Stories from Thursday, December 12, 2013

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Maurice Smith, age 92, of Fonda, died Wednesday, December 11, at the Fonda Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 16, at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Fonda. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery in Pocahontas. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. The Mahaney Funeral Home in Fonda is in charge of the arrangements...

Norene Martin, age 76, of Storm Lake, died Tuesday, December 10, at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 16, at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Burial will follow in the Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake. Visitation will be held Sunday, December 15, from 2-4 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

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Roberta J. Chrystal, 87, a long-term residence of eastern Iowa, died on Tuesday, December 3, in Alpharetta, Ga. Visitation on Wednesday, December 11 from 5-7 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids. Services at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 12, at Golden Congregational UCC Church in Ryan...

Marjorie Pender, age 91, of Alta, died Sunday, December 8, at North Lake Manor in Storm Lake. Memorial services will be at a later date. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements.

Virginia Lou Schmidt, age 71 of Storm Lake, passed away Friday, December 6, at her residence in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Pastor Paul Bengtson will officiate. Visitation with the family present will be at the church from 9 a.m. until service time on Thursday. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, at Oakland Cemetery in Manchester. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com...

Funeral services for Orlyn Webb, 71, of Aurelia, will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 13, at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Tom Petersen officiating. Military Honors by the Grashoff-McManus American Legion Post #390 of Aurelia and the L. ...

Earl Luvern Larison arrived a bit early in the world on July 6, 1928, to the proud parents of Claud Hammitt and Selma Emelia (Danielson) Larison. He was born at the hospital in Hastings, Minn., where his parents operated a farm just outside of town. ...

Howard L. Peterson, age 98, of Alta, passed away on Sunday, December 8, at the Sunset Knoll Care and Rehabilitation Center of Aurelia. A funeral service will be held on Friday, December 13, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church of Alta with the Rev. ...

Dale T. "Hammer" Davis, age 84, of Alta, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, at the Iowa Veterans Home of Marshalltown. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 14, at 2 p.m. at the Hope Evangelical Free Church of Storm Lake with the Rev. ...