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Dorothy Rute (8/16/18)

One of the area’s prominent woman’s bowlers has rolled her last frame. Dorothy Rute passed from this life on Aug. 16, 2018. She was the daughter of Ray and Claire Broadie Lawrence, who farmed in rural Clay County. Dorothy was born on Aug. 13, 1918, on her grandfather’s farm northeast of Spencer, Iowa. ...
Sharon Helgeson (8/16/18)

Funeral services for Sharon Helgeson, 72, of Spencer, formerly of Albert City, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. John Mayer will officiate the service. Visitation with the family will be held from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...
Ken Norris (8/15/18)

Funeral services for Ken Norris, 89, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. A public gathering with the family present will be conducted from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...
Alice Eldridge (8/15/18)

Funeral services for Alice Eldridge, 88, of Spencer, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at the funeral home. A private interment will be conducted at Dickens Cemetery in Dickens...
Mildred Hoefgen (8/15/18)

Mildred L. Cox Hoefgen passed away July 29, 2018, at St. Luke Nursing Home in Spencer, Iowa. She was born on Dec. 8, 1925, to Ralph and Grace Brower Cox. After graduating from Springfield High School in 1943, she attended Southwest Missouri State College (now Missouri State University) and graduated in 1947. She taught school as well as worked as an accountant until her marriage to Max A. Hoefgen on March 24, 1951...
Gayle Freeburg (8/13/18)

During the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 25, 2018, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, Gayle Marie Freeburg, drifted peacefully into the arms of our Lord and Savior, the Prince of Peace and son of God, Jesus Christ. No word has ever been spoken that can describe the depth of loss felt by those who loved her. ...
Constance 'Connie' Krieger (8/12/18)

Constance "Connie" Puetz Krieger was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and, after a long struggle, made her transition on Aug. 8, 2018, in Waterloo, Iowa. Connie was born on May 9, 1957, in Le Mars, Iowa, to Eugene and Margaret Nemmers Puetz. ...
James Pitts (8/9/18)

Funeral services for James Pitts, 88, of Alexandria, Minnesota, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan and Rev. Claire Boes will officiate the service...
Ronald Keith Lachner (8/6/18)

Ronald Keith Lachner, son of Arthur and Thelma Lachner, was born in Spencer, Iowa on Aug. 6, 1941. Ron grew up on the family farm west of Spencer and attended Spencer High School. He graduated with a B.A. degree from Drake University. He then completed one year of post graduate study in economics at Georgetown University before receiving a law degree (Bachelor of Laws) from Harvard Law School. After graduating from Harvard, Ron spent a year in the Vista program in Chicago. He eventually settled in the Los Angeles area where he practiced family law until he retired in 2015.
David Mills (8/6/18)

David P. Mills died peacefully on Aug. 3, 2018, in Bradenton, Florida, at the age of 64. Dave was born on Dec. 7, 1953 to Jean and James Mills. He graduated from Everly High School in 1972 and attended Worthington Community College. He farmed for 20 years outside Spencer, Iowa, before owning and operating the Scoreboard Lounge in Milford, Iowa. ...
Brad McQueen (8/6/18)

Brad McQueen, 55, of West Okoboji, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at his home surrounded by his family. Funeral services for Brad will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at the First Lutheran Church in West Okoboji. Military rites will be conducted by the Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard. ...
Gertrude ‘Gertie’ Ault (8/2/18)

Gertrude “Gertie” Anne Ault, 76, passed away on July 30, 2018, under hospice care at The Legacy in Gillette, Wyoming. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at 10 a.m. at St. Matthews Catholic Church, Gillette, Wyoming, to be followed by a luncheon at the church. Please join us in laughter and tears as we talk about how she lived and touched our lives. A burial of cremains will be held at a later time for family at the Mount Pisgah cemetery...
Alice Carlson (8/1/18)

Alice Carlson, 99, of Spencer, died on July 29, 2018, in Spencer. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. at the Riverside Evangelical Free Church in Linn Grove. Burial will be in the Barnes Township Cemetery in Linn Grove. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...
Everett Amis (8/1/18)

Funeral services for Everett Amis, 88, of Greenville, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at First Congregational Church of Spencer. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate the service. Burial will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...
Violet Schmidt (7/30/18)

Funeral services for Violet Schmidt, 96, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Okabena, Minnesota. Rev. Jim Albrecht will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...