Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

On Thursday, Nov. 8, from 5 – 8 p.m., the Clear Lake Arts Center will unveil three very special projects - its newly refreshed Gift Shop/Consignment Gallery, its 2018 Holiday tree and six limited edition, signed and numbered prints by Clear Lake artist Jim Larson.

Every year the Arts Center asks their consignment artists to create one-of-a-kind, hand-made ornaments for sale and display during the Holiday season. This year these ornaments will take center stage with the artists officially unveiling and ‘Lighting the Tree’ around 5:20 p.m.

(Above) Good neighbors in 1968 - On Monday, Nov. 11, 1968, the neighbors of Mrs. Robert Graham arrived with three corn pickers, tractors and wagons and picked and cribbed 22 acres of corn for her.  Front row (L-R): Walter Nickerson holding grandson, Todd Gillman, Larry Schaffer, Jeffrey Albers, and Alan Albers with Dale Albers.  Second row: Mrs. Danny Spilman, Mrs. Walter Nickerson, Mrs. Graham, and Mrs. Alan Albers.

Deanna Patrice “Dea” Thilges, 76, of Clear Lake, died Oct. 26, 2018, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. John Gossman officiating.  Inurnment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery at a later date.

Memorials may be given to the Hospice of North Iowa.

Dennis Lindsey Loux, 77, of Clear Lake, died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, in Mason City.

Per Denny’s wishes, his body was cremated and a Celebration of Life was held on Sunday, Oct. 28, at the Clear Lake VFW, Clear Lake.

Denny was born Sept. 13, 1941, the son of Lloyd Robert and Shirley Marie (Lindsey) Loux, in Clarion.  He married Virginia Fjetland in 1963 at Forest Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Forest City.