August 25, 1930 - November 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 years, often in the maternity ward. She loved to travel and was cherished far a ...

June 17, 1931 - November 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 in the second grade. May Weber was her birth mother's (Sylvia O'Rourke) s ...

November 22, 1925 - November 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 Karl Fredrik Karlsson and Ester Wilhelmina Lindqvist. She had five ...

December 19, 1932 - November 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 Springs High School in 1951, she ...

October 30, 1927 - November 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, in Osage, Iowa, the daughter of George and Elsie (Taylor) ...

December 22, 1928 - November 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 Rock, Iowa on December 22, 1928. She was baptized by the Rev. Mr. Cooper at ...