Obituaries
December 14, 1938 – April 2, 2020
Patricia Bormann, age 81, of Livermore, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona.
Due to state and federal guidance on...
October 20, 1969 – April 3, 2020
Brian Maxson, age 50, of Goldfield, passed away Friday, April 3, 2020, at Mercy Medical Center of North Iowa. Due to state and federal guidance on gatherings due to...
June 27, 1930 – April 2, 2020
Richard “Red” Lane, 89, Whittemore, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020, in West Bend. A funeral Mass will be scheduled this summer at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in...
October 27, 1954 – April 1, 2020
Conley Duane Metzger was born Oct. 27, 1954, in Algona, Iowa. He was the son of Duane and Viola (Potthoff) Metzger. Conley grew up on a farm near Lone Rock, Iowa, and...
June 11, 1934 – March 31, 2020
Beverly Ann Berkland, daughter of Alvin and Luella (Meyer) Potratz, was born June 11, 1934, on her parents’ farm near Fenton, Iowa. She began her education at country...
March 11, 1947 – April 4, 2020
James “Jim” Arthur Rode was born March 11, 1947, in Buffalo Center, Iowa. The son of Arthur and Jennie (DeBoer) Rode, Jim was the oldest of his siblings, Keith and...
November 10, 1930 – March 25, 2020
Alfred “Buck” Buchner was born Nov. 10, 1930, in Bad Worishofen, Germany. At age 1, he was removed from his birth parent’s home for malnutrition and adopted by...
Charles “Chuck” Smith, of Perry, Iowa, was born in 1940 to Bridget (Nolan) Smith and Lawrence Smith in Goodell, Iowa.
He graduated from St. Cecelia’s Catholic School in Algona, Iowa, in 1958. Chuck...
November 21, 1939 – March 26, 2020
Elsie Broesder, age 80, of Algona, passed away March 26, 2020, at MercyOne - North Iowa in Mason City. Due to state and federal guidance on gatherings due to the...
April 2, 1939 – March 16, 2020
Deloris Balzer, 80, of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed away at MercyOne in Des Moines on the morning of March 16, 2020, with her family at her side.
She was born April 2,...