Obituaries

Robert “Bob” Verner, 73, of Spencer, Iowa, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after a brief illness. Bob, the son of Robert and Dorothy Verner was born in Wichita, Kansas, on April 20, 1945. ...

Wilhelmina Bick Yun Dailey, the daughter of Henry and Sarah Len Chong was born July 29, 1931, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her childhood years were spent in Honolulu where she attended school. After graduating high school, she worked at the Dole Pineapple Plant...

Funeral services for Rocklyn Eugene Baker will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at Henry Olson Funeral Chapel in Estherville. Interment will take place at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Dell Rapids, South Dakota. Rocklyn Eugene Baker was born in 1958 to Carroll and Maude Baker. Rocklyn lived within 30 miles of his Estherville/Terril roots for most of his days. He passed away on July 13, 2018, at his home...

Salley Jeanette Johnson, 85, went to be with her Lord on July 5, 2018, after succumbing to a long battle with carcinoid cancer. Sally was the daughter of Frank and Grace King. She was born at Dickens, Iowa June 8, 1933. She received her education starting in a one-room school house and graduated from Spencer High School...

On Sept. 29, 2017, JoAnn Hansen was welcomed home by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as well as her beloved husband Charles and daughter Barbara. JoAnn Hansen was the youngest of six children, born to Ralph and Maude Griswold on June 12, 1929, in Webb, Iowa. ...

Funeral services for Audrey Fairchild, 87, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 14, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, July 13, with the family present from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Betty Jean Mincer, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, went to be with her beloved husband, Bob, on Friday, July 6, 2018. Betty was born near Ruthven, Iowa, on June 29, 1934, to Cloyd and Ethyl Beddow Umbrell. She graduated from Spencer High School in 1952. After high school, Betty attended Northwest Institute of Medical Technology, graduating in 1953...

Funeral services for Ted Woodall, 90, of Royal, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 9, 2018, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Rev. John Jensen will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the services at the church...

Iola P. Jones, 95, of Milford, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 11, 2018, at Accura Healthcare in Milford. Iola was born July 25, 1922, in Milford, Iowa, the daughter of Harry Robert and Celia Esther Bovee Carpenter. She was raised and educated in Milford, where she graduated from Milford High School...

Harlan Lloyd Johnson was born June 25, 1939, in Lakota, North Dakota, the son of Harold and Frances Lloyd Johnson. Harlan and his family moved to Greenville, Iowa, where Harlan attended school. Following his graduation from high school Harlan joined the United States Air Force...

Betty J. Nelson, 89, of Rockton, Illinois, died peacefully Saturday, June 23, 2018, at her home. Betty was born on Nov. 12, 1928, the daughter of Wilbert and Lucille Gillette Holldorf in Manyaska, Minnesota. She grew up in Fenton, Iowa. After graduating Fenton High School in 1946, Betty married Harlan Nelson and moved to Estherville, Iowa. ...

Services for Leone Mae Manley, 91, of Spencer, formerly of Hartley, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at the United Church of Primghar. Rev. Derrick Okine will officiate. Burial will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Primghar. Visitation with family present will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday at the Eldridge Family Funeral Home in Primghar...

Terry Olson, 66, of Terril, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 22, 2018. Terry was born Oct. 14, 1951, in Estherville, the son of Dick and Tillie Olson. He was raised on a farm in Terril and attended Lake Center school through seventh grade until his school merged with Terril, graduating from Terril High School...

Funeral services for Betty Kelly-Spies, 80, of Milford, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Milford. Rev. Tim Johnson will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted from 8:30-10 a.m. Tuesday at the church...

A Celebration of Life for Harlan Henry Geerdes, 91, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 30, 2018, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Hartley. Rev. Duane Jalas will officiate the service. Military graveside rites will be conducted by Arthur W. Kirchhoff Post No. 288 of Hartley. Burial will be conducted at Lone Tree Cemetery in Everly...

Ethel Partridge was born in Sheridan, Wyoming, on Sept. 14, 1940, and was raised by her grandmother in rural Wyoming. She graduated from high school in Newcastle, Wyoming, and often made the trek cross country to visit her classmate for the reunions. ...

Robert Rust, 73, of Webb, died on Friday, June 15, 2018, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 19, at 10 a.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Webb. Burial will be in the Garfield Township Cemetery in Webb. Visitation will take place on Monday, June 18, from 5-8 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Webb...

Earnest “Ernie” Leo Stoermer, 83, requested no funeral service upon his death. Family services will be conducted at a later date. Interment will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park privately at a later date. Stoermer passed away June 9, 2018. Earnest Leo Stoermer was born on March 15, 1935, to Leo and Wanda Prentice Stoermer on a farm north of Greenville. ...

Funeral services for Darleen Feddersen, 70, of Spencer, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, June 18, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. William Schreiber will officiate the service. A parish rosary will be led at 10:30 a.m. prior to the memorial mass...

Judith “Judy” Johnson, 95, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, peacefully passed away at the Dougherty Hospice House on June 11, 2018. A memorial service was held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 14, 2018, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 909 W. 33rd St., Sioux Falls...

Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 2018, at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer for Richard Marousek, 70, of Eagen, Minnesota, formerly of Spencer. The Warner Funeral Home of Spencer is in charge of arrangements. Richard “Rich” Marousek passed peacefully on March 3, 2018, after a one-year battle against lung cancer...

Marjean Ann Hanno, 82, of Spencer, Iowa, passed away on Monday, June 4, 2018, at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa. A Celebration of Life memorial service will be conducted Friday, June 8, 2018, at First Congregational Church in Spencer at 11 a.m. A luncheon and time of fellowship will be conducted at the church following the service. Rev. Wendy Van Tassell will officiate. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer at a later date...

Gary Lee Cleghorn, 77, of Okoboji, Iowa, passed away on May 23, 2018, in California. He was born in Park Rapids, Minnesota, Nov. 6,1940, to Lorol and Hazel Odor Cleghorn and moved with his family to Spencer, Iowa, before starting school there. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1958 where he distinguished himself as an athlete. ...

Funeral services for Jacob Edwards, 63, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Warner Chapel. Rev. Bill Schoonover and Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at Warner Funeral Home...

Private services will be conducted at a later date for Thomas James Slawson, 72, of Spencer. Thomas the son of William McGrath and Evelyn Elsie Hagedorn Slawson, was born on May 23, 1946, in Long Beach, California. He was raised in Everly, where he attended school and graduated from Everly High School, in 1964. Tom entered into the military on April 12, 1966. He served as a construction machine operator in Germany. He was honorably discharged on April 11, 1969...

Peg “Peggy” Ann Wetherell, 75, of Spencer, passed away Sunday afternoon, May 27, 2018, in the St. Luke Lutheran Home following a courageous battle with cancer. Peggy was born Nov. 2, 1942, in Cherokee to Clifford & Ruby Dicks Wetherell. She graduated from Cherokee High School and then attended Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska. ...

Brett A. Riggen, of Arnolds Park, drew his last breath on May 24, 2018, at Accura Healthcare of Milford, Iowa. In his final days he was comforted by his family and passed in his sleep peacefully. Born Jan. 29, 1944, in Jefferson the first of three children from Fayne E. ...

Services for Vivian M. Fread, 95, were conducted on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at United Methodist Church in Ruthven. Rev. Greg Jorgensen officiated the service. Inurnment was conducted at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. Vivian Maxine Roland Fread, daughter of George Glendon Roland and Violet Fern Harris Roland was born in Ruthven, Iowa on Jan. 7, 1923. Vivian passed away May 27, 2018, at the lakeside home of Craig and Lisa Markley in Ruthven, Iowa, where she had been residing...

Brenda Kay Maly, 45, of Ely, died unexpectedly Saturday, May 26, 2018, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. A visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home. Brenda was born Jan. 23, 1973, the daughter of Owen and Linda Breidinger O’Hara, in Spencer, Iowa. She was married to William “Bill” Maly on Feb. 21, 1998, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Brenda worked for Transamerica in various departments for many years...

George Russell “Rusty” Hargrave of Albert Lea, Minnesota, died Friday, May 11, 2018, at his home after a brief struggle with cancer. Rusty was born Dec. 3, 1940, in Spencer, Iowa, and grew up in Webster City, Iowa, where he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1959. He married Judy Smith, also of Webster City, Jan. 18, 1963, at the Albert Lea United Methodist Church and they made their home in Albert Lea...

Memorial services for Patricia Irby, 81, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 25, 2018, in Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. William Schreiber will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...