Obituaries
Alma Louise Wendt
Sep 5, 2012
Alma Louise Wendt, the daughter of Henry and Bertha Bowen Grote, was born November 17, 1920 in Little Rock, Iowa. She attended country school through the eighth grade in Grant Township and finished high school in Little Rock. Alma married Robert C. Wendt on November 17, 1941 at Little Rock on the farm where she lived. They moved to Graettinger,...
Arthur Dale Rhodes
Sep 3, 2012
Arthur (Art) Dale Rhodes was born to William and Ethel (Legere) Rhodes on their homestead on October 29, 1921, in rural Spencer, IA. This is where he would live out his childhood years with his 9 brothers and sisters helping out on the farm and receiving his education from Spencer schools graduating in 1939. He then joined the United States...
James Leclair
Aug 29, 2012
James (Jim) LeClair, age 65, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at The Abbey in LeMars. He is survived by four siblings, Phyllis Curran (Bernie), Patricia Harrington (Raymond),Judy Thompson (Bill) and Leo J. LeClair (Carol), two aunts Gunnie Brower and Cleone Schmidt and by six nieces and five nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents: Ruby (Morrow) and...
Luella Martha Reinke
Aug 28, 2012
Luella Martha Reinke, the daughter of Rudolph and Anna Werner Meehlhause was born August 15, 1917 in Hartley, IA. She grew up on a farm until 1924 when the family moved to Hartley, where she graduated high school. Luella was united in marriage to Raymond Reinke on August 29, 1938. They lived in Sioux City and Spencer before returning to...
Dale Leroy Roberts
Aug 26, 2012
Dale Leroy Roberts, the son of Arthur and Roberta Beckham Roberts, was born June 13, 1934 in Buena Vista County, Iowa. Dale grew up in the Sutherland and Peterson areas. He received his education in Peterson and graduated from the Peterson High School. Following his schooling, Dale enlisted with the United States Army in January 1955, serving until his honorable...
Burdette 'Bert' Ernest Menke
Aug 25, 2012
Burdette "Bert" Ernest Menke, the son of John and Ella (Platt) Menke, was born on January 1, 1937, in Calumet, Iowa. He was raised and attended country schools in the area. Bert worked for John Deere in Primghar before entering into the military. He enlisted in the United States Air Force on December 29, 1954. While in the military he...
Helen B. Dean
Aug 21, 2012
Helen B. Dean, daughter of Myron J. and Clara (Paddock) Stanton, was born June 29, 1927 in Spencer, IA. She was a third generation Spencerite, graduating from Spencer High School in 1945. Helen married Gerald W. "Jerry" Dean, August 22, 1948, in the First Baptist Church, Spencer, IA. She continued her position as an operator with Northwest Bell Telephone Company...
Les Hintz
Aug 20, 2012
Leslie Boyd Hintz, the son of Manville and Nora (Larson) Hintz, was born June 8, 1938 in Kiester, MN. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he receive his education, graduating from Spencer High School. Les earned a football scholarship and attended Lancaster College in California for 1� years. Les entered the U.S. Army in 1958 and served with...
Robert Dean 'Nuke' Newcomb
Aug 19, 2012
Robert Dean "Nuke" Newcomb, the son of Roy and Hazel (Howard) Newcomb, was born April 4, 1936 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood was spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School. Nuke married Saundra Faye Rogers on January 19, 1958 in Spencer. After their marriage, they lived briefly in Spencer, where he worked for Nesbitt...
'Chevy' Evans
Aug 19, 2012
Scott Lynn 'Chevy' Evans, the son of Fred and Shirley (Kriens) Evans, was born on September 16, 1963, in Minneapolis, MN. His family moved to Dumont, IA and that's where he attended school. After school he worked for his dad at his company, Nu Modern Resurfacing, where they resurfaced bowling alleys. In 1993 he moved to Hospers, IA where he...
Mildred Loretta Swanson
Aug 18, 2012
Mildred Loretta Swanson, the daughter of Christian and Martha Hjelm Toft, was born August 13, 1918 in rural Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Royal area and she received her early education in Royal country school and graduated. Following her graduation, Mildred attended Beauty School in Omaha. On February 2, 1941, Mildred married Myron 'Turp' Swanson in...
Vesta Doris Rouse
Aug 16, 2012
Vesta Rouse passed away on August 16, 2012, following a lengthy stay at St. Luke's Nursing Home in Spencer, Iowa. Vesta Doris ( Remillard) Meleky Rouse, the daughter of Jesse and Marie (Meyer) Remillard, was born February 8, 1922, in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Vesta received her education in the Sioux Rapids school system, graduating in 1939. Following high school, Vesta,...
Harry Albert Sands
Aug 15, 2012
Harry Albert Sands, the son of Albert and Frieda Strackbein Sands was born April 23, 1947 in Anthon, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Anthon area where he attended school and graduated from Anthon Oto High School. Harry served as a machinist in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. After his honorable discharge in 1971, he worked...
Frank Howard Kruse
Aug 13, 2012
Frank Howard Kruse, the son of Ivan and Ruby (DeMar) Kruse, was born October 31, 1930 in the Peterson area of Clay County, Iowa. He attended country schools for his early education and later graduated from Royal Consolidated High School in 1949. After enlisting in the U.S. Navy, he served for 4 years as a radarman. He was assigned to...
Grace Carol Hynes
Aug 11, 2012
Mrs. Hynes, the daughter of J. Chester King and Bessie Gustin King was born April 10, 1911 in a farmhouse south of Dickens, Iowa. She attended country school in Logan Township through the 8th grade and graduated from Spencer High School at the age of 16. After graduating from high school, Grace attended Hamilton Business College in Mason City, Iowa....
Millie Olhausen
Aug 11, 2012
Mildred 'Millie' Matilda Olhausen, the daughter of Peter Frederick and Ethel Maude (Parish) Toft, was born June 29, 1921 in Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Royal, where she received her education, graduating from Royal High School. Millie married Fred Olhausen in 1939 in Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, they continued to live in Royal, where they ran...
Sandra Kay Christensen
Aug 11, 2012
Sandra Kay Christensen, the daughter of Henry and Virginia Marie (Traughber) Christensen, was born September 7, 1947 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education. Sandra was a lifetime resident of Spencer, Iowa and worked at the Sunshine Center for many years. She was associated with the New Life Worship Center in Spencer....
Ellen Catherine Binder
Aug 9, 2012
Ellen Catherine Binder, 88 passed away peacefully on August 9, 2012 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born to John and Bessie Beals in Ottawa County, Kansas on April 30, 1924. Ellen led a very happy, active life filled with family, friends, and many activities such as painting, sewing for her family, her church and ballroom dancing. In 1944, she married...
Dolores Jean Averill Hintz Hoppe
Aug 9, 2012
Dolores J. Averill Hintz Hoppe, the daughter of David and Esther (Todd) Averill, was born on March 21, 1933, in Des Moines, IA. Her family moved to the Spencer area when she was 6 where she attended school in Rossie graduating in 1951. Dolores married Henry Hintz on January 20, 1956 in Spencer, IA. To this union three children were...
Daniel Raye Duitsman
Aug 9, 2012
Daniel Raye Duitsman, the son of Donald Lewis and Doreen (Luehring) Duitsman, was born June 8, 1960 in Ames, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Ames until his family moved to Spencer, Iowa. He attended grade school in Spencer and later graduated from Spencer High School in 1978. Dan married Pam Fideler in 1985 in Spencer, Iowa and to...
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