Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

God looked around his garden and found an empty place.  He then looked down upon the earth, and saw your tired face.  He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest.  God’s garden must be beautiful he always takes the best.  He knew that you were suffering, he knew you were in pain.  He saw the road was getting rough, and the hills were hard to climb.

Roland F. Schmidt, 92, of Garner, Iowa, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, at the Concord Care Center, in Garner.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at St. Boniface Catholic Church, in Garner, with Fr. Jim Dubert officiating.  Lector was Greg Schmidt.  Music was provided by organist, Mary Kopacek, who accompanied soloist Mary Chambers and the church choir.  Casket bearers were Louis Schmidt, Greg Schmidt, Curt Doble, Tom Hyde, Tim Esbeck and Michael Schmidt.  Burial was in the church cemetery with military rites by the Garner Veterans Ceremonial Unit.

Dennis Dale Barlow died on Oct. 17, 2015.

A memorial service was held on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, at Starrett Funeral Home Chapel.

Denny was born Jan. 17, 1949, to Dale and Doris Barlow at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, Mason City, Iowa.  He attended and graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1967.  Three weeks after his high school graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Vietnam.  In 1970, he was honorably discharged and moved to Tucson, Az.

Kimberly Bernhard, 44, of Bancroft, Iowa, joined her heavenly father, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, surrounded by family, at the Hawkeye Care Center in Bancroft, after a long journey with cancer.

A funeral Mass was held on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, at St. John’s Catholic Church, in Bancroft. Burial was in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family, an education fund has been established for her sons, Luke and Josh.