Obituaries

Virginia Ann Freeburg

Virginia Ann Freeburg

Aug 4, 2012

Virginia Ann Freeburg, the daughter of Otto and Elsie Jaeger Moeller, was born June 11, 1924 on a farm in Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Royal where she received her early education and graduated from the Royal High School. Virginia married John Raymond 'Ray' Freeburg on June 25, 1944 in Royal. Following their marriage, they lived in...

William N. Peterson

William N. Peterson

Aug 3, 2012

William Nelson Peterson, 83 of Kenmare passed away Friday evening August 3, 2012 in Kenmare. Funeral service will be Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Kenmare with the Rev. John Syvertson officiating. Visitation will be held Wednesday, August 8, 2012 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Thompson Larson Funeral Home in Kenmare. Burial will...

Margaret Mary Joynt

Margaret Mary Joynt

Aug 2, 2012

Margaret Mary Joynt, the daughter of Harold and Thelma Spear Theesfeld was born August 15, 1955 in Estherville, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Mallard, IA area, where she attended Mallard schools. After graduating from Mallard High School in 1974 she married Pat Joynt. Margaret worked for Terra in Emmetsburg, IA, drove truck, worked at Pasqualies Pizza, and...

Catherine Marie Utley

Catherine Marie Utley

Jul 31, 2012

Catherine Marie (Yunker) Utley, the daughter of Ada and George Yunker, was born November 11, 1922, in Yakima, Washington. She spent her childhood in Yakima and graduated from Yakima High School. She worked as a chauffeur for military dignitaries during WWII at Fort Lewis, Washington. She married Ray F. Utley on February 24, 1945 in Cheahalis, Washington. Following their marriage,...

Drew Alan William Marko

Drew Alan William Marko

Jul 26, 2012

The infant son of Zachariah Marko and Amy Bauler. SERVICES There will be private family services only. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT

Dorothy Maxine Brausey

Dorothy Maxine Brausey

Jul 26, 2012

Dorothy Maxine Brausey, the daughter of Oliver and Amy (Crow) Domer, was born December 21, 1928 in Waterloo, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Waterloo where she received her education, graduating from Waterloo High School. After graduation, she worked for two years as a nanny for a doctor in Boone, IA, who had a handicapped child. Dorothy married Ralph...

Terry Ray Brugman

Terry Ray Brugman

Jul 25, 2012

of Spencer, Iowa formerly of Sioux Rapids. Terry Ray Brugman, the son of Karl and Eva (Olhausen) Brugman, was born January 17, 1938 in Webb, Iowa. He was the 8th child of ten children. He was raised on a farm near Sioux Rapids, IA, where he received his education, graduating from Sioux Rapids High School. He entered the military and...

Robert 'Bob' Eugene Syndergaard

Robert 'Bob' Eugene Syndergaard

Jul 23, 2012

Robert 'Bob' Eugene Syndergaard, the son of Peter H. and Beatrice Rose (Brees) Syndergaard, was born July 2, 1927 in Royal, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on the farm near Peterson, where he received his early education at a country school north of Peterson. He later attended and graduated from Peterson High School in 1944. After his schooling, he...

Kristine Marie Garner

Kristine Marie Garner

Jul 22, 2012

Kristine Marie Garner, the daughter of Orval and Macyl Hamann, was born on February 1, 1956 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She spent most of her childhood in Albert City and attended Albert City - Truesdale High School. She lived several years in Fonda where she raised her family. After moving to Spencer in 1996 she fought and won her battle...

Shirley Anna Marie Wede

Shirley Anna Marie Wede

Jul 21, 2012

Shirley Anna Marie Wede, the daughter of Theodore and Leila Klatt Toft, was born November 25, 1931 in Royal, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from the Royal High School in 1949. On October 30, 1950, Shirley married Clarence Andrew Wede at the St. Louis Catholic Church in Royal. Throughout their marriage, they farmed and raised their family....

Edith Reinke

Edith Reinke

Jul 20, 2012

Edith Mae Reinke, the daughter of George and Idella Knau Reinke, was born January 27, 1913 in Manitoba, Canada. She received her early education in Geneva and then graduated from Hartley High School. Following her schooling, Edith worked at the Hartley Creamery, various waitress jobs in Hartley and later in Spencer. She also worked as a clerk in a 'dime...

Daniel Lee Roberts

Daniel Lee Roberts

Jul 20, 2012

Daniel Lee Roberts, the son of Elwin and Helen Peck Roberts was born in Curlew, IA on August 31, 1937. He attended school in Emmetsburg, IA. Daniel entered the U.S. Navy in 1956 serving on the USS Bremerton until his honorable discharge in 1960. He then attended a trade school in Ames, IA to become a bricklayer. He married Dona...

Mary Louise Stanford

Mary Louise Stanford

Jul 19, 2012

Mary Louise Stanford, the daughter of John and Mabel Stearns Fredenburg, was born June 26, 1918 in Sutherland, Iowa. Mary received her early education and graduated from the Cherokee High School. Mary married William Stanford in 1938 in Sioux City, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in the communities of Sterling, CO, Albuquerque, NM and Rawlins, WY. Following the death...

Eddie Beck, Jr.

Eddie Beck, Jr.

Jul 15, 2012

Eddie Beck, Jr., of Peterson, Iowa, died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Cherokee Regional Medical Center, Cherokee, Iowa, where he was born 70 years earlier. He was born March 27, 1942 to Marie (Sump) and Edwin (Nubs) Beck and grew up in the hills and fields of the Beck Ranch in rural Sutherland, Iowa, and in Cherokee, where he graduated...

Marjorie Lou Joines

Marjorie Lou Joines

Jul 13, 2012

Marjorie is the mother of Julie Thiesen of Terril and the late Jolene Bates of Ruthven. Marjorie Lou Joines, the daughter of Harold and Lula Petersen Drake, was born October 25, 1918, at Sutherland, Iowa. She attended and graduated from the Larrabee consolidated school in 1936. She worked in an office in Cherokee before moving to Spencer, Iowa. On January...

Susan Marie Thomsen

Susan Marie Thomsen

Jul 11, 2012

Susan Marie Thomsen, the daughter of Bernard and Berma (Olson) Thomsen, was born March 24, 1942 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her early education in Meadow Township Country Schools #8 & #9. Susan later attended and graduated from Spencer High School in 1960. Susan spent a lot of time during high school...

Gertrude Ethel Sutherland

Gertrude Ethel Sutherland

Jul 8, 2012

Gertrude E. "Trudy" Sutherland, the daughter of Charles and Sophia (Miller) Kiley, was born on July 19, 1922 in Dickens, IA. She received her early education at Brown Country School near Clinton, IA and then later moving to Decatur, IL. The family then moved back to Dickens where she finished her education graduating from Dickens High School in 1941. Trudy...

Stanley Schoelerman

Stanley Schoelerman

Jul 8, 2012

Stan was born on July 22, 1924 to John F. and Alice B. Schoelerman at their farm home south of Everly. Stan attended school in Everly and graduated from high school in1942. He married Muriel Wynette White on September 30th, 1945. The couple lived and worked on the Everly family farm until 1964. Stan was active in American National Cattlemen's...

Mary Darlene Curry

Mary Darlene Curry

Jul 7, 2012

Mary Darlene Curry, the daughter of Edward and Marie McNally Kunert was born September 18, 1934 in Emmetsburg, IA. She attended school in Emmetsburg before moving to Spencer. Mary married Donald Curry on November 5, 1952 in Spencer, IA. She enjoyed shopping, long car rides, walks, listening to classical music and especially spending time with family. Mary passed away at...

Clifford L. Pettit

Clifford L. Pettit

Jul 4, 2012

Clifford Lee Pettit, the son of Thomas W. and Maude (Caskey) Pettit, was born on September 13, 1926, in Everly, Iowa. He was raised and received his early education in Everly. Following graduation, he entered into the military on January 4, 1945 serving in the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged on August 28, 1946. On December 1, 1952, Clifford...

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