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Ruth Darlene Nerem

 

April 1, 1922 - January 18, 2023

 

Visitation for Ruth Nerem was held from 4-7p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Burt.

Services were at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Burt at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 21 with Pastor Rev. Thomas Cowell officiating.

Ruth was laid to rest at Fenton Township Cemetery, Fenton Township, Kossuth County

Patricia Cecelia Ernst

 

August 19, 1963 - January 15, 2023

 

A Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at Oakcrest Funeral Services in Algona. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at Oakcrest Funeral Services in Algona.

Clarence Louis Golwitzer

  February 6, 1934 - January 16, 2023

 

A funeral Mass for Clarence Golwitzer, of Wesley, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Divine Mercy Parish – St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wesley. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Wesley. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the church, prior to the service.

Dolores A. Beardsley

 

March 24, 1933 - January 13, 2023

 

Dolores A. Beardsley, age 89, of Whitehall, died peacefully at home, surrounded by all of her children and all of her grandchildren on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.

Dolores was born on March 24, 1933, in Macon Township, Ill. to Forbus and Myrtle (Fitch) Stiltz. She married Orin W. Beardsley on Aug. 14, 1955, in Livermore. Orin preceded Dolores in death on Oct. 27, 2001.

Riley Alexander Scharper 

February 5, 1994 - January 13, 2023

 

Riley Alexander Scharper met Jesus on Jan. 13, 2023, at the age of 28. He was born to Kevin and Jill (Prestholt) Scharper on Feb. 5, 1994 in Mason City.

Gladys Ann Doege

 

April 3, 1933 - January 4, 2023

 

Gladys Doege, age 89 of Ankeny and formerly of Burt, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, surrounded by family at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Visitation was at 1 p.m. and the funeral service at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Lentz Funeral Home in Algona. Burial took place in the Burt Township Cemetery in Burt following the service.

Douglas Owen Blanz

 

July 10, 1937 - January 6, 2023

 

Memorial services for Douglas Blanz will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at First Lutheran Church in Algona with Reverend Dave Grindberg presiding. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the services at the church. 

Brenda Sue Wiederin

 

January 6, 1962 - January 6, 2023

 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to the family. 

A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, at Oakcrest Funeral Services. A celebration of life will be held in the Whittemore gym following visitation on Friday. Burial will be held at 3:15 p.m. at St. Francis Cemetery in Maple River. To honor Brenda, the family requests everyone wear either pink or animal prints.

Yoshiko Wildin

February 1, 1926 - December 26, 2022

Edward John Berninghaus

 

February 10, 1938 - January 3, 2023

 

Funeral services for Edward Berninghaus were held Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, at 2 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Whittemore with Rev. Mark Resner presiding. Burial was in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Military honors were provided by the American Legion Seely-Walsh Post #425 of Whittemore.

Wren Elizabeth Riser

 

January 2, 2023 - January 2, 2023

 

Funeral Services

MARY PLAGMANN, 73, HUMBOLDT: Services, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Zion Lutheran Church, Humboldt. Burial, Woodlawn Cemetery, Alta.  Visitation, 4 to 7 p.m.,Tuesday, Lentz Funeral Home in Humboldt.

 

Marianne Louise Chalstrom

 

August 18, 1936 - December 28, 2022

 

Alfred Baade

 

January 7, 1932 - December 26, 2022

 

A funeral service for Alfred Baade was held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022, at Ramsey Reformed Church, Titonka. Visitation was one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Memorials may be sent to P.O. Box 129 Williams, Iowa 50271.

Alvin LeRoy Hopkes

 

April 18, 1928 - January 1, 2023

 

On April 18, 1928, Alvin LeRoy Hopkes, son of Ben and Hilka (Miller) Hopkes was born on a farmstead near Ramsey Reformed Church, Titonka, where he lived his entire life until entering the Titonka Care Center in Feb. 2022. He attended grade school at German #5 schoolhouse on the corner north of his home.

Durwood Nelson

 

April 29, 1940 - December 29, 2022

 

A funeral service for Durwood Nelson, 82, of Algona will be held Friday, January 6, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at Grace Church in Algona. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Whittemore American Legion. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Grace Church in Algona and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday.

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