Norma Bockes
CANBY — Services for Norma P. Bockes, 94, of Canby will be 11 a.m. today at the Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel in Canby. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Canby City Cemetery.
Audrey Hammer
MINNEOTA — A Mass of Christian Burial celebrating the life of Audrey Hammer, 97, will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Edward Catholic Church in Minneota. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Hemnes Cemetery in Minneota.
Tomas “Tom” J. Idso
NEVIS — Tomas “Tom” J. Idso, 86, husband of Darlene, of Nevis, Minnesota, died on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Woodstone Senior Living in Hutchinson. Funeral Service will be held on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church in Cottonwood, Minnesota, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Hutchinson.
Lonnie Leebens
SLAYTON — Services for Lonnie Elmer Leebens, 83, of Fulda, formerly of Slayton, will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Slayton. Visitation will. be on 4-6 p.m. Sunday at the Totzke Funeral Home in Slayton, and one hour prior to the services at the church Monday. Burial is at Slayton Memorial Gardens in Slayton. He died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, at the Maple Lawn Senior Care Center in Fulda.
Anne Swerdlove
COTTONWOOD—On November 6, 2025 Anne Swerdlove, 90, of Prairie Home Fieldcrest Hospice in Cottonwood, passed in her sleep. She was preceded in death by her husband Chuck in 2013 and is survived by her three children, their spouses, and 2 grandchildren. Her greatest loves after her family were creating art, gardening, ranchette farming, and reading books. She will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her. Per her wishes no services will be held.
Betty R. VanMoorlehem
CANBY—Betty R. VanMoorlehem, 95, of Canby, MN, died peacefully on Friday, November 7, 2025. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Canby, MN with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery in Canby, MN. Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel is entrusted with the arrangements.