Obituaries
Audrey Virginia Edwards
May 5, 2010
Audrey Virginia Edwards, the daughter of Albert D. and Marie F. (Brewer) Myers, was born May 5, 1929 in Rodman, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Rodman and later Emmetsburg, Iowa, where she received her education. Audrey married Harold Edwards in November of 1946 and to this union one child, Barbara was born. Audrey worked as a waitress for...
Mae Sophie Pearson
May 4, 2010
Mae Sophie Pearson, the daughter of Elmer and Anna (Menke) Mugge, was born June 12, 1924 in O'Brien County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Calumet, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Calumet High School. Mae married Lester Pearson on April 16, 1945 in Cherokee, Iowa. Following their marriage, they farmed north of Hartley, Iowa for six...
Judith Ann Mills
May 4, 2010
Judith Ann Anderson Mills was born December 12, 1941 in Storm Lake, IA to Edward Nathan Anderson and Eloise (Patee) Anderson. Her family attended the Elk Baptist Church, where she was baptized. She received her education at Highview School, until the school closed when she started attending Rembrandt School, where she graduated in 1960. While in school, she was involved...
Thomas C. Rahbusch, Sr.
May 3, 2010
Thomas Carl Rahbusch, Sr., the son of Wilhelm and Catherine (Hansen) Rahbusch, was born on April 3, 1939, in O'Brien County, Iowa. He was baptized at the Bethel Lutheran Church in Sutherland on June 22, 1947. He received his early education by attending Grant country school and then Sutherland high school. After high school, Thomas worked for several area farmers....
Burdette 'Bud' Lorenzen
May 3, 2010
Burdette "Bud" Francis Lorenzen, the son of Francis and Lillian Klinker Lorenzen was born October 13, 1934. His early years were spent in the Moneta, Everly and Montgomery areas. Bud graduated from the Spirit Lake High School in 1953. On March 7, 1954, Bud married Marjorie Helmers at the Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer, Iowa. To this union, four...
Nadene Rozan Gerke
May 2, 2010
Nadene Rozan Kracht Gerke, the daughter of Richard and Iris Goettsche Kracht was born October 14, 1949 in Cherokee, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Peterson where she received her education, graduating from Sioux Valley High School in Peterson and Linn Grove, in 1967. She then went on to business school in Mankato, MN. Nadene married Willard Gerke on...
Harold Edward Brigham
May 1, 2010
Harold Edward Brigham, the son of Henry A. and Minnie Anderson Brigham, was born on April 15, 1920, in Spencer, Iowa. He received his early education and graduated from the Milford High School in Milford, Iowa. He then attended and graduated from the Hamilton Business College in Mason City, Iowa where he also taught classes. He entered the Army in...
Glenn Meredith Jacobson
May 1, 2010
Glenn Meredith Jacobson, the son of John and Isabel Jacobson, was born May 20, 1915 in Havelock, Iowa. Glenn was educated in the Havelock School District. Glenn and his father operated the Standard Service Station in Peterson from 1935 to 1947. On April 7, 1936, he married Jean Gilleas in Cherokee, Iowa. The had one daughter, Penee. In 1947, the...
Arthur Leroy Olsen, Jr.
Apr 28, 2010
SERVICES There will be no services planned in Spencer. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT
Phyllis Sylvia Norgaard
Apr 27, 2010
Phyllis Sylvia Norgaard, the daughter of Philo and Katherine (Hanna) Chapman, was born March 15, 1929 in Clairmont, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Rochester, MN, where she received her education, graduating from high school in 1947. On November 14, 1948, Phyllis married Earl Norgaard in Rochester, MN. Following their marriage, they farmed in Rochester for 6 years, they...
Ramona 'Mona' Vae Beck
Apr 24, 2010
Ramona (Mona) Vae Beck, 77, of Peterson, Iowa, died Saturday, April 24, 2010, a rainy, Iowa spring day, her favorite kind, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer after several years of respiratory illness. She was born Mona Vae Hokanson August 22, 1932, in St. Peter, Minnesota, to Ione (Johnson) Hokanson and Henry Hokanson and moved to Peterson in 1943...
Orpha Maxine Binder
Apr 21, 2010
Orpha Maxine Binder was born, November 29, 1920 in Ida County, Holstein, Iowa to John and Lillie (Wiese) Rohlk. Orpha attended country school in Galva Township and graduated from Quimby High School in 1938. On March 24, 1944, she married Norval Binder at Elk Baptist Church. They were blessed with four sons: David, Stephen, Randy and Brenton. They farmed west...
Thomas Paul Selzer
Apr 18, 2010
Thomas Paul Selzer, 55, of Honolulu, died April 18, 2010, in a scuba diving accident in Honolulu. Tom was born July 28, 1954, in Spencer to George and Donna Selzer. After high school, he joined the Marines and was stationed in Hawaii, serving in the drum and bugle corps. He loved the state and remained there working in the painting...
Leona Amanda Plautz
Apr 16, 2010
Leona Plautz, the daughter of Henry and Anna (Jebsen) Litka, was born March 22, 1917, in Grant Township, IA. She was raised and attended country schools in the Sutherland area. After graduating high school, Leona became a dental assistant. Leona married Arnold Plautz on December 6, 1964 at the Bethel Lutheran Church in Sutherland. Leona was a member of Bethel...
Heather Strandberg
Apr 14, 2010
Heather Strandberg, the daughter of Bruce and Bonnie Vrana Rahn, was born October 22, 1971, in Sac City, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from Sac Community High School where she was active in sports and music. Heather continued her education at Wayne State, while there she was involved in Choir and traveled with them to Europe twice...
Stanley William Lanning
Apr 14, 2010
Stanley William Lanning, the son of William and Mildred (Cran) Lanning, was born December 14, 1915 in Pioneer, IA. His childhood years were spent in Bradgate, Iowa, where he received his early education in country schools. Stan married Eileen Davis on May 1, 1942. Stan entered the military in November 1942 and served with the U.S. Army during WWII until...
Ella 'Sally' Louise Barman
Apr 14, 2010
Ella Louise Barman, the daughter of Bernhardt and Bertha (Centner) Philiph, was born December 2, 1911 on the family farm in Westport Township, Dickinson County, Iowa. She received her early education at the Center Country School and continued her schooling at Everly High school, graduating with the class of 1930. Following her schooling, she taught school for one year at...
Vernon John Schoorman
Apr 14, 2010
Vernon John Schoorman, the son of Kenneth and Helen June (Brigham) Schoorman, was born December 23, 1943 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm west of Fostoria, where he received his education at Summit #2 country school through 7th grade. He continued his education at Milford High School, where he graduated from in 1962. Vernon joined...
Ann Parsons Tuttle
Apr 14, 2010
Ann Parsons Tuttle, 93, quietly passed away in Hartley on April 14 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer 's disease. The daughter of Carl and Adelia Parsons, Ann grew up in Spirit Lake, along with her brothers Carl Jr., John, Rod and Carlisle. After high school she moved to Spencer, where she married Frank Tuttle in 1942. Ann was a...
Harry 'Red' Lawayne Baxter
Apr 12, 2010
Harry LaWayne "Red" Baxter, the son of Ernest and Elnora Long Baxter, was born October 11, 1934 in Ayrshire, Iowa. He received his early education in Ayrshire and finished his schooling from the Silver Lake Consolidated School in Ayrshire. Following his schooling, Red worked as a farm hand. On November 13, 1954, Red married Alberta Hockett. Red worked for Spencer...
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