 to Art and Marie (Frodl) Morgan in Iosco Township. She attended Waterville High School, then continued her education at the College of St Catherine in St Paul, graduating as a registered nurse. She loved her work as a nurse at Faribault and Mankato Hospitals and with Dr. Buesgens in Waterville, as well as working at the Coast-to-Coast Store in Waterville that Ben and she owned for 25 years.

Audrey Marie Kopischke, age 82, of rural Mankato, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday, December 5, 2020.

Mavis Irene Miller, age 69 of Waterville, died on Friday, November 20, 2020 at her residence in Waterville.

David Alvin Harmon, age 79, of Waterville died on Wednesday evening, November 18, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.

Chester Dale Hrdlicka, age 90, of Elysian died Thursday, November 5, 2020, at St. Johns Hospital in Maplewood.

Richard Wesley Fredenburg, Jr, age 65, passed away at the Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis on Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He was born on November 27th, 1954 in Northfield, MN to Richard and Beverly (St. Martin) Fredenburg.
He left Waterville High school at the end of his senior year to join the Marine Corp. in 1973 and later obtained his GED. He served a tour of duty in Vietnam and was honorably discharged in 1975.

Helen Marie Hrdlicka, age 85, died on Friday, October 9, 2020, at Whispering Creek in Janesville.
Helen was born August 17, 1935, in Blue Earth County, she was the daughter of Leslie and Marie (Doss) Lueck. She graduated from Mankato High School in 1953 and later married

John Gordon Hendrickson, age 86, of Waterville, died on Tuesday evening, October 6, 2020 at his home.

Virginia M. (Ginny) Lindquist, age 92 of Waterville, formerly of Blooming Prairie, passed away peacefully Monday, October 5, 2020 at her lake home in Waterville. Virginia Mae Motle was born June 1, 1928 to William J. and Viola Mae (Gummow) Motle in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. She grew up in Blooming Prairie and graduated from Blooming Prairie High School in 1946. On March 30, 1947, Ginny married Edward LeRoy Lindquist at the Methodist Church in Blooming Prairie during a Palm Sunday Blizzard and were happily married for 68 years.

Funeral service for Dr. Clark Francis Seha was held July 27, 2020 at the Stiftskirche, in Bielefeld Germany. Dr. Seha died on July 11, in Bielefeld where he served as Pastor of the Bodelschwingh congregation and the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer community.

Gregory Allen Umlauf, age 65 died peacefully with family by his side on Sunday, October 4, 2020 in Elysian.