Obituaries
Alma Jeane Spears
Mar 16, 2014
Alma Jeane Beck Spears was born to Karoline Olesen Beck and Joseph S. Beck on May 18, 1915 in Greenville, Iowa. She graduated from the Greenville Community School in 1932 and worked in various homes until her marriage to Leonard Spears on March 5, 1933 in Northwood, Iowa. Alma devoted her life to being a homemaker, mother and grandmother. Through...
James Robert Coffey
Mar 16, 2014
James 'Jim' Robert Coffey, the son of Paul and Emma Stukey Pullen, was born in Madison, South Dakota on September 19, 1934. He received his early education in Spencer, Iowa. Jim served in the United States Army- Combat Engineers 2nd Division. On August 31st, 1957, Jim married Alberta 'Bert' Floryancic at the St. Anthony Catholic Church in Denver, Colorado. Shortly...
Marjorie Krogh
Mar 16, 2014
Marjorie Emma Krogh, the daughter of Albert and Annie Lewis Willard was born September 23, 1924, in Woodbury, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Woodbury area where she attended Willow Township schools. Marjorie married Nels Willie Krogh on January 16, 1955, in Spirit Lake, IA. They made their home in Dickens, IA, until moving to Spencer in 1982,...
Lee Luverne Shatto
Mar 16, 2014
Lee Luverne Shatto, the son of Luther and Orpha Shatto, was born October 8, 1930 in Spencer, IA. He attended school in Spencer and graduated in 1950. He served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952. During his service, he was stationed in Germany for 17 months. After returning from the military, he met Alice Schmeling who was a...
Alice Mae Black
Mar 10, 2014
Alice Mae Black, the daughter of William and Ina (Darling) Mehan, was born January 11, 1933 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Ayrshire, where she received her education, graduating from Ayrshire High School. Following her schooling, she moved to Spencer, Iowa, where she worked for Securities Acceptance Finance Company for five years. Alice married William E. Black...
Roger Dean Ingledue
Mar 4, 2014
Roger Ingledue, age 82, of Ames, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. In accordance with his wishes, Roger was cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date. Born April 17, 1931, in Johnson County, Iowa, Roger Dean Ingledue was the son of Tom C. and Pearl E. (Griffith) Ingledue....
Myrtle Rausch
Mar 3, 2014
Mrs. Rausch was born February 15, 1923, at Center Grove, the daughter of Walter and Olive Swanson Banning. She received her education in Royal. She married Wilbur (Bill) Rausch on June 21, 1943, at Spencer. She and her husband were cafe' owners in Arnolds Park and Spencer. She enjoyed dancing at the Eagles with her husband and singing. Myrt never...
Neil B. Scoles, Jr.
Mar 1, 2014
Neil Boyce Scoles Jr., son of Neil Boyce and Lydia Millsap Scoles Sr. was born February 1, 1920 in Des Moines, Iowa. Throughout his school years Neil and his family moved many times because of his father's work. Neil attended schools in Des Moines, Cincinnati, Ohio, LaGrange, Illinois, Williams, Ia., Watertown, S.D., Menomonie, Wisconsin, Albert City, and Rockwell City, Iowa....
Betty Maxine Dell
Feb 26, 2014
Betty Bentley Dell Born July 7, 1926, Betty was raised on a family farm in Marathon surrounded by her parents, Edgar and Florence Bently and her sister, Donna, and two brothers, Russell and Rex. Her family was always important to her and she started her own shortly after graduating. Betty and family lived in various communities throughout the Midwest and...
Sally Lorraine Martwick
Feb 25, 2014
Sally Lorraine Martwick, the daughter of Burris and Hazel Leto Patrick, was born June 8, 1943 in Spencer, Iowa. Sally grew up in Peterson where she received her early education and graduated from the Peterson High School. On July 5, 1961, Sally married Wally Fred Martwick in Vici, OK. Following their marriage, they lived in several states and eventually returning...
Bonnie Sue Trosin
Feb 24, 2014
Bonnie Sue Trosin, the daughter of Arlo Gritten and Lois King Gritten, was born October 5, 1954, youngest of 5 siblings. She spent most of her life living in the Rossie area. Growing up on the farmstead outside of town, Bonnie spent her time riding her pony, helping Dad with hog chores, fieldwork and working on 4-H Projects, graduating from...
Ora Martha Honsbruch
Feb 21, 2014
Ora Martha Honsbruch, the daughter of Chris and Martha (Luetkeman) Felten, was born February 11, 1920, on the family farm in rural Spring Township in Cherokee county. Her childhood years were spent on the family farm where she received her education at Brooke School, graduating in 1939. She was the last surviving student of the class. She was baptized and...
Benjamin Lewis Robertson
Feb 18, 2014
Benjamin Lewis Robertson was born June 30, 1946 in Lincoln, Nebraska and passed away on February 18, 2014 after a brief illness. The son of Robert and Betty Meligan Robertson, Ben grew up in Lincoln and was a lifelong Cornhusker fan. He served in the National Guard and graduated from Hastings College. He taught American history to freshmen at Walnut...
John Steven Welle
Feb 18, 2014
John Steven Welle, the tenth child of Lester and Pearl (Arms) Welle, was born May 9th, 1949 on a farm located southwest of Milford. His childhood years were spent growing up on the farm. He attended Okoboji Twp. Consolidated School for his Elementary years. He then attended school at Milford during his Jr. High and part of his High School...
Jay Todd Cole
Feb 14, 2014
Jay Todd Cole was born on January 2, 1963 to LeRoy and Deanna (Nelson) Cole in Cherokee, Iowa. He was raised and educated in Spencer, Iowa. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1981. After graduation, Jay was employed at Stub's Ranch Kitchen, he was a bartender and worked at several packing plants throughout the country before returning back to...
Dale Coval Darnell
Feb 13, 2014
Dale Coval Darnell, the son of Jay and Helen Way Darnell was born April 13, 1929, in Dunning, NE. His childhood years were spent in the Black Hills where he attended school, graduating from Custer High School. He lived in Holstein, IA and Sioux City, IA, before moving to Spencer, IA in 1954. Dale married Patricia Hickmon in Sioux City,...
Elna Lavonne Jensen
Feb 12, 2014
Elna Lavonne Jensen, the daughter of Robert William Roberts and Elva Jane (Martin) Roberts, was born on Monday, October 5, 1925. She was raised and received her early education in Clay township at a country school, Maple Grove School, near Royal, graduating as valedictorian from Royal High School in 1943. Elna was active in school sports playing basketball and enjoyed...
Brian Jon Heisler
Feb 12, 2014
Brian Jon Heisler, the son of James and Beverly Alger Heisler, was born July 4, 1969 in Estherville, IA. He received his early education in Ruthven and was confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Ruthven. Brian graduated from South Clay High School in 1987 where he was the Homecoming King, played football, track, and basketball. He then enlisted with...
Dorothy Belle Davis
Feb 7, 2014
Dorothy Belle Davis, the daughter of John and Jessie Wiley, was born February 28, 1924 in Varina, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Varina, Storm Lake, and Rembrandt areas where she received her education. Dorothy was united in marriage to Wayne Davis of Laurens, IA on September 5, 1940 at the Methodist Parsonage in Emmetsburg, IA. They farmed...
Diane Marie Anderson
Feb 4, 2014
Diane Marie Anderson, the SPECIAL mentally and handicapped daughter of Arlen Anderson and Adele (Rathgeber) Anderson- Homewood was born on August 7, 1957, in Sioux City, Iowa. She was admitted to Beatrice State Home in Beatrice, NE, at the age of 6. She was sent there to live and become rehabilitated. She learned new skills, to talk in phrases and...
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