Obituaries
Donna J. Coughlin, 78, of Montgomery, died on Thursday, July 2, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital in New Prague, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, in Montgomery. Visitation will be at the church from 9 to 11 a....
Gaertner (née Nickolay), Mary “Rita” age 88, of Richfield, MN. Passed away on May 16, 2020. Preceded in death by husband of 62 years, William “Bill” Gaertner; parents, Bessie and John Nickolay and siblings, John, Richard, Donald, and Charles. Survived by sons, Robert (Cheri), Michael (Karin);...
Hofmeister, Donald L. Age 89, of St. Paul, passed away June 26, 2020. Survived by beloved wife of 63 years, Elsa, daughter Elizabeth (Marshall, Dave); sons Andrew (Linda), Franz (Jeannie), and Joseph (Teresa), 12 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren and one sister. Preceded in death by...
Lloyd “Angel” Troendle, age 80, of New Prague, died peacefully on Friday, June 26, 2020 at St. Joseph Hospital in St. Paul.
Angel was born on October 16, 1939 in Minneapolis to Raymond W. and Judith (Koehler) Troendle. He grew up in Excelsior and graduated from Minnetonka High School. He...
Brian Gary Pittmann, age 52 of Waterville, died on Sunday, June 21, 2020 in South Dakota.
Born on March 18, 1968 in Mankato, he was the son of Gary and Sandy (McColley) Pittmann. He attended Waterville-Elysian High School where he enjoyed playing sports and graduated in 1986. He then went to work...
Mary Frances Loula, age 84, passed away peacefully in her home June 18th, 2020, with her family by her side. She was born on October 6th, 1935 in New Prague, Minnesota to Harold and Helen Picha. After graduating from New Prague High school and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she married her high...
Donna Germscheid, age 84, lost her battle with Alzheimer’s Thursday May 7th, 2020 at Shoreview Senior Living. Donna is remembered as a strong woman who loved her family, golf, gardening, sewing, crossword puzzles, reading, music, fishing and animals.
Preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and...
Lucille Caroline Busch died after a short illness on June 15th, 2020 at Mala Strana, in New Prague. Lucy was born on December 13, 1922 in the Maxa family farm house just outside of New Prague. She was the third daughter of four children born to Jacob and Anna Maxa.
Lucy reminisced of her early...
Backlin, Sigfred A’Dare, Age 93 of Bloomington, MN died on June 11, 2020.
Sigfred was born on a farm at Holmes City, MN to the parents of Sigfred and Olga Backlin. Graduated from Alexandria High School. Served during WWII and the Korean War. He was a railroad engineer for M&STL as well as...
Sylvia (Sally Simon,) Rezac, 91, of Owatonna, died June 12th, 2020.
Sylvia was born in New Prague, MN to Bohumil and Ludmilla (Kalina) Simon. She was the 6th of 9 children. Sylvia grew up speaking Czech and later learned English and Latin in Catholic school.
Every summer on the farm as a young...
