Obituaries

Funeral services for Joan Marie Nelson-Haas, 83, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Seventh Day Adventist Church in Spencer. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven. Inurnment will take place at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven...

Mathew “Matt” P. Zieringer, 90, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. Mathew Peter Zieringer was born July 18, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mathias and Kathe (Reykers) Zieringer. ...

Kim Rochelle Dalke, of Phoenix, Arizona, formerly of Sioux City, passed away early Saturday morning, Aug. 10, 2019, at the Mayo Hospital in Phoenix after a short duration of leukemia and pneumonia. She reached the age of 50 years, 9 months and 18 days...

Funeral services for Roger Kruse, 86, of Royal, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Rev. Mark Wilms will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 5 p.m. Monday at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer with family present from 5-7 p.m. Interment will be conducted at Willow Creek Cemetery in rural Royal...

Funeral services for Virgil Schmeling, 88, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at Living Word church in Spencer. Rev. Al Dean will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be conducted at Fairview Cemetery in Terril at a later date...

Services for Carol M. Wigen were conducted on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Lee Laaveg officiated the service. Interment was conducted at Silver Lake Cemetery in Ayrshire. Carol Marie Wigen, 82, of Spencer, passed away peacefully on Friday evening, Aug. 2, 2019, at Ava’s Hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was surrounded by her loving husband Leo and her family...

Funeral services for Donald Duane Paulsen, 91, of Emmetsburg, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday at Emerald Oaks Living Facility in Emmetsburg with family present from 5-7 p.m. Interment will be conducted at Lone Tree Cemetery in Everly...

Memorial services for John R. Rutt, 68, of Des Moines, will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at Grace United Methodist Church in Des Moines. Rev. Gary Nims will officiate the service with assistance from Deacon Ralph W. Agar. Visitation with the family will take place an hour before the service...

A memorial service for Betty Lou Orthmann, 84, of Peterson, will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 1, at the United Methodist Church in Peterson. Burial will be prior to the service at 10 a.m. at Waterman Cemetery in Sutherland. Visitation will be at the church from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31...

Catholic Mass services for Julie Benson, 37, of Harrisburg, South Dakota, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Revs. Tim Hogan and John Rutten will officiate the service...

Funeral services for Darrell Woods, 78, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 29, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Christy Woods Eral will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Woods passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019, at Spencer Hospital...

Funeral services for Leola “Lee” Tucker, 97, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. John Syvertson will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Monday at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer with the family present from 5-7 p.m...

Lillie Carolyn Johnson Mathison was born in Spencer on Feb. 10, 1930. She was the third of nine children born to Mable Waltz Johnson and William Leroy Johnson. Lillie worked at an early age for her father selling fruit and vegetables at a Spencer roadside market. ...

Wayne Douglas “Doug” Lovitt, 69, formerly of West Des Moines, passed away June 23, 2019, in Tempe, Arizona. Born in Spencer he was the middle son of Julian J. “Bud” Lovitt and Clarian Bittinger Lovitt. Douglas graduated from Spencer High School and attended the University of Iowa. He married the love of his life, Barbara (Blazek, Block) in 1983...

Burdette "Burt" Fogelman, 80, of Webb, died on Monday, July 22, 2019, at the Laurens Care Center in Laurens. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 26, 2019, at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Spencer. Burial will be in the Garfield Township Cemetery in Webb. Visitation will take place prior to the service from 9:30-11 a.m. at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Open Door Mission or Samaritan's Purse...

Funeral services for Kenneth Gale Richardson, 76, were conducted on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl officiated the service. Interment was conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Kenneth Gale Richardson, the youngest son of Eldon and Beulah (Fish) Richardson began his journey in life on Oct. 6, 1942, in Ames, Iowa. His younger years were spent in Maxwell, Iowa...

Joan Mae (Lockey) Tatman, 82, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019 at Accura Health Care in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Joan was born Dec. 30, 1936 in Spencer, Iowa, to Orlo and Cora (Handy) Lockey. She attended school in Spencer, Iowa where she graduated in 1955...

Funeral arrangements for Dale Adolf, 88, of Everly, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 12, at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly. Rev. Dan Taylor will officiate the service. Visitation will be held beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 11, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. ...

Funeral arrangements for Frank C. Parks, 86, of Spencer, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 13, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate the service. Visitation will be begin at 1 p.m. on Friday with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Internment will take place at Fairview Cemetery in rural Langdon. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established...

Funeral arrangements for Larry "Lars" LeRoy Larson, 76, of Spencer, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Charlie Gilmore will officiate the service. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday evening at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Larson passed away Friday, July 5, 2019, at his home. A military service will be conducted by the American Legion, Glen Pedersen Post No. 1 and the Clay County VFW Post No. 3159...

Dorothy “Dot” Werts Clark passed away March 14, 2019, in Surprise, Arizona, at Blue Horizons Assisted Living Home. Dorothy was the daughter of Marvin and Lucille Werts of Gillett Grove. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Richard “Dick” Clark, brother Vernon Werts, sister-in-law Irene Werts, and son-in-law Rick Plank. Dorothy graduated from Gillett Grove High School and worked for The Spencer Daily Reporter before marrying Clark from Linn Grove...

Funeral services for Arlene G. Harmon, 97, of Liscomb, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at the Conrad United Methodist Church in Conrad. Visitation will take place at 9:30 a.m. until the time of the services, at the church. Harmon passed away Friday, June 28, 2019, at Oakview Nursing Home in Conrad...

Funeral services for Lula J. Grandstaff Eaton, 88, of Ruthven, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at United Methodist Church in Ruthven. Rev. Kris Hackbart will officiate the service. Visitation will take place Monday, July 1, 2019, from 5-7 p.m. at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven. Inurnment will take place at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. Eaton passed away June 27, 2019, at her home.

Funeral services for James Olson, 86, of Spencer, will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at First English Lutheran Church...

Funeral services for Larry Eckard, 82, of Spirit Lake, formerly of Royal, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Rev. Mark Wilms will officiate the service. Interment will will take place at Willow Creek cemetery in Royal...

John Norman, 87, of Weston, Missouri, was welcomed into the kingdom of heaven on Saturday, June 22, 2019. John was born on Dec. 24, 1931, in Spencer. He was raised in the Everly area and attended Everly High School, graduating in 1947. John was an excellent athlete, excelling at both baseball and basketball...

Dean Loran Johnson, 96, of Webb, died on Sunday, June 23, 2019, at the Spencer Hospital in Spencer. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Webb. Burial will be in the Garfield Township Cemetery in Webb. Visitation took place on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at the church...

David Leroy Bishop was born on June 23, 1946 to Lonnie and Beulah Bishop in Spencer where he spent his early years. David enlisted into the Navy in 1967 and served until 1970, serving in Vietnam. He reenlisted in October 1975 and was released with a medical discharge in August 1978...