Obituaries
Lola Belle Taylor
Dec 9, 2008
Lola Belle Taylor, the daughter of George and Florence (Burwell) Essick, was born on July 6, 1924, in Webb, Iowa. She received her early education attending schools in the Webb, Gillett Grove and Dickens area. Lola married Roy Taylor on September 27, 1943 in Dickens, Iowa. Following their marriage, they farmed east and south of Dickens. Lola was a member...
Shirley Evon Smith
Dec 7, 2008
Shirley Evon Smith, the daughter of Charles L. and Elsie L. Plinske DeWeese, was born September 14, 1936 in Salix, Iowa. Her early years, were spent on the farm in Salix, where she received her early education. Later, she moved to Whiting, Iowa with her sister, Marj, and brother-in-law, Raymond Daniels for one year. She then moved to Spencer to...
Catherine Margaret Peters
Dec 6, 2008
Catharine 'Kate' M. Peters, 95, of Kenyon, Minn., formerly of Sutherland, passed away Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 at the Kenyon Sunset Home. Kate was born Oct. 3, 1913 in Sutherland the daughter of William and Catharina (Feddersen) Peters. Catharine graduated from Sutherland High School. She worked for the West Iowa Telephone Company as an operator and later as office manager,...
David Wayne Nelson
Dec 6, 2008
David Wayne Nelson, the son of Theodore Martin and Ruth Strelow Nelson, was born September 29, 1941 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Royal area, where he attended and graduated from Royal Community School. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam Conflict. David married Nola Marilyn...
Willard C. Lubbers
Dec 3, 2008
Willard C. Lubbers, the son of Albertus and Helena Doeksen Lubbers, was born March 21, 1919 in Orange City, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Orange City, where he received his education, graduating from Orange City High School. Later, he continued his education at Northwestern College in Orange City. He entered the military in March of 1941 and served...
Chester 'Chet' Eugene Taylor
Dec 1, 2008
Chester "Chet" Eugene Taylor, the son of Jesse W. and Linda Dickens Taylor, was born May 20, 1921 in Springfield, MO. His childhood years were spent in Springfield, where he received his education, graduating from Springfield High School in 1939. Chet married Dorothy McCarty on May 15, 1941 in Ozark, MO. Following their marriage, they lived in Missouri, where he...
Service Of Remembrance - 2008
Dec 1, 2008
Approximately 175 people attended our Service of Remembrance Program held Monday, December 1, 2008 at the Hope Reformed 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, The area ministers, musicians and volunteers from the church who served cookies...
Faye Braunschweig
Nov 30, 2008
Margaret Faye Braunschweig, the daughter of Lawrence and Marie Roberts (Gregory) Phillips, was born March 23, 1924, in Monroe, LA. Her childhood years were spent in Oak Ridge, LA, where she received her education, graduating from Oak Ridge High School. Faye married Gladwin Braunschweig on April 22, 1945. Following their marriage, they lived in the Sutherland and Peterson area, where...
Joseph Alan Nieman
Nov 30, 2008
Joseph Alan Nieman, the son of James and Gloria (Buechler) Nieman, was born on April 14, 1987 in Hartley, Iowa. He received his early education in Hartley and graduated from Spencer High School in 2005. Joe continued his education in Estherville and Cedar Rapids where he met Emily Queck. Joe and Emily gave birth to a beautiful daughter, Natalee Ann....
Robert Dittman
Nov 29, 2008
SERVICES Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. OFFICIATING Father Brent Lingle Father Harry McAlpine CASKET BEARERS Burlin Matthews - Eldon Kopel Sid Durham - Chuck White Chuck Schmidt - J.P. Greer VISITATION No Visitation MUSIC Organist - Marianne Fuchsen Soloist - Alissa Schipper INTERMENT St. Patrick's...
Bill O'Hearn
Nov 28, 2008
Bill E. O'Hearn, 61, of Spencer, Iowa, passed away at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD on November 28, 2008. A memorial service is being planned for a later date in the Spring of 2009. Bill Eugene O'Hearn, the son of Eugene and Bernice Bierman O'Hearn, was born October 29, 1947 in Spencer, Iowa. He was the only child...
Lena (Lee) V. Steely Wright
Nov 28, 2008
Lena "Lee" V. Steely-Wright, the daughter of Charles and Myrtle (Gordy) Ulin, was born February 14, 1913 in Ottumwa, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she received her education, graduating from Washington High School. Lee married Guy Nelson Steely on August 4, 1936 and to this union three children were born, Jacklynn, Roger and...
Cecelia Anna Franker
Nov 25, 2008
Cecelia Anna Franker, the daughter of Henry and Minnie (Westphal) Klinker, was born June 14, 1918, in O'Brien County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent moving around northwest Iowa. She received her education in Moneta schools. Cecelia married Earl Franker on September 16, 1935, in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they farmed near Royal for 43 years until their retirement...
Donald Munger, Jr.
Nov 25, 2008
Donald Burdette Munger Jr., the son of Donald and Doris (Nielson-Dalby) Munger Sr., was born April 1, 1950, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Peterson, IA. He attended and graduated from Sioux Valley Community School in 1968. Following graduation, Don joined the Army until his honorable discharge. He then worked in construction as well...
Bonnie Gail Pingel Reed
Nov 24, 2008
Bonnie Gail (Cobb, Pingel) Reed, the daughter of George and Berneice (Moody) Cobb, was born January 26, 1925 on a farm two miles north of Rossie, Iowa where she lived the first twenty years of her life. She received her education in Rossie Consolidated School, where she graduated in 1942. She attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake for two...
Patricia Lou Jones
Nov 24, 2008
Patricia Lou Jones, the daughter of Roy Kenneth and Margaret Genevieve Sorlie Johnson, was born January 27, 1940 in Hardy, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from the Renwick High School in 1957. Pat continued her education at Waldorf College and graduated with an A.A. in 1960, she then attended Augustana College and graduated with a B.S. in...
Carlo Johanne Andersen
Nov 21, 2008
Carlo Johanne Andersen, the son of Hartman and Anna (Lundblad) Andersen, was born July 15, 1918 in Webb, Iowa. Carlo grew up in Gillett Grove, Iowa. He attended the Gillett Grove school and graduated from high school in 1936. He helped his father with the family grocery store and later attended business school in Omaha, Nebraska. Carlo entered the Army...
Victoria Lynn Bell
Nov 20, 2008
Victoria Lynn (Lutes) Bell, the daughter of Arthur Lee and Margaret Glenn Lutes, was born December 12, 1953 in Decatur, Illinois. As a young child, her family traveled a lot, settling in Spirit Lake, Iowa. After high school graduation, she traveled around the United States, singing at various venues. Victoria married Jerry Bell on July 22, 1982 in Colorado Springs,...
Lois Mae Jensen
Nov 20, 2008
Lois Mae Jensen, the daughter of Ed and Amelia Nissen Jensen, was born November 5, 1930, near Rossie, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Rossie Community, where she received her early education, graduating from Rossie Consolidated School in 1948. Following graduation, she received business training in Des Moines, Iowa, returning to Rossie to be with her parents and...
Wayne L. Weier, Sr.
Nov 20, 2008
Wayne Lynn Weier, Sr., the son of Lloy and Jenny (Kruse) Weier, was born on September 15, 1949, in Cherokee, IA. When he was a young child, his family moved to the Linn Grove - Sioux Rapids area where he attended school. On May 22, 1967, Wayne married Diana Collins in Sioux Rapids, IA. Following their marriage, the couple lived...
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