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Richard Robert Kain

April 22, 1934 — December 18, 2020
 

Nancy Kay Boyer

May 20, 1997 — December 20, 2019
 
Nancy Kay (Johannsen) Boyer passed away on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 at SunnyBrook Assisted Living Center in Carroll. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, July 31, 2021, at the Urbandale Church of Christ. Burial will take place at McDivitt Cemetery.

 

Daniel Joseph Bettin

April 17, 1970 — July 11, 2021
 
Funeral Services for Daniel J. Bettin will be held on Tuesday July 20, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church of Albert Lea, Minn.. Pastor Eileen Woyen will officiate. Visitation will be held Monday July 19, at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m. and an hour prior to the service on Tuesday.

Mary Ann Kirschbaum

May 6, 1927 — July 15, 2021
 
Mary Ann Mergen Kirschbaum, daughter of Nick and Elizabeth (Besch) Mergen, was born May 6, 1927, in Whittemore. She attended country schools and Presentation Academy in Whittemore, graduating in 1945. She was Kossuth County Deputy Recorder after graduating and in later years was the bookkeeper for Thermogas Company for 17 years. 

Daniel Joseph Kollasch

September 2, 1952 — July 4, 2021
 

Doris Jane Mueller

March 21, 1930 — June 28, 2021
 

Marcia Miller Boatwright

July 14, 1952 — July 1, 2021
 
Marcia Miller Boatwright, age 68 of Apple Valley, Minn., passed away on July 1, 2021 of pancreatic cancer at her home. Marcia was born on July 14, 1952, in Algona. She graduated from Bishop Garrigan High School in 1970. She attended Iowa Methodist School of Nursing where she graduated in 1973.

John Bernhard Mertz III

May 11, 1950 - January 18, 2021
 
Funeral services for Mr. John Bernard Mertz III, of West Bend will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 20 at Sts. Peter and Paul’s site of the Divine Mercy Parish in West Bend, with interment to follow in the Mertz Mausoleum, West Bend Cemetery. Friends may call on the family between 5 and 8 p.m. at the church on Monday, July 19. The Harris Funeral Home and Lentz Funeral Home are assisting the family.

Ann Brandenburg-Schroeder

June 28, 1948 — June 28, 2021
 
Ann Brandenburg-Schroeder, known to her friends as Anna, passed away at her home in Lakewood, Colo. on her 73rd birthday, June 28, 2021. Ann was born at Holy Family Hospital in Estherville, Iowa to Irma Catherine (Neppl) and Clements James Brandenburg. She was the second of nine children in the family.

Charlene Kay Baas

December 23, 1955 — July 7, 2021
 
A funeral service was held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 12, 2021 at Trinity Lutheran Church and was livestreamed on the Trinity Algona YouTube page. Burial followed at Riverview Cemetery and was livestreamed on Oakcrest Funeral Services’ Facebook page. Visitation was held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 11, at Oakcrest Funeral Services. 

John William Bernhard

May 19, 1960 — July 5, 2021
 
Visitation for John W. Bernhard was held 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at the North Kossuth Golf Club in Bancroft.
Mass of Christian burial was at St. John’s Catholic Church, Bancroft, at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 9. Father Matthew Solyntjes was the officiant. John was laid to rest at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Bancroft.

Darren Lee Tietz

November 4, 1967 — June 22, 2021
 
Darren Tietz, 53, of Algona, died June 22, 2021, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester following a courageous eight -month battle with pancreatic cancer. His steadfast love of the Lord carried him gracefully through his illness and he never gave up, quietly enduring what he was given each step of the way.

Mark Taylor

June 23, 1956 — June 29, 2021
 
Mark Taylor, 65, of Stockton, Calif., passed away on June 29, 2021, after a 30-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born June 23, 1956, in Algona, as the first-born child of Ralph and Evelyn (Schutter) Taylor. He was raised on the family farm and graduated from Algona High School in 1974. 

Robert John Kahler

May 20, 1944 — July 2, 2021
 
Robert “Rob” John Kahler was born on May 20, 1944, in Burt, Iowa. The son of Alva and Dorothy (Schiltz) Kahler. He grew up in Burt and graduated from St. John’s Catholic High School. Following high school, he went on to a trade school in Kansas City. 

Monte Raphael Toohey

October 20, 1936 — July 3, 2021
 
Funeral Mass for Monte will be celebrated at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 8, 2021, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Humboldt. Visitation will be one hour prior. Interment will be in the Lu Verne Cemetery. Following internment, the family invites you to join them for a reception at the Lu Verne Community Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the Humboldt County Hospice. 

Dean William Larsen

June 16, 1947 — June 22, 2021
 
A memorial service for Dean will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, 2021, at Oakcrest Funeral Services in Bancroft. Inurnment will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Bancroft.

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