Obituaries

January 28, 1924 - September 10, 2019

Kathryn Norris, age 95 of Nemaha, passed away on Thursday, September 5, at Park View Rehabilitation Center in Sac City.  Funeral Services will take place on Friday, September 13, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Nemaha. Farber & Otteman Funeral Home of Sac City, is in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be held on Thursday evening from 4 - 6 p.m. at the Farber & Otteman Funeral Home in Sac City...

Lola M. Weiland Brock, age 89, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa died September 6, at the Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral services took place Tuesday, September 10, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Linn Grove. Burial is in the Barnes Township Cemetery in Linn Grove. Visitation took place one hour prior to the service at the church. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is in charge of the arrangements...

Mavis J. Marple, age 96, of Newell, died on Sunday, August 18, at the Newell Good Samaritan Society. Memorial services will be held on Friday, September 13, at 2 p.m. at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Newell. Burial will be in the Newell Cemetery. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Newell is in charge of the arrangements...

Timothy D. Radke, age 57, of Alta, died September 8, at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral services will take place Thursday, September 12, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Alta. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Alta. ...

September 16, 1926 - September 3, 2019

1946 - August 25, 2019

July 1, 1936 - August 25, 2019

William Paul Kestel, age 89 of Storm Lake, died Saturday, August 31, surrounded by his loving daughters. Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, September 5, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Storm Lake. ...

Marjorie H. Rudolph, age 93, of Storm Lake, passed away August 24, at the Good Samaritan Society in Newell. The cause of death was living a great life. Memorial services will take place Friday, September 6, at 11:30 a.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake Burial will be in the Varina Cemetery in Varina, Iowa. ...

Marion J. Ralston, 87 of Independence, MO passed away Wed., August 25, in Independence, MO. Visitation will be Sun., September 8 from 10 to 11:30am at the McGilley & Sheil Chapel, 11924 E. 47th St., Kansas City, MO. Inurnment will be Mon., September 9 at 12:30 p.m. ...

Charles F. Roder, age 87, of Sioux Rapids, and formerly of Linn Grove, Arnolds Park, and Branson, Missouri died Saturday, August 24, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Friday, August 30, at 1:30 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids. A reception will follow at the American Legion Hall in Sioux Rapids. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is in charge of the arrangements...

Selma Katherine Buckendahl Rice passed away on Saturday, August 24. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, August 27, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church near Lakefield, MN, with Pastor Paul Sajban officiating. Visitation was held one hour prior to the service at the church. Casket bearers will be Dick Amendt, Trent Schumacher, Kevin Schmid, Zach Schumacher, and Dakota Schmid. Burial will be held in the Lakefield Cemetery...

Edward Dean (Peanuts) Schramm, 95 died August 24, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. He died of natural causes. He was born Nov. 18, 1923, on a farm near Early, to Bernhard August and Alberta (Scothorn) Schramm. Funeral services will be held at the United Methodist Church in Early, Saturday, August 31, at 11 am. Visitation will be held at Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Sac City, on Friday, August 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Burial will be held at a later date...

Danette Jerel (Johnson) Tropansky passed away on August 21 at 6:45 p.m. at her sister Sharmin’s home in Schaller. She was 60 years old. The cause of death was from breast, brain and spinal cancer in which she bravely fought. A Celebration of Life service will take place Sunday, September 1, from 1 - 3 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake with a prayer service at 1 p.m. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

Neil Edward Patten, age 86, of Alta, died August 23, at Methodist Manor Retirement Community Center in Storm Lake. Funeral services took place Tuesday, August 27, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Alta. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Alta. Visitation took place Monday, August 26, at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Alta with a Masonic service at The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Alta is in charge of the arrangements...

Doris Harvey, age 72, of Storm Lake, died on Tuesday, August 20, at her residence in Storm Lake. Memorial services were held on Monday, August 26, at 11 a.m. at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Burial were in the Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids. ...

October 11, 1929 - August 19, 2019

April 18, 1995 - August 18, 2019

April 14, 1972 - August 18, 2019

January 18, 1934 - August 16, 2019

February 11, 1962 - August 16, 2019

Helen Elnora Bunting, 89, of Marion, Iowa, passed away Sunday, August 18, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, August 24, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion, Iowa. A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home officiated by Pastor John Albertson...

April 6, 1930 - August 11, 2019

Marjorie M. Berkler Miller, age 102, of Storm Lake, and a former Sac County resident died August 5, at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral services were held on Friday, August 9, at 10:30 a.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Cedar Cemetery near Lytton, in rural Sac County. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

Otis J. Hansen, age 89, of Newell, died on Tuesday, August 6, at Loring Hospital in Sac City. Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, August 18, from 2 - 3:30 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. A memorial service will be held following the celebration of life starting at 3:30 p.m. ...

Mark J. Baumhover, age 67, of Fonda, Iowa died July 4, in Sioux City, Iowa. A Celebration of Life will take place Saturday, August 17, from 4 - 6 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Fonda. The Mahaney Funeral Home in Fonda is in charge of the arrangements...

Robert Sampers, age 79, of Alta, died on Wednesday, August 7, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Celebration of Life Service were held on Sunday, August 11, at 2 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Visitation took place on Saturday, August 10, from 4 - 6 p.m. at the funeral home in Storm Lake. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

Florence Ida (Green) Buehler, 86, of Storm Lake, passed away on Friday, May 3, at the Methodist Manor Retirement Community. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 15, at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Arrangements have been entrusted with Gunderson Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Fort Dodge...

James “Nate” McKenna, age 94, of Storm Lake, Iowa died Thursday, August 8, at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. Funeral Mass were held on Saturday, August 10, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Burial were in the St. Mary’s Cemetery. Visitation took place on Friday, August 9, from 5 - 8 p.m. with a rosary at 4:30 p.m. all at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

October 21, 1931 - August 1, 2019

January 21, 1917 - August 5, 2019

Thomas McCardell, age 64, of Alta, Iowa died on Friday, August 2, at his home in Alta. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, August 8, at 1 p.m. at the Omaha National Cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, August 7, from 5 - 7 p.m. with a vigil prayer service at 7:00 p.m. all at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

December 10, 1934 - July 30, 2019

Elaine E. Kennedy, 89, Omaha, NE, formerly of Storm Lake, passed Sunday, July 21, after a brief hospice at home. She passed peacefully after a valiant and optimistic effort dealing with numerous health issues during her lifetime. Mrs. Kennedy, formerly Elaine Olberding, was born at home on a farm with a midwife, on October 1, 1929 at Arcadia, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Victoria (Dora Nees) Olberding. ...

Mari Susan Becker, 63, a resident of Portland passed away on July 23, at her home. A memorial mass is planned for 11 a.m. August 17th at St Clare Catholic Church in SW Portland Mari was born on June 22, 1956 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was the oldest of six children born to Dean and Mary Estelle (Pickens) Cole. ...

Memorial services for Albert R. Engdahl, 94, of Aurelia, will be 12 (noon) Saturday, August 3, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee with Pastor Jean Morse officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements...

October 4, 1951 - July 15, 2019

March 7, 1926 - July 14, 2019

February 24, 1947 - July 20, 2019

February 3, 1984 - July 10, 2019