All Obituaries

Daniel K. Warren, 86, of Spring Valley, MN, died Thursday, March 21, 2019, at home surrounded by family. Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 5, 2019, at Faith United Methodist Church in Spring Valley.  Visitation will be held starting at 10:00 a.m. until the time of service.  Burial will be in the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery – Preston.  Hindt Funeral Home Spring Valley is assisting the family. Daniel Knight Warren was born on September 17,...

William “Bill” Bicknese, 90, of Wykoff, MN, died on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Ostrander Care & Rehab.  Memorial services for Bill will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Wykoff, MN.  Visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at the church.  Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home Wykoff is assisting the family. A full obituary will be posted soon.

Helen M. Bateman, 96, of Cresco, Iowa died March 16, 2019, at Accura HealthCare in Cresco. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Notre Dame Catholic Church on Saturday, March 23, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. with Father Dennis Cain officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, March 22, 2019, from 4-7 p.m. at Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home in Cresco, and will continue at the church for one hour prior to the service on Saturday.  Helen Marguerite Lienhard was...

Funeral services for Russell H. Hancock will be held 11:00 A.M. Monday, March 11, 2019 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Spring Valley with Reverend Mark Van House and Pastor Betsy Dartt officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:30 until time of service on Monday at the church. Spring burial will take place at Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield Township, Fillmore County.   Russell Homer Hancock, age 97, of Spring Valley, MN died Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Ostrander Care and...

Obituary: Melissa Marie Benson, longtime Lanesboro resident, dies at 70 Melissa Marie (Donehower) Benson died peacefully Monday, March 4 at age 70 surrounded by her loving family following a brave battle with pancreatic cancer. Melissa was born in Saint Paul, MN, the daughter of Dr. Clifford and Rosemary (Galvin) Donehower. She grew up in West St. Paul and graduated from Sibley High School in 1966. Melissa attended Hamline University in St. Paul, MN, where she met the love of her life and...

Beverly Wingert, age 93, of Fountain, MN, died Monday, March 4, 2019, at her home. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, March 7, 2019, at Preston United Methodist Church with Rev. Deanna Woodward officiating.  Burial will take place in the spring at the Preston Methodist Cemetery.  Visitation will be held 4:00 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home Preston, MN, and will continue an hour prior to the service on Thursday at the church. Beverly...

Eric Charles Tjepkes, 54, died on Sunday, March 3, 2019, at Methodist Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Eric was born June 4, 1964, in Rochester, and grew up there. He graduated from John Marshall High School in 1982. He joined the Navy and served with honors in Panama, Scotland, Key West, Japan, and Hawaii. Eric was in Hawaii when he was discharged and stayed on there for the next 17 years. He worked as an electrician for a civilian contractor in Oahu that catered to the military....

Donald Arthur Schultz, age 92, of Wykoff, MN died Friday, March 1, 2019, at Cottagewood Senior Living in Rochester, MN. Donald was born August 6, 1926 in Wykoff, Fillmore County, the son of Arthur and Delia (Hall) Schultz. He graduated from Wykoff High School. He married Elizabeth Schroeder on April 20, 1947 at the Pleasant Valley Lutheran Church in rural Racine, MN. They lived in the Wykoff area most of their lives before moving to the Evergreen Estates in Spring Valley, MN in 2011. Donald...

  David Zakostelecky, 51, passed away Thursday, February 28th, 2019 at Pillar of Cedar Valley in Waterloo, IA. Friends and family are invited to extend their sympathies at a visitation which will be held before the memorial services at Hindt-Hudek Funeral home on Saturday, March 9 from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Following visitation a prayer service and celebration of life will be held at the funeral home at 2:00 PM. David Zakostelecky was born May 31, 1967 in Cresco, IA to Francis...

Paul D. Bowen, age 66, of Lime Springs, IA died Sunday, February 24, 2019, at Mayo Clinic Methodist Campus in Rochester, MN. Funeral services for Paul Bowen will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 4, 2019, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lime Springs, IA with Pastor Jeff Jacobs officiating. Burial will take place that afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Preston, MN. Visitation will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, March 3 at Hindt Funeral...