Deaths

Father Peter J. Fransco, retired diocesan priest, died Oct. 2026 in Ruthven. His funeral Mass was Oct. 20 at Sacred Heart Church in Ruthven with Bishop John E. Keehner presiding.

LaVonne Friedrichsen, mother of Father Timothy Friedrichsen, died Oct. 7 at the age of 91 at the Maple Heights Nursing Home of Mapleton, Iowa. The funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 14 at St. Mary’s Church in Mapleton, part of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish. Father David Esquiliano will officiate. Committal services will follow in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery of Mapleton.