Obituaries

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...

Private family services will be conducted for Kim Christensen, 62, of Spencer. Kim Christensen, aka “Kim The Great,” the son of Phillip Lee and Joyce (Dennett) Christensen, was born March 17, 1956, in Cedar City, Utah where he spent his childhood years. ...

Sandra Jean Eeten Walters, 70, daughter of the late Harm and Phyllis Eeten. Our beloved sister has passed away Oct. 9, 2018. She is survived by her sister, Diane Bradner (Ron) and brother, Michael Eeten (Darla). There will be no services.

Funeral services for Gretchen Hagedorn, 88, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted Friday from 4-7 p.m. with the family present at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

“There is a difference between God’s money and the church’s money,” Grandma Ginny would tell her granddaughter. “God’s money is when you help a person in need.” For Helen Virginia “Ginny” Funk, “God’s money” meant buying coffee and biscuits for the men who gathered at the Hardees, in Iowa City, Iowa, where she worked as the hostess. ...

Funeral services for Joe Syndergaard, 76, of Spencer, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Al Dean will officiate the service. Private interment will be conducted at a later date. Joe E. Syndergaard, the son of Edward and Margaret (Huberg) Syndergaard was born March 6, 1942, in Hartley, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Alta, Iowa, area where he attended Fairview Country School. He graduated from Alta High School in 1959...

Helen Lorrene Leith, 97, passed away Oct. 6, 2018. Helen was born Sept. 4, 1921, to Fay and Edna (Hammen) Galbraith of Albert City, Iowa. She was the second of three daughters. Helen graduated from Albert City High School in 1940. Helen married James Leith Sept. ...

Marianna Marie Johnson, 89, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at the Accura Healthcare of Stanton, Iowa. Marianna was born Dec. 25, 1928, in Montgomery County, Iowa, the daughter of Nolan and Eva Belle (England) Howell. She was raised in Elliott graduating from Elliott High School in 1946. ...

Funeral services for Lois Brown, 85, of Laurens, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, at Laurens Methodist Church in Laurens, Iowa. Rev. Ed Frank will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the funeral service at Laurens Methodist Church in Laurens...

Donald B. Larsen, 90, of Oro Valley, Arizona, and longtime Storm Lake resident, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at his home in Oro Valley. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m. at Hope Evangelical Free Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids...

Funeral services for Lorraine Kenney, 92, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Johnson will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Monday with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Services for Helen L. Enderson, 74, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted from 4-7 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer...

Funeral services for Karl Baish, 90, of Linn Grove, were conducted Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at First Congregational Church in Spencer. Revs. Tom and Wendy Van Tassell officiated the service Burial was conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer. Military services were conducted by American Legion Glen Pedersen Post No. 1 and the Clay County VFW Post No. 3159...

Funeral services for Ronald Leroy Dillon will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Overland Park, Kansas. Visitation will be conducted an hour before the funeral service at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Overland Park...

C. Arnold “Arnie” Walker, 91, of Spencer, passed away Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, at his home surrounded by his loving wife, daughters, grandchildren and great-grand- children. Arnie was born Jan. 13, 1927, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Frank and Verna Walker. His early years were spent in Broken Bow, Nebraska; Maryville, Missouri; and back to Omaha by middle school...

Funeral services for Margie King, 102, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, at Hope Reformed Church in Spencer. Rev. Russell Muilenburg will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Inez Clare Wheeler died peacefully Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, at Northshire Care Facility surrounded by her family. A celebration of life Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 6 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev. Bill Schriber officiating. The family will greet friends at a luncheon following Mass...

Dennis Storey Sr., 74, of Dickens, died Friday at his home in Dickens. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, at the United Methodist Church in Dickens. Rev. Donna Grey officiated. Burial was at the Dickens Cemetery. Dennis L. Storey, son of Delbert and Viola (Arndt) Storey, was born Oct. 31, 1943, in Spencer, Iowa. He received his education at Lake Center. At the age of 14, Denny started a band which was the beginning of a lifelong music career...

Edward Steinkamp, 91, of Wall Lake, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at Twilight Acres in Wall Lake, Iowa. Eddie was born on Nov. 23, 1926, to parents Theodore and Julia (Derner) Steinkamp at their home in Breda, Iowa. On April 19, 1949, Eddie was united in marriage to the love of his life, Marjorie Wittrock at the Holy Angels Catholic Church in Roselle, Iowa. ...