Obituaries
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...
Kevin Edwin Dammen
Feb 2, 2025
Kevin Edwin Dammen, a devoted family man and pillar of his community, passed away at his home in Osage, Iowa, on February 2, 2025, at the age of 67. He was born on November 3, 1957, to Edwin and Adeline (Brandt) Dammen, Kevin spent his life building strong bonds with those around him. Kevin was married...
Roy Robert Miller
Jan 25, 2025
Roy Robert Miller, Jr., age 80, of Osage, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center, with his loving family by his side. A funeral Mass for Roy will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday January 31, 2025, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage with Reverend...
Rodger Curran Martin
Jan 25, 2025
Rodger C. Martin, age 96, formerly of Floyd, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2025, in Osage, Iowa, after a brief illness. He was a graduate of Britt, Iowa High School in 1947, and farmed his family’s land in Britt, until he moved to Floyd, Iowa in 1977, where he continued to farm corn and soybeans...
Bernice Jeanne Paulson
Jan 18, 2025
Bernice Jeanne Paulson, age 98, of Osage, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in St. Ansgar. Bernice Jeanne Paulson was born on February 5, 1926, on the family farm near New Haven to Ernest and Florence (Fox) Kleckner. She was 3 years old when they moved to a farm...
Rick "Ricky" Bremer
Jan 18, 2025
Ricky (Rick) James Bremer, age 61, of Floyd, Iowa passed away peacefully on January 18, 2025, at MercyOne in Mason City, Iowa after a long illness. His loving daughters were with him. Rick was born on June 6, 1963, in New Hampton, Iowa, the son of Jim and Kay Bremer. He graduated from Riceville High School...
Leone Kathryn Dunkelberg
Jan 17, 2025
Leone Kathryn Dunkelberg, 97, passed away, January 17, 2025, in her home with her two sons, Kermit and Kendall, by her side. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother to her family, and a caring friend and neighbor to many in Osage and far beyond, and she was blessed to celebrate the holidays with her...
Duaine George Dierks
Jan 17, 2025
Duaine George Dierks, age 81, of Northwood, Iowa, passed away on Friday, January 17, 2025, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City. Duaine was born on September 8, 1943, at Mercy Hospital in Mason City, Iowa, to George V. and Elaine M. (Barker) Dierks. Duaine was baptized on April 9, 1944, and confirmed at...
Richard Lee Kuehne
Jan 16, 2025
Richard L. Kuehne, 95, of rural Orchard, Iowa, died Thursday, January 16, 2025, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage due to complications of a fall. A life-long resident of Mitchell County, Richard was born on November 27, 1929, in Osage Township, Mitchell County. The son of Robert and Florence (Balsley) Kuehne. The family became complete when...
Elaine Barbara Havlovic
Jan 16, 2025
Elaine Barbara Havlovic, age 81, of Stacyville, Iowa, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Thursday, January 16, 2025. Born July 9, 1943, to Urban and Evelyn (Mueller) Brumm, Elaine attended Visitation High School in Stacyville, Iowa, graduating in 1961. She married James Havlovic on August 17, 1963, at Visitation Catholic Church....
Carl "Bones" Jaspers
Jan 12, 2025
Carl Jerald “Bones” Jaspers, Jr., was born January 18, 1930, at Sauk Center, Minnesota to Carl Jerald Jaspers, Sr. and Hazel Susan Crippen. He died peacefully in the presence of his family in his farm home north of Kensett on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Visitation is Friday, January 24, 2025, at Schroeder-Hoff Funeral Home in Northwood...
Sally Adell Kratchmer
Dec 23, 2024
Sally Adell Kratchmer, age 85, of Osage, died peacefully December 23, 2024, at Suite Living Senior Care in Maple Grove, MN with her loving family by her side. Sally was born on October 16, 1939, in Pine Island, MN. She graduated from Pine Island High School in Pine Island, MN. Sally was united in marriage with...
Margie Frances Davis
Dec 12, 2024
Margie (Bratrud) Davis died on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at Mercy One Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa. Margie Frances was born on March 12, 1933, in Northwood, Iowa to Mikkel and Frances (Van Hooser) Bratrud in a house built by her father, a carpenter in Northwood and the surrounding area. Margie was baptized at the...
Olga Mary Thurnau
Dec 9, 2024
Olga Thurnau, age 92, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2024, at Good Samaritan Society in St. Ansgar, Iowa. Olga was born to John and Mary (Weber) Duren on December 14, 1931, in Meyer, Iowa. She was baptized in Meyer and attended school at Visitation Catholic School in Stacyville where she grew...
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