Obituaries
Shane A. Zahn
Jun 6, 2020
Shane A. Zahn, 56, of Garner passed away Saturday, June 6, 2020 at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City. A celebration of life will be held from 3:00 to 6:00 P.M., Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Mat's Place in Garner. Shane Alan Zahn, the son of Paul and Jane (Duffy) Zahn, was born March 8, 1964 in Iowa...
Robert "Bob" W. Hestad
Jun 2, 2020
Robert “Bob” W. Hestad, 79, of Garner, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City. A public graveside service will be held 1:30 P.M., Saturday, June 6, 2020 at Ellington Prairie/Faith Lutheran Cemetery, 280th Street, Garner, with Rose Visser, lay minister, officiating. A public visitation will be held from 4:30 P.M. to 7:00...
Marvin L. Rayhons
May 31, 2020
Marvin L. Rayhons, 72, of Garner passed away peacefully Sunday, May 31, 2020 at MercyOne North Iowa Hospice in Mason City. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 A.M., Thursday, June 4, 2020 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner with Msgr. John W. Hemann as celebrant and Fr. Jim Dubert as concelebrant. Due to COVID-19, family and friends...
Vareld "Swede" Englin
May 25, 2020
Vareld “Swede” Englin, 93, of Garner passed away peacefully on Monday, May 25, 2020 at Parc Hall Care Center in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Due to Covid 19, a private family funeral service for the descendants of Swede and Joy will be held Saturday, June 6, 2020 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Garner, with Rev. Scott Kozisek officiating. Burial will be...
Viola May Albers
May 24, 2020
Viola M. Albers, 96, of Crystal Lake, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2020 at Concord Care Center in Garner. A private graveside service will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at Bingham Township Cemetery south of Woden with Rev. S. Kim Peterson officiating. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to St. John’s Lutheran Church in Woden or...
Harriet J. Kurtzleben
May 17, 2020
Harriet J. Kurtzleben passed away quietly at the Titonka Care Center at the age of 89, on Sunday, May 17, 2020 of natural causes. A graveside service will be held 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at Bingham Township Cemetery south of Woden with Rev. S. Kim Peterson of St. John’s Lutheran Church officiating. The family requests that current COVID-19...
Elmer F. Young
May 17, 2020
Elmer F. Young, 87, of Garner died Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt. A private funeral service will be held Thursday at Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner with Rev. Fr. Jim Dubert officiating. A public graveside service will be held 1:30 P.M., Thursday, May 21, 2020 at St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery in Garner with military...
Maynard W. Isenberger
May 15, 2020
Maynard W. Isenberger, 100, of Garner died Friday, May 15, 2020 at Westview Care Center in Britt. Funeral services will be held 1:30 P.M., Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at Cataldo Funeral Chapel, 160 E. 4th St., Garner with Rev. Michael Schafer officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the Garner Veterans Ceremonial Unit. The service will be livestreamed on the...
Emma S. Barz Palmby
May 9, 2020
Emma S. Barz Palmby, 106, of Garner passed away Saturday, May 9, 2020 at Concord Care Center in Garner. A private funeral service will be held Friday, May 15, 2020 at Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner with Rev. Brian Lund of Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church officiating. A graveside service will be held 1:30 P.M., Friday, May 15, 2020 at...
Marlys J. Schaefer
May 8, 2020
Marlys J. Schaefer, 67, of Britt passed away Friday, May 8, 2020 at St. Marys Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M., Thursday, May 14, 2020 at the Britt Evangelical Free Church with Pastor Steve Couch officiating. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery in Buffalo Center. A public visitation limited to ten people at...
Richard "Dick" A. Voortmann
Apr 20, 2020
Richard “Dick” A. Voortmann, 71, of Garner passed away Monday, April 20, 2020 at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center. A drive-thru visitation will be held from 3:30 to 5:00 P.M., Thursday, April 23rd in the east parking lot of the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School. After the visitation, there will be a procession to Concord Township Cemetery led by the Garner Fire...
Anna G. Tegtmeyer
Apr 17, 2020
Anna Grace Tegtmeyer of Britt passed away on Friday, April 17, 2020 at the Westview Care Center in Britt at the age of 86. Per her wishes, she was cremated. A private service for the immediate family will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Adel. In lieu of flowers, the family...
Elmer V. Buckley
Apr 16, 2020
Elmer V. Buckley, 94, of Garner passed away Thursday, April 16, 2020 at Oakwood Care Center in Clear Lake. Due to state and federal guidance on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a private family funeral mass will be held at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner with Fr. Paul Lippstock officiating. The service will be live streamed on the...
Bernard "Bernie" V. Nedved
Apr 16, 2020
Bernard “Bernie” V. Nedved, 75, of Garner passed away Thursday, April 16, 2020 at Concord Care Center in Garner. Due to state and federal guidance on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a private family memorial mass will be held at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner with Fr. Paul Lippstock officiating The service will be live streamed on the...
Merle John Gouge, Jr.
Apr 5, 2020
Merle John Gouge, Jr., 71, of Garner, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Garner. Due to state and federal guidance on gatherings, the family has requested that those wishing to express their sympathy drive in their cars to the east parking lot of the Garner-Hayfield Ventura High School from 4 to 5 P.M., Friday, April 10, 2020. Family and...
Ivalou M. Huling
Mar 23, 2020
Ivalou M. Huling, 92, of Britt, passed away Monday, March 23, 2020 at Westview Care Center in Britt. Due to state and federal guidance on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the family will not be having a public memorial at this time. A private family graveside service will be held Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at Evergreen Cemetery in Britt...
Sonja Bertilson
Mar 22, 2020
Sonja Emrich Bertilson, 88, of Klemme died Sunday, March 22, 2020, at Concord Care Center in Garner. Private family graveside services will be held Thursday, March 26, 2020 at Otis Grove Cemetery near Dows with Rev. Scott Kozisek of St. Paul Lutheran Church officiating. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to St. Paul Lutheran Church, Garner. Sonja...
Galen Alfred Borchardt
Mar 22, 2020
Galen A. Borchardt, 90, of Forest City, died Sunday, March 22, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City, Iowa. Upon his wishes he was cremated and Celebration of Life Services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa. Galen Alfred Borchardt was born June 7, 1929 on a farm near...
Sharon K. Eames
Mar 21, 2020
Sharon K. Eames, 72 of Forest City died Saturday, March 21, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City, Iowa from dementia. Private family graveside services will be held in Oakland Cemetery, Forest City, Iowa. Services will be aired on our Facebook page at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday March 24, 2020. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to...
Cletus W Nedved
Mar 18, 2020
Cletus W. Nedved, 78 of Fertile, Iowa died March 18, 2020 at the MercyOne Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Upon his wishes he was cremated and memorial services will be held at a later date. At this time, in lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to his family.