Dodge County Independent

Glen Edward Leighton, 81, of Eyota, MN passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021 peacefully in his sleep at home. Glen was born on March 4, 1939 in Wasioja to Ed and Anna (Blood) Leighton. Glen attended Claremont High School and graduated from West Concord in 1957. On January 21, 1961, he married Donna M. Egge at Zumbro Lutheran Church in Rochester. Glen worked at IBM for 34 years. Glen's passion was horses. He spent most of his life riding, showing, and judging (WSCA) horses throughout southeastern Minnesota. One of Glen's most cherished memories was participating in a Buffalo Roundup in SD. Glen and Donna traveled many winters to TX, where they enjoyed happy hours with friends and LOVED...

Carol died of natural causes on 04/28/2020 at the age of 84. Jesus gathered her up in his arms and delivered her to that great garden in the sky where she can dig in the dirt to her heart's content and until the rest of us can join her. She was born in Red Lake Falls, MN on 12/18/1935 and grew up in Plummer, MN. There she married her first husband Robert Dube and moved to Williston, ND and they had five children. Later in life she married Bob Larsen and resided in South Bend, IN where she worked for many years as an office manager for Tucker Freight and later for New Energy. After Bob's death in 2001, she retired to West Concord, MN to be close to much of her loving family. She...

Sharon "Shari" Ruth Radke, 75, of Rochester, passed away unexpectedly at St. Mary's Hospital on December 22, 2019. Shari was born on December 11, 1944 to Arval and Ruth (Voll) Witter. She went to country school through 4th grade. In 5th grade she started in Stewartville School where she graduated in 1962. She went on to earn her registered nurse diploma from Methodist - Kahler School of Nursing in 1966. In 1987 she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Health Science from the College of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois. Shari started her nursing career at Methodist Hospital in the Post Anesthesia Room rising to the rank of Head Nurse. She later moved to the Urgent Care department as Nurse...

Marlene Mavis "Mike" (Weatherly) Cotten, age 84, of Rochester passed away Saturday, October 5, 2019 surrounded by her family at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, MN after a three week battle with pneumonia. Marlene was born in Dodge Center, MN on January 22, 1935 to Delbert and Vera (Hutton) Weatherly. She was united in marriage to Richard "Dick" Cotten of Mantorville, MN on December 15, 1951. They were married for 57 years until his death in 2009. The couple moved to Rochester to work and raise their family. Marlene worked as a waitress at Michaels Restaurant in Rochester for over 30 years. She loved to travel, especially her trips to Arizona in the winter with her sister, Sandy, and...