Find Warner Funeral Home Obituaries and Service Information
Looking for a Warner Funeral Home obituary? Warner Funeral Homes & Crematory publishes current and older obituary notices for families it serves in Spencer and other Northwest Iowa communities. An individual obituary may include the person’s dates, biography, visitation, funeral or memorial service, cemetery or interment information, memorial instructions, and an online guestbook.
The quickest route is the funeral home’s official obituary directory. You can search for a person by name, open the individual notice, and check the service schedule before traveling.
Information checked October 15, 2026. Obituary details and service schedules can change, so confirm the individual notice before attending.
Recent Warner Funeral Home Obituaries
The official Warner obituary directory was showing the following recent notices when this guide was checked. This list is useful for a quick name check, but the individual obituary page should be used for the most current service information.
Name |
Date shown by Warner |
Useful current detail |
|---|---|---|
Rosamary Jane Meyer |
October 12, 2026 |
Spencer. The official notice stated that arrangements were pending when checked. |
Silverio Lomeli Quezada |
October 8, 2026 |
Spencer, formerly of Sioux City. A private service was listed for a future date. |
Linda Lee Maas |
October 7, 2026 |
The official listing stated that her wishes were to be cremated with no services. |
Sebastian Henry Hyde |
October 5, 2026 |
Peterson. A memorial service was listed for a future date. |
Ruth Leone VanBerkum-Hansen |
September 28, 2026 |
An individual obituary is available through Warner’s official directory. |
Gary LeRoy Arndt |
September 27, 2026 |
An individual obituary is available through Warner’s official directory. |
Sherrie Jeanne Burns |
September 27, 2026 |
Visitation was scheduled for October 16 and funeral service for October 17, 2026, at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly. |
Karen Ruth Jaeger |
September 24, 2026 |
An individual obituary is available through Warner’s official directory. |
Mary-Frances Reese |
September 24, 2026 |
Peterson-area obituary available on the official Warner website. |
Neal Alan Cooksey |
September 22, 2026 |
An individual obituary is available through Warner’s official directory. |
How to Search Warner Funeral Home Obituaries by Name
You do not need to browse every obituary manually. Use this process when you know all or part of the person’s name.
Open Warner’s official obituary page
Go directly to warnerfuneralhome.com/obituaries. This is the funeral home’s own obituary directory rather than a copied third-party listing.
Search the surname first
If the full name produces no result, start with only the last name. This helps when the obituary uses a middle name, maiden name, nickname, initials, or a slightly different spelling.
Open the individual obituary
Do not rely only on the short directory preview. The full page can contain birth and death dates, biography, family information, service locations, visitation times, cemetery details, memorial requests, and guestbook options.
Check the Service Schedule section
Look specifically for headings such as Visitation, Funeral Service, Memorial Service, Graveside Service, Interment, or Private Service. Note the date, time, venue, and city separately.
Confirm uncertain details before traveling
If arrangements are still pending, the service is marked private, or the obituary does not show the detail you need, call Warner Funeral Homes & Crematory at 712-262-3640.
What You Can Usually Find in a Warner Obituary
Warner Funeral Homes & Crematory Locations
Warner Funeral Homes & Crematory serves Northwest Iowa. Its official history says the business began in Spencer in 1957 and later expanded to Everly, Peterson, and Sutherland. The current facilities page lists the following locations and cremation center.
Location |
Official address |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
Spencer |
225 W 3rd St, Spencer, IA 51301 |
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Everly |
210 S Ocheydan St, Everly, IA 51338 |
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Peterson |
3 E 3rd St, Peterson, IA 51047 |
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Cremation Center |
705 28th St, Milford, IA 51351 |
Email: info@warnerfuneralhome.com
Warner’s official contact page states that the funeral home is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For immediate assistance after a death, the funeral home asks families to call rather than wait for an online message response.
View official facilities and directions
If an Obituary Says “Arrangements Are Pending”
This normally means the family and funeral home have not yet finalized or published the complete service schedule. You may see the person’s name and death date before visitation, funeral, church, cemetery, or memorial details are available.
- Recheck the same obituary later instead of assuming there will be no service.
- Look for a newly added Service Schedule section.
- If you need to make travel plans, call 712-262-3640 and ask whether public arrangements have been announced.
- Do not attend a location based on an older social-media post if the official obituary shows different information.
If the Person Is Not Showing in the Recent Obituary List
A missing name does not automatically mean Warner Funeral Home did not handle the arrangements. Try these checks before giving up.
- Search older obituary pages. Warner’s online archive includes older notices, not only the newest deaths.
- Search family names. A spouse, parent, sibling, or child may be mentioned in another Warner obituary and help identify the correct person.
- Check nearby communities. A person may have lived in Spencer but had services in Everly, Peterson, Sutherland, another church, or a cemetery outside Spencer.
- Allow for a publication delay. A death can occur before a complete obituary or service schedule is posted.
- Call the funeral home. Give the person’s full name, approximate death date, town, and any known relative. Ask whether Warner is handling the arrangements and whether public service information is available.
How to Find Cemetery or Burial Information from an Obituary
If your purpose is genealogy or grave research rather than attending the funeral, focus on the lower part of the individual obituary where the service schedule is shown.
- Open the person’s full obituary.
- Look for Interment, Burial, or Graveside Service.
- Record the cemetery name exactly as written.
- Save the city, county, service date, and funeral home location.
- If no cemetery is listed, note whether the obituary says cremation, private burial, burial at a later date, or service pending.
- For plot-level information such as section, lot, row, or grave number, contact the cemetery office because funeral obituaries do not always contain those fields.
Understanding the Different Service Types
Warner Funeral Homes & Crematory describes several common service formats. Knowing the difference can help when reading an obituary.
Service type |
What it generally means |
|---|---|
Visitation |
A scheduled time for family and friends to gather, offer condolences, and remember the person. |
Funeral service |
Typically takes place soon after death and may be held at the funeral home, a church, or another selected venue. |
Memorial service |
A remembrance service where the body is not present; it may take place later than a traditional funeral. |
Graveside service |
A service at the cemetery or place of committal, sometimes following another service and sometimes held on its own. |
Private service |
Attendance is limited according to the family’s wishes. Do not assume a listed funeral-home location means the event is open to the public. |
What to Do When a Death Has Just Occurred
If you are not simply looking for an obituary and need funeral-home assistance after a recent death, Warner’s official guidance is to call the funeral home day or night. The staff can arrange transfer of the deceased into their care and schedule a time with the family to begin arrangements.
Immediate-need phone: 712-262-3640
Open Warner’s official Immediate Need information
Useful Official Warner Links
- Official obituaries: search recent and older Warner obituary notices.
- Facilities and directions: current addresses and location information.
- Contact page: phone, email, and contact form.
- Service types: visitation, funeral, memorial, and graveside service information.
- Cremation: Warner’s cremation information and memorial options.
Related Obituary and Grave Research Guides
If the Warner obituary gives you a death date or cemetery clue, continue your research with these FindAGraves resources:
- Find cemetery records and burial clues using official sources
- Use death records to verify burial information
- Search for a grave using name, cemetery, county, and death-year clues
Warner Funeral Home Obituaries FAQs
1. Where can I find the newest Warner Funeral Home obituaries?
Use Warner Funeral Homes & Crematory’s official obituary directory at warnerfuneralhome.com/obituaries. It displays recent notices and links to individual obituary pages.
2. Can I search Warner Funeral Home obituaries by name?
Yes. Start with the person’s full name or surname. If you do not find the person, try a maiden name, nickname, middle name, initials, or another spelling.
3. What is Warner Funeral Home’s phone number?
The official contact number is 712-262-3640.
4. Where is the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer, Iowa?
The official Spencer location is 225 W 3rd St, Spencer, IA 51301.
5. Does a Warner obituary show funeral and visitation times?
Many individual notices include a Service Schedule with visitation, funeral, memorial, graveside, or interment information. Some notices are initially published while arrangements are still pending.
6. What does “service will be held at a future date” mean?
It means the family intends to hold a service but the final public date or complete arrangements may not yet be posted. Recheck the obituary or contact the funeral home before making travel plans.
7. Can I leave condolences on a Warner obituary?
Many individual obituary pages include an online guestbook where visitors can post a message and, depending on the notice, may also be able to add a photo or light a virtual candle.
8. Can older Warner Funeral Home obituaries be found online?
Yes. Warner’s website contains older obituary pages as well as recent notices. Search by name and use older results when researching a death that occurred years ago.
9. Why can’t I find a person’s obituary?
The notice may not be published yet, the name may be spelled differently, another funeral home may be handling the arrangements, or the person may be indexed under a different town or family name. Try name variations and then call Warner if you still need confirmation.
10. How can I find the cemetery from a Warner obituary?
Open the full obituary and look for Burial, Interment, or Graveside Service in the service schedule. If a cemetery is named but no plot is provided, contact the cemetery office for section, lot, row, or grave-number confirmation.
Quick Takeaway
For Warner Funeral Home obituaries, start with the official Warner obituary directory, search the person’s name, and open the full notice rather than relying on a short search-result preview. Check the service schedule carefully for visitation, funeral, memorial, cemetery, and private-service details. If arrangements are pending or you need immediate confirmation, call 712-262-3640.