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PO Box 248 • New Richland, MN 56072

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Susan M. McDonough, 66, passed away on July 6th, along with her granddaughter, Zoe McDonough, after a tragic accident while vacationing with family in Tennessee.

Sue was a lifelong resident of New Richland, where everyone knew her as a kind, thoughtful, loving and generous friend.

Zoe Madeline McDonough, 10, of East Brainerd died July 6, 2012 along with her grandmother, Susan McDonough, in a tragic accident.

Zoe was a lifelong resident of Chattanooga and was soon to be a fifth-grader at Westview Elementary School. She loved basketball, soccer, volleyball and art and was inspired to become an Art Teacher. She was a member of Girl Scout Troop #40507 for the past five years and also a member of Christ United Methodist Church. Zoe was most proud of her relationship with her savior and having renewed her baptism just five days before her death.

The funeral service for Michael John Baynes of Minneapolis will be held on Friday, July 13, 2012 at 2 p.m., at All Saints Catholic Church in New Richland, MN. Father Swamii will officiate. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Church prior to the service. Interment will be in the Calvary Cemetery in New Richland. A celebration of his life will be held at City Hall following the interment. Friedrich-Bonnerup Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

Michael Baynes passed away on July 6, 2012, in Minneapolis. He was 55 years old.


The funeral service for Elois Aleanna Lageson Loken Anderson was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 7, 2012 at First Lutheran Church in Ellendale, MN. Friends visited with family one hour before service at the church. Interment  was in the First Lutheran Cemetery, Ellendale, MN.

Elois died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at Three Links Care Center, Northfield, MN. She was 94 years old.

Elois was born in Ellendale, Minnesota on November 24, 1917, the daughter of Enock John and Agnes Elnora (Miller) Lageson.  She attended Ellendale Schools. She was confirmed May 5, 1931 in Ellendale, MN.  Elois had lived in Ellendale, New Richland, Shakopee and Chanhassen, Minnesota and returned to Ellendale.  She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Ellendale and was a member of the ladies aid women’s group. She was married to Clarence Loken who preceded her in death February 22, 1967 and later married Kenneth Anderson who preceded her in death December 26, 1986.

Ione O. Roeker, age 87 of rural Waldorf, died on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at the Janesville Nursing Home.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 9th at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Waldorf with Rev. Michael Mathews, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory in Janesville, and will continue on Monday morning for one hour prior to services, at church.