Obituaries

John Edwin Monnahan, 67, passed away surrounded by his family Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, at Norton's Hospital in Louisville, Kentuky. He was born Feb. 19, 1951, in Hartley, Iowa, the son of the late Edwin and Vivian Monnahan. In high school, John was a talented three-sport athlete and received honors in football, baseball and basketball. ...

Funeral services for Russell Christensen, 91, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Rev. Mark Wilms will officiate the service. Private family interment will be conducted at Willow Creek Cemetery in Royal...

Barbara Halverson, 93, of Spencer, and formerly of Sioux Rapids, died on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at the Spencer Municipal Hospital in Spencer. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at 3 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Sioux Rapids. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in Barbara's name...

Memorial services for William Francis Geary, 87, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. A rosary service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, also at the church...

Funeral services for Christina Louise Martin, 21, of Quimby, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Rev. Jonathan Riggert will officiate the service. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, also at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee with the family present from 5-7 p.m...

“Earl” Roger Millikan was born on Aug. 25, 1928, in Hawarden, Iowa, the son of Cecil Millikan and Ona (Peck) Millikan. In 1946 he graduated from Hawarden High School. He served as a staff sergeant in the United States Army from Sept. 9, 1946, to Dec. 24, 1947. He was united in marriage to Alida Harskamp on Aug. 9, 1949, in Rock Valley, Iowa...

Funeral services for Edwin Geerdes, 94, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, at Warner Funeral Home of Spencer in Everly. Rev. John Syvertson will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at the funeral home in Everly...

A funeral service for Joyce M. Wilson, 89, of Milford, was held Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, at Faith Community Church in Milford, with interment at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Joyce, the daughter of Herschel and Vesta (Lamb) Salmon, was born Sept. 23, 1929 in Milford. She graduated from Milford High School in 1947 and later completed a course in secretarial training at Iowa Lakes Community College...

Funeral services for Shirley Granstra, 91, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at First English Lutheran Church of Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 5 p.m. Friday at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer with family present from 5-7 p.m...

A celebration of life for Irene Groote will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Lee Laaveg will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the church. She will be laid to rest at a later date in Homan Township Cemetery in Sibley...

Graveside services for Mae Koch, 89, of Spencer, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. John Syvertson will officiate the service. Mae Charlotte Koch, the daughter of Theodore and Maude (Duval) Hansen, was born Jan. ...

Braydyn Matthew Thilges, infant son of Justin and Paige Thilges, of Algona, was born sleeping on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center. Private family funeral services were held on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents: Dean and Lois Jensen, Sandra Friedrichs, Jim VanVoorst, Aloysius Thilges and Wayne and Charleene Olson; great aunts: Irene Jensen and Sandy Olson; great uncle, Ron Ohotto; and cousin, Caleb Schuster...

Michael Paul Moir, 56, of Milford, passed away on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at Unity Point St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City after a 13-year battle with cancer. Services for Mike are pending currently with the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home of Spirit Lake. Online condolences may be sent to www.spiritlakefuneralhome.com...

Services for Irene Tripp Pierce will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Emmetsburg. Interment will be conducted at Evergreen Cemetery in Emmetsburg. Irene passed away Dec. 12, 2018, in Algona, Iowa. She is survived by two sons: Arnold Tripp of Albert Lea, Minnesota and Dale Tripp of Everly, Iowa; two daughters: Ilene (Darrell) Birchard of Dayton, Ohio and Arlene Webster of Bode, Iowa; and several grandchildren...

Funeral services for Donald Linnan, 89, of Spencer, formerly of Storm Lake, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Roger Linnan and Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. the day of the service at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer...

Funeral services for Freda Irene Heuer, 99, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hartley. She was buried at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. Freda Irene Heuer, the second daughter of John and Charlotte (Wink) Johnson, was born May 3, 1919, in Hartley. ...

Thomas G. Raveling, 74, of Cassville, Wisconsin, passed away on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa. He was born on July 20, 1944, in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, the son of Thomas and Ellen (Grange) Raveling. Thomas graduated from Sioux Valley High School in 1962. ...

Funeral services for William Maurer, 86, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

A memorial service for David Rowlands, 70, of Spirit Lake, was conducted Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Burial was at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. David Sherwood Rowlands, the son of Peg and Sherwood "Woody" Rowlands, was born July 23, 1948 in Spencer. David graduated from Harris Lake Park Community School. He lived most of his life at Lost Island Lake near Ruthven, Lake Park and Spirit Lake...

Funeral services for Stanley H. Tripp Sr., 93, of Spirit Lake, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Jennifer Hesebeck will officiate the service. A public gathering with the family present will be conducted from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Funeral services for Joseph Thompson, 80, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 2:30 p.nm. Monday, with the family present from 5:30-8 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. A Catholic vigil service will begin at 5 p.m...

A celebration of life for John “Gene” E. Swanson, 87, will be conducted from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, at Martin-Mattice Funeral Chapel, formerly the United Methodist Church in Ayrshire. Interment will be conducted at Silver Lake Cemetery in Ayrshire...

Jeanette Rebhuhn Mummert, 83, of rural Aurelia, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, morning Nov. 27, 2018, at The Gardens Assisted Living, Cherokee, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10;30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Rev. Jonathan Riggert will officiate...

Services for Jean Hurd Meyer will be conducted at 11 a.m. Nov. 29, 2018 at Hillsong Church at 9610 E. Cactus Road in Scottsdale, Arizona. Burial service will follow at Paradise Memorial Gardens in Scottsdale. Jean Meyer was born July 11, 1955, to Wayne and Wilma (Legge) Hurd. She spent her childhood years in Spencer, Iowa. After graduation she attended the University of Iowa for two years, where she was in the prenursing program and was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority...

Ila L. Agler, 91, of Spencer, and formerly of Marathon, died on Nov. 21, 2018, at the St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. at the Grace Lutheran Church in Marathon. Burial will be in the Poland Township Cemetery in Marathon. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church...