Obituaries

Linda M. Stoner

Linda M. Stoner

Dec 8, 2020

Linda May Stoner, age 76, of Manchester/Osage passed away on December 8, 2020. Services will be held at a later date. Linda was born on November 21, 1944, in Osage. The daughter of Clayton and Jeannette (Wetter) Chinnery. Linda was raised in the Charles City area and graduated from Charles City High School. She also graduated...

Jim L. Cockrum

Jim L. Cockrum

Dec 7, 2020

Jim L. Cockrum, age 80, of Osage, passed away at his home on Monday, December 7, 2020. Due to government regulations regarding the coronavirus, private family graveside services will be held at Rock Creek Cemetery with Pastor David A. Werges officiating. A gathering to celebrate Jim's life will be held at a later date. Jim was...

Kenneth Charles Duenow

Kenneth Charles Duenow

Dec 5, 2020

Kenneth Charles Duenow passed away at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar, Iowa on December 5, 2020. Kenneth, age 100, was born on February 11, 1920, to Carl and Edna Duenow and was the 3rd oldest of eight children. Kenneth graduated high school in 1937 from St. Ansgar. He courted and married Shirley (Palmer) Duenow...

Norma Jean Salier

Norma Jean Salier

Dec 4, 2020

Norma Jean Salier, age 85, of Nora Springs, IA, died Friday, December 4, 2020, at Nora Springs Care Center in Nora Springs, Iowa. She was the youngest child of three sons and four daughters, born to Marinus and Freda (Nielsen) Petersen. Norma Jean was born on her parent's farm near Swaledale. On November 21, 1935. She...

Sue Warburton

Sue Warburton

Dec 2, 2020

Sue Warburton, 56, of Northwood, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at her home in Northwood. Private Family Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at Champion Funeral Home in Osage, with Pastor Bruce Kaltwasser officiating. Burial will take place at a later date. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. To 6:00...

Henry Allen Boerjan, Jr.

Henry Allen Boerjan, Jr.

Dec 1, 2020

St. Ansgar, Iowa – Henry "Junior" Allen Boerjan, Jr., died on December 1, 2020 at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care, Osage. Funeral service will be on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar, at 10:00 a.m., with Rev. Mark Squire officiating. Burial will be in the Immanuel Cemetery, St. Ansgar. Visitation will...

Clarice Mae Hagen

Clarice Mae Hagen

Nov 29, 2020

Clarice Mae Hagen, 86, died peacefully on Sunday, November 29, 2020 under hospice care. While we are thankful for her peace, we shall miss this beautiful, talented woman of enduring strength and vitality. She will be remembered for her sense for humor, selfless giving to others, her sharp intellect, her love of John Deere tractors, painting...

Glen E. Heinzerling

Glen E. Heinzerling

Nov 29, 2020

Glen E. Heinzerling, 87, of Osage, died Sunday, November 29, 2020, at Osage Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Osage. Private Family Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 4, 2020, at Oak Grove Cemetery in Mitchell with Pastor David Werges officiating. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. To 12:30 p.m. Friday at the...

Joan Elizabeth Rockafellow

Joan Elizabeth Rockafellow

Nov 29, 2020

Joan Elizabeth (Rohne) Rockafellow, age 86, passed away on November 29, 2020 at Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar, Iowa. Joan was born on April 1, 1934 to Haakon and Juanita (Thompson) Rohne in Osage, Iowa. While roller skating at the local rink, Joan met the "love of her life", Dale E. Rockafellow. Joan and Dale...

Margaret Ann Rosch

Margaret Ann Rosch

Nov 27, 2020

Margaret Ann (Margie) Rosch, 63, of Northwood, IA passed away on Friday, November 27, surrounded by her loving family. She fought a long and courageous battle with cancer. A public visitation will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood starting at 9:30 a.m. In light of the current state...

Charles "Chuck" Mallow

Charles "Chuck" Mallow

Nov 26, 2020

Charles "Chuck" Mallow passed away November 26th at Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care in Osage, Iowa. Cremation has taken place. Services will be held at a later date. Charles Lea Mallow was born to Giles and Imogene Mallow of Osage, IA along with his twin sister, Claudia, on October 17, 1947. He graduated from Osage with...

Zella Mary Francis

Zella Mary Francis

Nov 26, 2020

Zella Francis, 92, of Osage died November 26, 2020 at the Faith Lutheran Home. Private graveside services will be held Monday, November 30 at the Osage cemetery with Pastor Sue Thomas officiating. Zella Mary (Fritcher) Francis was born September 4, 1928. She was the daughter of Lee and Mamie Fritcher. She attended Otranto school and graduated...

Helen Lois Mostek

Helen Lois Mostek

Nov 25, 2020

Helen Lois Mostek (3811 Hickory Ave, Osage) passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 in Mason City. She was born Aug. 25, 1930, to Arthur and Bella Severson Houghtaling in the same hospital where she passed. She was united in marriage to Joseph Mostek on May 15, 1948. She worked as a nurse's aide for 26...

Stella O’Rourke Alaniz

Stella O’Rourke Alaniz

Nov 18, 2020

Stella (Salty) O'Rourke Alaniz 89, longtime South Texas area resident died at a local hospital in Harlingen, Texas on Wednesday evening, November 18th, 2020. Stella was born in Iowa City, Iowa on June 17th, 1931. She spent her early years in a Catholic orphanage where she was adopted by Bill and May Weber when she was...

Elsa Viola Pearson

Elsa Viola Pearson

Nov 18, 2020

Elsa Viola Karlsson Pearson, 94, peacefully left this world to join her Lord and her beloved husband Ingemar, on November 18, 2020 at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage, Iowa. The family plans a celebration of Elsa's life in the spring of 2021. Elsa Viola Karlsson was born in Göteryd, Kronoberg, Sweden on November 22, 1925 to...

Bonnie L. Motland

Bonnie L. Motland

Nov 12, 2020

Bonnie L. Motland, age 93, of Osage, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2020, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with Rev. Bryan Odeen officiating. Inurnment will be at the Osage Cemetery. Bonnie was born October 30, 1927,...

Marjorie E. Risting

Marjorie E. Risting

Nov 12, 2020

Marjorie Risting was summoned home by her heavenly Father on November 12, 2020 leaving with indescribable peace, love and with a song provided by the loving, caring night staff of Faith Lutheran Home. Marjorie Elizabeth Klemesrud was born December 19,1932 in Osage, Iowa, the eldest daughter of Kinley and Alice (Wahl) Klemesrud. After graduating from Nora...

Leslie Eldon Thurnau

Leslie Eldon Thurnau

Nov 9, 2020

Leslie "Bud" Eldon Thurnau, 93 passed away November 9, 2020 at Mercy One Hospice Care in Osage, IA. Leslie was born May 3, 1927, in St. Ansgar Township, the son of John and Christina (Adams) Thurnau. He attended school in Brownville, IA. Leslie served his country in the United States Navy Seabees, during World War II,...

Olga Borchardt

Olga Borchardt

Nov 9, 2020

Osage, IA – Olga Borchardt, 91, of Osage, died Monday, November 9, 2020 at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. Per her wishes cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Olga Ariel Geleanor Thornton, daughter of P. Jasper and Elsie Boedeker Thornton, was born on a farm near Marble...

Arlynn Mchenry

Arlynn Mchenry

Nov 8, 2020

Northwood, IA – Arlynn (Mac) McHenry, 82, of Northwood, died of natural causes Sunday, November 8, 2020 at hospice in Mason City. Per Mac's wishes there will be no funeral or visitation, but a graveside service at the cemetery at a later date. Mac was born December 18, 1938 in Northwood, Iowa, the son of Leslie...