Obituaries

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...

Lillian E. Loland

Lillian E. Loland

Nov 7, 2020

Lillian E. Loland, Toeterville, Iowa passed away on November 7, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Center in St.Ansgar. Lillian Seuser was born in Gordonsville, MN on October 8, 1926 the daughter of Wendell (Pat) and Evelyn Seuser. She graduated from Northwood High School, earned a teacher certificate and taught four years in Minnesota and Iowa rural...

Eugene Bernard Nikolas

Eugene Bernard Nikolas

Nov 7, 2020

On Saturday, November 7, 2020 Eugene Nikolas of Osage, Iowa passed away at Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care with Hospice at his side at the age of 96. Eugene Bernard Nikolas was born on October 24, 1924 to Edwald and Marie (Marzen) Nikolas in Marble Rock, Iowa. He attended schools in Marble Rock, Roseville, and Charles...

Janice Kay Riker

Janice Kay Riker

Nov 5, 2020

Janice Kay Riker, 82, of New Haven, died Thursday, November 5, 2020 at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. Janice was born on September 7, 1938 to Samuel and Carlene (Reed) Wigant in Mitchell County, Iowa. She graduated from Osage High School. Janice married David Bierbrodt on October 19, 1957, they later divorced. On July 24,...

Maxine H. Anderson

Maxine H. Anderson

Nov 4, 2020

Maxine H. Anderson, 100, passed away on November 4, 2020, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. Maxine was the first child born to Arthur and Mabel (Kelly) Nelson on the farm at rural Malta, IL, on June 6, 1920. She attended the schools in Malta and graduated from high school. She was united in marriage...

Donette Rose Newhouse

Donette Rose Newhouse

Nov 2, 2020

Donette Rose Newhouse of Fennimore, Wisconsin, passed away November 2, 2020, in Eagan, Minnesota. Donette, known to her family as Nettie, was born Donette Rose Wright on March 17, 1949, in Mason City, to Donald and Alice (Gray) Wright. Donald and Alice made their home in Osage where they raised their family. She was the second...

Leroy Irving Benttine

Leroy Irving Benttine

Nov 1, 2020

Osage, IA - LeRoy "Doc" Irving Benttine, 88, of Osage, died Sunday, November 1, 2020 at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. On Friday, November 6, 2020 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Osage with Rev. Brian Odeen officiating. Visitation will be November 5 at Champion Funeral Home...

Mary Jane Foxen

Mary Jane Foxen

Oct 31, 2020

Mary Jane (Thome) Foxen, 83, of New Haven, IA, died Saturday, October 31st, 2020 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Our beloved mother passed away after a short, but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. On Thursday, November 5, 2020 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in New Haven, IA...

Douglas Dean Thompson

Douglas Dean Thompson

Oct 31, 2020

Osage, IA - Douglas Dean Thompson, 68, of Osage, died Saturday, October 31, 2020 at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. A private grave side service will take place at Osage Cemetery on Thursday, November 5, 2020. Doug was born on December 21, 1951 to Dean and Irene (Mathieson) Thompson in Osage, Iowa. He graduated from...

Altje L. Larson

Altje L. Larson

Oct 30, 2020

Osage, IA - Altje L. Larson, 84, of Osage, died Friday, October 30, 2020 at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. A private graveside service will take place at Rock Creek Cemetery. Altje was born on July 13, 1936 to Elmer and Gilma (Johnson) Larson. She graduated from Bode High School, and continued her education at...

Betty Jean Johnson

Betty Jean Johnson

Oct 30, 2020

Betty Jean Johnson, 87, of Little Cedar passed away October 30th at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. She was born at the Nissan Hospital in Osage, the daughter of Roe and Gertrude (Mosher) Rogers. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll J. Johnson, her parents Roe and Gertrude Rogers of Riceville, IA, and her...