Funeral services for Eldon Charles Goff, 74, of Spencer, will be conducted at 11 a.m., Friday, May 16, 2025, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ruthven. Pastor Eric Patton will officiate the service. Interment will be in North Lawn Memorial Park, in Spencer, at 2 p.m. He passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at Spencer Hospital.

Dr. Sylvester Michael Fideler died peacefully on May 7, 2025. He was 91 years old.

Born to Sylvester and Clo Fideler in Remsen on Oct. 7, 1933, “Mike” loved playing baseball and growing up in their small rural town with older sisters, Edna Mae (Wiedenfeld) and Darlene (Morony), and brother, Ty Fideler.

Graveside services for Gilbert “Tom” Leroy Dotson, 91, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 19, 2025, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Pastor Ben Unseth will officiate the service. Military services will be conducted by American Legion Glenn Pedersen Post 1 and VFW Clay County Post 3159.

Kelley Reed, 57, of Milford, passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at her home. Private graveside services will be held at Riverside Cemetery at a later date.

Funeral services for Barbara Jane Raveling, 79, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Hope Reformed Church, of Spencer. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Mrs. Raveling passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Spencer Post Acute Rehab Center.

Graveside services for Delores Rubie Klatt, 90, will be conducted at 10 a.m., Friday, May 9, 2025, at Oakland Cemetery, in Peterson. Pastor Tim Smith, of First Baptist Church in Spencer.

Ivan Guy Pixler Jr., 79, of Custer, South Dakota, died at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota. Written condolences can be made at www.chamberlainmccolleys.com.

Graveside services for Gilbert “Tom” Dotson, 91, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 19, 2025, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Pastor Ben Unseth will officiate the service. Dotson passed away Monday, May 5, 2025, at St. Luke’s Nursing Home, in Spencer. Warner Funeral Home, of Spencer, is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent at www.warnerfuneralhome.com.

It is with both sorrow and gratitude for a life well lived that we announce the passing of Lloyd Andrew Duffney, 93. Lloyd passed away on April 28, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of love, service, and dedication to family and community. A loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Lloyd will be deeply missed.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Dean H Lenz, 85, of Ames, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 10, at St. Cecelia’s Catholic Church in Ames, with lunch and time for fellowship following. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. graveside service will be at Calvary Cemetery in Milford on Sunday, May 11 at 2 p.m.

Dean passed away Monday, March 31, 2025, in Story City after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s.

Donald Lee Halverson, 66, of Sioux Rapids, passed away on Nov. 22, 2024. Donnie was born in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, on June 17, 1958, to parents Don Sr. and Alice Halverson.

Paul B. Currans, 90, of Spencer, passed away Monday, April 28, 2025, at the Spencer Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. The Rev. Kevin Richter is the celebrant. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church

Florence May Smoot was born in Royal on March 11, 1956, and left this world on Sept. 18, 2024. She brought her sharp wit, warm heart and love of a good story everywhere she went — from her early days in Iowa, to her years in Alaska, and finally to Texas, where she spent her later years.

Alice Ann (Alloway) Holck, 84, of Spencer, died peacefully at home in the presence of her family on April 22, 2025. The family is planning a celebration of Ann’s life at the Ruthven Methodist Church on Saturday, May 3, at 10 a.m., with a visitation for the family on Friday, May 2, from 4-7 p.m. Arrangements by Martin-Mattice Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Robert Schoorman, 76, of Everly, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at Warner Funeral Home, in Everly. Rev. Shazzy Britz will officiate the service. Visitation with the family present will from 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at the funeral home. Interment will take place at a later door. Schoorman passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at his home, in Everly. Warner Funeral Home of Everly is in charge of arrangements.