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Services for Irene Tripp Pierce will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Emmetsburg. Interment will be conducted at Evergreen Cemetery in Emmetsburg. Irene passed away Dec. 12, 2018, in Algona, Iowa. She is survived by two sons: Arnold Tripp of Albert Lea, Minnesota and Dale Tripp of Everly, Iowa; two daughters: Ilene (Darrell) Birchard of Dayton, Ohio and Arlene Webster of Bode, Iowa; and several grandchildren...

Funeral services for Donald Linnan, 89, of Spencer, formerly of Storm Lake, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Roger Linnan and Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. the day of the service at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer...

Funeral services for Freda Irene Heuer, 99, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hartley. She was buried at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. Freda Irene Heuer, the second daughter of John and Charlotte (Wink) Johnson, was born May 3, 1919, in Hartley. ...

Thomas G. Raveling, 74, of Cassville, Wisconsin, passed away on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa. He was born on July 20, 1944, in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, the son of Thomas and Ellen (Grange) Raveling. Thomas graduated from Sioux Valley High School in 1962. ...

Funeral services for William Maurer, 86, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

A memorial service for David Rowlands, 70, of Spirit Lake, was conducted Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Burial was at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. David Sherwood Rowlands, the son of Peg and Sherwood "Woody" Rowlands, was born July 23, 1948 in Spencer. David graduated from Harris Lake Park Community School. He lived most of his life at Lost Island Lake near Ruthven, Lake Park and Spirit Lake...

Funeral services for Stanley H. Tripp Sr., 93, of Spirit Lake, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Jennifer Hesebeck will officiate the service. A public gathering with the family present will be conducted from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Funeral services for Joseph Thompson, 80, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 2:30 p.nm. Monday, with the family present from 5:30-8 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. A Catholic vigil service will begin at 5 p.m...

A celebration of life for John “Gene” E. Swanson, 87, will be conducted from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, at Martin-Mattice Funeral Chapel, formerly the United Methodist Church in Ayrshire. Interment will be conducted at Silver Lake Cemetery in Ayrshire...

Jeanette Rebhuhn Mummert, 83, of rural Aurelia, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, morning Nov. 27, 2018, at The Gardens Assisted Living, Cherokee, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10;30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Rev. Jonathan Riggert will officiate...

Services for Jean Hurd Meyer will be conducted at 11 a.m. Nov. 29, 2018 at Hillsong Church at 9610 E. Cactus Road in Scottsdale, Arizona. Burial service will follow at Paradise Memorial Gardens in Scottsdale. Jean Meyer was born July 11, 1955, to Wayne and Wilma (Legge) Hurd. She spent her childhood years in Spencer, Iowa. After graduation she attended the University of Iowa for two years, where she was in the prenursing program and was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority...

Ila L. Agler, 91, of Spencer, and formerly of Marathon, died on Nov. 21, 2018, at the St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. at the Grace Lutheran Church in Marathon. Burial will be in the Poland Township Cemetery in Marathon. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church...

Services for Gilson D. RIecke, 96, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, at United Methodist Church in Ruthven. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven...

Services for Clarence A. Mittrucker, 60, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, at Living Word Outreach Ministries Church in Spencer. Rev. Al Dean will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Funeral services for Janice Powers, 79, of Spencer, will be conducted privately at a later date. Janice Marie Powers passed away quietly in her sleep Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. She was born Nov. 10, 1939, in Spencer and graduated from Spencer High School in 1957. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren...