Obituaries

Betty Rust

Betty Rust

Mar 9, 2008

Betty Beal Palmer Rust, the daughter of Charles Henry Palmer and Elizabeth Beal Twiss, was born October 12, 1912 in Delhi, Iowa. She spent her early years in Concord, NH before moving back to Iowa. Following graduation from Delhi High School, she attended Grinnell College and graduated in 1935 with a degree in music. Betty taught music in Webb, Garfield,...

Otis Marcley

Otis Marcley

Mar 8, 2008

Otis Robinson Marcley left this Earth on March 8, 2008. He was born on May 19, 1921 to Frank Nevins Marcley and Mary Bachelor in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Clara May Marcley, who resides at Northshire Nursing Care Center, his daughter and son-in-law, Lilly and Philip Walter of Colorado, and sister, Frances...

Sandra M. Grobe

Sandra M. Grobe

Mar 7, 2008

Sandra Marian Feldhacker-Grobe, the daughter of Gilbert and Theresa (Wubben) Feldhacker was born March 13, 1951, in Milford, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Milford where she attended school. On July 13, 1991, she was united in marriage to her longtime companion Frederick Grobe, in Milford, Iowa. Following her marriage she worked at a couple different nursing homes in...

Lauri Beth Odor

Lauri Beth Odor

Mar 7, 2008

Lauri Beth Odor was born July 16, 1949 in Des Moines, Iowa to Samson T. and Charlotte Rose Legvold. She grew up in Perry Iowa until her sophmore year of high school when the family then moved to Grundy Center for a year, before ending up in Oskaloosa, Iowa during the summer of 1965. After graduating from Oskaloosa High School...

Lonny Wayne Mckewon

Lonny Wayne Mckewon

Mar 6, 2008

Lonny Wayne McKewon, the son of Richard Greer and Marjorie Alice Boyd McKewon, was born October 15, 1947, in Sioux City, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in McCook Lake, SD, where he attended McCook Lake Elementary and Jr. High and later graduated from Jefferson High School in Jefferson, SD, in 1965. Following graduation, he entered the U.S. Navy and...

Evelyn Lucille Freeburg

Evelyn Lucille Freeburg

Mar 6, 2008

Evelyn Lucille Freeburg, the daughter of Lewis and Amy Johnson Capener, was born May 4, 1922, in Palo Alto County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the rural Ruthven area where she received her education, graduating from Lake Center High School. Later she spent two years studying music at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. Evelyn married Dale Pershing...

Byron Leigh Hawn

Byron Leigh Hawn

Mar 5, 2008

SERVICES There will be no Services held for Byron. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT

Wayne C. Workman

Wayne C. Workman

Mar 4, 2008

Wayne C. Workman, the son of Cornelius and Evelyn Wickham Workman, was born August 3, 1937 in Muskegon, MI. At the age of 11, Wayne was made ward of the State. At the age of 17, he joined the U.S. Marines and while serving his country he earned his G.E.D. Following his honorable discharge, Wayne attended the University of Michigan...

M. Dale Jones

M. Dale Jones

Mar 3, 2008

Morris Dale Jones, the son of Leslie and Sadie Waters Jones, was born May 7, 1917 near Everly, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Everly and Spencer area where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School. Dale married Katherine Thomas on March 5, 1940 in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they farmed near Dickens for many...

Mary Lorraine Schwarck

Mary Lorraine Schwarck

Mar 1, 2008

Mary Lorraine Schwarck, the daughter of Ralph Woodward and Levon Campbell Woodward, was born February 20, 1920 in Sibley, Iowa. She graduated from high school at Dallas Center, Iowa in 1937. On October 10, 1942, she married Paul Frank Schwarck in Battle Creek, Michigan shortly before he was transferred to the Southwest Pacific during WWII. Mary returned to Spencer, where...

Darlene Cecilia Morony

Darlene Cecilia Morony

Feb 29, 2008

Darlene Cecilia Morony, the daughter of S.M. and Clothilda Nothem Fideler, was born December 3, 1926, in Remsen, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Remsen where she received her education, graduating from Remsen St. Mary's High School in 1944. Following high school, she attended Sioux City Mercy Nursing School and later went to school to become an anesthetist. After...

Arthur D. Bates

Arthur D. Bates

Feb 28, 2008

Arthur D. Bates, the son of Clifford and Freda (Lindsay) Bates, was born January 29, 1930 in Omaha, NE. His childhood was spent in Council Bluffs, IA, where he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1948. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in June of 1948 and served until his honorable discharge in 1952. He then returned to Council...

David M. Horan

David M. Horan

Feb 27, 2008

David M. Horan, the son of John and Dorothy Horan, was born December 3, 1957 in Omaha, NE. His childhood years were spent in Omaha, where he received his education graduating from Brian High School in Omaha in 1975. Following high school, he attended and graduated from the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 1985 with a Masters Degree in Public Administration....

Larry Eldon Mckeever

Larry Eldon Mckeever

Feb 25, 2008

Larry Eldon McKeever was born in Clay County, Douglas Township, Linn Grove, Iowa on April 23, 1936 to Everett Wayne McKeever and Vila Mary Walker. Larry attended first grade at the age of five as one of two students in the class. Larry graduated from Royal Community High School in 1953. After graduating, Larry did some traveling, working on a...

Lucille Kathryn Beving

Lucille Kathryn Beving

Feb 24, 2008

SERVICES Memorial Services will be held at 10:15 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at St. Luke Lutheran Home Chapel in Spencer, Iowa. OFFICIATING Pastor Michael Sharp CASKET BEARERS VISITATION There will be no Visitation MUSIC INTERMENT Glen Dale Cemetery Des Moines, Iowa

Clement James Clausen

Clement James Clausen

Feb 24, 2008

Clement James Clausen, the son of Homer and Lucille Brown, was born June 17, 1944 in Spencer, Iowa. He attended grade school at Sacred Heart Elementary School and later graduated from Spencer High School. Clem entered the military and served with the U.S. Army during Viet Nam. On March 25, 1977, he was united in marriage to Jan Maiden. Clem...

Josephine Black

Josephine Black

Feb 22, 2008

Josephine "Jo" Black, the daughter of Cecil and Daisy Shawver, was born August 3, 1919, in Pleasantville, IA. She graduated from high school in Knoxville, IA, and went on to earn degrees in music and education from Morningside College in Sioux City. She lived and worked in Sioux City and Des Moines before moving to Spencer in 1948. Jo married...

Margaret Mary Nelson

Margaret Mary Nelson

Feb 21, 2008

Margaret Mary Nelson, the daughter of Charles T. and Sopha Miller Kiley, was born August 20, 1930 in DeWitt County, Illinois. Her childhood years were spent in the Gillett Grove, Iowa area where she received her education, graduating from Gillett Grove High School. She continued her education at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake and later did her post-graduate studies...

Michael Toelle

Michael Toelle

Feb 21, 2008

Michael Charles Toelle, the son of Charles and Lavon Toelle was born on December 19, 1946 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent where he was raised on a farm southwest of Spencer. Mike graduated from Spencer High School in May 1965, and he was active in 4-H and FFA. He held local and regional offices in the FFA,...

Ida Emma Krumm

Ida Emma Krumm

Feb 21, 2008

Ida Emma Krumm, the daughter of Melvin and Rose Piehl Saxby, was born April 9, 1921 in Brookings County, near Arlington, South Dakota. Her childhood years were spent in the Peterson, Iowa area where she received her education, graduating from Peterson High School in 1940. Following graduation she worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Cherokee, Iowa for twelve years....

Share by: