Obituaries
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...
Elmer William Kraft
Jul 26, 2006
Elmer William Kraft was born on April 19, 1916, to Walter and Frieda (Langholz) Kraft in Sutherland. He attended school in Paulina. He worked on the family farm. He was united in marriage to Mildred Imhoff in Sioux City, Iowa on September 19, 1939. He worked on the building of the Alaskan Highway in 1943 and again in 1948. Elmer...
Peter Ludwig Brustares
Jul 24, 2006
Peter Ludwig Brustares, the son of Peter and Katherine Schlauch Brustares, Sr., was born November 3, 1938, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His childhood years were spent in Blue Earth, Minnesota, where he received his education, graduating from Blue Earth High School. Following his schooling, he entered the Army and served with the U.S. Army from 1958 until his honorable discharge in...
Thomas Allen Conley
Jul 24, 2006
Tom, the son of Kenneth Allen and Dorothy (Totman) Conley, was born August 29, 1936, in Quimby, Iowa. He grew up in Quimby and graduated from Quimby Consolidated School in 1954. Tom received his BS degree in education from Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska in 1958. He received his Master's Degree in Education from the Colorado State College in...
Lola Lela Dethlefsen
Jul 20, 2006
Lola's family would like to invite everyone attending the service to join them in a time of fellowship at the First Congregational Church in Spencer following the graveside services. Lola Lela Dethlefsen, the daughter of Chris and Matilda Lenz, was born September 13, 1908 in Wall Lake, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Wall Lake. When she was a...
Marilyn Brugman
Jul 18, 2006
Marilyn Brugman, the daughter of John and Lucille Blanchard Sones, was born July 14, 1931 in Cherokee, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the communities of Calumet, Cherokee and Sioux Rapids, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Sioux Rapids High School in 1949. Marilyn married Darrell Richard Brugman on June 19, 1949 in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Following...
Fred Alvin Kellum
Jul 17, 2006
Fred Alvin Kellum, the son of Benjamen Orville Lee and Mary Aloth (Malicoat) Kellum, was born on February 13, 1914 in Republic, MO. His childhood years were spent near Peterson where he attended country school. Fred left school in the 7th grade to help his family on the farm and also by working for other farmers in the area. He...
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