Obits
Leland Swenson, 90, of Northwood, passed peacefully, surrounded by family, on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2026, at the Conner Colonial Chapel, 1008 First Ave. South, Northwood. He will...
David Tenold, 77, of Northwood, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 19, 2025.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at Elk Creek Lutheran Church, 4108 Killdeer Avenue, Kensett, Iowa, with Pastor Linda Johnson Prestholt officiating. David will be laid to...
Conrad, Louise Osten, after a wonderful life, entered into everlasting peace on November 19, 2025. Louise was born on January 28, 1938. She was raised in Northwood, Iowa, graduated from Northwood High in 1956.
She worked as a bookkeeper in Texas and after returning to Tucson, Arizona, volunteered...
Jerry Lee Buechele, 87, of Grafton, Iowa, passed away on Friday, November 28, 2025, at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin, Minnesota.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Monday December 8, 2025, from 1 to 3 p.m., with a prayer service at 2:30 p.m., at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial...
Marguerite (Erpelding) Brcka, 88, passed away peacefully under hospice care on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at the Nora Springs Care Center.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Manly. Burial will be at St. John’s...
Kenneth L. Lein (Ken), 92, of Lake Mills, passed away on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at the Lake Mills Care Center in Lake Mills, Iowa.
Visitation for Ken will be held on Friday, November 21, 2025, from 4 – 6 p.m. at Schott Funeral Homes Mittelstadt Chapel, 902 E. Main St. in Lake Mills.
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Richard Dean Hagen passed away on October 29 at his home in Northwood, Iowa, at the age of 90. Funeral services were held at First Lutheran Church, 309 North Ninth Street, Northwood, on Saturday, November 8, at 11 a.m. (visitation at 10 a.m.). Visitation was also held on Friday, November 7, 5–7 p.m...
Dr. James “Jamie” Welsh, 64, passed away suddenly on Sunday, November 9, 2025.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, November 17, 2025, at his home church, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 410 N. Broadway St., Manly, with Rev. Ben Valentine, celebrant. He will be laid to rest...
Nancy Miller, 77, of Thornton, passed away on Monday, October 13, 2025, at Heritage Care in Mason City after a 32 year battle with M.S.
She was the daughter of Leonard and Nan Garnas.
She graduated from the Northwood-Kensett class of 1966.
Avis Savre (Nelson), of Edina and Longville, Minnesota, and Mesa, Arizona, passed away peacefully in her Edina home on October 28.
Avis lived an amazing life spanning 95 years, six months and two days and then left us after a brief illness, tended by her husband of 72 years, Robert Savre, her four...