Marlene Ruth Buck, age 91 of Alexandria, formerly Tracy, passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Grand Arbor Senior Living Center in Alexandria. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 9, 2025 at Tracy Lutheran Church in Tracy. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at church on Saturday. Interment will be in the Tracy City Cemetery. Memorials are preferred to the City of Tracy Community Center Project Fund (338 Morgan St, Tracy, MN 56175), or the East Moe Cemetery Association (PO Box 124 Garfield, MN 56332).  Stephens Funeral Service – Tracy Area Funeral Home [...]

Arlene Mae Sam, age 87, of the Lower Sioux, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at her daughter’s home surrounded by family. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 28, 2025 at St. Cornelia’s Episcopal Cemetery, Lower Sioux. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday at the Lower Sioux Guild Hall. Stephens Funeral Service - Redwood Valley Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Arlene Mae Sam was born July 25, 1937 in Washoe, Nevada to Ernest and Elsie (Heminger Crooks) Peters. She received her education at the Morton Schools and made her home at [...]

Brad Rhea, age 72, of Canby, MN passed away at his home on Sunday, July 20, 2025. A private family graveside memorial service will be held at the Canby City Cemetery in Canby, MN and no public service will be held. Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel in Canby, MN has been entrusted with handling the arrangements. Bradley Charles Rhea was born on April 18, 1953 in Canby, Minnesota to parents Charles and Marilyn Mae (Olson) Rhea. He was raised on the Rhea family dairy farm near Porter, MN where continued to work as a teenager. When Brad was young his friends [...]

Harriet Schlecht, age 89, of rural Porter, MN passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Sunday, July 20, 2025 at the Sanford Canby Medical Center in Canby, MN. Memorial service will be held at 2:00pm on August 1st at the First Baptist Church in Canby, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel in Canby, MN has been entrusted with the arrangements. Harriet Adell Schlecht was born on November 30, 1935 to Caleb and Eleanor (Nyland) Bjur in LaMoure County, North Dakota. She grew up on the [...]

Susan Baune, age 59, of Rochester, MN, passed away on Sunday, July 20, 2025, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, MN.  Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Redwood Falls, MN with a lunch following the funeral mass. Visitation will be at 4:00 – 7:00 PM on Friday, July 25, 2025 at the church, with a parish prayer service at 6:30 PM.  Visitation will resume one hour prior to her service from 10:00 - 11:00 AM at the church. Graveside service will be held at 12:00 PM [...]

Lowell Siekmann, age 69, of Marshall, Minnesota, died unexpectedly on Sunday, July 20, 2025, while working in Woodstock, Minnesota.  Memorial Services are 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 28, 2025, at Living Word Church in Marshall. Following a reception for attendees, interment will be in the Lynd City Cemetery in Lynd, Minnesota.  Visitation will be held just prior to his celebration, from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. on Monday, also at the church.  Arrangements are with the Hamilton Funeral Home in Marshall. Lowell Dean Siekmann was born on June 6, 1956, in Marshall, Minnesota. He was the son of Roland and Merlene (Wigen) Siekmann. Lowell grew up [...]

Linda K. Larsen, age 74 of Redwood Falls, formerly of Morton, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, July 20, 2025 at her home. A time of visitation will be held 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. with a Prayer Service at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, 2025 at the Cansayapi Rec Center, Lower Sioux Community.  Stephens Funeral Service - Redwood Valley Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Linda K. Larsen was born June 10, 1951 in Redwood Falls, Minnesota to Leland “Bud” and Betty (Sackett) Dallenbach. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Catholic Church in Morton, Minnesota, and attended Morton [...]

Ronald Wayne Pendleton, age 56 of the Lower Sioux Community, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 19, 2025 with family by his side.  Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at the Lower Sioux Rec Center.  Visitation will begin at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Rec Center and will continue until the time of the service.  Interment is in St. Cornelia’s Episcopal Cemetery.  Stephens Funeral Service - Redwood Valley Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Ronald Wayne Pendleton was born August 31, 1968 in Minneapolis, MN to Robert Theodore & Janet (Schmit) Pendleton.  He [...]

Joseph Novelli, age 38, of Marshall, Minnesota, died unexpectedly on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at his home.  A memorial gathering of family and friends will be held from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the Hamilton Funeral Home in Marshall.  His family has established a crowd-funding campaign to help cover final expenses. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the family via the blue DONATE NOW button on Joe’s page of the Hamilton Funeral Home website.  Arrangements are with the Hamilton Funeral Home in Marshall. Joseph Antonio Novelli was born on April 11, 1987, in Fresno, California. He [...]

Mass of Christian Burial for Melvin Welu, 61, of Milroy, will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Milroy. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. with a Rosary at 3:00 p.m. and a Parish Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Visitation will continue on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at the church. Interment will follow the service at St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery in Milroy. Upon conclusion of the graveside service a luncheon will be provided at the Milroy High School.  The Horvath [...]