EARLING -- Ivo A. Finken, 91, Earling, died August 28 at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home.    Services will be held Friday, Aug. 31 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Earling.  A wake service was held Thursday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Family greeted friends Thursday from 5-8 p.m.

    PORTSMOUTH -- Joseph Carl Springman, 81, Portsmouth, died August 28 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Friday, Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth.  A rosary was held Thursday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation was Thursday from 4-8 p.m.

AVOCA -- Charles Richard Ronnfeldt, 74, Avoca, died August 26.    Services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.  Family will greet friends Wednesday from 10-11 a.m.

    WALNUT -- James E. Tooley, 77, Walnut, died Sunday, Aug. 26 in Atlantic.    Services will be held Friday, Aug. 31 at 10 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Walnut with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut.  Friends were asked to call Thursday, Aug. 30 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    HARLAN – Renovation of the high school’s auditorium is one of the large-ticket cost items of an overall school district facilities upgrade plan being recommended by a district facilities study committee to the HCSD Board of Education for evaluation and review.    Total cost of the improvements is estimated at $28.5 million to be paid for with bond proceeds recommended by the committee for a December 11, 2018 vote.    The board heard a pres

    TENNANT -- Jim Brantner, the mayor of Tennant, has not always resided there.  Previously he lived in Denver, CO with his wife, Betty, and their three sons for 16 years before moving to Tennant in 2006.    Betty has brothers and sisters who live in the Council Bluffs area and Brantner grew up in the Kansas City area and still has family in the region.

    ROSENDALE, MO -- Phil and Donna Trierweiler of Rosendale will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on August 31. Cards will reach them if sent to 8754 Co. Rd. 57, Rosendale, MO 64483.    The Trierweilers lived in the Earling area until 2006 when they moved to the Rosendale-Savannah area. Phil farmed and also worked in packing houses in the Harlan and Denison area.

    EARLING -- Cheyenne Graeve and Luke Baldwin exchanged marriage vows on June 9, 2018 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. The double ring ceremony was performed by Father Guthrie Dolan.    Parents of the couple are Dale and Sue Graeve, Earling; and Denise Baldwin, Dunlap, and the late Jerry Baldwin.

    RURAL SHELBY -- Taylor Brown and Casey Schulte both of Cedar Falls were married on August 4, 2018 at the Willow Creek Glass Chapel in rural Shelby. Officiant Mark Hendrix performed the 4 p.m. double ring ceremony.    Parents of the couple are Carl and Carmin Brown, Harlan; and Christine Richter, St. Charles, MO; and Daryl and Kerri Schulte, Foristell, MO.