Records

Tami Marie (Ransom) Rempe, 51, of Sylvania, Ohio, passed away Dec. 18, 2021. A celebration of life (no service) will be held for Tami at the Methodist Church in Webb on Saturday, June 4, 2022, from 2-5 p.m. Interment will be at a later date at Garfield Cemetery near Webb...

A memorial service for Diana Jacobsen, 85, of Lake Park, will be held Sunday, May 22, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Lake Park. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday at the church. Diana Jean Jacobsen, the daughter of John and Ruby (Stolley) Hansen, was born on Feb. 5, 1937, along with her twin brother, Donny, in Spencer. Growing up, Diana was very active in school and 4-H. She attended school in Spencer and Spirit Lake where she graduated...

Funeral services for Josephine “Jossie” Louetta Cromer, 91, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the chapel. Interment will be at Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids...

Funeral services for Madalyn June Adams, 91, of Spencer, will be conducted from 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 6, 2022, at the First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be conducted one hour following the services at the church. Burial will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer. Adams passed away Monday, May 2, 2022, at Cobble Creek Assisted Living in Spencer...

Robert “Bob” Higgins, 87, of West Okoboji, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. A Mass of Christian burial was held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 2, 2022, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. Military graveside rites will be held in the Lake View Gardens Cemetery in Spirit Lake conducted by the American Legion Timpe Post 23 and VFW John W. Kidd Post 4514 of Spirit Lake...

Services for Kenneth “Ken” L. Garrelts, 84, were conducted at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ayrshire. Rev. Paul Schulz officiated the service. Interment will be at Silver Lake Cemetery in Ayrshire. Ken, son of Clarence “Dutch” and Anna Johanna (Habben) Garrelts, was born April 3, 1938, in Ayrshire. He received his education in Ayrshire, graduating from Silver Lake Consolidated School in 1956...

There will be no public celebration of life at this time for Wanda Lou Wood Nelson, 85, of Spirit Lake, formerly of Spencer. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Nelson passed away Sunday, April 24, 2022, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer...

Celebration of life for Craig Alan Middendorff will be conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 30, 2022, at First United Church in Sioux Rapids. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate. Private family burial will be at a later date at Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids. The family would like you to join them following the service at the Sioux Rapids Fire Department to celebrate Craig’s life and share stories with family and friends...

A memorial service for Jim Johnson, 72, of Royal, will be held Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. James Carol Johnson, the son of Jack and Lois (Rauhauser), was born July 18, 1949, in Spencer. He attended school in Joliet, Illinois, and at Ruthven-Ayrshire before graduating from Everly in 1967. Jim enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1967, and was honorably discharged in 1971...

A memorial service for Laura Grove, 51, will be held Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 11 a.m., at Crescent Beach Resort. Visitation will be on Friday, April 29, from 4-7 p.m. at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Milford. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established for the Grove Children at the United Community Bank at 1000 Okoboji Ave. in Milford...

Private graveside services for Dylan Thomas Moser, 11 days, the son of Brandon and Amy Moser, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 28, 2022, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. Jay Van Gelder will officiate the service. Dylan, the son of Brandon and Amy Moser, was born April 10, 2022, in Spencer. Even before his birth he gave his parents their fair share of excitement and, while he was an unexpected addition to the family, he was exactly what they needed to be complete...

Funeral services for Charles “Charlie” Arnold Larsen, 71, of Spencer, will be conducted from 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Frasher will officiate the service. Visitation with the family will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will be at North Lawn Memorial Park. Larsen passed away Monday, April 18, 2022, at Longhouse Residence in Spencer...

Memorial services for Lois Jean Hoelterhoff, 89, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Denny Somers will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, with family present from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Terril...

Private family services for Frances Laree (Wiese) Montgomery, 87, of Spencer, will be conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Frances was born Dec. 2, 1934, in Hospers, to John Harry Wiese and Kathryn Ann (Forst) Wiese, the youngest of four children. She graduated from Northwestern College with a degree in Education, and taught primary school in Harris, Primghar, Newkirk and Union Consolidated school districts...

Services for Lanette Kay Kilpatrick, 76, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at Hope Reformed Church in Spencer. Revs. Perry DeGroot and Jay Van Gelder will officiate the service. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...