Kierlin died Monday in Winona, according to his obituary. A former Minnesota state senator, he was best known for founding ...
Kierlin was notoriously frugal, but generous with the community, helping found and fund Winona’s Minnesota Marine Art Museum.
The Greater Rochester Advocates for Universities and Colleges pushed for more higher education during 40 years of advocacy.
Former Minnesota State Senator and Fastenal founder Bob Kierlin died at the age of 85 on Monday. Kierlin was born in Winona and attended the University of Minnesota.  In 1967, Kierlin founded Fastenal ...
He also represented Winona as a state senator from 1999 until 2006.
Born in 1939 in Winona, Kierlin grew up in a modest, German-Polish Catholic household and loved riding his bike around town ...