Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

(Above) Ventura playground gets donation in 1994 - Linda Hale (left) represented the Ventura Playground Group in 1994.  She was pleased to receive a $100 donation to the playground equipment drive from Ventura Education Association President Lorie Huffman and VEW members Polly Suntken, Patsy Stuffy, Nate Benzing, Judy Whitte, Michele Penning, Charlie Schroeder and Carolyn Luscomb.  The group raised money for new playground equipment at Ventura School.

William “Bill” E. Austin, 79, of Clear Lake passed away Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, at the Mercy One North Iowa Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

A funeral service was held on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Seventh-day Adventist Church, 815 North Kentucky Avenue, Mason City, with Pastor Mark Luckiesh officiating.  Inurnment will be held in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, at a later date.

Darlene Patricia Bergquist, 68, passed away on Oct. 20, 2019, in Des Moines. A private gathering was held for immediate family on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Per her wishes, she has been cremated.

Lorraine H. Miller, 94, of Clear Lake, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at Oakwood Care Center, in Clear Lake.

Per Lorraine’s wishes, her body has been cremated and burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, in Mason City.

Lorraine was born Sept. 2, 1925, the daughter of Hugh and Elva (Madery) Stebbins, in Dodge Center, Minn. She married Harvey Miller, and to that union three children were born. He preceded her in death on Aug. 28, 1995.