Obituaries
Donald Arthur Claus
Sep 14, 2007
Donald Arthur Claus, the son of Herman and Anna Dass Claus, was born May 18, 1926 in Ocheyedan, Iowa. Don was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Ocheyedan. He attended Zion Parochial School and graduated from Ocheyedan High School. Following his schooling, he continued to live in Ocheyedan, where he worked at the DX Station and was assistant...
Lora Ann Krogman
Sep 14, 2007
Lora Ann Krogman, the daughter of Jarold and Donna (Groen) Krogman, was born on August 23, 1976 in Spencer, Iowa. She was raised in Spencer where she attended school and graduated from Spencer High School in 1995. After graduation she attended Loras College in Dubuque majoring in English. Following graduation, she managed a Bed and Breakfast called the Red Roof...
August Wilson Burdette
Sep 3, 2007
August Wilson Burdette, the son of Hubert and Rena (Wilson) Burdette was born August 27, 1920, in Dolliver, Iowa. His early childhood years were spent in Dolliver. At age 13, August accepted Christ as his Savior at the Dolliver Methodist Church. His family moved to Gillett Grove at the age of 16. August graduated from Gillett Grove Consolidated School in...
John Neary
Aug 31, 2007
John Lorig Neary, the son of Hugh and Lois Lorig Neary, was born March 21, 1950 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Emmetsburg, where he received his education, graduating from Emmetsburg Catholic High School. Later, John attended Emmetsburg Community College and then the University of South Dakota, where he graduated with a degree in accounting in 1972....
Gladys Elizabeth Thomas
Aug 28, 2007
Gladys Elizabeth Thomas, the daughter of Oren and Pearl (O'Dell) Curry, was born June 1, 1918, in Dickens, Iowa. Gladys attended school and graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in Mt. Vernon, SD. On June 18, 1939, Gladys was united in marriage to Lowell B. Thomas in Sioux Falls, SD. They resided in Mt. Vernon, SD, Nebraska, and Chicago, IL,...
Valerie Ketelsen
Aug 27, 2007
Valerie Jean Ketelsen, the daughter of Homer and Lucille (Brown) Clausen was born on February 23, 1937 in Spencer, IA. As a young girl, Val was very involved in various activities, including 4-H. She, along with her sister, Barbara and father, Homer showed champion Shorthorn cattle at the Chicago Stock Show. On June 27, 1955, she married her high school...
Margaret Helen Barber
Aug 24, 2007
Margaret Helen "Margie" Barber, the daughter of William and Dora Valder Moyer, was born August 18, 1908 in Tekamah, NE. She attended school in Tekamah and graduated from high school in 1925. She also attended the VanZant School of Business in Omaha, NE. Margie then worked as the deputy county clerk for Burt County in Nebraska. On December 7, 1930,...
Eldo W. 'Hap' Scharnberg
Aug 21, 2007
Eldo "Hap" W. Scharnberg, the son of Amiel and Frances (Ott) Scharnberg, was born October 7, 1912 on a farm northeast of Everly, Iowa. As a child, his father nicknamed him "Hap" and to this day, that is what he was known as. Hap grew up on the same farm that he later lived on and attended Meadowbrook School near...
Elizabeth Jo Stephas
Aug 17, 2007
Elizabeth Jo Stephas, the daughter of Wilbur and Grace Smock Schulze, was born September 7, 1945 in Sherburn, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Sherburn, where she received her elementary education. Her family moved to Spencer, Iowa, where she attended Sacred Heart Catholic School during her middle school years and later graduated from Spencer High School. Elizabeth married Orville...
Opal F. Gulliford
Aug 17, 2007
Opal Faye Gulliford, the daughter of Alfred and Blanche Waggoner Wittrock, was born July 2, 1922 in Slayton, Minnesota. Her family moved to Sutherland, when she was a child and she received her early education in a country school in Waterman Township, near Sutherland. She continued her education at Sutherland High School, where she graduated. Doris Steele's sister was Opal's...
Lillian Ellen Lorenz
Aug 17, 2007
Lillian Ellen Lorenz, the daughter of Nicholas and Susan (Macnair) Voogd was born March 31, 1920, in Sheridan, WY. Her childhood years were spent in Sheridan where she received her education. On June 10, 1937, Lillian was united in marriage to George Lorenz in Sheridan, WY, where they lived a couple of years before moving to a farm in rural...
Gerald Joseph Mcgreevy
Aug 16, 2007
SERVICES Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, September 1, 2007, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Nevada, Iowa. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION Visitation will begin one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. MUSIC INTERMENT St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery Nevada, Iowa
Rosemary Koenen
Aug 15, 2007
Rosemary Koenen, the daughter of Clyde and Agnes McCabe Walton, was born October 16, 1923 in Linn Grove, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Linn Grove, where she received her education, graduating from Storm Lake High School. She later attended Buena Vista College. Following her schooling, she worked at a Photography Studio in Storm Lake. Rosemary married Walter Glenn...
Morris Orean Saboe
Aug 12, 2007
Morris Orean Saboe, the son of Anton and Martha Olivia Rasmussen Saboe, was born July 9, 1925, in Dawson, MN. His childhood years were spent in Dawson where he received his early education. Morris entered the U.S. Army in November 1944 and served until his honorable discharge on July 31, 1946. On July 19, 1948, Morris married Rosie D. Muckey...
Ardis W. Gopperton
Aug 10, 2007
Ardis W. Gopperton, the daughter of Allen and Ruby (Pierce) Stoner, was born on December 22, 1912, near Peterson, IA. She received her early education attending country school near Peterson and then moved to Spencer where she lived with her grandparents and attended high school. On January 20, 1933, Ardis married Charles 'Bill' Gopperton in Peterson, IA. Following their marriage,...
Howard Edwin Tibbetts
Aug 2, 2007
Howard Edwin Tibbetts, the son of Dell and Mabel Fields Tibbetts, was born July 8, 1926 in Peterson, Iowa. He grew up around the Peterson area and graduated from Peterson High School in 1943. Howard worked for John Deere Implement in Peterson for 3 years while in school and after graduation. He entered the Navy in 1944 and served on...
Timothy Blaine Quist
Aug 2, 2007
Timothy Blaine Quist, the son of Marvin and Karen (Stouffer) Quist was born June 11, 1963, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Gillett Grove, Iowa, where he attended South Clay Elementary. Through high school he participated in the Special Olympics where he was awarded several medals for swimming. Tim graduated from Spencer High School in 1981. Tim...
Mabel Maxine Rutledge
Jul 29, 2007
Mabel Maxine Rutledge, the daughter of Ray and Mae (Clark) Koppelman, was born August 25, 1922 in Marshall, Minnesota. Mabel was raised and graduated from high school in Lake City, Iowa. She married Leo Rutledge on September 21, 1941 and to this union, 3 children were born. They moved to Spencer, Iowa in March of 1957. Leo and Mabel were...
Robert L. Wetherell
Jul 29, 2007
Robert Leon Wetherell, the son of Merle and Mae Townsend Wetherell, was born in Bridgewater, SD. As a young child, his family moved to Peterson, Iowa where he received his early education and graduated from the Peterson High School in 1946. On December 29, 1946, Rob married Mariana Dubois at her parent's home in Peterson, Iowa. Rob entered the United...
Margaret Marie Eeten
Jul 28, 2007
Margaret Marie Eeten, the daughter of Lee and Nettie Syndergaard Dixon, was born December 20, 1920 in rural Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in rural Clay County where she attended country school in Clay and Dickinson County. She then attended high school in Hartley. On November 24, 1939, Margaret married John Eeten at his parent's farm in Fostoria....
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