Obituaries
Janet K. Walker, age 82, of New Prague, died unexpectedly at her home on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Janet was born on October 30, 1942, in Winnebago, MN, to Earl Pierce and Florence Nowak Pierce. She grew up in Winnebago and was a 1960 graduate of Winnebago High School. She met a young man on a...
Marilyn Rose Mallberg, 81, of Marana, Arizona entered eternal life on Saturday, February 22. Born on October 7, 1943, in New Prague, Minnesota to Emil and Lillian Petricka, she was the second of three children. Marilyn graduated from Montgomery High School in 1961, as did her future husband, who...
Linda Lee Herrera, age 70, of Montgomery, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at her home on Green Leaf Lake in rural Montgomery.
Born on September 7, 1954, in Shakopee, she was the daughter of Robert and Betty (Shetka) Trinka. Linda grew up in Mongomery and began her education at...
Helen M. Peters, age 85, of New Prague, died unexpectedly at her home after a brief illness, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Helen was born on July 9, 1939, in New Prague, to Jake and Marcella (Hinderscheid) Giesen. She attended elementary school in Union Hill and graduated from New Prague High...
Marilyn Agnes Miller, age 86, of Montgomery, died at Mala Strana Assisted Living and Rehabilitation Center in New Prague on Sunday, February 23, 2025.
Marilyn was born in Faribault on July 21, 1938, to parents William and Selma (Radtke) Wobbrock, one of thirteen children. She attended school in...
Mary Lou Dobihal, age 94, of White Bear Lake, formerly of Big Fork, MN, died peacefully on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at Prelude Memory Care. Mary Lou was born on September 18, 1930, in New Prague, to George F. and Eleanor Louise (Bruzek) Parkos. She spent a week-and-a-half in kindergarten and...
Nancy L. (Slater) Friedges, age 64, of New Market, MN, passed away unexpectedly on February 23, 2025, at her home. Nancy was born in St. Paul, MN, on September 13, 1960, to Joseph and
Delores “Dori” (Moehrle) Slater. She grew up in the Savage/ Burnsville area and was a graduate of Burnsville High...
Scott M. Tuma, age 58, of New Prague, died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Scott, having just celebrated his birthday, was born on February 20, 1967, in New Prague, to Ronald and Loretta (Biegert) Tuma. He grew up in New Prague and graduated from New Prague High School. ...
Susan R. Roe, age 71, of New Prague, died unexpectedly at her home on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Sue was born on July 10, 1953, in New Prague, to Joseph G. and Mary A. (Tupa) Novotny. She graduated from New Prague High School and went on to Faribault Vocational Technical College (now South...
Karen Vanasek passed away peacefully on Feb.16, 2025. Karen was born in Los Angeles and always liked to refer to herself as a “California Girl”. She was born 7 months after her father died unexpectedly. Her mother remarried and they moved to her second father’s hometown of New Market where she...
