Obituaries
Rosemary Lenartz
Dec 26, 2025
Rosemary (Meyer) Lenartz, age 98, of Woodbury, formerly of Cottage Grove, passed away peacefully to be with her loving husband, John, on Friday, December 26, 2025 at home surrounded by her loving family.
Rosemary was a wonderful cook and baker, especially known for her apple coffee cake. She was a fun mom, making birthdays and Christmases festive celebrations. We will miss...
Dawn Rassett
Dec 25, 2025
Dawn Marie Rassett, age 77, passed away peacefully on December 25, 2025 in Hastings, MN surrounded by her family. She is now reunited with her parents and her brother, whom she loved dearly.
Dawn was born on October 24, 1948 in Saint Paul, MN to Richard and Donna (Parker) Dickey. She graduated from Park High School in 1966. Dawn spent 41...
David Johnson
Dec 25, 2025
David Johnson, age 53 of Cottage Grove, died unexpectedly on December 25, 2025.
Memorial service will be 12:00 pm, Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Kok Funeral Home, 7676 80th Street S., Cottage Grove with visitation one hour prior to the service.
David Charles Johnson was born February 26, 1972 in Hastings, Minnesota to Roger and Mary Johnson. He grew up in Cottage Grove and...
Gregg Lawrence Carlson
Dec 23, 2025
Gregg Carlson, age 58 of Cottage Grove, Minnesota passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.
Gregg was born on May 12, 1967, in St. Paul, Minnesota to Noman and Susan (Nord) Carlson. He grew up on the East Side of St. Paul and graduated from Johnson High School, class of 1985. He later went to Northwestern Electronics Institute and received...
Joseph D. Engebretson
Dec 20, 2025
Joseph Engebretson, age 61, passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones on Dec. 20, 2025, after a courageous and difficult battle with ALS.
Born the youngest of six brothers in Cottage Grove, Joe helped build the family home as well as a strong family tradition of camaraderie. Throughout his life, Joe remained a devoted dad, brother, uncle, and friend. He...
Aaron Patrick Pehrson
Dec 19, 2025
Aaron Patrick Pehrson of Cottage Grove, Minnesota passed away on Friday, December 19th at the age of fifty-seven.
Born on March 17, 1968, in Deer River, MN, Aaron spent his early years fishing, hunting, and swimming in Deer Lake in the summers. Portions of his youth were also spent in Mahnomen, MN where he fondly spoke of having breakfast with his...
Marie Ann Kluever (Marco)
Dec 18, 2025
Marie Ann (Marco) Kluever, age 86, of Cottage Grove, MN passed away peacefully, at home, on Thursday, December 18, 2025, surrounded and comforted by her family.
Born April 11, 1939 in Worthington, MN, the second child of Henry and Alice Marco. She grew up in the small town of Bigelow, MN, where she met the love of her life, Darwin. She...
Jimmy Dale Morton
Dec 11, 2025
Jimmy D. Morton, age 86, of Hastings, Minnesota passed away peacefully on December 11, 2025 surrounded by his family.
Jimmy was born on April 10,1939 to William and Luella (Bailey) Morton in Van Buren, Arkansas. While young, the family moved to Hawthorne, California where he grew up.
Jimmy (age 14) started flat track speed skating competitions. He dabbled in Roller Derby until...
Georgiana Kathryn Olzenak
Dec 9, 2025
Georgiana Olzenak, age 88, of Cottage Grove, Minnesota passed away peacefully on December 9, 2025. Georgiana was born on July 24, 1937 to George F. and Edith S. (Anderson) Bach in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grew up on Rice Street in St. Paul and graduated from Washington High School. On June 2, 1956, she married her sweetheart, Jack, at Saint Bernard’s...
Teresa A. Johnson
Dec 9, 2025
Teresa A. Johnson, 84, of Cottage Grove passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2025 surrounded by her loving family.
She is preceded in death by husband, Bob; daughter, Sis; and son-in-law, Mike Palmer. She is survived by children, Bobby, Donald, Linda (Jim) O’Malley, David (Jenny), Jimmy, Suzy Palmer, and Katie (Don Miesner); grandchildren, Jessica (Rocky) Ross, Jason (Laura) Meyer, Jeremiah O'Malley, Sarah...
Bradley Alan TeGantvoort
Dec 8, 2025
Bradley Alan TeGantvoort, age 60, of Inver Grove Heights, MN, passed away unexpectedly on December 8, 2025. He was comforted in his final moments by his partner in life and love, Jana Armstead.
Born on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1965, Brad was the first child of Carol (Tomsich) and Larry TeGantvoort. He grew up in Cottage Grove, where he forged...
Corey Dean Lewis
Dec 4, 2025
Corey Dean Lewis, age 54, of Newport Minnesota passed away on December 4th, 2025. Corey was born on July 9th, 1971 in Aberdeen, South Dakota to Dean Lewis and Cathy Deutsch. He moved to Minnesota with his family in 1984 and spent the rest of his life there. Corey is survived by his daughter, Tierani Nick of Buffalo Lake Minnesota,...
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...
Ione Mae Kalstad
Nov 29, 2025
Ione Mae Kalstad, age 96, of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, was welcomed to her eternal home on November 29, 2025, surrounded by her loving children.
Ione was born on July 10, 1929 in Union Township, Iowa to Edward and Edna Schulze. She is survived by her children Danny Kalstad, Nancy (Dave) Pawlik, and Susan (Michael Berry) Leshovsky; her sister Norma Pike; 17...
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...
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...
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...
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