Obituaries

Marian Jean Monthei

Marian Jean Monthei

Apr 10, 2010

Marian Jean Monthei daughter of Frank and Hazel (Hasty) Scheuermann was born April 18, 1935 on her mothers' birthday. She attended country school and in 1953 graduated from Cooper High School, Cooper, IA. On August 22, 1954 she joined in marriage to Daniel Roy Monthei to this union was born Carla and Kelly. Marian worked at the Spencer Municipal Hospital...

Keith Mugge

Keith Mugge

Apr 9, 2010

Keith George Mugge, the son of Arthur and Grace (Hessenius) Mugge, was born March 26, 1927, in O'Brien County, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School. During his younger years, he farmed with his father on the family farm. He later worked as a salesman with his brother-in-law,...

Dick George Beving

Dick George Beving

Apr 8, 2010

Dick George Beving, the son of George Antone and Alta (Winterboer) Beving, was born November 11, 1919. He attended rural schools and graduated from Okoboji Consolidated High School. In January of 1942 he enlisted in the Navy and served in the Pacific until September of 1945. In the summer of 1948, he met Beverly Kohn at a dance at the...

Jack Jordan

Jack Jordan

Apr 6, 2010

Elmer Adolph Jordan, the son of Herman and Hannah (Lohrman) Jordan, was born on August 25, 1910 in Summit Twsp., Iowa. When he was 4 years old the family moved to a farm southwest of Spencer. He went to country school and graduated from Spencer High School in 1927.After graduation he farmed southwest of Spencer. On May 28, 1939, Jack...

Raymond Wilbur Koehnk

Raymond Wilbur Koehnk

Apr 3, 2010

Raymond Wilbur Koehnk, the son of Otto and Anna Koehnk, was born on October 12, 1920 on a farm near Moneta, Iowa. After graduating from Everly High School in 1939, he attended the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the 1942 Iowa Big Ten championship baseball team. In August of 1943, he was married to Alvena Winterboer...

Ellie Remillard

Ellie Remillard

Apr 2, 2010

Eleanor "Ellie" Evelyn Remillard, was born December 20, 1930 in Knox County, Nebraska to James and Mamie (Foreman) Frank. She attended country school near her home. After graduating from high school in 1949 at Verdigre, Nebraska, she worked a few years in Omaha, Nebraska. Eleanor moved to Iowa, where she met and married Wayne Remillard on May 16, 1954. She...

Earl Stanley Norgaard

Earl Stanley Norgaard

Apr 2, 2010

Earl Stanley Norgaard, the son of Hans Peter and Christine Marie Buttker Norgaard, was born February 11, 1927 in Colter, Iowa. When he was a child, his family moved to the Spencer area where he received his early education and graduated from the Spencer High School in 1944. Following his schooling, Earl enlisted with the National Guard and served for...

Ervin Albert Behrens

Ervin Albert Behrens

Apr 1, 2010

Ervin Albert Behrens, was born September 23, 1920, at Johnson, Minnesota to John and Sophia Fuhrman Behrens. Ervin was baptized on October 17, 1920 and confirmed on April 5, 1936 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Johnson, Minnesota. He completed his eighth grade education in Wheaton, Minnesota. After farming in Minnesota, Ervin moved to Everly, Iowa in 1948 and purchased...

Robert C. Wede

Robert C. Wede

Apr 1, 2010

Robert Christian Wede (Bob), age 86 of Peterson, Iowa, died Thursday, April 1, 2010, at the Spencer Municipal Hospital in Spencer, Iowa. Bob was born on July 26, 1923, at home near Peterson, Iowa, the eldest son of Chris and Viola (Noethe) Wede. He was baptized as an infant and confirmed as a youth in the Catholic faith. On June...

Mace Allen Hershberger

Mace Allen Hershberger

Mar 31, 2010

Mace Allen Hershberger, the son of James Monroe and Floy Evelyn (Baumgartner) Hershberger, was born March 24, 1962 in Ft. Wachuka, AZ. His childhood years were spent in Normal, Illinois, where he received his early education. Mace moved with his family to Storm Lake, Iowa in 1970, when his father became head coach of Buena Vista College. Mace continued his...

Donald Eugene Sorensen

Donald Eugene Sorensen

Mar 31, 2010

Donald Eugene Sorensen, the son of Fred and Frances Sorensen, was born on September 4, 1935 in Superior, Iowa. After graduating from Spirit Lake High School in 1952, he entered the United States Air Force where he honorably served his country until September 1974. In April of 1958, he was married to Jacqueline R. O'Hearn and had four children, Duane...

Bonnie Lucille Quirin

Bonnie Lucille Quirin

Mar 30, 2010

Bonnie Lucille Quirin, the daughter of Harry and Rachel (Marrington) Baird, was born on December 13, 1927, in Schaller, Iowa. She received her education in Schaller and graduated from Schaller High School in May of 1945. She was employed at State Bank of Schaller until 1948, when she married Earlyn Quirin. They farmed north of Alta until moving to Spencer...

Milton Leroy Conrad

Milton Leroy Conrad

Mar 30, 2010

Milton LeRoy Conrad, the son of Walter and Anna (Speth) Conrad, was born August 25, 1917 in Tulare, SD. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Langdon, Iowa, where he received his education at Meadow Township #7 country school. Following his schooling, Milton helped farmers in the area. Milton entered the United States Army in 1942 serving in...

Gladys Katherine Lydia Fry

Gladys Katherine Lydia Fry

Mar 28, 2010

Gladys Katherine Lydia Fry, the daughter of Charles and Louise (Topp) Jurries, was born March 7, 1913 in Frankford, IL. She attended school in Sherburn, MN and Estherville, IA. She was united in marriage to Virgil Fry on February 14, 1933 in Jackson, MN. She and Virgil farmed near Emmetsburg, Curlew and Laurens. In 1970, she moved to Spencer, where...

Eugena Mae Watson

Eugena Mae Watson

Mar 28, 2010

Eugena Mae Watson, the daughter of Errol and Nellie (Hammond) Dillon was born July 1, 1917 in Lamberton, MN. At a very young age she moved with her family to Union, Iowa where she received her early education, graduating from high school there in 1935. She attended Ellsworth Junior College and Buena Vista College to earn her BA. After several...

Ida Marie Peterson

Ida Marie Peterson

Mar 23, 2010

Marie Peterson, the daughter of George and Flossie Bell (Faulkner) Franklin, was born September 7, 1909 in LeMars, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School. After graduation, she attended the Thompson School of Beauty in Des Moines, IA. Marie married Thornton S. Penn on July 20, 1929 in Adel,...

John Aaron Young

John Aaron Young

Mar 23, 2010

John Aaron Young, the son of Daymon and Sally (Boydston), was born on February 17, 1974, in Yankton, South Dakota. John grew up in the Fort Dodge area, receiving his early education in Otho and then attending high school in Fort Dodge. After graduation, he attended Iowa Central Community College, where he received his associate degree in law enforcement. Following...

Lisa Ann Falline

Lisa Ann Falline

Mar 17, 2010

Lisa Ann (Dunn) Falline, the daughter of Robert and Doris (Bruning) Dunn, was born January 16, 1960, in Spencer, Iowa. Lisa's childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education. Lisa had been working at Wild Rose Casino in Emmetsburg, Iowa until August 2009. Lisa thoroughly enjoyed anything that had to do with horses. She loved her cats,...

Gerrit P. 'Bob' Porter

Gerrit P. 'Bob' Porter

Mar 16, 2010

Gerrit "Bob" Porter of Spencer Iowa was born August 10, 1917, near Brunsville, Iowa, and passed away March 16, 2010, in Spencer, Iowa, at the age of 92. He was the son of Peter and Fredericka Porter. They moved to a farm east of Hospers when he was 10 yrs old. He graduated from Archer High School in 1936 and...

Allen Bell

Allen Bell

Mar 14, 2010

Allen Floyd Bell, the son of John and Sally (West) Bell, was born on April 16, 1961, in Cherokee, IA. Al was raised and attended school in Storm Lake where he also met his childhood sweetheart, Holly Adele Boardman. On May 18, 1985, they married and together they had two children: Mary Ellen Joy and A.J. Later, Al was united...

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