Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Lois Marie Duesenberg, 85, of Clear Lake, died Friday, June 12, 2020, at MercyOne North Iowa Hospice, in Mason City.

Per Lois’ wishes, her body has been cremated and a private graveside inurnment will be held at Clear Lake Cemetery.

Lois was born Oct. 1, 1934, the daughter of Richard Albert and Helen Annabelle (Wood) James in Worthington, Minn. She married H. Milton Duesenberg on April 13, 1952, at the Clear Lake Christian Church.

Roxane Marie Balderas, 63, of Fort Dodge, formerly of Clear Lake, died Sunday, June 14, 2020, at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home, in Fort Dodge.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 19, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake. Inurnment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 12:30-2:00 p.m. on Friday, prior to the service.

(Above) CLHS graduation, 1995 - These Clear Lake High School seniors represented the academic top 10 percent of the CLHS class of 1995.  They were front row (L-R): Jodi Grabinski, Brooke Fischer, Nancie Deike, Carrie Niebur and Heather Wass.  Back row (L-R): Lee Olson, Adam Mott, Jeff Kennedy, John Kennedy, Adam Secory and Scott Suntken.

(Above) Clear Lake’s Carson Krefft slides into home plate for one of the Lion’s 15 runs.  -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

by Marianne Gasaway

The only thing better than finally getting to start the season was the way the Clear Lake Lions did it Monday night.