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Jan S. Torkelson

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, from 4-7 p.m. at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Funeral services will take place on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Terril, Iowa, with Rev. Thomas Marth officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Terril.

Frank B. Nelson

Family services will be held at a later date.

Bertil Nystrom

Funeral services for Bertil Nystrom, 96, of Milford, will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at First Lutheran Church, of Milford. Pastors Brian Nystrom and Lynn Egesdal will co-officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the memorial service at the church. Burial will be at Three Crosses Memorial Garden in Milford. He passed away June 23, 2025, at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake.

Katherine ‘Kay’ Mammen

Katherine “Kay” Mammen, 81, of Bridgewater, New Jersey, died Jan. 14, 2025, at Eastern Star Home in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Graveside services will be held Saturday, July 12, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is in charge of the arrangements.

Curtis Ray Jones

Curtis Ray Jones was born on April 1, 1946, to Clyde F. Jones and I. Lucille Lawrence Jones of Milford.

Ronald Charles Anderson

Ronald Charles Anderson, 82, loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother passed away Monday, June 16, 2025.

Service: 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at White's Funeral Homes, 105 Denver Trail, Azle, Texas, 76020

Funeral Notice: Bertil Nystrom

Funeral services for Bertil Nystrom, 96, of Milford, will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at First Lutheran Church, of Milford. Pastors Brian Nystrom and Lynn Egesdal will co-officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the memorial service at the church. Burial will be at Three Crosses Memorial Garden in Milford. Nystrom passed away June 23, 2025, at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake.

Funeral Notice: Sarah Machholz

Sarah Machholz, 88, of Spencer, formerly of Muscatine, passed away June 23, 2025, at Spencer Hospital. Graveside services Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at the Wapello cemetery. She's the mother of Fred (Dorothy) Machholz of Sioux Rapids. Online condolences can be left at http://www.sandhfuneralservice.com.

Funeral Notice: Donald Gabhart

Private family graveside services for Donald Gabhart, 87, of Spencer, will be conducted at a later date at Dickens Cemetery in Dickens. Gabhart passed away at his residence on Friday, June 20, 2025. Warner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Julie Ann Gibson

Julie Ann Freeburg, 79, was born to Virginia Ann Moeller and John Raymond Freeburg in Spencer on Nov. 23, 1945. She died at Dougherty Hospice House on June 16, 2025.

Bradley Donald Dutler

Bradley “Brad” Donald Dutler passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, surrounded by love and family.

Renee Dixie Barber

Graveside Services for Renee Dixie Barber will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, June 30, 2025, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to People for Pets in Spencer. There will be a small luncheon held at the Prime Rib, following the service.

Funeral Notice: Deborah Ann Davis

Deborah Ann Davis was born on Oct. 28, 1952, and passed away on June 14, 2025.

Funeral Notice: Nathan Cowell

Visitation with the family of Nathan Cowell was Thursday, June 19, 2025, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Cowell passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Sioux Rapids. Memorials may be given to the family in Nathan’s name. Warner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Tom Crane

A graveside service for Thomas Herbert Crane will be held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, June 23, 2025, at Dickens Cemetery in Dickens. Military rites will be conducted by Glen Pedersen Post 1 American Legion. Memorial contributions may be directed to Dickens Cemetery or Glen Pedersen Post 1 American Legion at 15 E. 21st St., Spencer, IA 51301.

Funeral Notice: Nathan Cowell

Visitation with the family of Nathan Cowell will be from 4-8 p.m., Thursday, June 19, 2025, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Cowell passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Sioux Rapids. Memorials may be given to the family in Nathan’s name. Warner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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