Obituaries
Doris Ann Bliek
Aug 25, 2013
Doris Ann Bliek, the daughter of Robert and Pearl Perkins Marble was born February 4, 1955 in Spencer, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer area, where she attended school. Doris married Ronald Bliek, they later divorced. She moved to Council Bluffs, where she worked at Conagra Foods for 8 years. Upon returning to Spencer, she worked at...
George Kevin Selzer
Aug 21, 2013
George Kevin Selzer, the son of George and Irma (Blackmer) Selzer, was born June 19, 1925 on a farm near Royal, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Everly, where he received his education, later graduating from Spencer High School, where he excelled in track and field. After his schooling, he entered the military and served his...
Patricia Donna Barry
Aug 21, 2013
Patricia Donna Barry, the daughter of Don A. and Eldora (Raymond) Barry, was born May 3, 1939 at the Spencer Hospital in Spencer, Iowa. Patricia grew up on a farm near Sutherland, where she attended country school and then high school in Sutherland, Iowa, graduating in 1957. Following her schooling, Patricia lived in Iowa City, Cherokee, Sioux City, Storm Lake...
Marilyn Jean Healy
Aug 20, 2013
SERVICES Services will be held in Michigan. No services will be held in Spencer. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT
Darlene Wilma Cook
Aug 19, 2013
Darlene Wilma Cook, the daughter of Cy and Carrie (Lund) Roemeling, was born May 10, 1935 in Adrian, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Adrian, where she received her education, graduating from Adrian High School. Following her schooling, she worked as a waitress. Darlene married Lorn Martin Cook on July 12, 1955 in Adrian, MN. Following her marriage, they...
Daisy May Cottrell Weaver
Aug 18, 2013
Daisy May Cottrell Weaver, a longtime resident of Shenandoah, Iowa and Spencer, Iowa, passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 18, 2013. Daisy was born near Imogene, Iowa to Willis and Veronica Cottrell on February 5, 1917. She attended a country school near Imogene. Her favorite memory was as a girl being in the fields with her father and...
Floyd Bailey King
Aug 16, 2013
Floyd Bailey King, the son of Silas and Grace Bailey King, was born December 24, 1921 in rural Dickens, Iowa. Floyd was raised on a farm south of Dickens, and attended country school a half mile from his home. He attended Dickens High School in his 9th and 10th grades and then switched to Gillett Grove, where he graduated in...
Esther Lillian Prange
Aug 15, 2013
Esther Lillian Prange was born April 3, 1920, to Harry and Tracy Vander Schaaf on a farm near Doon, IA. In 1926, the family moved to Hull, IA. After graduating from the public school, she worked in the local cafe. Esther married Gerrit Prange on December 9, 1944. After his discharge, he worked briefly in Spirit Lake, IA, and then...
Jim Reed
Aug 10, 2013
James 'Jim' Keith Reed, the son of George and Rosamond (Deegan) Reed, was born November 9, 1931 in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Peterson, where he received his early education, graduating from Peterson High School. He later received his BA degree from Morningside College. Jim entered the military and served with the U.S....
Betty Bell Stoeber
Aug 5, 2013
Betty Bell (Sargent) Stoeber was born April 25, 1923 in Beresford SD, Union County at home about 30 minutes after twin sister, Bessy Ann. Her parents were Royal Morrison Sargent and Bessie Edythe Cox. She moved with her parents to McAllen, TX, when she was in 7th grade and she graduated from high school there. After graduation, she came to...
Fern Geneviene Heick Benner
Aug 4, 2013
Fern Genevieve Heick Benner, the daughter of John Peter and Alma Marion (Subcleff) Heick, was born December 3, 1921 in Peterson, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Peterson, where she received her education, graduating from Peterson High School in 1940. Fern married Arlin E. Hintz on October 17, 1942 in Clinton, Iowa. Throughout the years, Fern worked as an...
Julie Carpenter
Aug 3, 2013
Julie Lynn Carpenter, the daughter of Roger and Sandy Wieneke Carpenter was born March 8, 1969 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer and Estherville, IA area where she attended school and graduated from Estherville High School. Julie married Greg Elmore on October 17, 1995 in Spirit Lake, Iowa. She was employed with Burger King. She...
Kayleen Rose
Aug 2, 2013
Kayleen Pearlu Rose, the daughter of C.E. and Pearl Ramona Arnold McCarney, was born May 13, 1934, in Redfield, SD. Kayleen spent her early years in Yankton, SD, but also spent time in Rawlins, WY, and Vallejo, CA. The family moved to Spencer, IA, in 1944, and stayed until 1949 when they moved to Sibley, IA. She graduated from Sibley...
Jane Minogue Rice
Jul 30, 2013
Jane Minogue Rice, the daughter of Fred and Kathrine DeLano Minogue, was born November 30, 1912 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Jane received her early education and graduated from Fort Dodge High School. Jane attended junior college in Fort Dodge for two years and graduated from Parsons College with a B.S. degree. Jane married Lloyd Arlie Rice on May 30, 1937,...
Marv Amick
Jul 29, 2013
Marv Laverne Amick, the son of D.J. 'Al' and Donna (Hamrick) Albers, was born July 11, 1950, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Jamestown, ND, where he received his education, graduating from Jamestown High School. Marv later continued his education at a Christian College in Mitchell, SD, for six months. He did ministry work in the southern...
Glen 'Ken' Kenneth Edge
Jul 29, 2013
Glen Kenneth Edge, 90, died comfortably at the home he shared with his daughter, Stephanie, in Kentucky, on July 29, 2013. Ken was born June 05, 1923 in Estherville, Iowa, to Margaret Louise Brown and John Wesley Edge. A World War II veteran, he served his country for many years, active in the Army of the United States and in...
Marlys Hazel Vanderhoff
Jul 28, 2013
Marlys Hazel Vanderhoff, the daughter of Henry and Irene (Gilling) Junker, was born on September 11, 1945 in Mountain Lake, MN. She was raised and received her early education in St. James, MN. Following graduation, She moved to Spencer and started working at Rexall Drug Store. On January 2, 1965, Marlys married Russell Vanderhoff in Mt Lake, MN. The couple...
Dale Nellis
Jul 25, 2013
Dale Nellis, the son of Merle and Helen (Baumeister) Nellis was born on March 3, 1933 on the family farm near Hartley, IA. He received his early education by attending country school in the Milford & Hartley area, graduating from Hartley High School in 1952. Following high school, he entered into the military, serving in the U.S. Army. He was...
Joel Allen Jackson
Jul 22, 2013
Joel Allen Jackson, the son of Joe and Jane (Richmond) Jackson, was born October 13, 1953 in Clinton, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Clinton, where he received his education, graduating from Clinton High School. He continued his education a Northwest Iowa Technical College in Sheldon, Iowa. After his schooling, he worked as an electrician. Joel married Pam Wierema...
Kyle Douglas Lachner
Jul 21, 2013
In Lieu of flowers, a memorial has been set up in Kyle's name. Kyle Douglas Lachner, the son of Curt and Michelle (Otkin) Lachner, was born December 8, 1997, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer and he had completed his freshman year of high school in both Spencer and at Lincoln East, Lincoln, Nebraska. He was...