Obituaries

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. ...

Funeral services for Charles “Chuck” Plautz, 66, of Council Bluffs, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, at First Congregational Church in Spencer. Rev. Wendy Van Tassell will officiate the service. Visitation will begin after 2 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home...

Jeffrey Scott Clancy was born July 16, 1962. Jeff spent a lifetime searching the heart of the Lord. He, by God’s precious Grace found it as he entered his eternal home on Sept. 11, 2018. Jeff was a loving husband to Kay for 33 years. They were married on Aug. 10, 1985. Jeff was blessed by God and thanked Him daily for his two children; Whytne Clancy, of Spirit Lake and Chad Clancy, of Logan, Utah...

Freddie Langfeldt, 92, of Spencer, formerly of Alvord, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at the Longhouse Northshire Care Center in Spencer. Funeral service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at Christ Lutheran Church in Alvord with Rev. Corilee Boer officiating. ...

Funeral services for Ivan Kleve, 61, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. John Syvertson will officiate the service. Visitation with the family present will be conducted one-hour prior to the memorial service at the Warner Chapel...

Blaine Kennobie, 79, of Kennebec, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, at American Lutheran Church in Kennebec with burial at Kennebec Cemetery. Arrangements have been placed in the care of Isburg Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.isburgfuneralchapels.com...

Funeral services for Marian Crane, 86, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Jennifer Henry will officiate the service. Visitation was Wednesday, with the family present from 5-7 p.m., at the Warner Funeral Home 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...

Bill Grange, 89, of Ruthven, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, at the Ruthven Community Care Center. Services are at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, at the Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven. Burial is at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven with military graveside rites by American Legion Post No. 33 of Ruthven...

Services for Edward Fieseler, 95, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ruthven. Rev. Tom Summerfield officiated the service. Inurnment was at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. Military rites were conducted by American Legion Post No. 33 of Ruthven...

Funeral services for Vernice Feldhacker, 96, of Spencer, were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Curt Batschelet officiated the service. Visitation was conducted one-hour prior to the services at the funeral home with family present...

Services for William Webster, 61, of Sutherland, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Church of Christ in Sutherland. Rev. John Ericksen will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at Waterman Cemetery in Sutherland. William Edward Webster, the son of Dale and Carolyn Kinnetz Webster was born Jan. 21, 1957, in Emmetsburg, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Emmetsburg area where he attended school and graduated from Emmetsburg High School in 1975...

Wayne Louis Pickering, 63, of Hobbs, New Mexico, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at his home on Sept. 3, 2018. The family will be hosting a Celebration of Life on Oct. 13, 2018, at 1923 N. Vega in Hobbs, New Mexico, at 11 a.m. Wayne “Bear” was born in Norfolk, Nebraska, to Merlin and Ruby Pickering on Oct. ...

Ardyth “Ardy” Barber, 85, of Okoboji, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, at the Calvin Community Home in Des Moines. A memorial service for Ardy will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, at the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake...

Funeral services for Lawrence Smith, 97, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, at First Christian Church in Spencer. Rev. JoAnn Thomas will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Memorial services for Kathryn “Kay” Zieman, 70, of Royal, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Visitation with the family will be conducted from 9 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the church...

Kipp Andrew Kinsley, 25, a lifelong resident of Yankton, South Dakota, died in his house west of Yankton on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, of sudden cardiac arrest. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, at Riverview Reformed Church of Yankton with Rev. ...

Funeral services for Joyce Ann Kruse Sabel, 56, of Urbandale, formerly of Royal, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Revs. Ken Ahntholz and Mark Wilms will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at the church...

Funeral services for Marceliene Eckhart, 96, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. Visitation with the family present will be conducted one-hour prior to the funeral service at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer...

Private family graveside services will be conducted for Mr. Morris Weiner, 88, of Okoboji, formerly of Spencer. Rabbi Guy Greene will officiate the service. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Weiner passed away Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, at Accura Heath Care Milford...

Funeral services for Lorraine Pullen, 95, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

On Aug. 19, 2018, Mary Louise Morrison Bayne became another shining star in the heavens as she joined her Lord and Savior. Longtime residents of Wapello, Iowa, Mary Louise and her husband Ed, moved to Spencer, Iowa in October 2016 to live near her son and his family...

One of the area’s prominent woman’s bowlers has rolled her last frame. Dorothy Rute passed from this life on Aug. 16, 2018. She was the daughter of Ray and Claire Broadie Lawrence, who farmed in rural Clay County. Dorothy was born on Aug. 13, 1918, on her grandfather’s farm northeast of Spencer, Iowa. ...

Funeral services for Sharon Helgeson, 72, of Spencer, formerly of Albert City, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. John Mayer will officiate the service. Visitation with the family will be held from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Funeral services for Ken Norris, 89, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Frederiksen will officiate the service. A public gathering with the family present will be conducted from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Funeral services for Alice Eldridge, 88, of Spencer, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at the funeral home. A private interment will be conducted at Dickens Cemetery in Dickens...

Mildred L. Cox Hoefgen passed away July 29, 2018, at St. Luke Nursing Home in Spencer, Iowa. She was born on Dec. 8, 1925, to Ralph and Grace Brower Cox. After graduating from Springfield High School in 1943, she attended Southwest Missouri State College (now Missouri State University) and graduated in 1947. She taught school as well as worked as an accountant until her marriage to Max A. Hoefgen on March 24, 1951...

During the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 25, 2018, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, Gayle Marie Freeburg, drifted peacefully into the arms of our Lord and Savior, the Prince of Peace and son of God, Jesus Christ. No word has ever been spoken that can describe the depth of loss felt by those who loved her. ...

Constance "Connie" Puetz Krieger was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and, after a long struggle, made her transition on Aug. 8, 2018, in Waterloo, Iowa. Connie was born on May 9, 1957, in Le Mars, Iowa, to Eugene and Margaret Nemmers Puetz. ...

Funeral services for James Pitts, 88, of Alexandria, Minnesota, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan and Rev. Claire Boes will officiate the service...

Ronald Keith Lachner, son of Arthur and Thelma Lachner, was born in Spencer, Iowa on Aug. 6, 1941. Ron grew up on the family farm west of Spencer and attended Spencer High School. He graduated with a B.A. degree from Drake University. He then completed one year of post graduate study in economics at Georgetown University before receiving a law degree (Bachelor of Laws) from Harvard Law School. After graduating from Harvard, Ron spent a year in the Vista program in Chicago. He eventually settled in the Los Angeles area where he practiced family law until he retired in 2015.

David P. Mills died peacefully on Aug. 3, 2018, in Bradenton, Florida, at the age of 64. Dave was born on Dec. 7, 1953 to Jean and James Mills. He graduated from Everly High School in 1972 and attended Worthington Community College. He farmed for 20 years outside Spencer, Iowa, before owning and operating the Scoreboard Lounge in Milford, Iowa. ...

Brad McQueen, 55, of West Okoboji, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at his home surrounded by his family. Funeral services for Brad will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at the First Lutheran Church in West Okoboji. Military rites will be conducted by the Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard. ...

Gertrude “Gertie” Anne Ault, 76, passed away on July 30, 2018, under hospice care at The Legacy in Gillette, Wyoming. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at 10 a.m. at St. Matthews Catholic Church, Gillette, Wyoming, to be followed by a luncheon at the church. Please join us in laughter and tears as we talk about how she lived and touched our lives. A burial of cremains will be held at a later time for family at the Mount Pisgah cemetery...

Alice Carlson, 99, of Spencer, died on July 29, 2018, in Spencer. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. at the Riverside Evangelical Free Church in Linn Grove. Burial will be in the Barnes Township Cemetery in Linn Grove. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

Funeral services for Everett Amis, 88, of Greenville, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at First Congregational Church of Spencer. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate the service. Burial will be conducted at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Funeral services for Violet Schmidt, 96, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Okabena, Minnesota. Rev. Jim Albrecht will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Jim Donahue was born on Nov. 11, 1947, in Council Bluffs Iowa to Jesse Bud and Ruth Renfjeld Donahue. He grew up in Spencer, Iowa, graduating from Spencer High School in 1966. He went on to earn a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from South Dakota State University. ...

Services for Scott Clarke Mackey, 54, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 30, 2018, at Christ The King Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. David Doellinger will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at Garfield Cemetery in Webb...

The Odor family invites family and friends in the community to join them in remembrance of the life of Gar Odor 1 p.m. Saturday, July 28, 2018, at the Spencer Golf and Country Club. Gar was born on June 20, 1924 in Rembrandt, Iowa, the son of A.D. and Iva Odor. ...