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Services for Catherine N. Joenks, 63, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, at First Congregational Church in Spencer. Rev. Casey VanderBent will officiate the service. Catherine, daughter of Milo Dean and Edith Faye (Homer) Nelson, was born Sept. 16, 1957, in Pocatello, Idaho. She graduated from Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, Utah...

Graveside services for Bernice Erickson, 94, of Grand Ledge, Michigan, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Erickson passed away Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Grand Ledge...

Dennis Edwardson, 82, of Spencer, formerly of Sioux Rapids, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020 at the St. Luke Nursing Home in Spencer. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, at 10 a.m. at the First United Church in Sioux Rapids. ...

Private family services for Clara Goeken, 97, of Everly, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly. Rev. Dan Taylor will officiate the service. Friends are welcome to drive-up and tune into the services from their vehicle...

Services for LaVonne June Weisbrod, 91, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Lee Laaveg will officiate the service. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. LaVonne June Weisbrod, the daughter of Leo and Cecelia (Henning) Lenhart was born July 12, 1929, in Hartley. Her childhood years were spent in the Greenville and Rossie area, where she attended school and graduated from Greenville Rossie High School in 1947...

Graveside services for Helen Mary Geddes, 84, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. Beth Preston will officiate the service. Helen, the daughter of Eugene and Emma (Smith) Penning, was born July 30, 1936 in Spencer. ...

Memorial services for Ruth Ann Fick, 79, of Spencer, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, at the Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Tonna Parsons officiated the service. Ruth, the daughter of Oliver and Lois (Calkins), was born May 15, 1941, in Spencer. Her childhood years were spent in Everly where she attended Everly Community Schools. She graduated in 1958...

Billy Bangs, 85, passed away on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. He was born on April 27, 1935, in Fremont County, Iowa. His parents were Hope and Leo Bangs. Due to the current environment related to COVID-19, there will not be visitation or funeral arrangements at this time. A gravesite gathering with family will occur at Locust Grove Cemetery in Fremont County at a later date...

Funeral services for Dale Tigges, 73, of Peterson, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, at St. John’s Cemetery in Peterson. Dave Orthmann will officiate the service. Interment will take place at St. John’s Cemetery. Tigges passed away on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, at Ennoble Nursing Home in Dubuque...

Joshua Harold Boyd passed away Oct. 4, 2020, in a tragic motorcycle accident in Belleville, Kansas. Josh was born June 28, 1985, in St Louis Park, Minnesota, to parents Mark and Mona Boyd. Josh was raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and his family moved to Spencer in 2001. Josh graduated from Spencer High School with the class of 2003...

Marilyn (Krage) Higgins was born Jan. 23, 1935, to Roy and Helen (Betz) Krage of Sioux City. Marilyn adored and cherished her seven brothers and sisters, Ron, Sam, Helen Ann, Blanche, Barb, Colonel and Mary Alice. Marilyn’s greatest accomplishment comes in the form of the seven children she and Bob raised together: Roy, Mike, John, Teresa, Robert, Lisa and Mary...

Richard “Rick” Lowry, 62, of Spirit Lake, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after a short battle with esophageal cancer. A memorial service for Rick will be held at 10:30 a.m. at The Barn in Spirit Lake on Saturday, Oct. ...

Mary Carlson, 79, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Funeral services will be held on Saturday Oct. 10, at 1 p.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Moorland with Monsignor Kevin McCoy officiating the Mass of Christian burial. Burial will be in Our Lady of Good Counsel Cemetery, Moorland. Visitation will be on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church in Moorland. Masks are encouraged along with social distancing...

Bruce Gilbert Benna, 69, died Sept. 1, 2020, at his home in Jefferson. Bruce attended school in Webb, graduating from Spencer High School. He served his country as a United States Marine in Vietnam. He was the recipient of a Purple Heart. After his honorable discharge he attended Des Moines Area Community College for drafting. For most of his life, Bruce lived in Iowa, except for a few years in California. After returning to Iowa, he had his own construction-management business...

Services for Holli Ann (Ewoldt) Safley, 68, of Peterson, who passed away on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, at InnSpiration Winery in rural Linn Grove with the Rev. Grant Mangold officiating...

Mr. and Mrs Mike Palmer of Everly are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Desera Palmer to Christopher Bell son of Rod Bell and late Mrs. Janice Bell of Spencer on Aug. 15, 2020. If...

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Palmer, of Everly, are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Desera Palmer to Christopher Bell, son of Rod Bell and late Mrs. Janice Bell, of Spencer, on Aug. 15, 2020....