Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

(Above) Arbor Day, 1972 - Ventura fourth graders planted trees in observance of Arbor Day in 1972.  Pictured is Mrs. Daniels’ class.  Back row (L-R): Philip Boehnke, John Larson, Lovell Diddy, Jill Tessman, Jane Bergman, Shari Brower, Tamara DeVries, Eileen Hanna, Mrs. Daniels, Diane Eggerth.  Front row (L-R): Leslie Marshall, Cindy Smith, Kristin Wood, John Quintus, Dan Ouverson, James Thalacher and Brad Bryant.

Ramona Ruth Miller, of Fort Collins, Colo. age 92, joined with the Lord on April 23, 2022.  

She was born in Klemme, Iowa, on Jan. 3, 1930.  

She is survived by herhusband, Kenneth Miller; son, Scott (Arlene Miller, deceased); daughter, Susan (Paul Geiser) and grandchildren; Tiffany Miller Russell (Steve Russell), Nicole, and Jeffrey Geiser.

Steven M. Ward, 74, of Bella Vista, Ark., died April 30, 2022, at Circle of Life Hospice House, in Bentonville, Ark.  

He was born Oct. 23, 1947, in Ames, Iowa to Meredith and Norene (Klein) Ward.

Gerald John Schwade, 76, of Nora Springs, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, in Mason City, after a courageous three-and-a-half year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was a fighter until his final day.