Records

A celebration of life for Patricia “Patty” A. Willrett will be conducted from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven. Patty, the daughter of David and Barbara (Miller) Buchholz, was born April 14, 1974, in Plattsburgh, New York. ...

Mass of Christian burial will be conducted for Jeanne Marie Drew at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Emmetsburg. Rev. Bill Schreiber will officiate the service. Inurnment will be conducted at St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Emmetsburg...

Funeral services for Jerry Roger Coffman, 84, of Spencer, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Lee Laaveg will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the memorial service at the church. Burial will be at Milford Cemetery...

Linda S. Meyer, 79, of Racine, Wisconsin, formerly of Spencer, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at Villa at Lincoln Park from the ravages of Alzheimer's disease. She was born Nov. 7, 1940, in Pocahontas, the daughter of the late Herbert and Thelma Hammer...

Funeral services for Phyllis Beilfeldt, 95, of Spencer, formerly of Ruthven, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Terril. Rev. Thomas Marth will officiate the service. Visitation will begin Monday at 5 p.m. with family present from 5-7 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will be conducted at Fairview Cemetery in Terril...

Funeral services for Louise Annette Wilson Gross, 93, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Ken Seifried will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. There will be a rosary service at 4:30 p.m. at the funeral home...

Funeral services for Helen Dillard, 94, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Donna Gray will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Spencer...

Clarence “Lefty” Marion Leslie was born on Dec. 11, 1926, in Everly to Wilbur and Gertrude Leslie. On March 7, 1951, he married Carol Elizabeth Warren and was proud to tell all who met him of their long lasting marriage of 68 years. As a young man, he worked with his dad and brother doing exterior and interior painting before and after his service in the U.S. ...

Funeral services for Sharol Lynn Carter, 67, of Ruthven, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, at United Methodist Church in Ruthven. Rev. Kris Hackbart will officiate the service. Inurnment will take place at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Sharol passed away peacefully Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, at the Ruthven Community Care Center, surrounded by her family...

Janet S. Emery, 84, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at St. Joseph Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota. A memorial service will be held at Mendota Heights United Church of Christ, 680 Highway 62, in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m., prior to the service...

Funeral services for Michael Duane Schomaker, 70, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Jeff Geiger will officiate the service. Interment will take place at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer...

Jason Cone Hofmeyer, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died peacefully in his home on his 69th birthday on Jan. 31, 2020, surrounded by family. A service to celebrate Jason's life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at the Miller Southside Chapel located at 7400 S. Minnesota Ave. (81st Street and Minnesota Avenue) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota...

Funeral services for Steve DePauw, 61, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Jen Henry will officiate the service. Visitation will be open at 5 p.m. Monday with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will be conducted at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota...

Funeral services for Alvin George Schnider, 85, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Military services will be conducted by American Legion-Glen Pedersen Post No. 1 and VFW Clay County Post No. 3159. Interment will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery...

Danny Joseph Gray, 68, of Logan, passed away on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at the CHI Hospital in Missouri Valley. Danny was born on Oct. 11, 1951, in Spencer to his parents, Donald and Jackie (White) Gray. He attended Spencer High School in Spencer and participated in football and wrestling throughout his high school years. ...

Alesha Marie Sikora, daughter of Ron and Susan Sikora of Ruthven, and Evan Tucker McCarty, son of Allen and Javotte McCarty of Spencer, were united in marriage Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, at 2 p.m. The...