John P. Gardner

Our beloved husband, father and friend, John P. Gardner, of Sneads Ferry, NC, passed away on February 16, 2013 after a long and valiant battle with lymphoma/leukemia. John was born October 6, 1949 in Rochester, MN and graduated from Lourdes High School. He married...

Ruth E. Small

Ruth Small, 85, died the evening of February 18th, 2013 of natural causes after several months of skilled nursing care at Madonna Towers in Rochester, MN. Ruth Estelle Trubl was born September 4, 1927, to Charles and Stella (Briska) Trubl in Winona, MN. After...

Sonia Jayne Ellsworth

It is with great sadness that the family of Sonia Ellsworth announces her death due to breast cancer.  She died at 7:50 A.M. on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the age of 44 at Seasons Hospice House.  Visitation will be in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home...

Marion Ann Pischke

The funeral service for Marion A. Pischke will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday February 20, 2013 in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home, with Sr. Kathy Warren OSF. officiating. Burial will be at the Catholic  Cemetery in La Crosse, WI.  at a later date. Visitation...

Dr. Alexander Schirger

Dr. Alexander Schirger, age 87 passed away on Thursday February 14, 2013 at Saint Mary’s Hospital on the feast day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of the Slavic peoples. He was born on October 3, 1925 in Prague, Czechoslovakia to Alexius and Anna Schirger....