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Services for Nancy Joan VerMeer, 72, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at Church of Christ in Sutherland. Interment will be conducted at Waterman Cemetery in Sutherland. Nancy Joan (Dau) VerMeer, the daughter of Elvin and Mabel (Meyers) Dau was born Sept. ...

Funeral services for Elsie Anderson, 89, of Royal, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Rev. Mark Wilms will officiate the service. Visitation with the family was from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the Warner Funeral Home of Spencer...

Private family services will be conducted for Kim Christensen, 62, of Spencer. Kim Christensen, aka “Kim The Great,” the son of Phillip Lee and Joyce (Dennett) Christensen, was born March 17, 1956, in Cedar City, Utah where he spent his childhood years. ...

Sandra Jean Eeten Walters, 70, daughter of the late Harm and Phyllis Eeten. Our beloved sister has passed away Oct. 9, 2018. She is survived by her sister, Diane Bradner (Ron) and brother, Michael Eeten (Darla). There will be no services.

Funeral services for Gretchen Hagedorn, 88, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted Friday from 4-7 p.m. with the family present at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

“There is a difference between God’s money and the church’s money,” Grandma Ginny would tell her granddaughter. “God’s money is when you help a person in need.” For Helen Virginia “Ginny” Funk, “God’s money” meant buying coffee and biscuits for the men who gathered at the Hardees, in Iowa City, Iowa, where she worked as the hostess. ...

Funeral services for Joe Syndergaard, 76, of Spencer, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Al Dean will officiate the service. Private interment will be conducted at a later date. Joe E. Syndergaard, the son of Edward and Margaret (Huberg) Syndergaard was born March 6, 1942, in Hartley, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Alta, Iowa, area where he attended Fairview Country School. He graduated from Alta High School in 1959...

Helen Lorrene Leith, 97, passed away Oct. 6, 2018. Helen was born Sept. 4, 1921, to Fay and Edna (Hammen) Galbraith of Albert City, Iowa. She was the second of three daughters. Helen graduated from Albert City High School in 1940. Helen married James Leith Sept. ...

Marianna Marie Johnson, 89, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at the Accura Healthcare of Stanton, Iowa. Marianna was born Dec. 25, 1928, in Montgomery County, Iowa, the daughter of Nolan and Eva Belle (England) Howell. She was raised in Elliott graduating from Elliott High School in 1946. ...

Funeral services for Lois Brown, 85, of Laurens, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, at Laurens Methodist Church in Laurens, Iowa. Rev. Ed Frank will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the funeral service at Laurens Methodist Church in Laurens...

Donald B. Larsen, 90, of Oro Valley, Arizona, and longtime Storm Lake resident, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at his home in Oro Valley. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m. at Hope Evangelical Free Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids...

Funeral services for Lorraine Kenney, 92, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Johnson will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Monday with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Services for Helen L. Enderson, 74, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted from 4-7 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer...

Funeral services for Karl Baish, 90, of Linn Grove, were conducted Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at First Congregational Church in Spencer. Revs. Tom and Wendy Van Tassell officiated the service Burial was conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer. Military services were conducted by American Legion Glen Pedersen Post No. 1 and the Clay County VFW Post No. 3159...

Funeral services for Ronald Leroy Dillon will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Overland Park, Kansas. Visitation will be conducted an hour before the funeral service at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Overland Park...

Carla and Steve Painter, and Steve McCormick, announce the engagement of their son, Justin McCormick, of New Prague, Minnesota, to Paige Killion, of Mankato, Minnesota. Paige is the daughter of Kevin and Donna Killion. Justin is a graduate of Iowa Lakes Community College in Spencer, where he received his associate degree as a paramedic specialist. He is employed by North Memorial as a paramedic in New Prague...

Tim and Kimberly Stoever, of Spencer, are delighted to announce the marriage of their son, Caleb, to Bethany Lange of Evanston, Wyoming, daughter of the Rev. Jonathan and April Lange on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. The Rev. Jonathan Lange officiated the ceremony at Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Evanston...