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Funeral services for Fern Louise Hargens, 93, of Spencer, formerly of Greenville, were conducted Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl officiated the service. Fern, the daughter of William and Martha (Van Geest) Gibson, was born Dec. 15, 1927, in Greenville. Her childhood years were spent in Greenville, where she received her education, graduating from Greenville Consolidated High School in 1946, the last class to graduate from the school...

Funeral services for Lela Campbell Warren, 84, of Spencer, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at Warner Chapel in Spencer John Roberts will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Graveside services for Doretta Magdalena Unrau, 99, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at Prairie View Cemetery in Paullina. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Doretta, the daughter of William and Dora Appeldorn Holck, was born April 1, 1921, in Pipestone, Minnesota. The family moved to Iowa in 1932. Doretta received her early education and graduated from Marcus High School in 1939...

Funeral services for Chris Nielsen, 75, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at the Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Casey vanderBent will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday with the family present from 4-6 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Masks are required along with social distancing. Burial will be at North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Spencer...

Gregory John King, 49, succumbed to cancer on Jan. 6, 2021, at his home in West Liberty with his wife, Michelle, by his side. Greg was born on Dec. 12, 1971, in Iowa City. He was lovingly adopted as an infant by Jean and Larry King and grew up on a farm near Greenville. ...

Graveside services for Donetta Magdalena Unrau, 99, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at Prairie View Cemetery in Paullina. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Doretta, the daughter of William and Dora Appeldorn Holck, was born April 1, 1921, in Pipestone, Minnesota. The family moved to Iowa in 1932. Doretta received her early education and graduated from Marcus High School in 1939...

Graveside services for Marilyn Rehnstrom, 88, of Spencer, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, at Barnes Township Cemetery in Linn Grove. Rehnsrom passed away Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Marilyn was born in Des Moines to Lawrence (Larry) and Wilberta (Billie) Dannenberg and spent her younger years in Storm Lake. ...

Bruce Michael Moffitt, the son of Clarence and Gladys (Aylward) Moffitt, was born on July 28, 1956, in Estherville. Bruce died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, at his home in Spencer at the age of 64. A come-and-go memorial visitation will be held from 1-5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Henry Olson Funeral Chapel with a brief memorial service at 3 p.m. Rev. Doug Burton is officiating...

Duane "Dewey" Mahrt, 95, of Sioux City, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at a local hospital. Services will be held on Friday, Jan. 8, at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel with Rev. Gene Stockton officiating. Visitation with family present. Masks and social distancing will be required for the entire visit and service...

Family graveside services for Ronald Alan Christofferson, 79, of Largo, Florida, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at Fairview Cemetery in Langdon. Ronald died peacefully on Monday Dec. 28, 2020. He was born June 10, 1941, in Milford the son of Florence Virginia Andersen Christofferson and Bjerne C. Christofferson...

Funeral services for Bessie Brinkley, 92, of Windom, Minnesota, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, at the Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Chris St. Clair will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the funeral service. Burial will be at North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Spencer...

Funeral services for Karen Kay Arndt, 75, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the funeral service at the church...

Funeral services for Rev. Randy Fylie James will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, 2020, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Estherville. Rev. Lori Westfall will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Thursday at Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel in Estherville. He will be laid to rest in St. Paul’s of South Walnut Cemetery in Graettinger. Military honors will be performed by Nelson-Christensen American Legion Post No. 162 Iowa Honor Guard in Graettinger, Iowa...

There will be a public visitation for Holly Anne Donaldson, 65, of Cherokee, from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2020, at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Masks and social distancing is required during the visitation. Holly, the daughter of George and Lorraine (Welch) Donaldson, was born on Dec. ...

Due to COVID-19 a visitation for James "Jim" Conlon, 80, of Spencer, is being planned for May 14 with Military Honors on May 15 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. He passed away Dec. 31, 2020, at the Ruthven Community Care Center in Ruthven. Jim, son of James and Leona (Walsh) Conlon was born on Aug. 21, 1940, in Emmetsburg...

It is with great pleasure that Scot Matthews, of Terril, along with Danice Matthews and Jack Kropf, of Estherville, announce the marriage of their daughter, Mikayla A. Matthews to Ryan T. Larson, son...