Obituaries

Aug. 6, 1946 — July 2, 2019 William "Bill" Dale Thiesen, 72, of Spirit Lake passed away on July 2, 2019, at his home in Spirit Lake. There was a gathering to celebrate Bill's life at the VFW in Spirit Lake on Saturday July 13. Arrangements are under the direction the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Online condolences may be sent to spiritlakefuneralhome.com...

Feb. 28, 1948 — Aug. 15, 2019 Richard James Ratcliff, 71, of Spirit Lake passed away on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake. A mass of Christian burial was held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Spirit Lake. Burial will take place in the Okoboji View Cemetery in Arnolds Park. Arrangements were under the direction of the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Online condolences may be sent to spiritlakefuneralhome.com...

May 26, 1927 — Aug. 19, 2019 Mary Mortensen, 92, of Waterloo, died Monday, Aug. 19, at the Martin Health Center — Western Home in Cedar Falls. She was born May 26, 1927, in Freeport, Illinois, the daughter of Fred C. and Mrytle Wachtel Leigh. She married James Melvin Mortensen on May 14, 1952, in Clinton, and he preceded her in death...

March 23, 1922 — Aug. 3, 2019 A funeral service for Viola Place, 97, of Correctionville and formerly of Milford, was held Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at Faith Community Church in Milford. Interment will be at Okoboji Cemetery in Arnolds Park. Viola Lavonne Nebben Place was born to John and Myrtle (Moore) Nebben on a farm near Colman, South Dakota on March 23, 1922...

June 15, 1949 — Aug. 2, 2019 A Mass of Christian Burial for Pegi Reints, 70, of Okoboji and formerly of Waverly was held Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. Margaret "Pegi" Joan Koll Reints, the daughter of Michael and Rita (Goodrich) Koll, was born June 15, 1949, in Fort Dodge. She graduated from Pocohontas Catholic High School in 1967. Pegi lived in various places throughout Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska before recently moving to Waverly and Okoboji...

Dec. 12, 1935 — Aug. 4, 2019 Marv "Marvin" Johnson, 83, of Spirit Lake passed away on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, at his home. A visitation was held on Thursday, Aug. 8, at the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. A private family burial will take place in the Lake View Cemetery in Spirit Lake. Arrangements are under the direction of the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Online condolences may be sent to spiritlakefuneralhome.com...

May 15, 1973 — Aug. 9, 2019 Johnathan Michael Inbody, 46, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, passed away peacefully Aug. 9, 2019, surrounded by his loving family and his dog Bubba Murphy at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born May 15, 1973, in Spirit Lake, the son of Gerald Mark Inbody and Joni R. Wells Wolfe. He attended schools in Spirit Lake and Lakewood, Colorado, and graduated from Alameda High School with the class of 1992...

Aug. 15, 1924 — Aug. 5, 2019 Funeral services for Betty Kaiser, 94, of Milford was held Friday, Aug. 9, at Hope Reformed Church in Spencer. Interment will be at First Reformed Cemetery in rural Everly.  Betty Kaiser was born Aug. 15, 1924, the daughter of John and Nora (Phipps) Miller in rural Hartley, Iowa. She was raised and educated in Hartley, graduating from Hartley High School in 1941...

Jan. 31, 1922 — Aug. 2, 2019 Ann Chozen, 97, passed away peacefully at Accura Healthcare of Spirit Lake on Aug. 2, 2019. Private burial will take place at Lakeview Gardens in Spirit Lake. Celebration of Life will take place at a later date, which will be announced...

April 29, 1928 — July 26, 2019 A funeral service for Zona Rademacher, age 91, of Terril, was held Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Terril. Burial was at Fairview Cemetery in Terril. Zona Ann Rademacher was born April 29, 1928, to William and Anna Meyer (Frank) in Spirit Lake. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith...

Feb. 27, 1961. — July 24, 2019 Sharon Kay Eriksen was born on Feb. 27, 1961 in Vinton to Rudy Dake and Karen (Bascom) Mettler. She spent most of her early childhood in the Vinton area. In the sixth grade the family moved to Arnolds Park, where Sharon attended her remaining years of school and graduated from Arnolds Park High School...

May 31, 1949 — July 25, 2019 A memorial service for Julie Lande was held Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, at Grace Lutheran Church in Spirit Lake. Burial was at Lakeview Cemetery in Spirit Lake. Juliann Marie Lande was born May 31, 1949, to Joseph and Julia (Hampson) Lande in Estherville. She lived on the family farm near Wallingford until 1961 when Joe found employment with the city of Okoboji. ...

Dec. 24, 1931 — July 27, 2019 Merle Sorum, age 87, of Spirit Lake, passed away on July 27, 2019, at the Accura Health Center in Spirit Lake. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, at Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. until service time on Thursday...

April 6, 1956 — July 24, 2019 A graveside service for Larry Stoller, age 63, of Spirit Lake, was held Friday, July 26, 2019, at Lakeview Gardens Cemetery in Okoboji. A Celebration of Life gathering was held Sunday, July 28 at Okoboji Classic Cars in West Okoboji. Memorials may be directed to the Arnolds Park/Okoboji Underwater Search and Rescue Dive Team...

Sept. 29, 1940 — July 18, 2019 A funeral service for John Senn, 78, of Spirit Lake, was held Monday, July 22, 2019, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Spirit Lake. Burial was at Lakeview Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Iowa Rock 'N Roll Music Association...

Nov. 14, 1934 — July 14, 2019 Ralph "Boober" Roberts Schneider, 84, of Okoboji passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at his home after a four-year battle with lewy body dementia. Memorial services were Monday, July 22, 2019 at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Spirit Lake. Burial will be held at a later date in the Sheldon City Cemetery in Sheldon. Arrangements are under the direction of the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Online condolences may be sent to spiritlakefuneralhome.com...

Nov. 18, 1930 — July 19, 2019 A memorial service for Merlyn "Jim" Anderson, 88, of Milford will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at First Lutheran Church in West Okoboji. Burial will be at Milford Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Lakes Regional Hospice or First Lutheran Church...

Sept. 21, 1941 — July 20, 2019 A funeral service for Harlan Schumacher, age 77, of Milford, will be held at 100:30 a.m. Thursday, July 25 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. Harlan Schumacher was born on Sept. 21, 1941, to LaRue and Albert Henry in Woodbine. He had one older sister, Janet, a younger brother, Duane, and three younger sisters, Deanna, Darlene, and April...

Oct. 4, 1951 — July 15, 2019 Fred Louis Grienke, 67, of Lake Park and formerly of Spirit Lake and Alta, transitioned into the most peaceful nap he's ever taken on Monday, July 15, 2019. Fred was born Oct. 4, 1951, in Sibley to Fred Edward Grienke and LaVon Gertrude Holmes. ...

June 29, 1967 – July 11, 2019 Keith W. Luft, age 52, of Emmetsburg, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2019, at Kathleen's Care of Emmetsburg. A private family service will be held with Rev. Donohue Sarff officiating. The Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home of Ida Grove, Iowa is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Condolences may be sent online at christensenvanhouten.com...

The family of Grady Edward and Joyce Marie Parham warmly invite all their friends and fellow parishioners to a celebration of life at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 13 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Spirit Lake. A mass will be followed by a graveside service and luncheon with music at St. Mary's. Please join us to say farewell and enjoy good food, music, and fun stories in appreciation for their love, contributions, friendships, and lives well lived...

June 18, 1935 — July 1, 2019 A funeral service for Louise Ballah, 84, Terril was held Saturday, July 6, 2019 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Terril. Louise Victorean Ballah, the daughter of Victor and Marie (Jensen) Hanson was born on June 18, 1935 in Ruthven. Louise graduated high school there and as a sophomore was voted Ruthven High School's first homecoming queen in 1951...

Feb. 23, 1971 — July 6, 2019 Lisa M. Reid Harriman, 48 of Spirit Lake, formerly of Sergeant Bluff, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019, surrounded by her family. Memorial Services will be held 10:30 am Thursday, July 11, at Mater Dei Parish, Nativity Catholic Church, 4242 Natalia Way. ...

Sept. 23, 1929 - June 26, 2019 A memorial service for Virgil Kahl, 89, of Milford, was held Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at First Lutheran Church in West Okoboji. Memorials will be given to Lakes Regional Hospice. Mr. Kahl passed away on June 26, 2019, at Accura Healthcare in Milford...

March 25, 1945 — June 27, 2019 Rae Jean Tungland, 74, of Spirit Lake passed away on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A visitation will be held at a later date at the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Arrangements are under the direction of the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Online condolences may be sent to spiritlakefuneralhome.com...

Feb. 20, 1930 —June 24, 2019 A memorial service for Mary Ann Byers, age 89 of Lake Park, was held Monday, July 1, 2019, at First Presbyterian Church in Lake Park.  Burial was at Silver Lake Cemetery. Mary Ann Byers was born Feb. 20, 1930, the daughter of Arthur and Christine (Wiebener) Robinson. ...

July 8, 1952 — June 13, 2019 Richard "Kirk" Ewen, 66, of Arnolds Park passed away on Thursday, June 13, 2019, at his home. Family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Burial will take place in the Okoboji Cemetery in Arnolds Park. The Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to spiritlakefuneralhome.com...

April 1, 1921 — June 15, 2019 A funeral service for Madge Voss, age 98, of Spirit Lake, was held Friday, June 21, 2019, at the United Methodist Church in Spirit Lake. Burial was at Lakeview Cemetery. Madge Ilene Voss, the daughter of Earl and Zella Bentley, was born April 1, 1921, in Superior. She graduated from Spirit Lake High School...

Sept. 21, 1923 — June 15, 2019 Jean Bridson, age 95, of Storm Lake died Saturday, June 15, 2019, at the Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 22, at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Burial will be at the Fairview Cemetery in Terril. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

July 8, 1941 — June 16, 2019 A funeral service for Arnie Ihnen, age 77, of Lakefield, Minnesota, was held Thursday, June 20, 2019, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sioux Valley, Minnesota. Burial was at Sioux Valley Cemetery. Arnie Gene Ihnen, the son of Ben and Minnie (Fries) Ihnen, was born July 8, 1941, in Dickinson County. ...