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Joan Marie Nelson-Haas (8/14/19)

Funeral services for Joan Marie Nelson-Haas, 83, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Seventh Day Adventist Church in Spencer. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven. Inurnment will take place at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven...
Mathew Zieringer (8/13/19)

Mathew “Matt” P. Zieringer, 90, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. Mathew Peter Zieringer was born July 18, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mathias and Kathe (Reykers) Zieringer. ...
Kim Dalke (8/13/19)

Kim Rochelle Dalke, of Phoenix, Arizona, formerly of Sioux City, passed away early Saturday morning, Aug. 10, 2019, at the Mayo Hospital in Phoenix after a short duration of leukemia and pneumonia. She reached the age of 50 years, 9 months and 18 days...
Roger Kruse (8/12/19)

Funeral services for Roger Kruse, 86, of Royal, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Rev. Mark Wilms will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 5 p.m. Monday at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer with family present from 5-7 p.m. Interment will be conducted at Willow Creek Cemetery in rural Royal...
Virgil Schmeling (8/9/19)

Funeral services for Virgil Schmeling, 88, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at Living Word church in Spencer. Rev. Al Dean will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be conducted at Fairview Cemetery in Terril at a later date...
Carol Wigen (8/7/19)

Services for Carol M. Wigen were conducted on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Lee Laaveg officiated the service. Interment was conducted at Silver Lake Cemetery in Ayrshire. Carol Marie Wigen, 82, of Spencer, passed away peacefully on Friday evening, Aug. 2, 2019, at Ava’s Hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was surrounded by her loving husband Leo and her family...
Donald Paulsen (8/7/19)

Funeral services for Donald Duane Paulsen, 91, of Emmetsburg, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday at Emerald Oaks Living Facility in Emmetsburg with family present from 5-7 p.m. Interment will be conducted at Lone Tree Cemetery in Everly...
John Rutt (8/4/19)

Memorial services for John R. Rutt, 68, of Des Moines, will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at Grace United Methodist Church in Des Moines. Rev. Gary Nims will officiate the service with assistance from Deacon Ralph W. Agar. Visitation with the family will take place an hour before the service...
Betty Lou Orthmann (7/30/19)

A memorial service for Betty Lou Orthmann, 84, of Peterson, will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 1, at the United Methodist Church in Peterson. Burial will be prior to the service at 10 a.m. at Waterman Cemetery in Sutherland. Visitation will be at the church from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31...
Julie Benson (7/30/19)

Catholic Mass services for Julie Benson, 37, of Harrisburg, South Dakota, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Revs. Tim Hogan and John Rutten will officiate the service...
Darrell Woods (7/28/19)

Funeral services for Darrell Woods, 78, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 29, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Christy Woods Eral will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Woods passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019, at Spencer Hospital...
Leola Tucker (7/28/19)

Funeral services for Leola “Lee” Tucker, 97, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. John Syvertson will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Monday at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer with the family present from 5-7 p.m...
Lillie Carolyn Johnson Mathison (7/28/19)

Lillie Carolyn Johnson Mathison was born in Spencer on Feb. 10, 1930. She was the third of nine children born to Mable Waltz Johnson and William Leroy Johnson. Lillie worked at an early age for her father selling fruit and vegetables at a Spencer roadside market. ...
Wayne Douglas Lovitt (7/25/19)

Wayne Douglas “Doug” Lovitt, 69, formerly of West Des Moines, passed away June 23, 2019, in Tempe, Arizona. Born in Spencer he was the middle son of Julian J. “Bud” Lovitt and Clarian Bittinger Lovitt. Douglas graduated from Spencer High School and attended the University of Iowa. He married the love of his life, Barbara (Blazek, Block) in 1983...
Burdette Fogelman (7/25/19)

Burdette "Burt" Fogelman, 80, of Webb, died on Monday, July 22, 2019, at the Laurens Care Center in Laurens. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 26, 2019, at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Spencer. Burial will be in the Garfield Township Cemetery in Webb. Visitation will take place prior to the service from 9:30-11 a.m. at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Open Door Mission or Samaritan's Purse...