Obituaries
Viola Marie Mcguire
Mar 9, 2010
Viola Marie McGuire, the daughter of Edward Charles and Margaret May (Herring) Ryan, was born January 22, 1913 in Elk Point, South Dakota. Her childhood years were spent in Elk Point, where she received her education. She was married to Thomas Leonard McGuire on September 15, 1948 in Elk Point. They farmed in the Beresford, SD area and later near...
Esther Josephine Radley
Mar 5, 2010
Esther Josephine Radley, the daughter of Henry and Hazel Mendenhall Nicholson, was born August 16, 1915 in Peterson, IA. After graduating from Peterson High School, Esther lived in Battle Creek for five years before settling in Spencer. Esther married Ernest Radley on March 27, 1943 in South Sioux City, NE and was a homemaker. Esther enjoyed attending the First Baptist...
Virginia May Traughber
Mar 2, 2010
Virginia May Johnson, the daughter of Clarence and Frieda Langhoff Johnson, was born November 17, 1921 in Spencer, Iowa. At an early age her parents moved to New Ulm, Minnesota where she was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church on April 10, 1922. When she was in the 4th grade her parents moved to Greenville, Iowa where she finished her...
Robert Wakefield
Feb 28, 2010
Robert W. Wakefield, the son of Miranda and Margaret (Kail) Wakefield was born March 18, 1920 in Moline, IL. He attended several grade schools before graduating from High School in Des Moines, IA. He then attended University of Iowa for two years before joining the United States Army during WWII. Robert worked as a registered land surveyor and was an...
Cheryl Renee Buren
Feb 28, 2010
Cheryl Dykshoorn Buren, the daughter of Lowell and Nell (Dekker) Dykshoorn, was born on October 18, 1952 at Sheldon, Iowa. She attended elementary and Jr. High School in Sheldon and in 1966, her family moved to Spencer where she graduated from Spencer High School in 1970. Following high school she worked at Rexall Drug, Winslow's and the Prime Rib. Cheryl...
Kathleen Anne Kramer
Feb 26, 2010
Kathleen Anne Kramer of Rosemount, Minnesota and Spirit Lake, Iowa passed away Friday, February 26. She was born April 19, 1933 in Hartley, Iowa to John and Maurine (nee Redmond) Stoterau. On October 13, 1955, she married Jerry Kramer, who survives. Kathleen is also survived by daughters Julie (Michael) Neal, Jennifer (Jack) Thooft, and Kathy (Scott) Geyer, sister Joanne (Ted)...
David Martin Blair
Feb 26, 2010
David Martin Blair, the son of Harold and Leona (Nydahl) Blair, was born October 29, 1938 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Everly, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Everly High School. Following his schooling, he worked at the Spencer Packing Plant for 2 years. David married Joyce Follon on March 16, 1958 in Everly,...
Florence Ann Asmussen
Feb 24, 2010
Florence Ann Asmussen, the daughter of David John and Frances Mary (Campbell) Walsh, was born November 21, 1926 in Boston, MA. Her childhood years were spent in Boston, MA, where she received her education. Florence married Dale Asmussen on September 8, 1950, in Sioux Falls, SD. Following their marriage, they farmed in Royal for many years. She was an active...
James Bang Christensen
Feb 24, 2010
James Bang Christensen, the son of Peter Albert and Mary Christine Bang Christensen, was born November 14, 1914. Jake, as his siblings referred to him, spent his early years growing up south of Royal on the family farm with his sister and three brothers and attended the Willow Creek Country School. He was confirmed at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in...
Jacob 'Jake' Ki Ralph
Feb 23, 2010
Jacob "Jake" KI Ralph, the son of John and Sarah Larson Ralph, was born June 6, 1981 in Soul, South Korea. John and Sarah adopted Jake in May of 1982. They lived in Spencer until 1991 when they moved to Wahpeton. Jake graduated from the Okoboji High School in 2000. He then attended Iowa Lakes Community College where he graduated...
Gary Lee Cisney
Feb 22, 2010
Gary was born on Dec 29, 1952 to Ruth Ellen (Willey) and Gordon Cisney of Coleridge, NE. He died unexpectedly in Spencer, IA on Feb 22, 2010. Gary and his wife Colleen had just recently moved from Omaha, NE to Spencer, IA where he had hoped to live out his retirement. In addition to his wife he leaves behind his...
Howard 'Burrel' Matthews
Feb 21, 2010
Howard Burrel Matthews was born February 2, 1913, to Howard and Martha Alice (McClay) Matthews on a farm northeast of Webb, IA, and died on February 21, 2010, at the Spencer Municipal Hospital at the age of 97 years. Burrel was the second of three children including his older sister, Irma (Woodford) and his younger brother, Darrel. Burrel attended rural...
Thelma Weiland Wiese
Feb 20, 2010
Thelma Weiland Wiese, the daughter of Christopher and Ruth (Vandemark) Weiland, was born October 26, 1928 in Spencer, Iowa. She grew up on the family farm near Spencer, where she received her education. Thelma married Amos Wiese on November 17, 1946 in Spencer. Throughout their marriage they lived in Spencer, before moving to Golden, Colorado, where she has resided for...
Luther 'Lu' Lafayette Heller
Feb 18, 2010
Luther Heller, 88, of Worthington, Minnesota, formerly of Royal, Iowa died February 18, 2010 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, MN. Born April 8, 1921 in Council Bluffs, IA he was the son of Luther and Belle Heller. He married Bonnie Bruce on September 5, 1948 in Fremont, NE. She died on November 2, 2000. He was raised through...
Ione Marie Mathison
Feb 15, 2010
Ione Marie Mathison, the daughter of Joe and Mabel Stitz, was born September 17, 1921 in Sioux Rapids, IA. Her family moved to Spencer, IA when Ione was four years old, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1939. Ione married Edward Kenneth Mathison on January 31, 1940 in Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, they continued...
Clarence Elvin Birchard
Feb 14, 2010
Clarence Elvin Birchard, the son of Clayton and Myrtle Irene (Prentice) Birchard, was born on June 19, 1921, in Gillett Grove, IA. He was raised, and received his early education by attending country schools, in the Gillett Grove area. Clarence married Alma Roskens on February 23, 1949 in Fostoria, IA. Following their marriage, they lived in the rural Fostoria area....
Theodore H. Fischer
Feb 13, 2010
Theodore "Ted" Fischer, the son of William and Ida Miller Fischer, was born October 17, 1917, in Hartley, Iowa. He received his early education in country schools and graduated in 1936. Ted married Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Kupper on January 5, 1943, in Royal. Following their marriage, they lived in Lake Park for one year, moved to Hartley for 3 years,...
Leona Margaret Skaar
Feb 11, 2010
Leona Margaret Skaar, the daughter of E.W. and Freda (Langholz) Kraft, was born February 19, 1918, in Brewster, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Paullina, where she received her early education at Zion Lutheran School. She later continued her education at Meridan High School where she graduated in 1935. Following her schooling, she worked at different homes and at...
Opal Dubois
Feb 11, 2010
Opal LaVonne DuBois, the daughter of Freddie LeRoy and Mary Helen (Hubbard) Thompson was born on October 3, 1919, in Moorhead, IA. She received her early education there until her senior year when her family moved to Sioux Rapids, IA, where she graduated. After high school, Opal attended Buena Vista and Cedar Falls College where she obtained her teaching certificate....
Jadin Diane Vega
Feb 10, 2010
Survivors Her parents: Josh and Courtney (Vega) Rook of Sutherland, Iowa; one sister, Mea J. Vega at home; his grandparents: Angela and Virgil Powell of Sutherland, Iowa; great grandparents: Pearl Powell of Sutherland, Iowa and Susan and Clayton Muller of Marble Hill, Missouri; many other relatives and acquaintances whose lives she touched. LITTLE ANGELS When God calls little children to...
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