Bernard “Bill” W. Schroeder passed away Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, at Luther Manor in Dubuque. A memorial service will be at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Dubuque, 1699 Iowa St., on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, at 11 a.m.

Bill was born in Emmetsburg to Bernard F. Schroeder and Margery Schroeder in January 1933.

Funerals services for Robert “Louie” Louis Jensen, 91, Laughlintown, Pennsylvania, formerly of O’Brien County, will be conducted at 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Dr. Lynn Dau will officiate the service. Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. A time of lunch and fellowship will take place at the Prime Rib in Spencer, following the graveside service.

Jerald “Jerry” Lamont Baier, 89, of Sioux Rapids, passed away Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, at the Spencer Hospital in Spencer, following a courageous three-year battle with an aggressive cancer.

Funeral services will take place Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Church in Sioux Rapids. Burial will be in the Oakland Cemetery in Peterson. Visitation will be held Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, from 4-7 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids.

Funeral services for Renil Van Overbeke, 97, of Marcus, formerly of Sutherland, will be conducted from 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hartley. Rev. Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Sutherland. Military services will be conducted by the American Legion Post 152. Van Overbeke passed away Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, at Heartland Care Center in Marcus.

Graveside services for Lorraine Stulen, 85, of Spencer, will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at Dickens Cemetery, in Dickens. Stulen passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at Spencer Hospital. Warner Funeral Home of Spencer is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Clara “Sis” Lorraine Birchard, 96, of Spencer, will be conducted from 11 a.m., Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. David Ellenwood will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Birchard passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer.

Funeral services for Loretta Kendall, 88, of Spencer, will be conducted from 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Tuesday, with the family present, at the church. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Terril. Kendall passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Joanne Keyes (Marie Morin), beloved mother, grandmother, and friend to many, sadly passed away at the age of 58 on Jan. 27, 2023.

Ronald Allen McMillin, of Everly, passed away in his home Jan. 26, 2023. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., at Ruthven United Methodist Church, burial to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven.

Memorial services for Jan Stein, 83, of Spencer, will be conducted from 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation with the family will be conducted from 3-5 p.m. Northlawn Memorial Park at a later dare.

Julie Kay Brandt, 63, of Marion, died on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, from complications of leukemia. Her survivors include her husband, Blake Brandt; daughter, Molly Brandt of Minneapolis, Minnesota; brother, Steve Winther, of Midland, Texas; parents, Merlyn and Sonna Winther of Spencer; and niece and nephew, Sierra and Jordan, of Midland, Texas.

Funeral services for Marjorie Perren, 90, of Spencer, will be conducted from 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Dale Hodges will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted one hour prior to the services. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery. Perren passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at her home in Spencer. Warner Funeral Home of Spencer is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial services for Jim Eldridge, 65, of Spencer, will be conducted from 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Brad Wallace will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted from 4-7 p.m., Friday at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Eldridge passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, at Spencer Hospital. Warner Funeral Home of Spencer is in charge of arrangements.

Kathryn Joann Wede, the daughter of Emert and Kathryn (Schoelerman) Schoenewe was born April 1, 1937, in Spencer. Her childhood years were spent in the Everly area where she attended school and graduated from Everly High School in 1955.

Funeral services for Jean Ann Paulsen, 87, of Emmetsburg, formerly of Spencer, will be conducted at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Emmetsburg. Rev. Peter Morlock will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning at 4 p.m., Thursday, at the church, with family present from 4-7 p.m. Burial will be at Lone Tree Cemetery in Everly. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Bethany Lutheran Sunday School in Emmetsburg.