Obituaries
June 15, 1927 — May 21, 2018
Dorothy Arlene Sheirbon was born June 25, 1927, in rural Ledyard, to Ivan and Jessie (Holding) Long. Her family moved to Algona where she graduated from Algona High...
Sept. 27, 1935 - May 21, 2018
Karl Johnson, age 82, of Algona passed away on Monday May 21, 2018 at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona. Private family services will be held at a later date...
Dec. 20, 1950 - May 7, 2018
Fred D. Hefty, 67, of Renwick died Monday, May 7, 2018, at Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City. Celebration of Life services were held on Saturday, May 12, 2018, at the...
July 6, 1939 - May 11, 2018
Thomas Francis McGuire, 78, of Lake In The Hills, IL died Friday, May 11th 2018 at JourneyCare Hospice in Barrington, IL. He passed in the presence of his family,...
Nov. 7, 1922 — May 10, 2018
Mary Arlene Grefe was born on Nov. 7, 1922, in Algona, to Arthur and Rena (Ricker) Cruikshank. Her early years were spent on the family farm in Kossuth County where she...
May 15, 1922 — May 7, 2018
Mabel N. Nygaard, 95, of Humboldt, formerly of Bode, passed away May 7, 2018, at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m.,...
Sept. 13, 1930 — May 7, 2018
Gerald F. Oxley, age 87 of Blooming Prairie, Minn., died Monday, May 7, 2018, at Prairie Manor Care Center. He was born Sept. 13, 1930, in Corwith, to Glen J. and...
April 13, 1916 — May 6, 2018
ALGONA — A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., on Thursday, May 10, 2018, at First Presbyterian Church, Algona. Visitation was held from 4-6 p.m., on Wednesday,...
Feb. 7, 1933 – May 4, 2018
Chloe Sheakley, 85, of Algona, and Phoenix, Ariz., died Friday, May 4, 2018, in Phoenix, after battling leukemia. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 12, at the...
Nov. 17, 1971 — May 5, 2018
It is with great sadness that Bradley Rick Bitterman a/k/a “Big Dawg”, age 46 of Neenah, Wis., passed away peacefully on May 5, 2018, with his family in his heart. Brad...