NRHEG Star Eagle

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Newspaper of Record for Waseca County, MN
PO Box 248 • New Richland, MN 56072

507-463-8112
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Elsie A. Roemhildt, age 91, a long-time resident of Wilton Township, Waseca County, died peacefully on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at the New Richland Care Center following an extended illness. 

Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 26, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville, with Rev. Dr. Larry Griffin, officiating. Interment will be held at St. John’s-Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Iosco Township, Waseca County. 

Visitation will be held at the Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory of Janesville on Sunday, August 25, from 2 to 5 p.m. and for one hour prior to services at the church on Monday morning. There will be a 5 p.m. prayer service at the funeral home on Sunday. 

A family service will be conducted for Jay Alan Rudolph, 54, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Woodville Cemetery in Waseca. Jay’s ashes will be interred beside those of his late father, Dale Rudolph. 

Jay was born in Waseca September 13, 1958 the fourth of five children to Dale and Elaine (Wenzel) Rudolph. He lived during his early childhood in New Richland and in the Minneapolis suburb of Crystal. The family later moved to Rochester, MN where Jay remained throughout his life. He was found dead in his home in April. An autopsy was performed and the death has been ruled accidental.

Edna Mae Korman, age 88, of Waseca, died on Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the Owatonna Care Center.

Born on April 23, 1925 in Waseca County, Minnesota she was the daughter of Arthur and Emilie (Behr) Gehring. Edna attended school in rural Waseca County before graduating from New Richland High School. She married Melvin Korman on June 30, 1947 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wilton. Together they lived and farmed in Waseca County. Edna had also worked for the E.F. Johnson Co. in Waseca. She enjoyed gardening, quilting, and sewing. She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Waldorf and the Ladies Aid.

Gerald “Jerry” E. Talley, 78, of Owatonna, died Sunday, August 11, 2013 at St. Mary's Hospital from a result of a stroke. 

Gerald was born March 8, 1935 in Owatonna, Minnesota the third of nine children to Melvin and Beatrice (Stransky) Talley. He was raised in Owatonna and attended school. He was drafted in to the United States Army and later received his honorable discharge in 1958. He began working at Steven’s Hide and Fur in Owatonna and then for Owatonna Bottling for 28 years. Following, Gerald worked for Anhorn’s Service Station in Medford.

Funeral service for Esther M. “Essie” Edman, 92, of Fairmont, MN will be 2 p.m. Monday, August 5, at Grace Lutheran Church in Fairmont with Rev. Neil Christopherson officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, August 4, at the Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.

Esther Marie (Essie) Edman died peacefully Wednesday night, July 31, 2013 from complications of pneumonia and ALS at Ingleside Assisted Living Facility with her four children at her side.