Obituaries

Mary Louise Rehder

Mary Louise Rehder

Jun 20, 2010

Mary Louise Rehder, the daughter of Henry and Irene (Teichman) Layton, was born May 31, 1920 in Washington, MO. Her childhood years were spent in Sikeston, MO, where she received her education, graduating in 1938. Following her schooling, she worked as a bookkeeper for Woolworth for several years in Sikeston. Mary met Leonard John Henry Rehder while he was in...

Lillian Fishburn

Lillian Fishburn

Jun 20, 2010

Lillian Elaine Larsen Fishburn passed away on June 20, 2010 at St. Luke Lutheran Home with her daughter, Valerie by her side. Lillian, the oldest daughter of T.C. and Dagmar Larsen, was born July 16, 1921 on the family farm east of Spencer, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed in the Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. She received her early...

Kirby Lee Hansen

Kirby Lee Hansen

Jun 19, 2010

Kirby Hansen, 57, of Everly, IA, departed this earth to live with his heavenly Father, on June, 19, 2010. He was hospitalized at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, and died from cancer complications. Kirby Lee Hansen, son of Lowell and Kathryn (Donahoo) Hansen, of rural Alta, IA, was born August 4, 1952 at Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital in Cherokee,...

June Elizabeth Goettsche

June Elizabeth Goettsche

Jun 14, 2010

June was born in Spencer to Leslie and Helen Popanz Johnson on June 24, 1922. June graduated from Spencer High school 1940. June was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran church, Fort Dodge, Iowa in 1952 and is a member of First English Lutheran Church of Spencer. June was married to and later divorced Hans Goettsche. They farmed in the Royal...

Donovan Eugene Wilcox

Donovan Eugene Wilcox

May 29, 2010

Donovan Eugene Wilcox was born to Leo and Lula (Dugan) Wilcox on September 17, 1924 in Spencer, Iowa. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1942, went to California where he worked for MacDonald Douglas Aircraft and was drafted into the Army. He moved back to Spencer and married Betty Lou Bradley on July 9, 1949. They became the parents...

Victoria K. Beach

Victoria K. Beach

May 27, 2010

SERVICES Private family services will be held at a later date OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT

Lorrayne Emmie Westphalen

Lorrayne Emmie Westphalen

May 25, 2010

Lorrayne Emmie Westphalen, the daughter of Jack and Anna (Wede) Trojahn, was born March 3, 1916 on a farm near Sutherland, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Primghar, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Primghar High School. Lorrayne married Wilbur Westphalen on April 8, 1936 in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived on a farm near...

Raymond 'Gene' Wilson

Raymond 'Gene' Wilson

May 25, 2010

Raymond Gene Wilson, the son of Ted and Louise (Patrick) Wilson, was born October 22, 1938 in Sioux City, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Davenport, Iowa, where he received his early education and later Spencer, Iowa, where he graduated from Spencer High School. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Army from January...

Rick Duane Anderson

Rick Duane Anderson

May 24, 2010

Rick Duane Anderson, the son of Duane and Phyllis Struve Anderson, was born April 27, 1954 in Cherokee, Iowa. He received his early education and graduated from the Sioux Valley High School in 1973. On July 31, 1976, Rick married Debra Schultz at the Congregational Church in Peterson. Following their marriage, Rick farmed in the Peterson area and also operated...

Dennis Riepma

Dennis Riepma

May 22, 2010

Dennis Bruce Riepma, the son of Wilson and Til (Harmsen) Riepma, was born December 31, 1943 in Long Beach, CA. His family moved from California to Iowa at an early age, where he received his education at Sheldon Christian School. He later graduated from Sheldon High School. Following his schooling, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he served for...

Marguerite Eloise Myers

Marguerite Eloise Myers

May 20, 2010

SERVICES There will be no visitation or formal services. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT

Robert Olhausen

Robert Olhausen

May 18, 2010

Robert Fay Olhausen, the second of four sons of Everett and Mona (Gillespie) Olhausen was born in Hartley, Iowa on March 12, 1935. Bob was raised in the Sutherland, Iowa area and lived in that community his entire life except for the four years his family lived in California when he was a child. Bob attended country school and graduated...

June Huldaann Richter

June Huldaann Richter

May 17, 2010

June Huldaann Proehl, the daughter of William and Hilda (Westphal) Proehl, was born on June 21, 1923, in Paullina, Iowa. She was raised and attended country school in the Paullina area. On December 5, 1943, June married Luvern Richter in Paullina, IA. She was a long time employee at Witco in Spencer, IA. June enjoyed playing cards, gardening, fishing, quilting...

Ruth Ann Goodchild

Ruth Ann Goodchild

May 15, 2010

Ruth Mohr Goodchild, the daughter of Herbert and Bertha Mangold Mohr was born July 15, 1933 at Ayrshire, Iowa. She graduated from Ayrshire Consolidated School and received a Bachelor's Degree in elementary education from Buena Vista College. On June 15, 1955, she married Darwin (Bud) Goodchild at Zion Lutheran Church in Ayrshire. They are parents of one son, Dave. Bud...

Phyllis 'Toby' Mae Holst

Phyllis 'Toby' Mae Holst

May 13, 2010

Phyllis "Toby" Mae Holst, the daughter of Emil and Ella Back Struve, was born May 22, 1930, on the family farm south of Royal, Iowa. She received her early education in a country school, in 1939 the family moved to Moneta and she graduated from the Moneta High School in 1947. Toby married Richard Dean Holst on January 6, 1952,...

Margaret Deardorff

Margaret Deardorff

May 10, 2010

Margaret Deardorff (Peggy) was born on July 12, 1926 to George and Ida (Kreucher) Becker in St. Joe, Iowa. She graduated from St. Joe High School and attended Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, Iowa. On February 4, 1947, she was united in marriage to Virgil Deardorff of Royal, Iowa. They raised six children on a farm 5 miles west...

Virgil Francis Deardorff

Virgil Francis Deardorff

May 10, 2010

Virgil Deardorff was born on February 1, 1926 to Andrew Judge and Laura Marie Deardorff in Spencer, Iowa. He grew up on a farm two miles west of Royal, Iowa and graduated from Royal High School. He attended two years at Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN and then joined the Navy as a radar operator on a submarine in...

Dorothy Marie Galm

Dorothy Marie Galm

May 10, 2010

Dorothy Marie Dykstra Galm was born December 9, 1927, in Canistota, South Dakota, the second of six children to Dowina (Dorothy) Louise Dykstra and Adrian (Ed) Michael Dykstra. Dorothy moved with her immediate family to rural Everly, Iowa, in 1934, graduating from Everly Community School in 1946. She spent much of her life farming near Everly, Royal, and Moneta, Iowa...

Douglas Bodenhamer

Douglas Bodenhamer

May 8, 2010

Douglas Wayne Bodenhamer, the son of Wayne Elza and Gladys "Birdie" (Birchard) Bodenhamer, was born July 22, 1951 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Peterson, where he received his early education, graduating from Sioux Valley High School in 1969. Following high school, he continued his education, graduating from Iowa State University. Doug married Susan...

Dortha Margaret Johnson

Dortha Margaret Johnson

May 5, 2010

Dortha Margaret Johnson, the daughter of Henry and Clara Wheeler Huntress, was born May 14, 1922, in Arlington, South Dakota. She received her early education and graduated from the Peterson High School in 1940. Dortha served for 3 years in the United States Navy as a Communications Specialist 3rd Class. On May 15, 1946, Dortha married Kenneth "Jack" Johnson. The...

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