Obituaries

Joseph William Soukup

Joseph William Soukup

Sep 17, 2011

Joseph William Soukup, the son of Leon and Joyce Carradus Soukup was born November 11, 1976, in Cedar Rapids, IA. His childhood years were spent in Central City where he graduated from Central City High School in 1995. After high school Joseph attended Ellsworth Community College on a full ride scholarship to play football. He transferred to Morningside College and...

Beulah Viola Shields

Beulah Viola Shields

Sep 17, 2011

Beulah Viola Shields, the daughter of George and Eva (White) Bigger, was born October 23, 1917 in Manson, Iowa. She graduated from Ruthven High School, where she played basketball, a sport that she enjoyed throughout her life. Beulah married James Claron Shields on June 30, 1938 in Spencer. Following their marriage, she raised most of the kids on a farm...

Harold Blaine Krile

Harold Blaine Krile

Sep 17, 2011

Harold Blaine Krile, the son of Walter William and Thelma Evelyn (Slay) Krile, was born July 16, 1926 in Truax, Iowa. He attended high school in Parkersburg and Sioux Rapids, graduating in 1943. He attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake for a year and a half before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1944. Harold served 23 months in...

Leron Lanehart

Leron Lanehart

Sep 16, 2011

Leron Lanehart, the son of Ledale Lanehart and Danielle Burgin was born February 10, 2010 in Sheldon, Iowa. Leron, whose nickname was Whoo, enjoyed playing with his fishing pole and going on wagon rides. He also enjoyed watching his favorite T.V. shows, Sponge Bob Square Pants and Diego and when he would start breathing heavy people could tell when he...

Eileen Lynette Rigdon

Eileen Lynette Rigdon

Sep 15, 2011

SERVICES The family requested no services or visitation OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT

Marjory Mary Engelke

Marjory Mary Engelke

Sep 14, 2011

Marjory Mary Engelke, the daughter of March and Ethel (Phillips) Ginger, was born December 21, 1924 in Moneta, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Sutherland, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Sutherland High School. Marge married John Engelke on July 10, 1948 in Sutherland, Iowa. Following their marriage, the remained in Sutherland, where they farmed for many...

Ronette Rae Dubois

Ronette Rae Dubois

Sep 12, 2011

Ronette Rae DuBois, the daughter of Donald Dean and Opal LaVonne Thompson DuBois, was born May 18, 1952, in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Her early childhood years were spent in Sioux Rapids. Her family moved to Spencer, Iowa when Ronette was six years old, where she attended Lincoln school and later graduated from Spencer High School in 1970. Following high school,...

Jeremy Letsche

Jeremy Letsche

Sep 10, 2011

Jeremy James Letsche, the son of Sue Nelson Juenemann, was born December 7, 1977, in LeMars, IA. His childhood years were spent in Royal and Spencer, Iowa, where he was confirmed at Christ The King Church and graduated high school. Jeremy enjoyed fishing, writing poems, listening to music, and playing in church league softball. He was an avid Iowa State...

Louis Harold Chapman

Louis Harold Chapman

Sep 9, 2011

Louis Harold Chapman, the son of George and Barbara (Krall) Chapman, was born July 12, 1918, in Terril, Iowa. He was raised in the Terril and Lake Center area, where he attended Lake Center School and later Spencer schools. Louis married Dorothy Ida Middagh on August 4, 1941 in Millard, NE. Following their marriage, they lived in Minnesota for one...

Edith Louise Hamrick

Edith Louise Hamrick

Sep 7, 2011

Edith Louise Hamrick, the daughter of Byron 'Barney' and Marie (McFarland) Nelson, was born June 15, 1942 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education. Edith married LaVern Hamrick on June 14, 1959 in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, she stayed busy raising her children and working as a homemaker. After raising her...

Robert Hanson Boyd

Robert Hanson Boyd

Sep 6, 2011

Robert 'Bob' Hanson Boyd, the son of Arthur and Clara (Hanson) Boyd, was born October 8, 1925 in Sioux City, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Sioux City, where he received his education, graduating from Central High School. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the Army Air Corp from 1943 until his honorable discharge in...

Jeffrey Leo Balk

Jeffrey Leo Balk

Sep 6, 2011

Jeffrey Leo Balk, the son of Andrew and Anna (Cuchna) Balk, was born on October 13, 1959, in Guttenberg, Iowa. He was raised and received his early education in Clayton, IA and graduated from Garnavillo High School. On October 21, 1978, Jeffrey married Lorrie Kinkead in Clayton, IA. Following their marriage, the couple lived in Marion, IA, where Jeff worked...

Anna Alvina Jalas

Anna Alvina Jalas

Sep 2, 2011

Anna Alvina Jalas, Soul Healer, Reverend, RN, CRNA, CCT, DC December 20, 1922-September 2, 2011 Anna Alvina Jalas, 88, of Santa Maria, was welcomed home to heaven on September 2, 2011. Anna was one of six children born to Mollie & Henry Jalas in Sutherland, Iowa. She graduated from Sutherland Consolidated School in 1940 and entered St. Joseph Mercy College...

Dean Howard Viedenkamp

Dean Howard Viedenkamp

Aug 29, 2011

Dean 'Bud' Howard Viedenkamp, the son of Leonard and Violet Jensen Viedenkamp, was born September 4, 1924 in Kenosha, WI. His family moved to Spencer when he was four. They lived in Riverton Township where he helped his parents farm. Graduated High School in 1941 from Spencer, he then attended Iowa State University. Dean married Ann Cermak on December 23,...

Doralene Marie Johnson

Doralene Marie Johnson

Aug 29, 2011

Doralene Marie Henkle Johnson, the daughter of Harry and Georgianna (Lockman) Henkle, was born February 1, 1924, in Vinton, Iowa. She lived in several different communities in Iowa and Illinois before graduating from Ft. Dodge High School. Doralene married Edward Keith Johnson in Humboldt, Iowa on May 1, 1945. Following their marriage, they lived in Goldfield, Clarion, and Humboldt, Iowa....

Mary Ellen Fisher

Mary Ellen Fisher

Aug 24, 2011

Mary Ellen (Walsh) Fisher was born in Estherville, IA, on April 26, 1934. She spent most of her childhood as a farm daughter north of Spirit Lake, IA. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Walsh. She was part of a family of four girls and extended family of 15 aunts and uncles including numerous cousins. Mary was married to...

Naoma Lowene Abler

Naoma Lowene Abler

Aug 22, 2011

Naoma Lowene Abler, the daughter of Edward and Kittie Lou (Davidson) Trent, was born September 21, 1912 near the town of Roswell in Minor County, SD. Her family later moved to Dickens, IA, where she finished her schooling, graduating from Dickens High School with the class of 1931. After her graduation, she moved to Royal, IA with her parents and...

Helen Marie Krager

Helen Marie Krager

Aug 17, 2011

Helen Marie Krager, the daughter of Marinus Anton and Margrethe Gertie Lauridsen Nielsen, was born September 1, 1917, in Royal, Iowa. It was there she attended school and graduated in 1934. She attended A.I.B. in Des Moines and later worked at the A.S.C.S. office in Spencer. She married Gus Krager on April 19, 1968 in Spencer, Iowa. They made their...

Daniel H. Maxwell

Daniel H. Maxwell

Aug 12, 2011

Daniel H. Maxwell, son of Daniel W. and Margaret (Slaven) Maxwell was born April 26, 1918 in Portsmouth, IA. He was the oldest of six boys and graduated from high school in Woodbine, IA. Dan was a US Army Sergeant, serving in WWII from 1941 to 1946 as an engineer in the Europe, Middle East and Africa Theatre of Operations....

Daloris M. Kracht

Daloris M. Kracht

Aug 10, 2011

Daloris Maxcine Kracht , the daughter of Fred William Kracht and Dorotha Valora Salmon Kracht was born in Crofton, NE, on November 3, 1925. In the spring of 1938, the family moved to a farm east of Fostoria where she completed her eighth grade education at a nearby country school. She then attended Lake Center Iowa High School through her...