Records

Graveside services for Donna Frans, 73, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. Paul Fredriksen will officiate the service. A memorial fund has been established in her name. Memorials will be given to charities and causes that were important to her...

Graveside services for Doris Armstrong, 91, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. John Syvertson will officiate the service. A celebration of life gathering will take place at 3 p.m. at Weasy’s in Spencer...

Memorial services for Larry Struve, 69, of Spencer, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, at United Methodist Church in Everly. Rev. Mike Eeten and Rev. Michael Hyde will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Janice L. Musser, 83, of Ottawa, Illinois, passed away Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at Pleasant View with her loving family by her side. Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, at St. Columba Church with the Rev. David M. Kipfer celebrating. ...

RoseAnne Hecox, 92, of Iowa City, formerly of Spencer, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, at her home in Iowa City surrounded by her most precious loved ones. A Mass of Christian burial for RoseAnne Hecox will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church in Clarion with Rev. Jerry Blake officiating. Burial will be held at St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Clarion...

Funeral services for Carlton Quee, 95, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Lee Laaveg will officiate the service. Visitation was Wednesday, Nov. 7, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home...

Funeral services for Myrle Roberts, 96, of Royal and Peterson areas, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, at United Methodist Church of Royal. Rev. John Battern will officiate the service. Visitation was Sunday, Nov. 4, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Funeral services for Dorothy M. Smith, 86, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ruthven. Rev. Tom Summerfield officiated the service. Interment was conducted at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. Dorothy Jean (Miller) Smith, daughter of Anthony “Slim” and Anna (Kinnetz) Miller, was born Oct. ...

Charlotte M. Jones, 92, of Hastings, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday morning, Oct. 30, 2018, at Park Ridge Assisted Living in Hastings. Charlotte Marion, the daughter of Ralph and Eva (Jordan) Ginger, was born on Oct. 12, 1926, in Langdon, Iowa. ...

A celebration of life memorial service for Joyce Pearson, 99, was conducted Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at Trinity United Church of Christ in Hartley. Rev. Jim Slauter officiated the service. Joyce Pearson, given name Evelyn Joyce, daughter of Walter James and Grace Beatrice (Hill) Ellis, was born on April 5, 1919, in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. She died at the Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley, Iowa, on Oct. 21, 2018, at the age of 99 years and 6 1/2 months...

Marilyn Brinkley Wilbur, 80, of Clarinda, Iowa, was called home to be with her Lord Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, after a brief and sudden illness. Marilyn was born Aug. 7, 1938, in Spencer, Iowa, to Wesley and Mabel (Coddington) Brinkley the oldest of three children. Her siblings are Weldon (Barb) Brinkley of Destin, Florida and Sandy (Bill) Dunigan of San Diego, Califonria...

Steve Dale Brink, 56, passed away Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, due to a critical heart event. Services will be held at Hamilton’s on Westown Parkway, 3601 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines, Iowa, with visitation on Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 5- 8 p.m. and the funeral service on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 10 a.m...

Funeral services for Frank Petska, 78, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Milford. Rev. Tim Johnson will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at noon Monday, with the family present from 4-7 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Services for Nancy Joan VerMeer, 72, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at Church of Christ in Sutherland. Interment will be conducted at Waterman Cemetery in Sutherland. Nancy Joan (Dau) VerMeer, the daughter of Elvin and Mabel (Meyers) Dau was born Sept. ...

Funeral services for Elsie Anderson, 89, of Royal, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Rev. Mark Wilms will officiate the service. Visitation with the family was from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the Warner Funeral Home of Spencer...