Obituaries
Lincoln Lee Brooks
Jun 3, 2012
Lincoln Lee Brooks, the son of William and Clara LaFlame Brooks was born June 1, 1921, in North Troy, VT. His childhood years were spent in the North Troy area where he attended school. He married Katherine Vincent on June 19, 1940, in North Troy. Lincoln enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941 during WWII. He served until his honorable...
Clarence Goedicke
Jun 1, 2012
SERVICES Graveside Memorial Services will be 10:30A.M., Thursday, August 9, 2012, at the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. OFFICIATING Pastor Travis Stevick CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT Riverside Cemetery Spencer, Iowa
Paul Strautz
May 30, 2012
Paul Edward Strautz, the son of Fred and Bertha (Hoar), was born on August 18, 1920, in Onawa, IA. He spent his childhood on a farm southeast of Onawa. He attended the Onawa Public Schools and graduated in 1938. After graduation, he attended Iowa State College studying Engineering and then attended and graduated from the Colorado School of Banking. On...
Ivan Randolph Eninger
May 30, 2012
Ivan Randolph Eninger, the son of Paul and Opal (Amick) Eninger, was born May 10, 1929 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood was spent on the Royal road six miles south of Spencer, where he received his education at a country school near their farm and in Sioux Township, later graduating from Spencer High School. Following his schooling, he entered the...
Ellen Viola Meyer
May 29, 2012
Ellen Viola Brandt Meyer, daughter of Karin Larsdotter and Wilhelm Nilsson Brandt, was born March 1, 1919 in Cherokee, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on a farm in the Cherokee area. Ellen married Elvie John Meyer on December 24, 1939 in Dakota City, Nebraska. Throughout their marriage they lived in the Holstein and Royal, Iowa communities where she was...
Wanda Lee Birchard
May 26, 2012
Wanda Lee Birchard, the daughter of Catherine and Harry (Terry) Regennitter was born on December 26, 1935 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she graduated from Spencer High School. Wanda married her high school sweet heart, Marvin Heikens in Spencer, on December 31, 1953. To this union a daughter, Debora Kay Heikens was born. Wanda...
Robert Lee (Bob) Blum
May 25, 2012
Robert Lee (Bob) Blum was born June 3, 1926. His parents were Minor O. Blum and Bertha (Ryon) Blum. Bob attended Terril School, graduating in 1943. He attended Iowa State University, and then spent several years fitting sale cattle for purebred shorthorn breeders in Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa. In 1950, he took a small herd of show...
Paula Rae Uecker
May 20, 2012
Paula Rae Uecker, the daughter of Al and Marlly (DeHaan) Gerritsen, was born November 9, 1953 in Orange City, IA. Paula grew up in Spencer, where she graduated from Spencer High School. Following high school, she worked at Spencer Foods, and was also a member of Hope Reformed Church. In October of 1980, Paula married Tim Uecker. Through that union,...
Darrell Norman Beving
May 19, 2012
Darrell Norman Beving, the son of Joe and Pearl (Shatto) Beving, was born September 4, 1927 in Fostoria, IA. Most of his life was spent in the Langdon/Fostoria/Dickens area, where he received his early education, graduating from Lake Center High School. Following high school, he attended a college in Eau Claire, WI for a short time before entering the military....
Lavonne 'Bonnie' Biekert
May 18, 2012
LaVonne "Bonnie" Lee Biekert, the daughter of Lloyd and Edith (Thompson) Gates, was born March 29, 1934 in Worthington, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Worthington, where she received her education, graduating from Worthington High School in 1952. LaVonne married Eldon James Biekert on September 1, 1956 in Worthington, MN. Following their marriage, they moved to Everly, where they...
Treva Rae Johnson
May 18, 2012
Treva Rae Johnson, the daughter of Roy and Elsie (Kischer) Johnson, was born February 10, 1941 in Ruthven, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Albert City, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Albert City High School. Following high school, she attended at business school in Mankato, MN. She married Robert W. Johnson in November of 1958 in...
Shirley Mae Steuben
May 16, 2012
Shirley Mae Steuben was born November 1, 1929, in Everly, IA. She was raised there by her mother, Kathryn (Schoelerman) Schoenewe and graduated from Everly High School in 1947. After her schooling, she worked for a time as a waitress. Shirley married Gene Steuben on June 6, 1948, in Everly, IA. They lived in Everly for four years, before moving...
Donald Ray Wolford
May 14, 2012
Donald Ray Wolford, the son of Charles Edward and Ruth Evelyn (Tatro) Wolford, was born July 8, 1937 in Newell, Iowa. His early childhood years were spent in Newell, where he started his education. His family later moved to Spencer, Iowa, where he completed his education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1956. After high school, he began working for...
Sandra Lou Barrett
May 12, 2012
Sandra Lou Barrett, the daughter of Raymond and Esther Armstrong Spiess, was born October 14, 1942 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She was raised in Knoke, Iowa and received her education in Pomeroy, Iowa. Sandie married Patrick J. Barrett on August 5, 1961 in Fonda, Iowa. Following their marriage they lived in the communities of Fonda, Emmetsburg and Spencer. While living...
Lynette 'Lynn' C. (Straub) Broyer
May 11, 2012
Lynette C (Straub) Broyer Lynn, 75, a former Overland Park, Kansas resident, passed away quietly May 11, 2012, after a short illness, at the Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado, to join her beloved dog, Scamper, a Bichon Frise who had died several years earlier of cancer. A celebration of her life will be held at Atonement Lutheran...
Everett Claus Frederick Sunkenberg
May 7, 2012
Everett C. F. Sunkenberg, passed away at the Banner Baywood Hospital in Mesa, Arizona, on Monday, May 7, 2012 at 10:30 am. Everett Clause Fredrick Sunkenberg was born August 30, 1913 in O'Brien County, Iowa, near Gaza to Ernest A. Sunkenberg and Rosa Louise (Steffens) Sunkenberg. His childhood days were spent in the Primghar area on his father's farm. He...
Bruce Gifford
May 6, 2012
Bruce Gerald Gifford, Jr., the son of Bruce and Helen (Nelson) Gifford, Sr. was born April 19, 1931 in Clay County, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Lake Center Schools, graduating from Lake Center High School in 1949. Bruce married Shirley Inman on December 6, 1951 in Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, they resided in Spencer, Iowa, where they...
Frances Evelyn Weber
May 5, 2012
Frances Evelyn Weber, the daughter of William A. and Christina (Johansen) Weber was born October 10, 1916 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she graduated from Spencer High School in 1932. Throughout her adult years, Frances remained in Spencer her entire life, working as a secretary for Peterson Sheep and Cattle for 50 years, until...
Timothy Lee Kehoe
May 5, 2012
Timothy Lee Kehoe, the son of Eugene and Alice (Stinogel) Kehoe, was born on February 24, 1957, in Spencer, IA. He was baptized (1958) and confirmed (May 9, 1971) at the Grace United Methodist Church. He received his early education in Spencer graduating from high school. After high school, Tim attended Iowa State University. He returned to Spencer where he...
Marlin Keith Foote
May 4, 2012
Marlin Keith Foote, the son of Alden and Aurelia (Schley) Foote, was born October 28, 1927 in Spirit Lake, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the communities of Dickens and Spencer, where he received his early education. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the Occupational Army in Germany as a truck driver with Headquarter's Troop...