Obituaries
Service Of Remembrance - 2009
Nov 30, 2009
Approximately 140 people attended our Candlelight Service of Remembrance Program held Monday, November 30, 2009 at the First Congregational Church in Spencer. We would like to thank all those for their attendance and also would like to thank those who participated in the service including: Hospice of Northwest Iowa, area ministers, musicians and volunteers from Hospice and the church who...
Iva Gertrude Hansen
Nov 29, 2009
Iva Gertrude Hansen, the daughter of Lawrence and Adah Simington Jones, was born January 29, 1915, in Clay County, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Dickens area where she received her early education. Iva married Edgar Hansen on December 6, 1936, in Lakefield, MN. Throughout their married life, they lived in the communities of Dickens, Ruthven and Ayrshire....
Arnold Kruse
Nov 27, 2009
Arnold Everett Kruse the son of Everett & Wilhelmina Haberman Kruse, was born in Clay Township, Royal, Iowa, on September 3, 1930. Arnold was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Royal. He received his early education in country schools and later graduated from the Royal High School in 1948. Following his schooling, Arnold enlisted with the United...
Mae Margaret Miller
Nov 22, 2009
Mae Margaret Knowles Miller was born July 23, 1918 in Wing, ND to Karl Ross Knowles and Clara (Lutgens) Knowles. Her childhood years were spent in Bismarck, ND where she received her early education. Her family moved to Spencer in 1928 where she continued her schooling, graduating from Spencer High School in 1936. She attended business college in Minneapolis, MN....
Peggy Diane Maurer
Nov 15, 2009
Peggy Diane Maurer, the daughter of Ray and Iris Summerbell Herrig, was born October 12, 1932 on a farm near Dickens and Gillett Grove, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on the farm, where she received her education in country school and later graduated from Gillett Grove High School in 1950. Peg enjoyed playing basketball in high school and later...
Velma 'Val' Jean Gannon
Nov 14, 2009
Velma "Val" Jean Gannon, 85, passed away on Saturday November 14, 2009, at the Spencer Hospital. Velma was born in Spencer on August 9, 1924 to Max and Mary Lockey Barth. Val attended Spencer High School. After graduation, she married Howard Gannon, to whom she was happily married for 63 years. Val's main joy in life was being a wife...
Pastor Dennis L. Bergeson
Nov 10, 2009
Pastor Dennis L. Bergeson, 63, passed away November 10, 2009 at St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, Minnesota. Pastor Dennis was born in Estherville, Iowa on November 1, 1946 to Leonard L. Bergeson and the late Dorothy Bergeson (Damstrom). He attended school in Estherville, Pocahontas, and Spencer, Iowa. He graduated from Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Luther Theological Seminary in...
Glen K. Wheeler
Nov 10, 2009
Glen Wheeler, the son of Charles and Ella (Seeman) Wheeler, was born on December 13, 1935, in Peterson, IA. He was raised and attended school in Peterson, graduating from Peterson High School. After graduation, Glen attended Morningside College in Sioux City. He then enlisted in the military, serving in the U.S. Army in 1958. While serving his country he married...
Joyce Peters
Nov 6, 2009
Joyce Maxine Peters, the daughter of John and Esther (Larsen) Andersen, was born May 17, 1928 in Clay County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Langdon area, Iowa area, where she received her education, graduating from Lake Center High School. Following her schooling, she continued her education with nurses training and worked for Dr. Richard Folsom, DDS in...
Murray Sylvester Underwood
Nov 5, 2009
Murray Sylvester Underwood was born on September 25, 1921, in Clay County, to Alford Underwood and Henriette Beck Underwood. He attended high school in Peterson, Iowa, and attended college at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. His service in the ROTC program led him to serve in the US Navy beginning in 1942. He served on the destroyer, the...
Lois Louise Selzer
Nov 5, 2009
Lois Louise (Schoenewe) Selzer, 78, died at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO, on November 5, 2009. Lois was born March 6, 1931 in Clay County, Iowa. Lois was raised in the Peterson and Everly, Iowa area by her mother, Katherine (Schoelerman) Schoenewe. Lois graduated in Everly High School's class of 1948. Lois met Kenneth Selzer while she...
Joyce Ann Cain
Nov 5, 2009
Joyce Ann Cain, the daughter of Amos and Vinetta Brown Lloyd, was born January 29, 1933, in Hartley, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Hartley where she received her education, graduating from Hartley High School. Joyce married Ronald John Cain on December 10, 1950, in Hartley, IA. Following their marriage, they lived in Mapleton, MN, for one year. Ron...
Ray Kenneth Brown
Nov 2, 2009
Ray Kenneth Brown, 84, died at Longhouse on November 2, 2009. Ray was born August 26, 1925 in Monroe County, IA, to William and Phebie Newman Brown. After graduating from Moravia High School he joined the Army on November 10, 1945 during WWII. After an Honorable Discharge on January 20, 1947 Ray began working for the telephone Company. While working...
Connie Kay Noble
Nov 2, 2009
Connie Kay Noble, the daughter of Claude William and Betty Caren (Nielsen) Klarstrom, was born May 23, 1941 in Hartley, Iowa. She received her education at Iowa School For The Deaf, where she graduated in 1960. Connie was a member of the Girl Scouts and the Pep Club during her years in school. Connie married Richard Noble on July 8,...
Ruby Cuthbert
Nov 1, 2009
Ruby May Cuthbert, the daughter of Fred and Mable (Fabert) Dickason, was born on October 29, 1919, in Philo, IL. Ruby was raised in Arcola, IL, where she attended country school. Ruby married Ted Andrew Cuthbert on February 26, 1941, in Arcola, IL. Following their marriage, the couple lived in Texas and California, while Ted was serving in the military....
Arnold F. Sindt
Oct 31, 2009
Arnold F. Sindt, the son of Fredrick Datelif Christian and Emma Marie Hansen Sindt, was born October 16, 1923, in Everly, Iowa. He received his early education and graduated from the Everly High School in 1941. Arnold married Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Norman on August 29, 1945, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Everly, Iowa. Following their marriage, they farmed the...
Helen A. Petersen
Oct 30, 2009
Helen A. Petersen, the daughter of Charlie and Ida Miller Hagedorn, was born April 5, 1931, in Sioux City, Iowa. As a young girl, Helen's family moved to Ruthven, Iowa and she received her early education in Gillett Grove, Iowa. On September 5, 1969, Helen married Marvin Petersen in Spencer, Iowa. Helen worked as a waitress at Charlie's, the North...
Caleb Short
Oct 28, 2009
Caleb John Short, son of Rich and Becky Bedsaul, was born July 13, 1982 in Denison, Iowa. Caleb and his family moved to the Sutherland area in 1991, where he spent the majority of his life. Caleb attended South O'Brien High School, graduating in 2000. Caleb lived in Sutherland and worked at Freudenburg in Spencer. In 2002, Caleb met the...
Velma Anna Dau
Oct 21, 2009
Velma Anna Dau, daughter of Walter & Clara (Hoppe) Ebel was born February 2, 1922, near Iona, MN. Her childhood days were spent partly in this area and later moving with her parents to a farm near Granville, IA, in 1934. Her schooling was in country schools in Murray County, MN and O'Brien County, IA. On February 2, 1941, she...
Roger Wayne Miller
Oct 19, 2009
Roger Wayne Miller was born December 2, 1935 in Spencer, Iowa. He was the son of Marvon C. Miller and Elsie J. Eaton Miller. Roger attended school in Spencer, Iowa until his senior year and then graduated in 1954 from Ruthven, Iowa. Roger was united in marriage to Caroline Fales of Webb on October 17th, 1954. After graduation, he worked...
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