Rose Marie Nichols Funeral

Friday, July 10, 10:30 AM

Rose Marie Nichols, 89, died peacefully from congestive heart failure on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

Rose Marie was born in Corning, New York, and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She married the love of her life Charles Nichols May 17, 1952 after finishing at University of Ann Arbor. Life in Minneapolis, was full raising 7 kids, hosting parties with friends and neighbors. Together they enjoyed the perks of traveling the world. Sharing the love of Jesus was important in all of her encounters, and it was the culmination of all she did. Predeceased: parents Aloysius and Katherine Gaiss, sister Katherine Miller, husband Charles Nichols Survivors: children Robert (Kelley), Rick, Cathy, Cindy, Christina (Dan) MacInnes, Ron (Julie), and Cherie (Dave) Fesenmaier; grandchildren Nicole, Bob, Kristen, Rochelle, Brian, Bryan, Kristopher, Kyle, Danielle, Randy, James, Michelle, Gabrielle, April, Jacob, Joe, Annie, Rose, Lucy; 9 great grandchildren; sibling Al (Ruth) Gaiss; Adopted family John, Sherrie, Tina, Demetrius, Alex.

Thank you to Sunrise of Edina and Fairview Hospice for making her days beautiful during these difficult times.

Visitation: Thursday July 9th from 4-7 pm Gill Brothers Funeral Chapels, Inc. 5801 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419

Funeral Mass: Friday July 10th 10:30 Our Lady of Grace, 5071 Eden Ave., Edina Cemetery at Assumption to follow. In lieu of flowers please donate to Sharing and Caring Hands.

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Bill Landgren Funeral

Tuesday, June 30, 10:30 AM

William (Bill) Steven Landgren, age 73, of Edina, MN passed away on Wednesday, June 24.

Bill was born in Des Moines, IA and raised in Willmar, MN. He attended St. John Vianney Seminary and Minneapolis Business College.  He worked for 40 years at the accounting firm of Smith Schafer (formerly Graves, McKenna, Lundeen & Almquist).  He enjoyed traveling and collecting stamps, coins, and piggy banks.  He was an avid reader and always had the daily crossword puzzle on a clipboard ready to go.  He never forgot a birthday or anniversary and always made sure that family and friends received a card. He had the postal service’s delivery times down to a science.  He was a wonderful husband and father.

Bill is survived by his wife of 47 years, Trudy, his children Amy, Billy (Heather), Melissa (Larry), and Joe (Megan), his siblings Susan Stone (Bill), Nancy Hoffman (Gary), Tom Landgren (Louise), Steve Landgren (Lynn), and Mary Dahl (Mark), many beloved nieces and nephews, and other family and friends.

Bill is preceded in death by his father and mother, William and Jeanne Landgren.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for the family. Due to COVID-19, there will be no visitation and a celebration of life will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to Second Harvest Heartland or Union Gospel Mission or to the Our Lady of Grace High School Scholarship fund to Ghana.

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Lois Kottke Funeral

Friday, June 19, 10:30 AM

Kottke, Lois M. (Kranz) age 86 of Edina, passed away on 6/11/2020.

Preceded in death by husband, Leo; and her brother and sisters, Betty Hatelstad, Jerry Kranz, Elaine Elsen, and Mary Ellen Frank.

She retired from Chrysler Corporation and was also an employee of D.J. Kranz Company.

Survived by many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the staff at Deephaven Woods Senior Living for their love and care.

A funeral Mass will be held on Friday, June 19th at 10:30AM at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, 5071 Eden Ave, Edina. A live-stream of the Mass can be viewed at olgparish.org. Private interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

William Corcoran, Sr. Funeral

Thursday, June 18, 10:30 AM

William “Bill” Harold Corcoran, Sr. passed away at his home in Edina, MN on June 10, 2020 at the age of 84.

Bill was on the move throughout his life.  Born in Corning, New York on March 11, 1936, to Esther and Edward Corcoran, Bill moved to San Diego, California with his parents and his brother Edward, Jr. after World War II. Following military service in Korea and Germany, Bill returned to San Diego, where he married Barbara Clifton, with whom he had five children: Bill Jr., Rick, Terri, Jim, and Kelly.

Bill took deep pride in his work on several space exploration and communications projects. He contributed to the Gemini, Apollo, and Viking Mars lander programs, moving the family across the country and to the Netherlands as contracts came and went and career opportunities arose.  Bill traveled frequently to Asia, directing Sun Microsystems’ customer and technical support operations in the region.

He and his second wife, Elaine Nederostek Rigo, lived in the Bay Area for most of their careers. He and Elaine moved to the Minneapolis area in 2013.

Bill loved history and read voraciously about the World Wars and politics.  His favorite time was reading The New York Times each morning with his coffee. Bill loved to fish, whether standing on a pier, wading in an icy creek, or sitting on a frozen lake – when he was fishing he was at home.  His sense of humor was often bawdy and his opinions always strong. He was not the shy person in a room, and his inclination to push ahead was the source of many stories, which the family he cherished will recount at a memorial sometime this year along his beloved Pacific Ocean.

A special thank you to the VA Minneapolis staff who provided compassionate and excellent care.

Bill is survived by his loving wife Elaine, his sweet cocker spaniel Wendy, his children and their mother, 12 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Bill’s memory to Space Center Houston; The Manned Space Flight Education Foundation, 1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058 or www.spacecenter.org/support/.