Obituaries

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. ...

On Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, Raymond Allen Zielstra, loving husband and father, passed away at home at the age of 89. Raymond was born July 13, 1930, in Spencer to Abraham and Evelyn (nee Chase) Zielstra. He married Doreen Pamela Joynson on Feb. 9, 1957, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Pam and Raymond raised two children, Julie and Philip, and made a home in San Diego for over 60 years...

On Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, our mother, Ruth Ann (Faulkender) King, of Elmore, Minnesota, went to be with the Lord after spending seven weeks at Parker Oaks Senior Living in Winnebago, Minnesota. Ruth was born on the family farm in Spencer on June 11, 1936, the second of five kids of Jesse Merle and Frances Magdalena (Yost) Faulkender. ...

A funeral service for Richard "Dick" Jesse Maranell, 88, of Milford, was held Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery in Milford. Dick, the son of Lois Mildred (Lorensen) and Jesse Franklin Maranell, was born June 22, 1931, in Round Lake, Minnesota. ...

Kendall “Ken” Lynn Carver, 83, died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Dec. 30, 2019, surrounded by his family and friends. A memorial service will be conducted from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, at Paradise Valley United Methodist Church, 4455 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley, AZ 85283. An additional service will be held later this summer in Iowa. Donations can be made to the International Cruise Victims Association...

A funeral service for Betty Lou Willison, 90, of Milford, will be held Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at Faith Community Church in Milford. Burial was at Milford Cemetery. Betty was born July 17, 1929, on the farm near Milford to Cecil and Mary (Moritz) Wallace. ...

Graveside services for Ruth Lorraine Ness, 88, of Spencer, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederksen will officiate the service. There will be no visitation. Ruth, the daughter of Joe and Minnie (Luze) Sweet, was born Dec. 22, 1931, in Webb. Her childhood years were spent in Webb, where she received her education in Webb schools...

Funeral services for LaVonne “Vonnie” B. Kruse, 94, of Spencer, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Jen Henry will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be conducted at a later date at Lone Tree Cemetery in Everly...

A funeral service for Wayne Krieger, 91, of Dickens, will be held Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Terril, Iowa. Burial was at a later date at Fairview Cemetery in Terril. Wayne Ivan Krieger, was born the third of six children on March 2, 1928, to Claude and Herma (Leighter) Krieger at home in Milford Township...

Ken Leander, 72, of Sac City, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center in Des Moines. Kenneth Michael Leander was born on April 9, 1947, to parents Kenneth and Phyllis (Nelson) Leander in Chaska, Minnesota. Ken grew up in Chaska, Minnesota, where he attended school. ...

Andrew Sease, 32, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, at the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson, Minnesota. Funeral services were held on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson. Rev. Kendall Stelter officiated and interment was in the church cemetery...

Memorial services for Kenneth and Marsha Heimgartner, 75 and 74, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Friday with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Chester “Doug” Pullen, 90, of Urbandale, formerly of Le Mars, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. surrounded by his family. Chester married Donna Blane on Nov. 2, 1949, and they lived most of their lives in Le Mars. Chester was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Gloria Edwards; two sister-in-laws: Dorothy Ashmore and Mary Carnine; four brother-in-laws: Vernon Blane, Norman Ashmore, Bill Carnine and Jerry Edwards; two son-in-laws: Richard Dykstra and Steve Lewis; three nephews: Lonny Pullen, Brad Blane and Josh Ashmore; and two nieces: Vicki and Chris.. ...