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Lula J. (Lou) Boller — Kasson
Robert Lermon — Kasson
Lula J. (Lou) Boller passed away peacefully at age 86 on
Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at Prairie Meadows Senior Living in
Kasson. Funeral services for Lou will be at 11
a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, at Ranfranz and
Vine Funeral Homes, 5421 Royal Place N.W.,
Rochester. Visitation will be one hour prior to
the service at the funeral home. Burial will be
at Oakwood Cemetery.
Lou was born on Dec. 25, 1926, in Ward, S.D.,
to Karl and Emma (Schadwinkel) Langholz.
She grew up in Hutchinson, Minn., where she
attended school. As a child, she spent many
happy hours playing with the barn cats at the
Boller
farm of her grandparents and helping out at
home in the garden. She was an accomplished
horsewoman and spent her time after school exercising the
show horses owned by her family.
On Sept. 24, 1946, she married Harry Boller. Following the
birth of their first child in 1948, Lou and Harry moved to
Rochester. Lou worked as a waitress at Wong’s Cafe in downtown Rochester. She worked for many years at Matzke’s Sewing
Center until her retirement. She was an expert seamstress and
sewed everything from draperies for her home to swimsuits and
prom dresses for her granddaughters. She also loved to garden
and spent many hours canning and freezing the bounty from
her garden.
Lou is survived by her daughter, Linda (Jay) Phillips, of
Byron, and her son, Timothy (Sherrie) Boller, of Kansas City,
Mo.; four grandchildren, Stacy VanBenschoten, Heather Phillips, Ryan Boller and Jenna Boller; five great-grandchildren; one
sister, Doris (Darrell) Ruesink, of Rochester; and several nieces
and nephews along with her good friend, Rosemary Matzke. She
was preceded in death by her parents, spouse, two brothers and
one sister.
Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, 5421 Royal Place N.W.,
Rochester, MN 55901 www.ranfranzandvinefh.com
The funeral Mass for Robert George Lermon will be 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, at the Holy Family Catholic Church, 1904
Mantorville Ave., Kasson, with the Rev. Harry
Jewison celebrating. Interment will be in St.
Margaret’s Cemetery in Mantorville with military honors by the Kasson American Legion.
Robert Lermon, 70, passed away on Aug. 30,
2013, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester.
Robert was born on Sept. 26, 1942, the son
of George and Mary (Butler) Lermon in West
Concord. Robert graduated from West Concord
High School in 1960. Robert served in the U.S.
Navy from 1960-1963.
Lermon
Robert was united in marriage to Marilyn
Smith on Nov. 27, 1965, in Stacyville, Iowa. He
worked at ROMAC in Rochester for 30 years
and Lawrence Transportation for 12 years.
He was a member of Holy Family Catholic
Church, Mantorville Senior Citizens, a friend
of Bill W. and was a volunteer for Dodge County Drug Court.
Robert enjoyed woodworking, grilling, cooking, fishing, playing
cards with friends and family and spending time with his family
and grandchildren.
Robert is survived by his wife, Marilyn Lermon, Mantorville;
three daughters, Marina (Lawren) Castner, Mantorville, Jennifer (Craig) Carlson, Kasson, Michelle (Matt) McCloud, West
Bridgewater, Mass.; six grandchildren, Christopher and Connor
Castner, Megan, Kevin, and Cory Carlson, Joanna McCloud;
two sisters, Paula (Tim) Talbert, Dodge Center, and Dora Ellingson, Meridan, Minn.; two brothers, Bill (Deb) Blom, Winona
and Brad Blom, Grand Rapids, Minn.; many nieces, nephews
and dear friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, one
nephew and two brothers-in-law.
Visitation will be 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, at the
Czaplewski Family Funeral Home, 25 South St. S.W. in Dodge
Center and one hour before the service at the church on Tuesday. Family prefers memorials to donor’s choice.
Blessed be his memory.
www.czaplewskifuneralhomes.com
Dorothy M. Karlen — Pine Island
Dorothy M. Karlen, age 93, of Pine Island, died on Friday, Aug.
30, 2013, at St. Brigid’s at Hi-Park in Red Wing.
She was born on Oct. 16, 1919, in Milton
Township, Dodge County, to Adolph and Eva
Mae (Elias) Schletty. Dorothy grew up in
Milton Township and attended rural school
there. She worked at MC Lawlers, Pine Island
School, Pine Haven, and retired from Pine
Plating. On Nov. 12, 1938, she married Jacob
Karlen in Iowa. The couple farmed together for
many years. Dorothy enjoyed dancing, sewing
(especially making teddy bears), ceramics, the
Happy-Go-Lucky card club for over 52 years,
Karlen
gardening (flowers, vegetables, and cactus),
collecting antique creamers and collecting
teddy bears. She loved her many pet cats and dogs. Dorothy was
a 4-H Leader for over 20 years, chair of Pine Island School PTA,
member of Pine Island Food Shelf and the Pine Island Legion’s
Auxiliary. Dorothy was an active member of Zwingli United
Church of Christ, serving on the Board of Christian Education,
Consistory, Women’s Guild, Witness Circle, Youth Director, and
was also a Sunday and Bible school teacher for many years. She
was also actively involved in Swissfest and was the costume
designer and seamstress.
Dorothy is survived by her children, Paul (Susan) Karlen, of
Red Wing, Russel (Elizabeth) Karlen, of Owatonna, Linda (Greg)
Johnson, of Burnsville, Dennis (Karren) Karlen, of Byron;
grandchildren, Michael (Cindy) Karlen, Craig (Jeanna) Karlen,
Sara (Chris) Holthe, Jessica (Dave) Rau, Benjamin (Jessica)
Karlen, Alexandra Johnson, Jake Karlen, Kallie Karlen; greatgrandchildren, Kathryn (Brett) and Anthony, Kelsey and Jake,
Mary and Mollie, Gavin, Bailey, Tatum, Grayson, Shaela Jo;
many cousins; sister-in-law, Helen Schranz, of Colorado Springs,
Colo., and her family.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Jacob Karlen,
who died on July 20, 1994.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4,
2013, at Zwingli United Church of Christ, with the Rev. Victor
Jortack, the Rev. Gary Kasten and the Rev. George Coy officiating. Burial will be in Berne Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5
p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, at Mahn Family Funeral
Home — Mahler Chapel in Pine Island, and for one hour prior
to the service at the church. Memorials are preferred to Zwingli
United Church of Christ. www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com
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Ronald D. Lovejoy —Eyota
Ronald D. Lovejoy, 89, of Eyota, died Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, at
Golden Living Center West in Rochester.
Ron was born Sept. 16, 1923, in Eyota to
Roy and Ruth Lovejoy. He served in the Army
following World War II in the military police
as part of the German occupation forces. He
and Elizabeth Chase were married on Oct. 4,
1947. They made their home in Eyota, where
he owned and operated Ron’s Auto on Highway 14, later moving
downtown. Ron was a big fan of the Dover-Eyota Eagles football
teams as well as the Minnesota Vikings. He helped form the
Eyota Ambulance and was an active member of the Eyota Volunteer Fire Department, belonged to Holy Redeemer Catholic
Church and the Eyota American Legion.
Survivors include his three sons, William (Kathy) Lovejoy,
of Park Rapids, Andrew and Patrick, both of Eyota. He was
preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth, on May 30, 2013, and by
several siblings.
A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Redeemer
Catholic Church with the Rev. Kurt Farrell officiating. Burial
will follow in Holy Redeemer Cemetery. Friends may call from
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hoff Funeral Service in St. Charles.
They may also call one hour before services at the church on
Wednesday. The Eyota American Legion Post will conduct
military graveside honors. Please share a memory of Ron at his
online guestbook at www.hofffuneral.com.
deaths of note
Famed interviewer David Frost
LONDON — David Frost, best-known for a series of television interviews with Richard Nixon in 1977, died of a heart
attack Saturday, his family said Sunday.
Frost, 74, was stricken aboard a cruise
ship where he was giving a speech.
Frost combined serious journalism with
his own celebrity status. He interviewed
eight serving British prime ministers and
seven U.S. presidents.
Frost rose to prominence in the 1960s as
host of the satirical British TV program
“That Was The Week That Was.”
A tribute to President John F. Kennedy
Frost
on the show was rebroadcast in the U.S.
in 1963, leading to regular appearances on
television there.
The 1977 interviews with Nixon were dramatized in the
2008 movie “Frost/Nixon.”
Frost helped organize the 1979 Music for UNICEF concert,
which turned the UN General Assembly into a stage for a
charity to raise money for the organization’s children’s fund.
In 2005, he provoked controversy when he moved to the
Qatar-based channel Al Jazeera English, where he presented
a weekly current affairs program. — Associated Press
Former Chicago police superintendent
Chicago police say a former superintendent who led the
department under two mayors died this weekend at age 84.
LeRoy Martin joined the force in 1955 and was top cop from
1987 until 1992. He died Saturday from heart failure in Dyer,
Ind. The department confirmed his death, releasing a statement extending its “sincerest condolences.”
Martin worked for mayors Harold Washington and Richard M. Daley and was the second African-American to lead
the agency. He oversaw the department while detectives were
accused of torturing suspects — nearly all of them black.
The Southtown Star says Martin received a report about
the attacks led by former Cmdr. Jon Burge but dismissed it,
saying the report had “flawed and unsubstantiated” methodology. He later ordered hearings that led to Burge’s dismissal.
— Associated Press
Opera director who pioneered translations
Lotfi Mansouri, the Iranian-born opera director and
manager who ran the San Francisco Opera and the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto and pioneered the use of
synchronous translations in performances, died Friday at
his home in San Francisco. He was 84.
The cause was complications from pancreatic cancer, the
San Francisco Opera announced in a statement.
Mansouri, a spirited and innovative artist and showman,
led the San Francisco company as general director from
1988 until 2001. Though it was facing rough times financially
in 1993, he commissioned a new work, Conrad Susa’s “The
Dangerous Liaisons.” In 1996, he staged a celebrated revival
of Stewart Wallace’s “Harvey Milk” after that opera had
received unfavorable reviews in New York.
Before that, he spent 12 years as general director of the
Canadian Opera Company.
“His knowledge of the repertoire and stagecraft were
daunting, and it benefited every organization he was associated with,” David Gockley, now the general director of the
San Francisco Opera, said. — Associated Press
Deborah Jean (Hanley) Finseth — Rochester
Notices of death
Deborah Jean (Hanley) Finseth passed away Aug. 31, 2013,
after a nine-month battle with leukemia.
She was born Sept. 24, 1954, in Rochester to
Aaron and Jeanne Hanley. She graduated from
Hollywood High School, in Hollywood, Calif.
On Feb. 14, 1976, she married Jeffrey Finseth
at The Little Brown Church in the Vale. The
couple lived in and raised their children in
Austin, Minn. In 2009, Deborah moved to Rochester after the passing of her husband.
Deborah was always a caregiver in some
shape or form having worked at a nursing
home, Hiawatha Children’s Home; Austin
Finseth
Senior Center as a senior advocate; St. Olaf
Hospital as the Life Line coordinator; executive
director of the Mower Council for the Handicap; Legal Services
of Austin and Rochester as a paralegal; and until her illness,
owned Access to Justice.
She enjoyed crocheting and traveling. She got the most enjoyment out of spending time with her grandchildren. She traveled
many miles to attend sporting events, school activities, holidays
and birthday parties.
Survivors include her daughter, Desiree (Jay) Milbridge; son,
Cale (Angela) Finseth; father, Aaron Hanley; sister, Terri (Bob)
Pervin; niece, Michele Kruger; nephew, Troy Kruger; grandchildren, Alexis, Ayla, Avery, Camden, Adelynn and Noah; motherin-law, Estelle Finseth and father-in-law Orvis Finseth. She is
preceded in death by her husband, Jeffrey Finseth; mother,
Jeanne Prouty; and grandchildren, John, Mathew and James.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at Church of
the Savior, 971 16th St. S.E., Rochester. Visitation will occur one
hour before the funeral service.
Lula J. (Lou) Boller, 86, died Saturday, at Prairie Meadows
Senior Living in Kasson. Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes.
John C. Burfeind, 57, of Winona, died Sunday, at his home.
Funeral arrangements are pending with the Mahn Family Funeral
Home, Anderosn-Peterson Chapel in Lake City.
William C. David, 83, of Chatfield, died Sunday, at the Chosen
Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Riley Funeral Home, Chatfield.
Peter Lowe Ensign, 64, of Rochester, died Friday at his home.
There will be a service at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Holy Anargyroi
Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester. Ranfranz and Vine Funeral
Homes, Rochester.
Deborah Jean (Hanley) Finseth, 58, of Rochester, died
Saturday, after a nine-month battle with Leukemia.
Clyde Taylor Jordan, 65, of rural Kellogg, died as the result of
a motor vehicle accident near Kellogg Saturday. Abbott Funeral
Home of Wabasha.
Dorothy M. Karlen, 93, of Pine Island, died Friday at St.
Brigid’s at Hi ‑ Park in Red Wing. There will be a service at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at Zwingli United Church of Christ in Pine Island.
Mahn Family Funeral Home, Pine Island.
Loren P. Keefe, 79, of Kasson, died Saturday, in Spring Valley.
Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes
Robert Lermon, 70, of Kasson, died Friday, at Saint Marys
Hospital in Rochester. Czaplewski Family Funeral Home, Dodge
Center.
Ronald D. Lovejoy, 89, of Eyota died Friday, at Golden Living
Center West in Rochester. Hoff Funeral Service in St. Charles.
Two armed bandits rob Inn Town Motel, making off with about $71
The Day in History
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1988 ‑ 25 years ago
Joyce Brothers, psychologist,
television personality and
author, will give the keynote
address to the 21st annual nursing seminar at the
Kahler Hotel.
Jane Belau, a vice president of Control Data Corp.,
and Greg Orwoll, general counsel for Mayo Clinic,
both of Rochester, have been selected to serve on a
council that is to establish new criteria for selecting
University of Minnesota regent candidates.
1963 ‑ 50 years ago
Two armed robbers brandishing a revolver made
off with between $71 and $75 from Rochester’s Inn
Town Motel at Third Street and Second Avenue
Soutwest after tying up a night clerk. However,
within a couple of hours, the two suspects were
apprehended in Lake City.
In a speech at a Labor Day weekend picnic,
Lt. Gov. A.M. Keith, of Rochester, called for new
understanding and cooperation between the rural
and urban residents of the state.
Tuesday is the final day for advance voter
registration for the Sept. 24 school bond issue
election. At the election, voters will consider whether
to authorize the issuance of $7.71 million in bonds to
finance additional school facilities in Rochester.
1938 ‑ 75 years ago
A hobo who started a fire in a Chicago
Northwestern boxcar was given a “bums rush” out
of town by the police who took him to the edge
of town and dropped him off. The Rochester Fire
Department had to extinguish the blaze in the
boxcar.
Rochester and southeastern Minnesota
approached a two-day holiday and observance of
Labor Day. Rochester stores and business houses will
be closed Monday. The occasion marks motor trips
by hundreds of Rochester residents to small villages
and campgrounds throughout the area.
On this date:
• On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in
ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay,
ending World War II.
• In 1666, the Great Fire of London broke out.
• In 1789, the United States Treasury Department
was established.
• In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Gen. William
T. Sherman’s forces occupied Atlanta.
• In 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt
offered the advice, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”
in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.
• In 1924, the Rudolf Friml operetta “Rose Marie”
opened on Broadway.
Ten years ago: A court in Jakarta, Indonesia,
sentenced Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to four
years in prison for sedition (his conviction was later
overturned after he’d spent more than two years
behind bars.) A federal appeals court in San Francisco
threw out more than 100 death sentences in Arizona,
Montana and Idaho because the inmates had been
sent to death row by judges instead of juries.
Five years ago: Republicans assailed Barack
Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White
House nominee in history at their convention in
St. Paul, Minn., and enthusiastically extolled their
own man, John McCain, as ready to lead the nation.
President George W. Bush briefly addressed the
convention by satellite from the White House. A
gunman in Skagit County, Wash., killed six people
and injured four others; a suspect, Isaac Zamora,
later pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to two
murders and guilty to the remaining four, and is
being held in a mental hospital. Jaguars offensive
tackle Richard Collier was left paralyzed in a shooting
outside an apartment building in Jacksonville, Fla.; a
suspect, Tyrone Hartsfield, was later convicted and
sentenced to life in prison.
Today’s Birthdays: Dancer-actress Marge
Champion is 94. Jazz musician Horace Silver is 85.
Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson, R-Wyo., is 82. Former
United States Olympic Committee Chairman Peter
Ueberroth is 76. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sam
Gooden (The Impressions) is 74. Singer Jimmy
Clanton is 73. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rosalind
Ashford (Martha & the Vandellas) is 70. Singer Joe
Simon is 70. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer
Terry Bradshaw is 65. Basketball Hall of Famer Nate
Archibald is 65. Actor Mark Harmon is 62. Sen. Jim
DeMint, R-S.C., is 62. International Tennis Hall of
Famer Jimmy Connors is 61. Actress Linda Purl is 58.
Rock musician Jerry Augustyniak (10,000 Maniacs)
is 55. Country musician Paul Deakin (The Mavericks)
is 54. Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson is 53.
Actor Keanu Reeves is 49. International Boxing Hall
of Famer Lennox Lewis is 48. Actress Salma Hayek is
47. Actor Tuc Watkins is 47. Actress Kristen Cloke is
45. Actress Cynthia Watros is 45. Rhythm-and-blues
singer K-Ci is 44. Actor-comedian Katt Williams is 40.
Actor Michael Lombardi is 39. Actress Tiffany Hines is
36. Rock musician Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit) is 36. Actor
Jonathan Kite is 34. Actress Allison Miller is 28. Rock
musician Spencer Smith (Panic! at the Disco) is 26.