Obituaries

Services for Maxine M. Eldridge, 84, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, at United Methodist Church in Ruthven. Rev. Kris Hackbart will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted from 5-8 p.m Friday at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven...

Funeral services for Larry VanWesten, 65, of Spencer, will be conducted at a later date. Visitation was conducted Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. A second visitation will be conducted beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, with the family present from 5-8 p.m. at Jurrens Funeral Home in Sibley...

Funeral services for Lillian Meyer, 89, of Winterset, formerly of Spencer, werheld at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. Russell Muilenburg officiated the service. Visitation was held from 9:30-10:15 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, with the family present at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Memorial services for Terry Falline, 69, of Spencer, were conducted Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen officiated the service. Burial will be conducted at a later date. Terry Lee Falline, the son of Kenneth W. ...

A celebration of life gathering for Kenneth R. Bailey, 77, of Spirit Lake, was held Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, at Village West Resort. Ken passed away Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake. Ken was born Sept. 21, 1941, the son of Frank Bailey and Blanche Franker Bailey. ...

Paul S. Zielstra, 62, of Council Bluffs, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at CHI Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Paul was born in Spencer to the late Vernon E. and Jean (Joynson) Zielstra. He graduated from Ruthven High School in 1974 and from Iowa Lakes Community College in 1977. ...

Services for Ronnie Eugene Joenks, 78, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at First Congregational Church in Spencer. Rev. Wendy Van Tassell will officiate. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. at the church. Interment will take place at Oakland Cemetery in Peterson...

Janet Boyd, 84, passed away Jan. 19, 2019, at Central Parke Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Mason, Ohio, under the professional loving care of Queen City Hospice and Central Parke staff. Visitation was held at Adams Funeral Home, 502 Douglas Ave. in Ames on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 11 a.m. followed by a memorial service at noon. Following the service there will be a luncheon at Dublin Bay Irish Pub and Grill...

Funeral services for Ty Fideler, 89, of Spencer, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 27, 2019, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Interment will take place at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Fideler passed away Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota...

Arla Gould, 91, of Spencer, passed away on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, at St. Luke’s Home in Spencer. Arla was born on July 10, 1927, to parents Hugh and Susan (Brooks) Jones. She grew up on a farm north of Linn Grove and attended grade school at Rossie Schools. She graduated from Peterson High School where she starred on the girls basketball team...

Services for Cole Allen Millard, 23, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Jen Henry will officiate the service. Burial will be conducted at Milford Cemetery in Milford. Cole Allen Millard was born in Spencer on July 14, 1995, to John Millard and Dena Wintz. ...

Memorial services for Mary Jane Parsons will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, at Greenville Congregational Church in Greenville. Rev. Trish Underberg will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer...

Marjorie Van Vickle (Seemann), 85, passed away Sunday Jan. 20, 2019. The daughter of Lee and Irene Seemann, Marjorie was born at home on a farm near Greenville on Dec. 15, 1933. Following her graduation from Webb High School in 1952 she married Duane Van Vickle. After pursuing career opportunities in Omaha and Lexington, Nebraska, the couple settled in Spencer where Marjorie lovingly cared for her family and worked at the Clay County National Bank...

Douglas Bailey, 61, of Spencer, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in Rochester, Minnesota. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 1- 3 p.m. at the Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven. Arrangements by Martin-Mattice Funeral Home...

John Edwin Monnahan, 67, passed away surrounded by his family Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, at Norton's Hospital in Louisville, Kentuky. He was born Feb. 19, 1951, in Hartley, Iowa, the son of the late Edwin and Vivian Monnahan. In high school, John was a talented three-sport athlete and received honors in football, baseball and basketball. ...

Funeral services for Russell Christensen, 91, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Rev. Mark Wilms will officiate the service. Private family interment will be conducted at Willow Creek Cemetery in Royal...

Barbara Halverson, 93, of Spencer, and formerly of Sioux Rapids, died on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at the Spencer Municipal Hospital in Spencer. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at 3 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Sioux Rapids. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in Barbara's name...

Memorial services for William Francis Geary, 87, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. A rosary service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, also at the church...

Funeral services for Christina Louise Martin, 21, of Quimby, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Rev. Jonathan Riggert will officiate the service. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, also at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee with the family present from 5-7 p.m...

“Earl” Roger Millikan was born on Aug. 25, 1928, in Hawarden, Iowa, the son of Cecil Millikan and Ona (Peck) Millikan. In 1946 he graduated from Hawarden High School. He served as a staff sergeant in the United States Army from Sept. 9, 1946, to Dec. 24, 1947. He was united in marriage to Alida Harskamp on Aug. 9, 1949, in Rock Valley, Iowa...

Funeral services for Edwin Geerdes, 94, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, at Warner Funeral Home of Spencer in Everly. Rev. John Syvertson will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at the funeral home in Everly...

A funeral service for Joyce M. Wilson, 89, of Milford, was held Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, at Faith Community Church in Milford, with interment at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Joyce, the daughter of Herschel and Vesta (Lamb) Salmon, was born Sept. 23, 1929 in Milford. She graduated from Milford High School in 1947 and later completed a course in secretarial training at Iowa Lakes Community College...

Funeral services for Shirley Granstra, 91, of Spencer, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at First English Lutheran Church of Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 5 p.m. Friday at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer with family present from 5-7 p.m...

A celebration of life for Irene Groote will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Lee Laaveg will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the church. She will be laid to rest at a later date in Homan Township Cemetery in Sibley...

Graveside services for Mae Koch, 89, of Spencer, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. John Syvertson will officiate the service. Mae Charlotte Koch, the daughter of Theodore and Maude (Duval) Hansen, was born Jan. ...

Braydyn Matthew Thilges, infant son of Justin and Paige Thilges, of Algona, was born sleeping on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at the Kossuth Regional Health Center. Private family funeral services were held on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents: Dean and Lois Jensen, Sandra Friedrichs, Jim VanVoorst, Aloysius Thilges and Wayne and Charleene Olson; great aunts: Irene Jensen and Sandy Olson; great uncle, Ron Ohotto; and cousin, Caleb Schuster...

Michael Paul Moir, 56, of Milford, passed away on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at Unity Point St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City after a 13-year battle with cancer. Services for Mike are pending currently with the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home of Spirit Lake. Online condolences may be sent to www.spiritlakefuneralhome.com...