Stories from Wednesday, April 16, 2014

The Milford Fire Department will host a series of exhibits as part of an open house, from 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 21, at the Milford Fire Station. Planned presentations include a storm safety reenactment trailer used by the area's fourth-grade students, K-9 demonstrations by the Spirit Lake Police Department, a grain bin rescue program by Lake Park emergency personnel and other exhibits from emergency crews around the county. ...

Dec. 11, 1921 -- April 7, 2014 A funeral service for Mary Pauline Worshek, age 92, of Spirit Lake was held Friday, April 11, 2014, at First Lutheran Church of West Okoboji. Mary Pauline Worshek was born on a farm in Valley City, N.D. to Asa Lloyd Sampson and Serena Madsen Sampson. Though her first name was Mary, after her grandmother, most called her Pauline, some called her Polly, her children called her Mom, and her grandkids called her Nanny. Her children loved her. Her grandkids adored her...

Sept. 7, 1924 -- April 10, 2014 A funeral service for Lois Kuehl Untiedt, age 89, of Wahpeton, formerly of Sioux Valley, Minn., was held Monday, April 14, 2014 at the First Presbyterian Church in Lake Park. Burial was at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Spirit Lake...

March 5, 1918 -- April 7, 2014 A funeral service for Helen Roth, age 96, of Arnolds Park was held Saturday, April 12, 2014, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery in Milford. Helen M. (Kramer) Roth was born March 5, 1918, at Maple River to Nick and Mary Kramer. She attended school through the eighth grade...

Aug. 18, 1923 -- April 7, 2014 A funeral service for Don Sawyer, 91, of Spirit Lake was held Friday, April 11, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church in Spirit Lake. Burial was at Lakeview Cemetery. Carroll Don Sawyer, the son of Spencer and Lela (Ferguson) Sawyer, was born in Urbana on Aug. 18, 1923. In the spring of 1924, they moved to a 320-acre farm west of Estherville. Don grew up there and attended Estherville School, graduating in 1942...

Aug. 11, 1986 -- April 8, 2014 A funeral service for Brandon Cox, age 27, of Spencer, formerly of Hot Springs, Ark., was held Monday, April 14, 2014 at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Brandon Colby Cox, the son of James Douglas Jr. Cox and Melinda Gail (Brock) Rebollar, was born Aug. 11, 1986 in Hot Springs. He graduated from high school and completed some college and trade school classes through Job Corps in Hot Springs...