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Joan Phelps

Services for Joan Marie Phelps, 64, of Spencer, formerly of Royal, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in Spencer. Rev. William Schreiber. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Interment will be conducted at North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Spencer.

Thomas Cushing

Memorial services for Thomas Ivan Cushing will be conducted at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, at Fairview Cemetery in Langdon. Rev. Michael Hyde will official the service. A luncheon to follow the memorial at Langdon Town Hall. Interment will be at Meadow Township Cemetery in Langdon.

Kent Christopherson

Kent Winslow Christopherson, died Sept. 21, 2022. He was born in Spencer, to Walter Richard (Chris) Christopherson and Maxine Winslow Christopherson on Feb. 14, 1944. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two of his sisters: Johanna Christopherson Rollie and Kristi Christopherson Clapp.

Charles ‘Chuck’ Baker

Funeral services for Charles “Chuck” Fredrick Baker, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Monsignor Ken Seifried will officiate the service. Interment will be conducted at Calvary Cemetery in Algona at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5. Military services will be conducted by American Legion Glen Pedersen Post 1 and V.F.W. Clay County Post 3159.

Funeral Notice: Dorothy Steven

Services for Dorothy Steven, 96, of Spencer, are pending. Steven passed away Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer. Warner Funeral Home of Spencer is in charge of arrangements.

Lowell Meier

Graveside services for Lowell Edward Meier, 89, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Rev. Perry DeGroot will officiate the service. Military services will be conducted by American Legion Glen Pedersen Post No. 1 and VFW Clay County Post No. 3159

LaVonne Schuknecht

Funeral services for LaVonne Marion Schuknecht, 95, of Linn Grove, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Royal. Rev. Mark Wilms will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Following the services at the church there will be a lunch served at the church. Interment will be Willow Creek Cemetery in Royal.

Mary Nemmers

Mass of Christian burial for Mary Nemmers will be conducted at 1:30 p.m, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Visitation will be an hour before the service at the church. Inurnment will be at North Lawn Cemetery in Spencer.

Mary, daughter of William F. and Helen Marie (Butterfield) Doocy, was born March 8, 1938, in Swea City. She received her education at St. John’s Catholic School in Bancroft.

Bernard ‘Bernie’ Hoffrichter

Memorial services for Bernard “Bernie” Hoffrichter, 85, of Spencer, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate. Visitation with the family will be from 5-7 p.m., Wednesday, at the Warner Funeral Home. Interment will be at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer.

Funeral Notice: Connie Sorbe

Funeral services for Connie Sorbe, 76, of Spencer, will be conducted from 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, at the Warner Chapel in Spencer. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m., at Buena Vista Memorial Park in Storm Lake following the lunch at Grace United Methodist Church. Sorbe passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Funeral Notice: Donald Dau

Private family memorial services for Donald Dau, 86, of Hartley, will be conducted at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hartley. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. A celebration of life public gathering will be conducted from 4-7 p.m., with the family present, on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, at the church in Hartley. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Ayrshire. Dau passed away Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at his residence in Hartley.

Carol Douglas

Services for Carol V. Douglas, 86, of Spencer, formerly of Emmetsburg and Mallard, will be conducted at 11:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Tom Petersen will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at Warner Funeral Home. Interment will be at 2:30 p.m., Friday, following a time of lunch and fellowship at the Wesley Room at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer.

Eldon Kopel

Memorial services for Eldon Anthony Bernette Kopel, 95, of Spencer, will be conducted at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Private interment will occur at a later date.

Eldon died Thursday evening Sept. 15, 2022, in the presence of his family. He was the best son, brother, father, grandfather, uncle, friend and neighbor one could ever hope to have.

Funeral Notice: Lois Johnson

Services for Lois Ann Johnson, 90, of Everly, will be conducted at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at the Hap Ketelsen Center, in Everly. Rev. Mike Eeten will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Lone Tree Cemetery in Everly at a later date. Johnson passed away Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at Northshire Residence in Spencer. In lieu of flowers, donate to a memorial fund in Lois’ name.

Kenneth Ricklefs

Services for Kenneth Duane Ricklefs, 90, were conducted Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Ben Unseth officiated the service. Interment was conducted at Silver Lake Cemetery in Ayrshire.

Rhonda Wenck

Services for Rhonda Kae (Swanson) Wenck, 72, will be conducted at 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at Hope Reformed Church in Spencer. Rev. Perry DeGroot will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, at the church. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer.

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