Matthew Eric Schotte, 56, a resident of Cape Coral, FL for the past three years, formerly of Wabasha, MN, passed away peacefully in his home on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 after a long battle of ALS. He was born December 9, 1966 and was raised in Plainview, NY.
After a rigorous 2 year battle with ovarian cancer, Kimberley Kay Blondell at 66 years of age of Rochester, MN; peacefully passed away at the Seasons Hospice House on March 3, 2023. She will forever be remembered for the brave fight for her life.
Leo L. Haubenschild, 90, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away on March 1, 2023. Leo was born on August 22, 1932, to John and Hermine (Peterka) Haubenschild in Ellendale, Minnesota. He attended school in Ellendale. He started his working career in Ellendale in 1950 at Nelsons Grocery Store, L & G Chevrolet and then Albert Lea Foundry. He then entered the service on February 7, 1951, after Basic Training at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. He served in Korea from September 1951 until January 1952 when the entire 1st Calvary Division was rotated out of the combat area and relocated to Camp Chitose on the Island of Hokkaido, Japan until his discharge in January 1954. After returning home he worked for Srsen Auto, and Associated Grocers in Blooming Prairie, and the International Harvester Store in Austin, before starting his 30-year career at IBM on June 24, 1957, retiring in 1987.