Doris E Crofton, age 97, passed away peacefully at her daughters home on March 7, 2024. Doris was born Dec 3rd, 1926 in Oskaloosa IA. She spent her early years on the family homestead in the rural Thornburg area with her parents Walter and Alice Albrighton and two brothers, Weston and Roscoe. She attended school in Thornburg and after her father died in 1938 the family moved to Oskaloosa where she graduated from high school.
Travis Lee Hatcher, resident of a Cardinal Group Home, Gotham Lane, in Rochester, MN, and former resident of Stewartville, MN, died peacefully on 12/31/2023 at Mayo Clinic-Methodist Hospital-Rochester campus. He was surrounded by family and the loving presence of his pastor, as Travis awaited his appointment time to be at the Pearly Gates of Heaven. Friends and Family may have wanted more time with him on Earth, but God was calling Travis home.
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Wauneta E. Stevens-Ortez, 96, went home to her Lord on November 18, 2023. She had fought a long and valiant battle with Alzheimer’s. She was the child of Richard U. Stevens and Ellen Pearl (Pinkerton) Stevens. Richard has descendants going back to the Mayflower. Pearl, as she liked to be called, has descendants going back to the Salem Witch Trials and beyond. Wauneta secretly married Pierre Ortez December 28, 1946, in a small Church in Minneapolis, MN. Pierre became MIA in French Indochina in 1954. Wauneta was one of the first airline stewardesses (and hence the secret marriage) having flown with Braniff, Cordova, and Pacific Northern Airlines (which became Delta) stationed out of Anchorage, Alaska for ten years. She proudly talked about living through several hard landings. After her career with air travel, and while still living in Alaska, she worked for Providence Hospital, sold Minnesota woolens, and was the caretaker of the Alaska Art Tile Building. She missed Alaska’s big ear
Marilyn O’Brien, age 89, of Mazeppa, Minnesota has seen her cardinals, and passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at the Zumbrota Care Center. Born in Hamilton County, Iowa to Rayner and Eva Nickles, she was raised on a family farm. She graduated in 1951 from Lincoln High School, Webster City, Iowa. Upon graduation, she worked a split shift as a telephone operator. She also worked at Beam Manufacturing to make washing machines. On July 25, 1954, she married Dennis O’Brien at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Webster City, Iowa. Marilyn was strongly dedicated to her loving husband for 69 years.