Obituaries
Christopher Adam Kepler
Sep 3, 2006
The Honorable Christopher Adam Kepler, The only son of Donald Albert Kepler and Eleanor Wanda (Morisky), Born July 10, 1949, Spencer, Iowa. Died September 3, 2006, in Mexico City, D. F. Christopher Adam Kepler is survived by his cousins, Dick Long, of Milford, Iowa, and Sister Lois Morisky, of Lake Oswego, OR. Chris graduated from the University of Iowa, and...
Robert Stuart Gibson
Sep 2, 2006
Robert (Bob) Gibson, son of William and Martha Gibson, was born August 28, 1924, in Milford, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Greenville area and graduated from Greenville School in 1941. Being a salutatorian of the class, he received a scholarship to AIB in Des Moines, Iowa. Being an outdoors person, he left school and hitchhiked home. With...
Orrin William Alger
Sep 2, 2006
Orrin William Alger, the son of William and Ethel Alger, was born May 22, 1923 near Gillett Grove, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm in the Webb, Iowa area, where he received his education at Garfield Consolidated School and later graduated from Gillett Grove School in 1940. Orrin married Ingrie Nielsen on October 23, 1943 in Spencer,...
Shirley Anne Worsfold
Aug 29, 2006
Shirley Anne Worsfold, the daughter of Peter and Virginia Nienhaus Schmidt, was born February 6, 1938 in Moline, Illinois. She grew up on a farm near Marshalltown, Iowa, where she graduated from St. Mary's High School. She was united in marriage to Ronald L. Worsfold on June 23, 1956 in Marshalltown. After moving to Spencer, Iowa, Shirley was a homemaker...
Bernice Marie Rice
Aug 29, 2006
Bernice Marie Rice, the daughter of Carl and Margaret (Dunker) Holtz, was born on January 10, 1922, in Trimont, MN. Her childhood years were spent in that community, where she received her education and graduated from Trimont High School. On October 2, 1944, Bernice married Frank Albert Rice, Jr. in El Paso, TX. Following their marriage, they owned and operated...
Merlyn Louis Wegener
Aug 26, 2006
Merlyn Louis Wegener, the son of Robert John and Ottilia Baas Wegener, was born August 12, 1920 in Whittemore, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Whittemore, where he received his education at St. Paul Parochial School and later Concordia High School in St. Paul, MN, graduating in 1940. He entered the military and served with the U.S. Army Air...
Dorothy Deloris Ferwerda
Aug 25, 2006
Dorothy's family would like to invite all in attendance to join them for cake and coffee in the Fellowship Hall at the First Congregational Church immediately following the services. Dorothy Deloris Ferwerda, the daughter of Emil and Julia Faye Payne Balvin, was born June 20, 1925 in Springfield, South Dakota. Her childhood years were spent in Springfield where she received...
Phyllis Elaine Rupert
Aug 24, 2006
Phyllis Elaine Rupert, the daughter of Oren and Lena Waechter Hibbs, was born September 10, 1923 in Elwood, Nebraska. Her childhood years were spent in Elwood, where she received her education, graduating from Elwood High School. Phyllis married Allen Barnett Rupert on July 27, 1945 in Lexington, NE. Following their marriage, they moved to Spencer, Iowa, where she cooked in...
Ardis Alice Norma Buck
Aug 23, 2006
Ardie Alice Norma Buck, the daughter of Henry and Alma (Hummel) Volkert, was born February 3, 1923, in Cushing, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Cushing where she graduated from Cushing High School. Following her schooling Ardie went to work for the NW Bell Telephone Company in Storm Lake, Iowa. On March 22, 1958, Ardie was united in marriage...
James Dale Swanson
Aug 23, 2006
James Dale Swanson, the son of Leon & Lela Brinkley Swanson, was born December 23, 1930 at his home in Greenville, IA. His childhood years were spent on the family farm south of Spencer, where he received his education from the Greenville school. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the Army while stationed in Germany, until...
Louise Mae Zieman
Aug 20, 2006
Louise Mae Zieman, the daughter of Henry and Mabel Peterson Gross, was born May 2, 1923 near Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Royal area, where she received her early education. After graduating from Royal High School, she attended and graduated from A.I.B. in Des Moines. Following her schooling, she worked as a stenographer in Spencer. Louise...
James Eldon Tostenrud
Aug 16, 2006
James Eldon Tostenrud, the son of Eldon W. and Anita McMannes Tostenrud, was born May 27, 1955 in Estherville, IA. His childhood years were spent in Royal, IA, where he received his education, graduating from Clay Central High School in Royal. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served in the U.S. Air Force until his honorable discharge. Following...
John William Prentice
Aug 15, 2006
John William Prentice, the son of Lawrence and Katherin Whalen Prentice, was born May 7, 1912 in Sac County near Nemaha, Iowa. His family moved when he was three years old to Clay County, Iowa. He received his education at Logan #7 country school in Clay County. He was baptized on April 6, 1952 at the Community Methodist Church in...
Cassie Marie Carroll
Aug 8, 2006
Cassie Marie Carroll, the daughter of Mike Rigby and Lora Carroll, was born September 24, 1983 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School in 2002. In September of 2002, she moved to Hope Haven in Spencer (formerly Sunshine Center) and worked at Sunshine Services for four years....
Veda Lorene Steffen
Aug 7, 2006
Veda Lorene Hemmig Steffen, the daughter of Carl and Minnie Louise Katherine Kruckenberg Hemmig, was born August 26, 1924, at home on her grandfather's Theophil Hemmig farm, near May City, Iowa. She was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church in May City, Iowa, on September 21, 1924, and confirmed in the faith on September 7, 1941. At home she learned...
Frances Rose Ryker
Aug 5, 2006
Frances Rose Ryker, the daughter of Harold and Frances Harback Rupert, was born June 24, 1916 in Clay County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer area, where she received her education. Frances married Forrest Dell Ryker on December 14, 1937, in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they continued to live in Spencer. She was a member of...
Francis James Jackson
Jul 29, 2006
Francis James Jackson, the son of James Ingalls and Meta Viola Chamberlain Jackson, was born November 3, 1934 at Fettes Hospital in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent near Langdon, where he received his education at Meadow #8 country school for 2 years and then #5 through 8th grade. He later attended Spencer High School, where he graduated in...
Jessie Grace Kissinger
Jul 28, 2006
Jesina Grietje Weyer (Jessie Grace Weyer), the daughter of Nicholas and Maria Arends Weyer, was born in the Netherlands on October 25, 1925. She resided in Hawarden and worked as a waitress. She met and married Lynn F. Kissinger in 1946. She resided in Sioux City, Iowa, until 2004, when she moved to Spencer, Iowa. Jessie passed away on July...
Lois Mildred Stoner
Jul 27, 2006
SERVICES Graveside Services will be held 10:00 A.M., Monday, August 7, 2006 at the Oakland Cemetery in Peterson, Iowa OFFICIATING Rev. Roger Maize CASKET BEARERS VISITATION INTERMENT Oakland Cemetery in Peterson
Adam Szack
Jul 26, 2006
Adam's family would like to invite you to join them for lunch following the graveside services at Grace United Methodist Church here in Spencer. (Park in the Warner Funeral Home East Lot and enter through the door in the south part of the building.) Adam Szack, the son of George and Elizabeth Meinhard Szack, was born August 5, 1910 in...
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