Records

Funeral services for Louise Annette Wilson Gross, 93, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Ken Seifried will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. There will be a rosary service at 4:30 p.m. at the funeral home...

Funeral services for Helen Dillard, 94, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Donna Gray will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Spencer...

Clarence “Lefty” Marion Leslie was born on Dec. 11, 1926, in Everly to Wilbur and Gertrude Leslie. On March 7, 1951, he married Carol Elizabeth Warren and was proud to tell all who met him of their long lasting marriage of 68 years. As a young man, he worked with his dad and brother doing exterior and interior painting before and after his service in the U.S. ...

Funeral services for Sharol Lynn Carter, 67, of Ruthven, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, at United Methodist Church in Ruthven. Rev. Kris Hackbart will officiate the service. Inurnment will take place at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Sharol passed away peacefully Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, at the Ruthven Community Care Center, surrounded by her family...

Janet S. Emery, 84, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at St. Joseph Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota. A memorial service will be held at Mendota Heights United Church of Christ, 680 Highway 62, in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m., prior to the service...

Funeral services for Michael Duane Schomaker, 70, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Jeff Geiger will officiate the service. Interment will take place at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer...

Jason Cone Hofmeyer, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died peacefully in his home on his 69th birthday on Jan. 31, 2020, surrounded by family. A service to celebrate Jason's life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at the Miller Southside Chapel located at 7400 S. Minnesota Ave. (81st Street and Minnesota Avenue) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota...

Funeral services for Steve DePauw, 61, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Jen Henry will officiate the service. Visitation will be open at 5 p.m. Monday with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will be conducted at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota...

Funeral services for Alvin George Schnider, 85, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Military services will be conducted by American Legion-Glen Pedersen Post No. 1 and VFW Clay County Post No. 3159. Interment will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery...

Danny Joseph Gray, 68, of Logan, passed away on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at the CHI Hospital in Missouri Valley. Danny was born on Oct. 11, 1951, in Spencer to his parents, Donald and Jackie (White) Gray. He attended Spencer High School in Spencer and participated in football and wrestling throughout his high school years. ...

On Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, Raymond Allen Zielstra, loving husband and father, passed away at home at the age of 89. Raymond was born July 13, 1930, in Spencer to Abraham and Evelyn (nee Chase) Zielstra. He married Doreen Pamela Joynson on Feb. 9, 1957, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Pam and Raymond raised two children, Julie and Philip, and made a home in San Diego for over 60 years...

On Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, our mother, Ruth Ann (Faulkender) King, of Elmore, Minnesota, went to be with the Lord after spending seven weeks at Parker Oaks Senior Living in Winnebago, Minnesota. Ruth was born on the family farm in Spencer on June 11, 1936, the second of five kids of Jesse Merle and Frances Magdalena (Yost) Faulkender. ...

A funeral service for Richard "Dick" Jesse Maranell, 88, of Milford, was held Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery in Milford. Dick, the son of Lois Mildred (Lorensen) and Jesse Franklin Maranell, was born June 22, 1931, in Round Lake, Minnesota. ...

Kendall “Ken” Lynn Carver, 83, died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Dec. 30, 2019, surrounded by his family and friends. A memorial service will be conducted from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, at Paradise Valley United Methodist Church, 4455 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley, AZ 85283. An additional service will be held later this summer in Iowa. Donations can be made to the International Cruise Victims Association...

A funeral service for Betty Lou Willison, 90, of Milford, will be held Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at Faith Community Church in Milford. Burial was at Milford Cemetery. Betty was born July 17, 1929, on the farm near Milford to Cecil and Mary (Moritz) Wallace. ...

Alexa Cashatt and Kristopher Rhode were married on June 15, 2019, at Elwell Family Food Center in Des Moines by Judge Gronewald. Alexa is the daughter of Luann and Jack Halter of Altoona, and Stacey...

Sara Foley of Fenton and Morgan McCarty of Linn Grove were united in marriage on July 27, 2019, at Lake Dillon in Colorado. Sara is the daughter of Denise and Dave Bailey of Laurens and Mike Foley of...