PAUL EHMEN, 68, CYLINDER: passed away on July 2, 2025, at the Titonka Care Center. No formal services are planned at this time. Lentz Funeral Home of Algona is serving the family. www.lentzfuneralhome.com.
Michael Arndorfer, 68 of Algona, passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at his home in Clear Lake. Visitation will be Saturday, July 12 at the Bishop Garrigan Chapel in Algona from 9 - 10:30 a.m. with a prayer service beginning at 10:30 a.m. Services have been entrusted to Lentz Funeral Home of Algona.
The Kossuth/Palo Alto County Economic Development annual County wide Breakfast will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 6 starting at 8 a.m. at the St. Michael’s Divine Mercy Parish Center, Whittemore.
K/PACEDC is pleased to announce that DeMoine Adams of The Game Plan – Mentoring Program is this year’s CountyWide Breakfast keynote speaker.
A funeral service for Linda Tjarks, 76, of Titonka, was held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 27, 2025, at Good Hope Lutheran Church in Titonka. Burial was held in Good Hope Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation was Friday, June 27 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at Good Hope Lutheran Church in Titonka.
Ronald “Ron” James Briggs, 86, of Mountain Home, Ark., passed away peacefully on June 19, 2025. Ron was born on March 4, 1939, in Corwith to Bernard and Henrietta (Wermersen) Briggs. He married Marianne Nurre on Nov. 21, 1959, in Algona. Together, they built a full and beautiful life, raising seven children and sharing over six decades of love and partnership.
Funeral services for Shirley was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Whittemore with Reverend Mark Resner presiding. Burial was in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation was held one hour prior to the services from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church.
LOUIS WEBER, 73, ALGONA: passed away Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at his home. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, June 22 from 1 until 4 p.m. at the Smith Lake South Side Shelter House at Smith Lake in Algona. Services have been entrusted to Lentz Funeral Home of Algona. Online condolences may be left at www.lentzfuneralhome.com
Funeral service for Gladys M. Wegener, 92, of Fenton, was held 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Fenton with burial at St. John’s Cemetery a quarter mile from where she grew up. The funeral was livestreamed on the church’s Facebook page.
Dennis Dean Demory, the son of Arthur and Phyllis (Sorlien) Demory, was born Nov. 10, 1954, in Fort Dodge. He grew up in Bode and graduated with the class of 1973 from Bode High School.
After high school he worked at Snap-on Tools for 30 plus years. Dennis enjoyed the outdoors. He especially enjoyed golfing, racing and landscaping.
Derek Householder, 62, of Fenton, died Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, June 28, at the enclosed shelter house at Siems Park, 305 200th St., Whittemore, beginning at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, make memorials to Donate Life in Derek’s name. Send correspondence to PO Box 44, Fenton, IA 50539. www.oakcrestfuneralservices.com.
A memorial service for Shirley Everding will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at Ramsey Reformed Church in rural Titonka. Burial will be held in Buffalo Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.
Roger McNeill, 62 of Humboldt, passed away on Monday, June 2, 2025 while under Hospice care, at home with Leslie by his side. Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Livermore American Legion, with military rites by the Iowa Army National Guard and the Otto – Field American Legion Post # 415 of Livermore. Services will be livestreamed via Lentz Funeral Home’s website. Visitation is Friday, June 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lentz Funeral Home in Humboldt.
