All Obituaries

Calvin F. Kosek, age 79 of Dassel, MN formerly of Silver Lake, MN, passed away April 10, 2018. Funeral service will be held on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. with visitation one hour prior to  the service at The Maresh Funeral Home, 105 Main Street West, Silver Lake, MN.  Interment to follow at Bohemian National Cemetery, Silver Lake, MN.

Peter William Jensen, age 68, of Hutchinson, Minnesota passed away on Friday, March 30, 2018 at The Good Samaritan Society in Arlington, Minnesota. Peter was a life, long resident of Hutchinson.  He was born on April 16, 1949 and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1967.  Survived by his son(s) Christopher Heintz-Jensen and Joe Heintz of Hutchinson; sister Sue Jensen and partner Nancy Miller of Plymouth, Minnesota; special friend Janice Heintz of Hutchinson; along with many...

Gilbert E. Stifter, age 77, of Hopkins, formerly of Silver Lake, passed away on March 19, 2018 following a six year courageous battle with cancer.   Gilbert was born on December 10, 1940 in Winsted, Minnesota, the son of Frank M. and Theodora M. “Dora” (Schermann) Stifter.   Gilbert honorably served his country in the United States Army from 1959-1962.   He was joined in holy marriage with Beverly Robison on August 18, 1962, at St. Adalbert Catholic Church in...

Martha Urban, age 91, of Silver Lake, MN passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Cedar Crest in Silver Lake.  She was born July 12, 1926 in Glencoe, MN, the daughter of Joseph L. and Josephine (Koktan) Popelka. Martha graduated from Glencoe High School and began working as a secretary at the Mill in Glencoe.  After raising her children, she went back to school for a secretarial degree and began working at the Silver Lake State Bank. On June 30, 1953, Martha was united in...

Gordon Thomas Pawlicki, age 75, of Silver Lake passed away on Saturday, February 10th, 2018 at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born on November 12, 1942 in Hale Township, McLeod County, Minnesota the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Horstmann) Pawlicki. He was joined in holy marriage to Eileen A. Schultz at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Silver Lake on September 1, 1964.  God blessed their marriage with four children. Gordon honorably served his country in the National Guard.  He...

Robert Douglas Simondet, age 61 of Silver Lake, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. He was born March 1, 1956 in Glencoe, the son of Douglas and Mary (Bushell) Simondet. Bob was a 1974 graduate of Glencoe High School. He played the trumpet and received one of the highest musical achievements in school, the John Philip Sousa Award. He was also invited to audition for the United States Marine Corps Band. Bob was very passionate about music and playing the trumpet, he...

Judith Emilie “Judy” Kadlec, age 72, of Hutchinson passed away on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018 at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, showing her strong will to live her life to the absolute fullest, despite the challenges that cancer happened to bring over the past two years. She was born at home, on a farm near Lamberton, Minnesota on March 7, 1945 the daughter of Wilfred & Emilie (Galloway) Landkammer and she graduated from Winthrop High School. Growing up, Judy...

Donald Henry Miskovsky was born on November 26, 1937 in Hutchinson, McLeod County, MN.  He was the son of Henry and Anna (Picha) Miskovsky. Don was baptized and confirmed as a youth at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Silver Lake, MN. He graduated from Silver Lake High School Class of 1955. Don served his country in the U.S. Navy for 3 years. On November 9, 1963 Don married Carol Habisch at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Winsted, MN. They lived in Richfield, MN for a short time, then...

LeRoy Francis Penas, age 81, of rural Glencoe passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2018 at Hutchinson Health Hospital. He was born in Glencoe, MN on August 25, 1936 the son of Frank and Emma (Zaruba) Penas. LeRoy graduated from Silver Lake High School.  He honorably served his country in the United States Army.  On October 10, 1964 LeRoy Penas and Judith A. Cantin were joined in holy marriage.  God blessed their marriage with three daughters. He engaged in dairy farming on...

Joan Louise Goranowski, age 84, formerly of Silver Lake went to Heaven to be with her husband and son on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at St. Crispin Living Community in Red Wing. Joan (affectionately known as “Janet” by family and friends) was born on November 19, 1933 in Silver Lake the daughter of James & Bertha (Pilarski) Snaza. Joan was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith at St. Adalbert’s Catholic Church in Silver Lake. She graduated from St....