Records

Iva Cushman (5/6/21)

Services for Iva “Bernadine” Cushman, 106, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, May 7, 2021, at Warner Chapel. Rev. Mike Cooper will officiate the service. Interment will be at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer. Iva Dunaway Milton Cushman was born on June 18, 1914, the youngest daughter of Samuel and Ida (Liechty) Dunaway. ...
Dale Oppedal (5/3/21)

Private family graveside services for Dale Oppedal will be held Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. Visitation was held Monday, May 3, at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven. Dale Edward Oppedal was born in rural Walnut Township, Palo Alto County, on August 24, 1926, to Iver and Zelda (Prichard) Oppedal. ...
Philip Oviatt (5/3/21)

Funeral services for Philip Oviatt, 38, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. The Rev. Ken Seifried will officiate. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...
Charlotte Thorne (4/29/21)

Charlotte Thorne, 86, of Hartley, passed away at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Sunday, April 25, 2021. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 1, 2021, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Everly. Visitation will also be held at the church on Saturday, May 1, from 10-11 a.m.; family will be present at that time. Burial will take place at Lone Tree Cemetery near Everly...
Arthur Evans (4/29/21)

Funeral services for Arthur “Art” Lester Evans Jr., 96, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 1, 2021, at First Baptist Church in Spencer. Rev. Curtis Batschelet will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at Dickens Cemetery in Dickens...
Margaret Anderson (4/26/21)

Funeral services for Margaret May Anderson, 87, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 29, 2021, at First Baptist Church in Spencer. Rev. Curtis Batschelet will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer...
Steven Cook (4/26/21)

A private prayer service for Steven Craig Cook, 67, was conducted at 7 p.m. Monday, April 26, 2021, at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Emmetsburg. Steven, the son of Jack J. and Flora June Cook, was born on June 15, 1953, in Emmetsburg. Steve graduated from Emmetsburg High School in 1971. ...
Wanda Keen (4/26/21)

Funeral services for Wanda Emma Keen, 88, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the funeral service at Warner Chapel. Burial will be at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer...
Burthel ‘Keith’ Dannatt (4/22/21)

Burthel “Keith” Dannatt was born on Oct. 12, 1946, in Dickinson County, to Burthel “Ernest” Dannatt and Greta Knudtson Dannatt. He was proud to say he was born and raised in Milford. In 1967 he married Janice Feldhacker and two daughters were born to this union — neither was named Burthel. In 1984 he married Mary Haugse. Although they had no children, they welcomed seven grandchildren, who were the light of his life...
Bonnie Pletke (4/19/21)

Bonnie Jane Pletke, daughter of Ora and Alice Jones, was born on Nov. 12, 1937, in Centerville. Bonnie was the youngest of three. Fourteen years older than Bonnie was Betty. Seven years older was Mary. Bonnie received her early education at the country school down the road from where she lived. During her middle school years, her daddy passed away and she and her mother, Alice, moved into Centerville where she attended and graduated from high school...
Lavon Kephart (4/19/21)

Funeral services for Lavon Kephart, 96, of Spencer, were conducted Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl officiated the service. Internment was conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Lavon Arlee Kephart, the daughter of Oscar and Esther (Kruse) Walstrom, was born on Sept. ...
Eric Foxhoven (4/19/21)

Graveside services for Eric Michael Foxhoven, 47, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2021, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Eric, the son of Ronald and Kathy (Muller) Foxhoven, was born Aug. 14, 1973, in Mapleton. His childhood years were spent Mapleton where he attended school before moving to Spencer in 1987. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1992...
Gloria Harris (4/15/21)

Funeral services for Gloria Harris, 89, of Spencer, formerly of Everly, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 17, 2021, at United Methodist Church in Everly. Mike Keith and Bishop David Keith will officiate the service. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service at the church. Masks are optional but appreciated. Burial will be at Lone Tree Cemetery in Spencer...
Elsie Lake (4/15/21)

Elsie Marie (Youngberg) Lake, 86, of Mesa, Arizona, formerly of Nixa, Missouri, Spencer, Iowa, and Red Oak, died in Phoenix, Arizona, Sept. 15, 2020.  Elsie, daughter of Ralph and Leta Mae (Shires) Youngberg, was born July 26, 1934, on the family farm north of Red Oak. She was the beloved wife of 45 years to Carl James "Jim" Lake. ...
Samuel Woolery (4/12/21)

Samuel Lee Woolery, son of Randy and Cheri (Dammann) Woolery, was born on May 5, 1995 in Omaha, Nebraska. He passed away on April 8, 2021, at Avera McKennan Hospital at the age of 25. Funeral services for Sam will be on Monday, April 12, 2021, at 11 a.m. ...