Obituaries

Leslie Jensen

Leslie Jensen

Mar 17, 2012

Leslie Irving Jensen, the son of Jens Hansen and Christine (Thompson) Jensen, was born on February 7, 1925 in Royal Iowa. He was raised and received his early education in Royal, graduating from high school in 1942. Following high school, he entered into the military on January 14, 1946, serving in the U.S Army. He was honorably discharged on September...

Dorothy Weber

Dorothy Weber

Mar 16, 2012

Dorothy Mae Weber, the daughter of Arthur and Mae Anderson Woodford, was born September 14, 1917 on a farm east of Webb. She attended the Garfield School and graduated from there in 1934. She married Edward Weber on December 30, 1939 in Spencer, Iowa. They lived in the Webb area where Ed owned and operated his own trucking business. Dorothy...

Della Marie Kruckenberg

Della Marie Kruckenberg

Mar 16, 2012

Della Marie Kruckenberg, the daughter of Silas Frank and Della Ida (Borland) Steele, was born on March 2, 1921, in Sutherland, IA, where she was raised and received her early education, graduating from Sutherland High School in 1941. On September 1, 1949, Della married Herbert Kruckenberg, in Hartley, IA. Following their marriage, they lived on a farm northeast of Sutherland....

Lois A. Seversen

Lois A. Seversen

Mar 15, 2012

Lois Arlene Seversen, the daughter of John and Esther Larsen Andersen, was born April 26, 1922 in Spencer, Iowa. Lois was baptized on May 28, 1922 and confirmed on April 5, 1936 at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. She received her early education and graduated from the Lake Center High School in 1939. Lois married Axel Seversen on March...

Anne Byers

Anne Byers

Mar 14, 2012

Margaret Anne Byers, the daughter of Willie and Ida Evelyn Sarson Stead, was born August 10, 1934 near Bristol, England. Her family moved to the United States and settled in Milford, Iowa in 1948. Her childhood years were spent in Milford where she received her education, graduating from Milford High School in 1952. Anne married Donald Dean Byers on October...

Gary Lee Logan

Gary Lee Logan

Mar 14, 2012

Gary Lee Logan, the son of John and Helen (Underwood) Logan was born March 28, 1940 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School. Following high school, he worked at various service stations in Spencer. He later moved to Milford and worked construction. Gary married Darlene Alger and...

James L. Greene

James L. Greene

Mar 9, 2012

James Leroy Greene, the son of S. L. 'Jack' and Esther Margaret (Heinsen) Greene, was born November 4, 1937, in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in Greenville where he received his early education at the Greenville/Rossie Consolidated School. He later continued his education and graduated from high school in Corpus Christi, TX. Jim married Barbara Ann Johnson on...

Dorothy Grace Alger

Dorothy Grace Alger

Mar 6, 2012

Dorothy Grace Alger, the daughter of Clair and Grace (Hersom) Salton, was born April 3, 1927 in Logan Township, Clay County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on a farm in Logan Township, where she received her early education at Rosevale country school and later graduated from Gillett Grove Consolidated High School in 1944. Dorothy married George Lewis Alger on...

Dr. Franklin Jay Carver

Dr. Franklin Jay Carver

Mar 6, 2012

Franklin Jay Carver, age 67, passed at home in Benicia, CA, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 after his courageous battle with a rare type of soft tissue sarcoma cancer. Born June 19, 1944, in Spencer, Iowa, he lived in Florida- Tallahassee, Miami, Marco Island before settling with his wife in Benicia, CA and winter home in Bonita Springs, FL. Frank...

Delbert 'Dub' Lloyd Boyles

Delbert 'Dub' Lloyd Boyles

Feb 29, 2012

Delbert "Dub" Lloyd Boyles, the son of Everett and Maude Twogood Boyles was born November 16, 1918 in Hartley, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Everly, IA area, where he graduated from Everly High School in 1938. Delbert joined the U.S. Army in 1941 and was with the Army Artillery until his honorable discharge in 1945. He married...

Dorothy Elaine Reed

Dorothy Elaine Reed

Feb 28, 2012

Dorothy Elaine Reed, 90, of Spencer Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, February 28, at Northshire Nursing Home in Spencer. Dorothy, only child of Fred and Ethel (McFarlane) Zwick, was born on August 25, 1921 on a farm east of Sutherland, Iowa. During her childhood she stayed with her grandparents, Henry and Sara McFarlane, in Peterson while she attended first through...

Wanda Jennie Stoermer

Wanda Jennie Stoermer

Feb 27, 2012

Wanda Jennie Stoermer the daugter of Lawrence and Katherine 'Kate' (Whalen) Prentice, was born in Nemaha, Iowa. She grew up in the Gillett Grove area where she attended Logan Country School and then graduated from the Gillett Grove Consolidated High School. Wanda married Leo Stoermer on July 18, 1934, in Elk Point, SD. To this union three children were born:...

Patricia Rider

Patricia Rider

Feb 27, 2012

Patricia Susan Cornelius was born to Earl and Esther (Behrends) Cornelius on October 15, 1958 in Armstrong, Iowa. She graduated from high school in Emmetsburg, Iowa and then attended Iowa Lakes Community College. She married John H. Rider in 1982 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Their only child, Nicole Ann Rider was born February 3, 1983. While John was a member of...

Marion Ellen Gove Taylor

Marion Ellen Gove Taylor

Feb 27, 2012

Marion Ellen (Gove)Cutting, Whitney, Taylor The daughter of Earl Willis Gove and Deborah Jane Bowie. Marion was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont on 15 Feb. 1937. Living in the New England States most of her life, Marion has 4 siblings. Joyce who passed in 2010, Neil who passed in 1986, Robert and Willis Gove. She married Edmund Earl Cutting II...

Robert  Morrison Dillard

Robert Morrison Dillard

Feb 26, 2012

Robert Morrison Dillard, the son of Asher and Edna Dillard, was born August 15, 1921 in Walthill, Nebraska. His childhood years were spent in Walthill, where he received his education, graduating from Walthill High School. Bob continued his education at the University of Nebraska for one year. After receiving his draft notice, Bob started working at Glen L. Martin Field,...

Irene Mallett

Irene Mallett

Feb 20, 2012

V. Irene Mallett, the daughter of Marvin and Orvilla (Prather) Schenatzki, was born November 27, 1920 in Ayrshire, Iowa. She was baptized in the Methodist faith. Her childhood years were spent in the Ayrshire, Iowa area. She attended school in Curlew and Truesdale. She was united in marriage to Francis Kaufman in Storm Lake. To this union were born 4...

Betty Jean White

Betty Jean White

Feb 20, 2012

Betty Jean White, the daughter of William and Nellie (Price) Cook, was born September 16, 1921 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School. Betty married Louis (L.A.) White on February 7, 1943 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. Following their marriage, they farmed in...

Alice Jane Levisay

Alice Jane Levisay

Feb 18, 2012

Alice Jane Levisay, the daughter of Chauncey and Alice Eyestone Merwin, was born July 16, 1920 in Temple, Texas. As a young girl, Jane moved to Clear Lake, Iowa. She graduated in 1939. In 1941, Jane married her high school sweetheart, Jim Levisay. They were married for 58 years. Jane was devoted to her children, grandchildren, and church. She was...

Mildred Mae Trullinger

Mildred Mae Trullinger

Feb 16, 2012

SERVICES Mildred's wishes were to be cremated and private family graveside services will be held at a later date. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT Summit Township Cemetery Rural Spencer, Iowa

Gloria Valois Alger

Gloria Valois Alger

Feb 16, 2012

Gloria VaLois Alger, the daughter of Emlet and Lillian (Albertson) Twito, was born August 28, 1932 in Estherville, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Estherville, where she received her education, graduating from Estherville High School. She continued her education at a Lutheran College in Minneapolis. Gloria then served as the Deputy Recorder for Emmet County for several years. Gloria...