Obituaries
Dwayne Arloe Ness
Oct 1, 2006
Dwayne Arloe Ness was born May 29,1924 in Pocahontas County. Dwayne was the oldest son of Ingvald and Alma Forsberg Ness. He graduated from Linn Grove High School in 1942 and attended the University of Iowa and Indian Hills Community College. Dwayne was a World War II Veteran serving in the US Army. He then farmed in the Peterson, Linn...
Lawrence "Larry" Cleo Firkins
Oct 1, 2006
Larry Firkins had a very full day. His life dawned on Nov. 3, 1915, on a farm near Rolfe, Iowa. Born Lawrence Cleo Firkins to father Artie and mother Anna, Larry was the fourth of five children. Like other boys raised in the lean and rugged world of early 20th Century family farming, Larry learned quickly the meaning of honest...
Modesta Marceline Green
Sep 26, 2006
Modesta Marceline Green, the daughter of Peter and Anna Ohlinger Leinen, was born June 28, 1915 in Portsmouth, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Portsmouth, where she received her education, graduating from Portsmouth High School. Modesta married Claude Green on January 25, 1937 in Harlan, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Harlan, where she worked for several years...
Rose Evelyn Ryker
Sep 22, 2006
Rose Evelyn Ryker, the daughter of Hugh and Ethel Warren Galbraith, was born January 24, 1926 in Langdon, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education. Rose married LeRoy Ryker on September 9, 1944 in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they continued to live in Spencer, where she worked for A & M Laundry for...
Nina Elizabeth Moding
Sep 20, 2006
Nina Elizabeth Moding, the daughter of Lee and Amy Draper Gilbert, was born May 16, 1907 in rural Cherokee, Iowa. She attended schools in Buena Vista and O'Brien counties, graduating from the Sutherland High School. She later attended Taylor University in Upland, Indiana for one year. She was librarian in Peterson for eleven years, serving from the start of the...
Bernard Wesley Galbraith
Sep 18, 2006
Bernard Wesley Galbraith, the son of Wilbur and Elsabeth (Durst) Galbraith, was born the third of nine children November 27, 1913 on the family farm north of Dickens, Iowa. He attended Barlow Country School and graduated from Spencer High School in 1931. He continued to work on the family farm and eagerly sought additional jobs with neighbors and friends. On...
John Waldemar Knudsen
Sep 18, 2006
John Waldemar Knudsen was born January 24, 1938 in Spencer, IA to Maude Esther (Miller) and Johannes Waldemar (Knut) Knudsen. John attended school in Spencer, IA and graduated from Spencer High School in 1956, where he participated in drama productions, basketball, track, tennis, student council (serving as president his Sophomore year), choir and choir ensembles (being chosen for All-State Chorus...
Elmer Johannes Koenck
Sep 17, 2006
Elmer Johannes Koenck, the son of Gustav and Olga Lage Koenck, was born April 26, 1923, in Arco, Minnesota. His childhood years were spent in Minnesota until 1931, when his family moved to Royal, Iowa. He attended High School in Hartley, Iowa and graduated in 1941. Elmer enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and served during WWII in Germany...
Jill Denise Beving
Sep 15, 2006
Jill Denise Beving was born February 21, 1950, in Spencer, Iowa, to Dick and Beverly (Kohn) Beving who currently reside in Spencer, Iowa. She was born and raised on the family farm near Fostoria, which has been continuously in the family since 1908. She passed away in Pennsylvania at the age of 56. She was the oldest of three girls....
Marjorie Vyonne Pieratt
Sep 14, 2006
M. Vyonne Backstrom Pieratt, the daughter of William P. and Jessie Lenora Feldman Clark, was born March 12, 1916 in Palo Alto County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Mallard, Iowa area, where she received her education in the Mallard school district. Vyonne married Milford Clarence Backstrom on February 14, 1934. Following their marriage, they farmed in the...
Martin Fred Meyer
Sep 13, 2006
Martin is survived by his wife, Geraldine Meyer of Bingham Lake, Minnesota; a daughter, Bernice Fife of Jackson, MN; 8 grandkids; 6 great grandchildren. He is also survived by 2 sisters and three brothers. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Viola Meyer and his son, Steven Meyer. SERVICES Memorial Services for Martin Meyer of Bingham Lake,...
Mary Ann Adams
Sep 13, 2006
Mary Ann Adams, the daughter of Ambrose and Julia Daly Kirschbaum, was born June 25, 1941, in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Ayrshire, Iowa. She received her early education in a catholic school in Ayrshire and later attended and graduated from Ayrshire High School. Following high school, she attended a cosmetology school and worked as a beautician...
Allen Ray Tuttle
Sep 11, 2006
Allen Ray Tuttle, the son of Fred and Hazel (Wilson) Tuttle, was born April 6, 1925, south of Royal, Iowa. They moved to Spencer when Allen was two years old. He lived in Clay county most of his life. He worked as a welder in Portland, Oregon for one year during World War II. He returned to Spencer and worked...
Judy Ann Collins
Sep 5, 2006
Judy Ann Collins, daughter of Forest and Elaine (Mauch) Peters, was born January 28, 1943, in Danbury, IA. She received her early education in Danbury and then attended high school in Battle Creek, IA. She enjoyed playing basketball and softball and was part of the state softball championship team her senior year. On June 28, 1966, she married Francis Collins...
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...
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