Obituaries

Leta Hahn (05/18/13)
Leta M. Hahn, 80 of Nickerson, Neb., died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at A.J. Merrick Manor in Fremont, Neb. She was born Feb. 2, 1933 on a farm in rural Royal, Iowa, to Louis and Mabel (Templeman) Petersen. She lived in Omaha and Fremont before moving to the Nickerson area in 1959...

William Pierson (05/17/13)
Memorial services for Mr. William Pierson, 81, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Len Halvorson will officiate the service. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the services at the church...

Walter Slota (05/16/13)
Walter Slota, 95, of Washta, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013. Services have already been conducted. Walter was born Sept. 26, 1917, in Lehigh Valley, Pa., the son of Michael and Tacyanna (Marcina) Slota. His family moved to Danbury, Iowa, when Walter was 9 months old...

W.K. 'Pete' Grange (05/16/13)
Services for W.K. "Pete" Grange will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013 at Zion Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Tom Summerfield will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted from 4-8 p.m. today at the Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven...

Allen Coughenour (05/16/13)
Funeral services for Mr. Allen Coughenour, 93, of Maple Grove, Minn., and formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 18, 2013 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. William Schreiber will officiate the service. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the services at the church...

Earl Taylor (05/14/13)
Funeral services for Mr. Earl Taylor, 82 of Dickens, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Rev. Judy Depue will officiate the service. Burial will be at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer. Mr. Taylor passed away Friday, May 10, 2013 at home in Dickens...

Rozanne Berry (05/14/13)
Funeral services for Ms. Rozanne Berry, 59 of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Dale L. Hodges will officiate the service. Ms. Berry passed away Friday, May 10, 2013 at home in Spencer. Rozanne Yvette Loux, daughter of Richard Loux and Patricia Boyle, was born on Sept. 2, 1955 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm outside of Clarion where she went to school and graduated in 1973...

Donald Wayne Zieman (05/11/13)
Funeral services for Donald Wayne Zieman will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 13, 2013 at Warner Chapel in Spencer. John Jensen will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at Oakland Cemetery in Peterson. Donald Wayne Zieman, the son of Harold and Arthadale Santage Zieman, was born June 18, 1939, at Hartley, Iowa. ...

Dennis R. Goodchild (05/11/13)
Memorial visitation for Dennis R. Goodchild, 70, of Fairmont, Minn., will be 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at the Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont. A luncheon will follow immediately after the visitation at the Lakeview Funeral Home. Dennis passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at his home in Fairmont...

Raymond Schau (05/09/13)
Graveside services for Mr. Raymond Schau, 87, of Spencer, formerly of Storm Lake, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 13, 2013 at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Chuck Kellogg will officiate the service. Mr. Schau passed away Monday, May 6, 2013 at home in Spencer...

Marlene Kay Freeburg (05/09/13)
Marlene Kay Freeburg, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Spencer, passed away peacefully at her home on April 30, 2013, at the age of 75. Marlene is survived by her husband, Ronald Gary Freeburg, also of Phoenix, Ariz.; her son, Karl A. Freeburg, his wife, Elizabeth J. ...

Lola Lee 'Peggy' Cockburn (05/09/13)
Graveside services for Lola Lee "Peggy" Cockburn, 91 of Tuscon, Ariz., will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. Dr. Jo Frahm Watkins will officiate the service. Following the services at the graveside, there will be a lunch served at the Methodist Church in Royal...

LeAnn Arthur (05/09/13)
Funeral services for Miss LeAnn Arthur, 57 of Greenville, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate the service. Burial will be at Liberty Cemetery in Greenville. Miss Arthur passed away Monday, May 6, 2013 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls...

Edna 'Tiny' Jensen (05/04/13)
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna "Tiny" Jensen, 73 of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 6, 2013 at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Travis Stevick will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday with the family present form 2-4 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Lloyd Kingery (05/02/13)
Funeral services for Mr. Lloyd Kingery, 85 of Royal, were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Rev. Deb Mechler officiated the service. Burial occurred at Willow Creek Cemetery in Royal. Mr. Kingery passed away Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Spencer Hospital...

Irma May Burgeson (04/30/13)
Services for Irma May Burgeson were conducted Monday, April 29, 2013 at Maple Grove Church of God in Sutherland. Rev. Michael Hyde officiated the service. Interment was conducted at Waterman Cemetery in Sutherland. Irma May Burgeson, the daughter of Ralph Blaine and Sylvia May (Harris) Woolston, was born Jan. ...

Donald Bernholtz (04/30/13)
Mass of Christian Burial for Donald Bernholtz was conducted Friday, April 26, 2013 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lake City. Rev. Lynn Bruch officiated the service. Private family burial will be conducted at a later date at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Mt. Carmel...

Jeffrey Joe Dailey (04/27/13)
Jeffrey Joe Dailey, 55, of Saint Joseph, Mo. passed away Monday April 22, 2013 at his home. He was born June 15, 1957 in Storm Lake, Iowa. He graduated from Spencer High School. He worked as a custom cabinet maker and owned Classic Woodworking. He was a Christian. Jeff will always be remembered by his outstanding sense of humor, his gift for woodworking and the way he loved his family. His children were his whole world. Jeff was preceded in death by his brother, Terry Dailey...

Marjorie 'Marge' Fairchild (04/26/13)
Funeral services for Mrs. Marjorie "Marge" Fairchild, 92 of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Dan Mayes will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Kathleen Ann Colbert (04/26/13)
Kathleen Ann Colbert departed this world on April 23, 2013. She was born on Oct. 21, 1917, to Charles and Helen Wurm of St. Paul, Minn. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Lawrence D. Colbert, M.D., who died on June 29, 1969. Kathleen graduated with a B.S. ...

Kathleen A. Colbert (04/25/13)
Kathleen A. Colbert departed this world on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. She was born on Oct. 21, 1917 to Charles and Helen Wurm in St. Paul, Minn. She was pre-deceased by her beloved husband, Lawrence D. Colbert, M.D. She is survived by her six children...

Dorothy Taylor (04/25/13)
Memorial services for Mrs. Dorothy Taylor, 91 of Spencer, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2013 at First Congressional Church in Spencer. Revs. Tom and Wendy Van Tassell will officiate the service. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer prior to the service Thursday...

Donald Essick (04/20/13)
Funeral services for Donald Essick, 66, of Dickens, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 22, 2013 at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation be conducted starting at 2 p.m. Warner Funeral Home in Spencer Sunday with the family present from 2-4 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Clarice Elbert (04/20/13)
Funeral Mass for Clarice Elbert was celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Whittemore with Rev. Victor Ramaeker officiating. Burial was in St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery. Clarice "Cree" Alvena Elbert was born Jan. ...

Carl Brown (04/19/13)
Funeral services for Mr. Carl Brown, 81, of Laurens, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, April 22, 2013 at Laurens United Methodist Church in Laurens. Rev. Tim Walker and Rev. Carroll Brown will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service on Monday at the Laurens United Methodist Church...

Funeral Notices

Billie K. Schomaker (05/18/13)
Graveside services and interment for Billie K. Schomaker are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Milford Cemetery - one mile south of Milford - with the Rev. Jan Whiteman officiating. Billie passed away on May 13, 2013 in Bloomfield, Neb. Billie is survived by his five children: Stephanie, Kristi, Wendy, John and Darci...

Raymond Johannsen (05/18/13)
Funeral services for Mr. Raymond Johannsen, 99, of Sutherland, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, May 23, 2013 at United Methodist Church in Sutherland. Rev. Kwang Song will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday with the family present from 4-6 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home of Sutherland...

William Pierson (05/16/13)
Memorial services for Mr. William Pierson, 81, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Len Halvorson will officiate the service. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the services at the church...

Rozanne Berry (05/11/13)
Services are pending for Ms. Rozanne Berry, 59, of Spencer, who passed away Friday, May 10, 2013 at home. Warner Funeral Home of Spencer is in charge of arrangements.

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