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Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2016
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Obituaries
Leo Smith (09/22/16)
Leo Joy Smith, 95, of Spencer, Iowa, and formerly of Webb, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, at St. Luke's Lutheran Home in Spencer. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at the First United Church of Sioux Rapids. Burial took place at Northlawn Memorial Cemetery in Spencer with full military rites by the Sioux Rapids American Legion Post No. 394 on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016...
Dann Hyde (09/21/16)
Graveside services for Dann Douglas Hyde, 65, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at Ventura Cemetery in Ventura. Rev. Lee Laaveg will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday with the family present from 4-6 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...
Brent Goetz (09/21/16)
Funeral services for Brent Thomas Goetz, 60, of Spencer, formerly of Sioux City, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at St. Michael Chapel of Sioux City. Rev. David Hemann will officiate the service. Visitation was held Wednesday with family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Visitation will continue Friday from 9 a.m. until the service time at St. Michael Chapel in Sioux City...
Michelle (Kriens) Franker (09/21/16)
Michelle Sue Franker was born Oct. 6, 1961, in Spencer, Iowa to Merlyn and Norma (Elser) Kriens. She died Sept. 20, 2016, at Dougherty Hospice in Sioux Falls at the age of 54 years, 11 months and 14 days. She is survived by her husband, Kevin Franker of Viborg; two sons: Steven (Elizabeth) Franker of Bethel, Minnesota and David of Rapid City; daughter, Maria (Landen) Geerdes of Watertown and their future child; her parents, Merlyn and Norma Kriens of Royal, Iowa; her in-laws, Bob and Iris Franker of Spencer, Iowa; and two sisters: Theresa (Dan) McCarty of Alton, Iowa, and Beth (Kelly) Ney of Primghar, Iowa.. ...
Russell Schoenewe (09/14/16)
A celebration of the life of Russell Schoenewe will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, at First United Methodist Church in Broken Arrow. Burial will follow at Park Grove Cemetery, also in Broken Arrow. Russ was born in Spencer, Iowa, on Jan. ...
Charlotte Amis (09/08/16)
Funeral services for Charlotte Ann (Barglof) Amis, 94, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at First Christian Church in Spencer. Rev. Mike Moschenrose will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at First Christian Church in Spencer...
Rosalie Hoyt (09/08/16)
A funeral service for Rosalie Irene (Duhn) Hoyt, 88, of Milford, will be held Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, at 11:15 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Milford. Rosalie was born Oct. 17, 1927, in Graettinger, Iowa, to Soren Walter Duhn and Marie Genevieve (Mahan) Duhn. ...
Phil Hurst (09/05/16)
Funeral services for Philip "Phil" LeRoy Hurst, 70, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, at Hope Reformed Church in Spencer. Rev. Russell Muilenburg will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning after 4 p.m., Tuesday at Hope Reformed Church with family present from 6-8 p.m...
Lucille Curry (09/03/16)
Private family services will be conducted for Lucille Marjorie Curry, 82, of Spencer, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer. Rev. Tom Van Tassell will conduct the service. Lucille, the daughter of Emil and Ethel (Lawrence) Skartwed, was born on Jan. 16, 1934, in Emmetsburg, Iowa. She was raised and attended school in Emmetsburg and graduated from high school in 1952. She then went on and attended Buena Vista University for two years...
Wayne Schroeder (08/31/16)
A funeral service for Wayne Otto Schroeder, 94, of Spirit Lake, will be held Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, at 2 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Spirit Lake. Visitation will begin one hour prior to service at the church. Interment will be at Lakeview Cemetery in Spirit Lake...