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Funeral services for Dixie Rigby, 73, of Spencer, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2019, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Services for Iris Hanson, 91, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Lee Laaveg and Rev. John Syverstson will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 5 p.m. today with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church. Burial will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer...

Funeral services for Mavis Stoner, 90, of Peterson, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 25, 2019, at United Methodist Church of Peterson. Rev. Karen Berg and Rev. Michael Hyde will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday with the family present from 2-4 p.m. at the church in Peterson. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery in Peterson...

Funeral services for Vivian Geidl, 90, of Spencer, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2019, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Spencer...

Services are pending for Iris Hanson, 91, of Spencer, who passed away Monday, March 18, 2019, at Spencer Hospital. Iris Carpenter Hanson, daughter of C. Paul and Ruth (Foster) Carpenter, was born Dec. 14, 1927, on a farm southwest of Dickens. She received her early education in rural schools in Clay County and attended high schools at Dickens, Gillett Grove, and Lake Township, graduating in 1945. ...

Funeral services for Linda Ann Sampson, 71, of Ruthven, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ruthven. Rev. Tom Summerfield and Rev. Jeff Cookinham will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted at 4-7 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven and from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ruthven...

Funeral services for Lillian Spiess, 101, of Spencer, formerly of Webb, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. C. Peter Maisenbach. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at Warners Funeral Home in Spencer...

Memorial services for Daniel Joseph Kinlen, 64, of Spirit Lake, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the funeral...

Lucille Emma Kinyon, 96, passed away peacefully, on March 11, 2019, at Sunrise Retirement in Sioux City. A celebration of life service will be held at United Methodist Church in Everly on March 23, 2019, beginning at 11 a.m., officiated by Rev. Mike Eeten. A luncheon will follow immediately after he service at the church...

Funeral services for DyAnn Getting, 78, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2019, at First Congregational Church in Spencer. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday with the family present from 4-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Services for Josephine Beving, 78, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Jennifer Henry will officiate the service. Burial will be prior to the service at 9 a.m. on Saturday at the First Reformed Cemetery in rural Everly...

Mary Ellen Dolvin Van Ness, 91, a remarkable mom, wife, and friend, passed away during the early morning of Feb. 26, 2019 after a short illness. She experienced many wonderful people and places during her decades on this earth, and each of us is grateful for her presence in our lives...

Betty Iverson Mann passed away peacefully on Feb. 24, 2019. Betty was born and raised on a farm in Spencer. She was passionate about youth and education, graduating from Iowa State Teachers’ College in Cedar Falls. She married Richard “Dick” Mann, also from Spencer, in 1953 and they spent their first few years together on the East Coast while Richard served in the Navy...

Funeral services for Melba Medsker, 88, of Spencer, formerly of Peterson, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 4, 2019, at United Methodist Church in Peterson. Rev. Bud Watts will officiate the service. Visitation with the family present will be conducted from 2-5 p.m. ...

Funeral services for Jack Slaymaker, 71, of Spencer, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Charlie Gilmore will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday, March 1, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. ...

Dean and Deb Mechler are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Karen Mechler of Indianapolis, Indiana to John Corrigan of Buffalo, New York. John is the son of Jim and Sue Corrigan of Wethersfield, Connecticut. He graduated in 2013 from SUNY Buffalo State. Karen is a 2010 graduate of Iowa State University School of Design. She is a graphic designer for Cru, and John serves on Cru's campus field staff. A May 20 wedding in Wilmington, North Carolina, is planned...