Obituaries
Obituaries for Starkson Family
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Rick J. Cobian
December 11, 2020
A Luminary Service celebrating the life of Rick J. Cobian of Hastings, MN will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the Rotary Pavilion of Levee Park in downtown Hastings. All family and friends are welcome. Attendees are advised to dress appropriately for a COVID friendly, outdoor event with Pastor Paris Pasch presiding. The family...
Richard E. Myklebust
December 11, 2020
Richard “Dick” Myklebust, age 92, passed away, December 11, 2020 at his home in Hastings. As much as Dick enjoyed his 15 years in radio and working in security at the State Capitol, he always felt the best part of the job were the people he met. Thank you all. He was preceded in death by parents, Roy and...
Dean Cran
December 11, 2020
Dean Cran, age 56, of Hastings, passed away peacefully December 11, 2020 with his family by his side. He was born April 4, 1964. Dean was salutatorian at Hastings High School, and went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Hamline University. He worked at Fidelity National Financial for many years. Dean was an accomplished musician and...
Ann E. Teskey
December 10, 2020
Ann Elizabeth Teskey, age 81, Oakdale, Minnesota, passed away on December 10, 2020. She was born on January 16, 1939 in Butte, Montana, to Calvin and Elizabeth Kielsmeier. She grew up in Elgin, Illinois where her father was a practicing physician. In 1959, she married Richard Teskey and in 1961 she graduated from the University of Iowa with a...
Diane F. Evans
December 10, 2020
Diane F. Evans, age 75, of Hastings, passed away at home December 10, 2020. She was born in Hastings on April 26, 1945 to Tony and Eva (Leih) Bauer. Diane was a 1963 Hastings High School graduate. She was preceded in death by parents; brothers, John and Rudy Bauer; sisters, Gloria Gallett and Barb Robinson. Diane is survived by...
Arline D. Doyle
December 9, 2020
Arline Dorthea Doyle
Age 86 of Mpls., born March 2, 1934 to Hildur & Frank Ostlund, passed away peacefully Dec. 9, 2020 surrounded by family. Arline was greeted by husband, Patrick T. Doyle and son-in-law, Kris A. Wittwer. She is survived by daughters: Michaelle (Russell) Flaten, Katherine (James) Gilligan, Barbara Wittwer and Teresa Doyle; grandchildren: Russell Jr., Patrick, Anna, Jake, Devlin,...
Francis "Bud" Keetley
December 6, 2020
Francis "Bud" Keetley, age 87 of Hastings, died peacefully on Sunday afternoon, December 6, 2020, at Regina Medical Center in Hastings. Francis Raymond, the son of Horace and Eleanora (Siebenaler) Keetley, was born on September 3, 1933, in Hastings. Following his graduation from Hastings High School with the class of 1951, Bud enlisted in the United States Air Force...
Jeanette I. Stocker
December 5, 2020
Jeanette I. Stocker, age 78 of Hastings, passed away peacefully at her home on the morning of December 5th, 2020 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. She was born on November 11th, 1942 and raised on a farm in Badger, MN – a small town situated just 10 miles south of the Canadian border. Born of Norwegian heritage...
Kevin Gill O'Brien
December 5, 2020
Kevin O’Brien, 60, of Hastings, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family on Saturday, December 5, 2020. Kevin was born on July 7, 1960 in St. Paul, MN, the son of Frank and Ivedell O’Brien. He attended school in Hastings and graduated from Hastings High School in 1979. He went on to attend Dakota County Technical College,...
Patricia Reiten Juffer
December 5, 2020
Juffer, Patricia Reiten
Age 50 of Rosemount, wife of Mark Juffer, mother of Abigail Koller and Alexis Juffer, passed away on December 5th, 2020.
She was born February 26, 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Linda Reiten and Mateus Vaz de Sa. She grew up in North Dakota, graduating from Century High School in 1988. After graduating from Northland Technical college...
Paul D. Sundquist
December 5, 2020
Paul D. Sundquist Age 76 of Eagan, formerly of Hibbing. Member of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valley. Preceded in death by parents; brother & sister. Survived by loving wife of 54 years, Linda; daughter, Anne (Jason) Molesky; grandchildren, Addison & Aidan; brother, Arthur (Melanie); sister-in-law, Karen Louma; and many nieces & nephews. Memorial service 11 AM, Thursday,...
Janet (Marthaler) Grosse
December 4, 2020
Janet M. Grosse, age 69 of Hastings, died peacefully following a recent stroke on Friday afternoon, December 4, 2020, at United Hospital in St. Paul. Janet Marie, the daughter of George H. and Rosemary (Fitzgerald) Marthaler, was born on January 30, 1951, in West St. Paul. She attended West St. Paul Schools prior to transferring to Rosemount where she...
Esther L. (Overgaard) Thue
December 3, 2020
Esther L. Thue, age 91 of Hastings, died peacefully on Thursday evening, December 3, 2020, at United Hospital in St. Paul. Esther Lillian, the daughter of Arne and Esther (Isaacson) Overgaard, was born on July 31, 1929, on the family farm in Luverne Township, Minnesota. Following her graduation from Glenwood High School, Esther went on to study education and...
Leo L'Herault
December 3, 2020
Leo Paul L’Herault Jr., 74, of Oakdale, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020, at Woodbury Health Care Center. He was born on January 16, 1946 in Minneapolis, MN, the son of Leo Sr. and Mildred (Church) L’Herault. He received his education and graduated from Cooper High School in 1965. Leo went on to work for Liberty Carton Company in...
Dennis W. Blesener
December 3, 2020
Dennis W. Blesener, age 83 of Hastings, died peacefully on Thursday morning, December 3, 2020, at Woodbury Healthcare Center following a recent battle with Covid-19. Dennis William, the son of Felix and Genevieve (Peterson) Blesener, was born on July 18, 1937, in Northfield. Following his graduation from Northfield High School with the class of 1955, Dennis briefly continued his...
Gilbert Chester Manning
December 1, 2020
Manning, Gilbert Chester
Age 87, of Apple Valley, MN, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 at the Minneapolis VA Hospital/Hospice. Born on February 18th, 1933 in Las Animas, CO. His childhood was spent in Green River, WY and after graduation in 1951 he served in the United States Marine Corps until 1955. He attended Pillsbury Baptist...
Sandra M. "Sandy" Hill
November 30, 2020
Sandra M. "Sandy" Hill, age 69 of Hastings, Minnesota, passed away on November 30, 2020 at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Sandra Mary, the twin daughter of Fred Jr. and Viola (Kiihbauch) Hill, was born on August 26, 1951, in St. Paul. She attended school and ‘home bound’ schooling in Cannon Falls, Cottage Grove, and St. Paul...
Marjorie M. Pabst
November 29, 2020
Marjorie M. Pabst, age 83, of Hastings, passed away November 29, 2020. The youngest of 11 children, she grew up on the family farm in Miesville, MN and attended Hastings High School. She married Roland Pabst in 1958 and was devoted to her family as they started their life together in Roberts, WI. They moved back to Hastings and...
Llewellyn "Lew" H. Linde
November 27, 2020
Llewellyn (Lew) Herbert Linde, a resident of Hastings for 65 years, passed away peacefully at the age of 92, following a short illness, in the presence of family on Friday November 27th at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he received exceptional medical and nursing care. A dedicated family man, social worker, lawyer, humanitarian, and author, Lew was greatly...
Elizabeth "Betty" Mccoy
November 27, 2020
Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy (Rother), age 91, of Hastings, passed away November 27, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack; children, Michael and Maureen; grandchildren, Michael Saemus and Joseph; siblings, Evelyn, Donald, Harold and Fritz Rother. Betty is survived by her children, Colleen Broderson, Mark (Maggie), Jack (Becky), Kent (Angie), Chris (Deb), Kelly (Diane) and Mary (Pete)...
Rick J. Cobian
December 11, 2020
A Luminary Service celebrating the life of Rick J. Cobian of Hastings, MN will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the Rotary Pavilion of Levee Park in downtown Hastings. All family and friends are welcome. Attendees are advised to dress appropriately for a COVID friendly, outdoor event with Pastor Paris Pasch presiding. The family...
Richard E. Myklebust
December 11, 2020
Richard “Dick” Myklebust, age 92, passed away, December 11, 2020 at his home in Hastings. As much as Dick enjoyed his 15 years in radio and working in security at the State Capitol, he always felt the best part of the job were the people he met. Thank you all. He was preceded in death by parents, Roy and...
Dean Cran
December 11, 2020
Dean Cran, age 56, of Hastings, passed away peacefully December 11, 2020 with his family by his side. He was born April 4, 1964. Dean was salutatorian at Hastings High School, and went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Hamline University. He worked at Fidelity National Financial for many years. Dean was an accomplished musician and...
Ann E. Teskey
December 10, 2020
Ann Elizabeth Teskey, age 81, Oakdale, Minnesota, passed away on December 10, 2020. She was born on January 16, 1939 in Butte, Montana, to Calvin and Elizabeth Kielsmeier. She grew up in Elgin, Illinois where her father was a practicing physician. In 1959, she married Richard Teskey and in 1961 she graduated from the University of Iowa with a...
Diane F. Evans
December 10, 2020
Diane F. Evans, age 75, of Hastings, passed away at home December 10, 2020. She was born in Hastings on April 26, 1945 to Tony and Eva (Leih) Bauer. Diane was a 1963 Hastings High School graduate. She was preceded in death by parents; brothers, John and Rudy Bauer; sisters, Gloria Gallett and Barb Robinson. Diane is survived by...
Arline D. Doyle
December 9, 2020
Arline Dorthea Doyle
Age 86 of Mpls., born March 2, 1934 to Hildur & Frank Ostlund, passed away peacefully Dec. 9, 2020 surrounded by family. Arline was greeted by husband, Patrick T. Doyle and son-in-law, Kris A. Wittwer. She is survived by daughters: Michaelle (Russell) Flaten, Katherine (James) Gilligan, Barbara Wittwer and Teresa Doyle; grandchildren: Russell Jr., Patrick, Anna, Jake, Devlin,...
Francis "Bud" Keetley
December 6, 2020
Francis "Bud" Keetley, age 87 of Hastings, died peacefully on Sunday afternoon, December 6, 2020, at Regina Medical Center in Hastings. Francis Raymond, the son of Horace and Eleanora (Siebenaler) Keetley, was born on September 3, 1933, in Hastings. Following his graduation from Hastings High School with the class of 1951, Bud enlisted in the United States Air Force...
Jeanette I. Stocker
December 5, 2020
Jeanette I. Stocker, age 78 of Hastings, passed away peacefully at her home on the morning of December 5th, 2020 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. She was born on November 11th, 1942 and raised on a farm in Badger, MN – a small town situated just 10 miles south of the Canadian border. Born of Norwegian heritage...
Kevin Gill O'Brien
December 5, 2020
Kevin O’Brien, 60, of Hastings, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family on Saturday, December 5, 2020. Kevin was born on July 7, 1960 in St. Paul, MN, the son of Frank and Ivedell O’Brien. He attended school in Hastings and graduated from Hastings High School in 1979. He went on to attend Dakota County Technical College,...
Patricia Reiten Juffer
December 5, 2020
Juffer, Patricia Reiten
Age 50 of Rosemount, wife of Mark Juffer, mother of Abigail Koller and Alexis Juffer, passed away on December 5th, 2020.
She was born February 26, 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Linda Reiten and Mateus Vaz de Sa. She grew up in North Dakota, graduating from Century High School in 1988. After graduating from Northland Technical college...
Paul D. Sundquist
December 5, 2020
Paul D. Sundquist Age 76 of Eagan, formerly of Hibbing. Member of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valley. Preceded in death by parents; brother & sister. Survived by loving wife of 54 years, Linda; daughter, Anne (Jason) Molesky; grandchildren, Addison & Aidan; brother, Arthur (Melanie); sister-in-law, Karen Louma; and many nieces & nephews. Memorial service 11 AM, Thursday,...
Janet (Marthaler) Grosse
December 4, 2020
Janet M. Grosse, age 69 of Hastings, died peacefully following a recent stroke on Friday afternoon, December 4, 2020, at United Hospital in St. Paul. Janet Marie, the daughter of George H. and Rosemary (Fitzgerald) Marthaler, was born on January 30, 1951, in West St. Paul. She attended West St. Paul Schools prior to transferring to Rosemount where she...
Esther L. (Overgaard) Thue
December 3, 2020
Esther L. Thue, age 91 of Hastings, died peacefully on Thursday evening, December 3, 2020, at United Hospital in St. Paul. Esther Lillian, the daughter of Arne and Esther (Isaacson) Overgaard, was born on July 31, 1929, on the family farm in Luverne Township, Minnesota. Following her graduation from Glenwood High School, Esther went on to study education and...
Leo L'Herault
December 3, 2020
Leo Paul L’Herault Jr., 74, of Oakdale, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020, at Woodbury Health Care Center. He was born on January 16, 1946 in Minneapolis, MN, the son of Leo Sr. and Mildred (Church) L’Herault. He received his education and graduated from Cooper High School in 1965. Leo went on to work for Liberty Carton Company in...
Dennis W. Blesener
December 3, 2020
Dennis W. Blesener, age 83 of Hastings, died peacefully on Thursday morning, December 3, 2020, at Woodbury Healthcare Center following a recent battle with Covid-19. Dennis William, the son of Felix and Genevieve (Peterson) Blesener, was born on July 18, 1937, in Northfield. Following his graduation from Northfield High School with the class of 1955, Dennis briefly continued his...
Gilbert Chester Manning
December 1, 2020
Manning, Gilbert Chester
Age 87, of Apple Valley, MN, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 at the Minneapolis VA Hospital/Hospice. Born on February 18th, 1933 in Las Animas, CO. His childhood was spent in Green River, WY and after graduation in 1951 he served in the United States Marine Corps until 1955. He attended Pillsbury Baptist...
Sandra M. "Sandy" Hill
November 30, 2020
Sandra M. "Sandy" Hill, age 69 of Hastings, Minnesota, passed away on November 30, 2020 at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Sandra Mary, the twin daughter of Fred Jr. and Viola (Kiihbauch) Hill, was born on August 26, 1951, in St. Paul. She attended school and ‘home bound’ schooling in Cannon Falls, Cottage Grove, and St. Paul...
Marjorie M. Pabst
November 29, 2020
Marjorie M. Pabst, age 83, of Hastings, passed away November 29, 2020. The youngest of 11 children, she grew up on the family farm in Miesville, MN and attended Hastings High School. She married Roland Pabst in 1958 and was devoted to her family as they started their life together in Roberts, WI. They moved back to Hastings and...
Llewellyn "Lew" H. Linde
November 27, 2020
Llewellyn (Lew) Herbert Linde, a resident of Hastings for 65 years, passed away peacefully at the age of 92, following a short illness, in the presence of family on Friday November 27th at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he received exceptional medical and nursing care. A dedicated family man, social worker, lawyer, humanitarian, and author, Lew was greatly...
Elizabeth "Betty" Mccoy
November 27, 2020
Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy (Rother), age 91, of Hastings, passed away November 27, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack; children, Michael and Maureen; grandchildren, Michael Saemus and Joseph; siblings, Evelyn, Donald, Harold and Fritz Rother. Betty is survived by her children, Colleen Broderson, Mark (Maggie), Jack (Becky), Kent (Angie), Chris (Deb), Kelly (Diane) and Mary (Pete)...
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