Obituaries
Edna May Norby
Mar 5, 2025
Edna M. Norby, age 90, of Osage, died Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage, Iowa. Edna was born February 3, 1935, in Osage, IA, the daughter of Alvin and Charlotte (Henning) Amundson. On June 5, 1954, she was united in marriage to Marvin Norby at Rock Creek Lutheran Church. She spent her entire married life farming...
Royal "Red" Dohler
Mar 5, 2025
Royal “Red” Dohler, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage, Iowa. Royal was born on September 28, 1941, in New Underwood, South Dakota, to Grace (Shaffer) and Jerry Dohler. He was their only son and he had three sisters: Dora, Una, and Sandy. His family moved to St....
Laura "Laurie" Bublitz
Mar 5, 2025
Laura Jean Nack Bublitz, age 86, of Grafton, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2025, with her loving family by her side. Laura was born on December 30, 1938, in New Hampton, Iowa, Chickasaw Township. Laura was the youngest of five children, born to John Oliver and Alice Janet (Vigdal) Knutson of Jerico, Iowa. She had three brothers, Orvin, Juel...
Patty Lou Osgood
Mar 4, 2025
Patty Lou (Schmitz) Osgood, age 98, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, passed to be with the Lord and join her deceased husband, Robert (Dean) Osgood, of 75 years on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Patty was born to Glen and Ameret (Winey) Schmitz in Mankato, Minnesota on October 19, 1926; one of 12 children. She is survived by four children: Thilieu (Jerry)...
Horace Hans Hendrickson
Mar 3, 2025
Horace Hans Hendrickson, age 92, of Northwood, Iowa, passed away on Monday, March 3, 2025, at Mercy One Hospital in Mason City, Iowa, from a severe stroke. He was born April 21, 1932, in the house on the farm where he lived his entire life. He was destined to have the name “Hans” as both grandfathers carried the name. He...
Ayden Lee Steele
Mar 1, 2025
Ayden Lee Steele, age 16, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Ayden was born on February 9, 2009, in Osage, Iowa, to Adam Steele and Darcy (Patterson) Steele. He was currently a sophomore at St. Ansgar High School. Ayden loved fishing, hanging out with his friends, golfing, and music. He enjoyed singing and had a wonderful...
Allan Arthur Johnson
Feb 28, 2025
Allan Arthur Johnson, age 88, of Spencer, Iowa, formerly of Northwood, Iowa, passed away on Friday, February 28, 2025, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Home in Spencer. Allan was born to Arthur and Mary Johnson on August 17, 1936, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He spent his entire childhood on a farm east of Northwood and was baptized, confirmed, and married at...
Gary Lee Biederman
Feb 27, 2025
The fish of Northwest Iowa collectively breathed a sigh of relief as Gary Lee Biederman, age 72, of Everly, Iowa, formerly of Mitchell County, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2025, in Iowa City, after an extended battle with systemic scleroderma. Gary was born February 28, 1952, in Osage, Iowa, the son of Wilbur and Eleanor (Klein) Biederman. He...
Scott Jason Patterson
Feb 25, 2025
Scott Jason Patterson, age 51, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at his home in St. Ansgar. Scott was born on May 21, 1973, in Osage, Iowa, to Jerry and Sue (Zweibahmer) Patterson. He graduated from St. Ansgar High School in 1991. Following graduation he attended Northeast Iowa Community College for autobody mechanics. Scott worked at...
Florence Elizabeth Smith
Feb 23, 2025
Florence Smith, age 93, died at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar, Iowa, on February 23, 2025. Florence was born on June 19, 1931, to Louis and Leona Wegman on the family farm near Dover Minnesota. Florence was a great help to her dad and loved helping him plow with horses while she was growing up. With her deep...
Beverly Jean DeMaris
Feb 20, 2025
Beverly Jean DeMaris, age 85, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, passed away on February 20, 2025, at the Mitchell Co. Memorial Hospital in Osage, Iowa. Beverly was born in Lyle, MN on March 25, 1939, the daughter of Rufus and Pearl (Fritcher) Rawn. Beverly married Wayne DeMaris. Wayne passed away in May 1979.
Beverly loved putting puzzles together and playing cards with...
LaDon Ivan Ellingson
Feb 20, 2025
LaDon Ivan Ellingson, age 72, of Glenville, Minnesota, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025, in Crane Lake, Minnesota. LaDon was born on September 23, 1952, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, to Kenneth and Lila (Lau) Ellingson. He graduated from Glenville High School in 1971. Following graduation, he attended Albert Lea Technical College studying auto mechanics. In 1972, LaDon was united in...
Roma Christina Hemann
Feb 17, 2025
Roma C. Hemann, age 91, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formally of Osage, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 17, 2025, surrounded by her children at Hallmar Village, in Cedar Rapids. Roma was born on January 19, 1934, the daughter of Peter and Dora (Vogel) Salz. She graduated in 1952 from Visitation Catholic School. Roma married Don Hemann in 1956,...
Gertie May Goodale
Feb 14, 2025
Gertie May Goodale, age 84, of Osage, Iowa, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2025, at Mercy One North Iowa. Born in Northwood, Iowa, on February 14, 1941, Gertie was the daughter of John and Mayme (Dralla) Orvedal. Growing up on the family farm near Northwood, she was baptized and confirmed at the First Lutheran Church and graduated from Northwood-Kensett...
Guy Allen Schaa
Feb 12, 2025
Guy Allen Schaa, age 59, passed away on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025, in his home in Osage, Iowa. He was born in Fremont, California to Kenneth and Alice Schaa on June 24th, 1965. Guy is survived by his loving children with Barbara Kopp and beautiful grandchildren; Brandy Schaa and her daughter Adaline (1), Brooke Schaa and her two sons Greyson...
Linda Jean Demaris
Feb 10, 2025
Linda Jean DeMaris, age 67, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, passed away on February 10, 2025, at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar, Iowa, after a short battle with cancer. Linda was born on February 5, 1958, the daughter of Wayne and Beverly (Rawn) DeMaris. She graduated from St. Ansgar High School in 1978.
Linda worked at Bremer pizza in Osage...
Donald Leo Levendusky
Feb 10, 2025
Donald L. Levendusky, age 87, of Mitchell, Iowa, passed away on Monday, February 10, 2025, at his home. Donald was born on the family farm in Fairbank, Iowa. At the age of two, the family moved to their farm east of Hazelton, Iowa. Don went to school in Hazelton. He worked for some farm families in...
Gerald "Jerry" Nash
Feb 7, 2025
Rural Mitchell County resident, Gerald “Jerry” Nash, passed away on Friday, February 7, 2025, following a brief illness at the Good Samaritan Center in Saint Ansgar, Iowa, where he had been a two-year resident.
A memorial service will be held at Deer Creek Lutheran Church, rural Carpenter, Iowa, on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held at...
Mildred Lucille Sponheim
Feb 4, 2025
Mildred Sponheim, age 96, of Osage, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. Mildred was born April 6, 1928, near Carpenter, Iowa. The daughter of Clarence and Ruth (Parker) Johnson. She graduated from Orchard High School in 1945 and attended the University of Northern Iowa. On October 23, 1949,...
Olive Esma Schulz
Feb 3, 2025
On the morning of February 3, 2025, Olive Esma Schulz peacefully passed away in her home in the arms of her mom, and surrounded by her dad, brother, Greer and sister, Willow. Olive was born June 1, 2023, to parents, Chaley and Kayley Schulz, and graced this world for just 20 short months. Born with lissencephaly...
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