Obituaries

Joyce Posthumus (07/03/09)
Funeral services for Mrs. Joyce Posthumus, 77, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 3, 2009, at Grace United Methodist Church of Spencer. Rev. Chuck Kellogg and Rev. Paul Hansen will officiate the service. Interment will take place at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Donald Veitch (07/03/09)
Funeral services for Mr. Donald Veitch, 91, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 6, 2009 at First Christian Church of Spencer. Rev. Ddan Mayes will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Chapel at Spencer...

Joanne Margaret (Dirksen) Schroeder (07/02/09)
Joanne Margaret (Dirksen) Schroeder, 70, passed away Monday, June 29, 2009, at Avera Holy Family Health in Estherville. Joanne, the daughter of Ole and Evelyn (Pekarek) Dirksen was born on Aug. 8, 1938 in Albert City. The family moved to Spencer in 1939. Joanne attended Lincoln grade school and graduated from Spencer High School in 1956...

Ida E. Baedke (06/26/09)
Ida E. Baedke (former owner of the Hi-Way Café in Ruthven) passed away on Saturday June 20, 2009, in Plano, Texas. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Plano. Burial took place at Fairview Cemetery, Terril, Iowa...

Donald 'Don' J. Schmalen (06/26/09)
Funeral services for Donald "Don" J. Schmalen, 54, of Sheldon, who passed away on Monday, June 22, 2009, due to injuries received in an auto accident near Hartley, were held Thursday, June 25, 2009, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sheldon. Fr. Robert J. Schimmer officiated...

Helen Neve (06/25/09)
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Neve, 82, of Spencer, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Scott Meier and Rev. Deb Mechler will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church...

David Bringle (06/25/09)
Funeral services for Mr. David Bringle, 72, of Spencer, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 25, 2009, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Following the services there will be refreshments served at the Moose Lodge in Spencer...

Anna Helen Schmid (06/23/09)
Services for Anna Helen Schmid, 95, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Interment will be held at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Anna Helen Schmid, passed away on June 19, 2009...

Rodney B. Roberts (06/23/09)
Rodney B. Roberts, 54, of Loveland, Colo., passed away on June 17, 2009. A Celebration of Life will be held from 3-10 p.m. Friday, June 26, at East Leach Park Shelter House in Spencer. He was born April 24, 1955 in Spencer, to Milton A. and Betty (Lane) Roberts. He grew up in Spencer and later moved to Longmont, Colo. In 1983 he moved from Longmont to Loveland...

Joyce Ann Engebretson (06/23/09)
Joyce A. Engebretson, age 57, of Clear Lake, Iowa, and formerly of Linn Grove died at Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa, on Thursday, June 18, 2009. Services were Monday, June 22, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Linn Grove. Burial was at the Barnes Township Cemetery at Linn Grove. The Sliefert Funeral Home of Sioux Rapids was in charge of arrangements...

Harold Raymond Olson (06/23/09)
Funeral service for Harold Raymond Olson, 102, were held Friday, June 19, 2009, at the United Methodist Church in Ayrshire. He passed away June 15, 2009, at the Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg. Burial was at Silver Lake Cemetery. Harold Raymond Olson was born May 5, 1907 in the Polk County town of Burwick, Iowa, the son of Swan and Amanda (Vigert) Olson. ...

Wilma Weaver (06/18/09)
Funeral services for Wilma Weaver, 93, were held Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hartley. Rev. David E. Ericksen officiated the ceremony. Interment took place at Waterman Cemetery in Sutherland. Wilma passed away Friday, June 12, 2009, at Hilltop Care Center in Spirit Lake...

Kathryn Walstrom (06/18/09)
Funeral services for 60 year-old Kathryn Walstrom of Royal will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 18, 2009 at the St. Louis Catholic Church in Royal. Rev. Robert Brown will be officiating. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Kathryn passed away at the Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville, Ark. on Thursday, June 11, 2009...

Catharine Peters (06/18/09)
Private family services for Catharine Peters, 95 of Sutherland, will be held Saturday, June 20, 2009. Rev. Leroy Riemer will officiate the service. Public visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday with the family present from 3-6 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home of Sutherland...

Shirley Mae (Roberts) Fales (06/18/09)
Shirley Mae (Roberts) Fales, 71, of Spirit Lake, passed away Monday, June 15, 2009, at the Milford Care Center. A funeral service will be held at 10:30a.m. Thursday, June 18, 2009 at the United Methodist Church in Spirit Lake. Shirley Mae Fales was born on Sept. 22, 1937, in Ayrshire, to Dale and Viola (Strohman) Roberts...

Jerry Kilts (06/18/09)
Jerry Kilts, 80, of Spirit Lake, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009, at the Ruthven Community Care Center in Ruthven. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, June 19, 2009, at the Schuchert Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Thursday, from 4-6 p.m. at the Schuchert Funeral Home...

Genevieve N. Haburn (06/18/09)
Genevieve N. Haburn, nee Nichols, 88, of Brookfield, Ill., formerly of Spencer, passed away Monday, June 15, 2009. Visitation will be held from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St. in Wheaton, Ill., where a funeral service will be held at 4 p.m...

Sally Westling (06/16/09)
Funeral services for Mrs. Sally Westling, 74 of Wahpeton, formerly of Everly, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Milford. Rev. Ken Seifried will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral service at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Milford...

Lucas Krieg (06/13/09)
Funeral services for Lucas Krieg, 23, of Spencer, will be held Monday, June 15, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. The Rev. Dan Mayes will officiate the 10:30 a.m. service. Visitation will be held at noon, Sunday, June 14, with the family present from 6-8 p.m...