Obituaries

Private family services for Sharon Lee Sassman, 81, of Spencer, will be conducted privately at a later date. There will be no visitation. Sharon, the daughter of Carl and Rosalie (Huemoeller) Plautz, was born July 18, 1940, in Jackson, Minnesota. She spent her child hood in the Lake Center area with two younger siblings, a brother Ben and a sister Alice...

Funeral services for Lucille Ethel (McCoy) Rose, 96, of Spencer, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Frasher officiated the service. Burial was conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Shirley Jean Prentice, 83, a long-time resident of Royal, passed away Friday Sept. 3, 2021, while in hospice care in Denver, Colorado. Private family services were held in Colorado on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Funeral services for LaVonne Joyce Kramer, 87, of Spencer, formerly of Everly, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, with the family present from 5-7 p.m., at the Warner Funeral Home. Burial will be at Lone Tree Cemetery in Everly. Kramer passed away Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer...

Services for DeLorres Dale, 93, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, at Faith Pentecostal Church in Spencer. Inurnment will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Spencer. DeLorres Dale, 93 of Spencer died Monday, Sept. 13, at her daughter's home in Dickens...

Alex Jay Brodersen, 31, of Grand Junction, Colorado, formerly of Spencer, died on Sept. 11, 2021, in Elko, Nevada. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. His family will be present to greet friends for visitation beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday, prior to his service...

Services for June Charmeen Richardson, 96, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Warner Chapel of Spencer. Rev. Jeff Cookinham will officiate the service. There will be an Order of the Eastern Star Service at Evening Shade Chapter No. 116 in Spencer. Interment will be conducted at Laurens Cemetery...

Services for Naomi Jean Adams, 98, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, at First Lutheran Church in Milford. Rev. Perry Aalgaard will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the church with family present from 5-7 p.m. Interment will be at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer...

Services for David William Johnson, 69, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, at Hope Reformed Church in Spencer. Rev. Perry DeGroot will officiate the service. Interment will be at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. David, the son of LaVerne and Viola (Steinbeck) Johnson, was born April 23, 1952, in Primghar. ...

Memorial services for Marjorie “Marge” Yvonne Horst, 81, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, at Foundation Church in Spencer. Rev. Nicholas Hanges will officiate the service. Following the service, there will be a lunch served in the church hall...

Funeral services for Victoria Jean Weisbrod, 72, of Dickens, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will be at Dickens Cemetery in Dickens...

Funeral services for Dale Elmore Larsen, 92, of Spencer, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, at the Warner Chapel in Spencer. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the chapel. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Betty Leoline Rosacker Snittjer, 96, of Ruthven, died Sunday, Aug. 29, at PARC Hall in Emmetsburg. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, at United Methodist Church in Ruthven. Rev. Kris Hackbart will officiate the service. Visitation is Thursday from 4-7 p.m. at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven. Interment will be conducted at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the United Methodist Church in Ruthven...

Marilyn Jean Carey Rogers, daughter of Joe Carey and Hazel Sargent, was born on Oct. 18, 1927, and graduated in Varina. She was a resident of Spencer and Mesa, Arizona. Married Dale Rogers in 1948 and a loving mother of three children: Barry, Lianne and Rick. She worked for Carroll's Bakery and Big D Grocery Store prior to leaving Spencer. She also was a supervisor at Friendship Village in Tempe, Arizona, for 15 years. She moved to Mesa, Arizona, in 1975...

Services for Marvin LeRoy Umbrell, 77, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Tim Frasher will officiate the service. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery of Spencer. Marvin, the son of Archie William and Myrtle (Taylor) Umbrell Sr., was born Nov. ...

Patty J. Roberts, 81, of Spencer, passed away on May 22, 2021, at Riverview Manor in Pleasant Valley. Per her wishes, cremation rites have been accorded. A celebration of life will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at Weasey’s Lounge & Grill in Spencer...

David John Weiland, 68, of Algona, formerly of Corwith and Wesley, passed away Aug. 22, 2021, at home. Private family graveside services will be held Friday, Aug. 27, at the Wesley Cemetery and a celebration of life for friends and family will follow at 3 p.m. at Call State Park Lodge in Algona...

Services for Dennis “Denny” Alan Roberts, 72, of Dickens, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at United Methodist Church in Dickens. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 1-2:30 a.m. at the church...

Graveside services for Jessie "Charlene" Craig, 91, of Spencer, formerly of Everly, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, at Lone Tree Cemetery in Everly. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Charlene was born Aug. 1, 1930, to Jesse and Minerva (Manwarren) Fishburn in Spencer. She received her education and graduated from the Spencer High School...

Services for Clarita Lenore “Claire” Brawner, 81, will be conducted Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. To view video of the service, go to bellevuefuneralchapel.com and click the link on the Brawner obituary. Interment will be at Bellevue Cemetery. Clarita was born and raised on the farm in O’Connor, Nebraska. She finished school in Greeley, Nebraska...

Saul Spencer, a proud U.S. veteran and native of Kentucky, passed away in the peace and care of his Iowa Veterans Home family on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Saul was also cared for by the Iowa River Hospice. Services for Saul were held on Monday, Aug. ...

Funeral services for Arnold Eugene Dodge, 92, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, with family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. ...

Thelma Marie Borrink, 97, of Spencer, formerly of Sioux City, died on Aug. 12, 2021, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Monday at Christy Smith Funeral Homes Morningside Chapel, located at 1801 Morningside Ave., in Sioux City, with Rev. ...

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Dale Schooley, formerly of Spencer, who passed away in Elkhorn, Nebraska. Born in 1927 at Wakonda, South Dakota, he arrived in Spencer, worked for Montgomery Wards and then selling life insurance. ...

Funeral services for Beverly Jean Sandvig, 84, of Spencer, formerly of Marathon, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Shurmaine McAlpine will officiate the service. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. Sandvig passed away Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Spencer...

Private graveside services for Murray Weir Hart, 74, of Spencer, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. Roger Linnan will officiate the service. Hart passed away Friday, July 30, 2021, at Northshire Residence in Spencer...

Virginia Mae Kellum Grenlund, 84, of Everton, Arkansas, passed away Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison. She was born April 2, 1937, in Milford, to Fred and Genevieve (Lambertus) Kellum. Virginia was a longtime member of Evangel Assembly of God Church in Western Grove and was most recently attending Oak Lane Freewill Baptist Church. ...

Memorial services for Barbara Rae Campbell, 75, will be conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Private interment will be conducted at a later date at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley...

Funeral services for Leona I. Smith, 92, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Funeral services for Franklin Dale Scott, 86, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at First Baptist Church in Spencer. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Monday with the family present from 4-6 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Memorial services for Joe Allen Mugge, 62, of Alta, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Burial will be at Willow Creek Cemetery in Royal. Joe, the son of Bennett and Patricia Mugge, was born Feb. 4, 1959, in Spencer. He was baptized at First Congregational Church of Spencer and confirmed at United Methodist Church in Royal. His childhood years were spent in Royal where he graduated from Clay Central-Everly in 1977...

Lorelei "Lori" Koenecke, 65, of Burt, passed away Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, at the Algona Manor Care Center in Algona. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Algona. Burial will take place at Riverview Cemetery in Algona...

Private family services for Shirley Mae Johnstone, 96, of Spencer, will be conducted Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Deb Mechler will officiate the service. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Shirley, the daughter of Alfred N. ...

Funeral services for Roger William Green, 78, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Jeff Geiger will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday with the family present from 2-4 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

On Thursday, July 29, 2021, Maureen “Mo” Therese Huyett, loving wife, mother of three children, grandmother of 10 grandchildren and great-grandmother passed away at the age of 70 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at Avera Hospital. Mo was born on Feb. 6, 1957, in Denver, Colorado, to Therese and Robert Boyd. On Oct. 19, 1990,...

Services for Rev. William “Bill” Smith, 95, were conducted Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ruthven. Rev. Eric Patten officiated the service. Interment was conducted at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. Smith passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021, at Spencer Hospital, with family at his side. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers: B.F. Smith and George Smith; and a grandson, Peter Nordwall...

Maurice "Maurie" D. Randall, 89, of New Hampton, passed away on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo. Per Maurice’s wishes, a private family graveside service will be held at a later date at New Hampton Cemetery in New Hampton...

James “Jim” I. Stienstra, son of Ivan and Lois Stienstra, was born on Nov. 27, 1951, in Orange City. Jim received his early education in Spencer, graduating from Spencer High School in 1970. He later attended Iowa State University where he played basketball and graduated in 1974. He received his CPA license in 1975 and began practicing as an accountant...

Funeral services for Virgil Russell Spiess, 86, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 31, 2021, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Frasher will officiate the service. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer...