Obituaries
Ron Jennings
Dec 1, 2025
Ron Jennings, age 78, of Cottage Grove, Minnesota passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 1, 2025.
Preceded in death by wife, Patricia; son, Michael; parents, William and Olive; and seven siblings. Survived by children, Melody (Michael) McDonnell, Megan, Mollie (Joseph) Bilderback, and Matthew (Angie); grandchildren, Amanda, Nathan, Amelia, Macie, Ellianna, Stella, and Haunz; great grandchildren, Caleb, Jackson, and Cayden; two siblings;...
Mark Michael Ziemer
Dec 1, 2025
Mark Ziemer, age 75 of Cottage Grove, Minnesota passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 1, 2025.
Mark was born on October 8, 1950 to Walter and Grace (Swenburg) Ziemer in Fairmont, Minnesota. He grew up in Dunnell, Minnesota. Mark went on to serve in the United States Army, stationed in Germany for two years before serving state side for...
Mary Jean Hernandez
Nov 29, 2025
Mary Jean Hernandez, 32, passed away on November 29, 2025, leaving behind a family and community who loved her deeply and will forever feel her absence. Born on February 4, 1993, Mary grew into a kind, creative, and quietly radiant soul whose presence brought warmth, humor, and generosity to everyone around her.
From a young age, Mary showed exceptional artistic talent....
John "Jack" Brittain
Nov 28, 2025
John "Jack" Brittain, age 85 of Cottage Grove, Minnesota formerly of Lexington, Kentucky passed away peacefully on November 28, 2025.
John Earl Brittain was born on October 13, 1940 to Earl and Annie (Wishall) Brittain in Coffeyville, Kansas. The majority of his younger years were in Wichita, Kansas. He went on to graduate from Wichita State with a degree in electrical...
Barbara Elizabeth Bren
Nov 16, 2025
Barbara Elizabeth Bren, age 76 of Cottage Grove, passed away November 16, 2025.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am, Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the Church of St. Rita, 8694 80th Street S., Cottage Grove with visitation one hour prior. Interment will be held at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Ronald McDonald House.
Barbara Elizabeth Bren was...
Colleen Mary (Madigan) Cox
Nov 26, 2025
Colleen Mary Cox, age 70 of St. Paul Park, passed away November 26, 2025 at United Hospital.
Memorial service will be 11:00 am, Thursday, December 4, 2025 at Kok Funeral Home, 7676 80th Street S., Cottage Grove, with visitation one hour prior to the service.
Colleen Mary (Madigan) Cox was born April 13, 1955 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Francis and Annabel...
Mark William Shepard
Nov 24, 2025
Mark William Shepard, age 70, known to many as "Shep" or "Coach" passed away peacefully on November 24 at his home after a long-fought battle with cancer.
Mark was born in St. Paul, MN, and adopted in love by Joseph and Elfreda Shepard. He was a business owner, avid traveler, Scout leader, baseball and softball coach, and fisherman. He led many...
Eleanor Helen Meyer
Nov 21, 2025
Eleanor H. Meyer, born Eleanor H. Nevala on November 27th, 1965, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully at her home in Woodbury, Minnesota, on November 21, 2025. She was the proud mother to three girls and a motherly figure to many more who had the privilege of knowing her. Eleanor's fun spirit and unconditional love will live on in the many...
JoAnn Engler
Nov 22, 2025
JoAnn Engler passed away on November 22, 2025 at her home in White Bear Lake, MN. JoAnn was born June 18, 1941 in Reading, MN to Tennius and Martha (Guse) Rabenberg. She attended grade school in Rushmore, MN and graduated Worthington High School in 1959. She married the love of her life, Reginald Engler, on December 26, 1960 and honeymooned...
Meridean Schmidt
Nov 19, 2025
Meridean Kay Schmidt was born on June 24, 1951 in Reinbeck, Iowa, daughter of Melvin and Mary Jans.
Meridean trained to be a medical transcriptionist and got her degree from Hawkeye Tech in Waterloo, Iowa. After a short time working in Iowa City she moved to Minneapolis to work for Blue Cross/Blue Shield and lived with her sister Marilyn. They were...
2025 Holiday Service of Remembrance
Nov 19, 2025
The Holiday Service of Remembrance is a special event centered on keeping memories of your loved one alive. It is our hope that this service will give you a sense of peace and comfort as well as prepare you for the upcoming holidays following the death of your loved one.
Lucille Tamayo (Oda) Aegerter
Nov 14, 2025
Lucille Tamayo (Oda) Aegerter "GRANDMA" age 93, of Cottage Grove, Minnesota passed away peacefully on November 14, 2025. Mom was loved by so many in the community, she will be missed immensely.
Mom was born in Honolulu Hawaii on July 2, 1932 to Otoichi and Clara Oda. Hawaii still being a Territory. As Pearl Harbor was being attacked by Air and...
Cynthia Sue Rudh
Nov 14, 2025
Cynthia Sue (nee Conway) Rudh, age 82, of Cottage Grove, Minnesota passed away peacefully on November 14, 2025 surrounded by family.
Cindy was born on September 13, 1943 in Champaign, Illinois to Paul and Carrie Conway. Cindy is preceded in death by her parents and sister Judy Young.
Cindy is survived by her loving husband of almost 60 years Ed; sons Tony...
Frederick Henry Panning
Nov 12, 2025
Frederick "Fritz" Panning, age 90, of Cambridge, formerly of St. Paul Park, went to be with the Lord on November 12, 2025.
Frederick Panning was born on April 12, 1935 to William and Frieda Panning in New Ulm. In his earlier years, he had a baseball career playing for the Gibbon Reds, Hector Flyers and the New Ulm Brewers as a...
Janice Marie Durand
Nov 11, 2025
Jan Durand, 78, of Cottage Grove, MN, passed away peacefully in her sleep on 11/11/2025.
She was born in Duluth, MN, the third of eleven children to Robert and Madeline Guite. Jan attended Duluth Cathedral High School, graduating in 1965. Her professional journey began with home daycare and culminated in her role as Finance Director at the Duluth Chamber of Commerce....
Jo-Ann Mary Terry
Nov 11, 2025
Jo-Ann Mary Terry, born on October 1, 1942 in Fall River, Massachusets, peacefully passed away from esophageal cancer complications on November 11, 2025. She is preceded in death by her parents Walter and Matilda Slusack, her brother Walter Slusack, and sister Patricia Anderson. Jo-Ann was a fighter and to say she was spunky is an understatement. She will be greatly...
Janice Margaret Kemble
Nov 11, 2025
Janice Kemble, age 80, of Cottage Grove, Minnesota passed away peacefully on November 11, 2025 surrounded by her family.
Janice is survived by her daughters Kathryn (Eric) Popp, Susan (Mark) Duea, MaryBeth (Rick) Olson, and Valerie (Ryan) Rottman; five grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. She is preceded in death by her husband of 55 years Michael; parents Max and Agnes Poetsch and...
Dawn Marie Hall (Thurber)
Nov 10, 2025
Dawn Marie Hall (Thurber), 54 of Cottage Grove, died peacefully surrounded by family on November 10, 2025. Dawn was born in Saint Paul, MN January 21, 1971, and graduated from Park High School. She loved her three children who brought great joy to her life along with her German Shepherd Mya. She was a great cook and loved to travel,...
Gerald "Jerry" Allyn Strelow
Nov 8, 2025
Gerald Allyn Strelow (Jerry), age 92 passed away surrounded by his family on November 8, 2025 in Cottage Grove, Minnesota after a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. Born October 16, 1933 in Winona, Minnesota to Erwin and Anna (Lafky) Strelow. He spent time as a child in Onamia, St Paul and Winona, Minnesota, graduating from Winona High School.
After graduating...
Grace Helen Jacobson
Nov 7, 2025
Passed away peacefully November 7, 2025 at Saint Therese.
Grace Helen Markgren was born December 14, 1936 in Cumberland Wisconsin to Carl and Violetta Markgren. She graduated from Cumberland High School in 1954 and soon moved to Minneapolis with two friends and began working for Alcoa. By fate, Grace met the love of her life, Sigurd Jacobson, through her future mother-in-law while Sig was serving...
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