Obituaries
Gerald 'Jerry' James Armstrong
May 13, 2006
Gerald was born in Sherwood, ND to Joe and Vallie (Butterfield) Armstrong. He graduated from Sherwood High School. He joined the United States Army in 1942. As a member of the Second Division, he fought in the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. After his discharge he attended North Dakota State...
James 'Jim' Leonard Johanson
May 12, 2006
James "Jim" Leonard Johanson, the son of Nels and Nellie Mathilda Nilsson Johanson, was born March 8, 1917 in St. Paul, Nebraska. His childhood years were spent in St. Paul where he received his education. He finished his schooling following his eighth grade year to help out on the family farm. He later served in a CCC Camp for 18...
Rosa Helen Warren
May 11, 2006
Rosa Helen Warren, daughter of Eldin and Nina Bailey Lemaster, was born July 27, 1914, in rural Clay County, IA. Her childhood years were spent near Royal, IA, where she received her education, graduating from Royal High School. Rosa married Lawrence Warren on February 16, 1934 at her parents' home. Following their marriage, Rosa farmed with her husband, Lawrence, until...
Kelly Brian Ross
May 9, 2006
Kelly Brian Ross, the son of Vern and JoAnn (Witt) Ross, was born on April 5, 1962 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer where he attended school and graduated from Spencer High School in 1980. On March 3, 1981 he entered into the military, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. While in the service he received...
Henry Reinder Sonius
May 5, 2006
Henry Reinder Sonius, the son of Reinder H. and Folena Wiemers Sonius, was born February 15, 1930 in Pomeroy, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Army from 1952 until his honorable discharge in 1953. Henry married...
Connie Kay Sams
May 5, 2006
Connie Kay Sams, the daughter of John Wesley and Alma Hallcock Fitzloff, was born June 8, 1944, in Spencer, Iowa. She received her early education from Sioux Township #8 Country School and graduated from Spencer High School in 1961. She then continued her education at Stewarts School of Cosmetology and graduated in 1962. Following her schooling, Connie worked at Longhouse...
Cecil Parker Adams
May 5, 2006
Parker Adams, the son of Bert and Ethel Parker Adams, was born August 14, 1915, in Alta, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, Iowa, where he graduated from Spencer High School. Shortly after graduation, Parker started farming with his father on a farm south of Spencer. On February 25, 1937, Parker was united in marriage to Helen Nielson,...
Dorothy Elizabeth Roskens
May 2, 2006
Dorothy Elizabeth Schueneman was born June 18, 1916, to Gustav and Wilhelmina Schueneman on a farm northwest of Spencer. She was baptized and confirmed a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, later known as First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. She attended the Spencer Public School and later graduated from Storm Lake Public High School with a Normal Training Certificate....
Carolyn A. Bertness
Apr 30, 2006
Carolyn A. Bertness, the daughter of Melvin and Margaret Wehrenberg Weber, was born May 23, 1941, in Webb, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Webb where she received her education, graduating from Webb High School in 1958. Carolyn married Kenneth Bertness on October 11, 1959, in Webb. Following their marriage, they moved to Sioux Rapids where they farmed together...
Mildred Marie Kitchen
Apr 30, 2006
Mildred Marie Kitchen, the daughter of John and Nellie Huss Ihry, was born April 4, 1918, in Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Royal where she received her education, graduating from Royal High School. Following high school, she married Bub DeGarmo and moved to Omaha to attend beauty school while her husband was in the service. Her husband...
Homer Marshall Bailey
Apr 23, 2006
Homer Marshall Bailey, the son of Marshall Homer and Marie Kromminga Bailey, was born November 3, 1924, in Clay County, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm ten miles north of Peterson, Iowa, where he received his education in country schools and later was graduated from Peterson High School. Homer joined the Army Air Force and was commissioned...
Orlin Duane Peters
Apr 22, 2006
Orlin Duane Peters, the son of William F. and Emma Scharnberg Peters, was born December 18, 1921, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Everly, Iowa area, where he received his education, graduating from Everly High School. Orlin married Helen (Connie) Conrad on June 9, 1946 in Langdon, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Everly, where...
Paul Walter Enger
Apr 21, 2006
Paul Walter Enger, the son of Walter J. and Lucille S. Rynott Enger, was born September 13, 1920 in Burlington, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Burlington, where he received his education, graduating from Burlington High School. Following high school, he attended Burlington Junior College for one year. Paul entered the military in 1942 and served with the U.S....
Loren Dale Halquist
Apr 21, 2006
Loren Dale Halquist, the son of William and Matie Stahl, was born August 21, 1921, in Lake Park, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Lake Park where he received his education, graduating from Lake Park High School. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Marine Corps during WW II from 1942 until his honorable...
Wayne Joseph Simington
Apr 18, 2006
Wayne Joseph Simington, the son of David Gillet and Gertrude O'Brien Simington, was born September 16, 1915 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating in 1933. Following high school, he attended Iowa State University where he received a degree in Animal Husbandry in 1938. At Iowa State he was a member...
Dorlene Rosetta Stricker
Apr 16, 2006
Dorlene Rosetta Stricker, was born September 11, 1920 in Holland (Grundy County), Iowa. The daughter of Harm M. and Anna Naefke Meyer, the oldest of seven children. The family moved to Spirit Lake and later Sioux Valley, MN, where she graduated from High School in 1937. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and has remained faithful to...
Delores Dorothy Johnson
Apr 15, 2006
Delores Dorothy Johnson, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Kaupke Kopka was born February 19, 1917, in Francesville, Indiana. Her family moved to the Peterson area when she was 12. She attended the Brooke School south of Peterson where she graduated in 1934. Delores attended Buena Vista College and graduated with honors with a BA and teaching degree. Following college,...
Ruby Leclair
Apr 14, 2006
Ruby LeClair, the daughter of Pearly and Abbie Goyette Morrow, was born on May 14, 1908 on a farm near Royal, Iowa. She received her early education from Country Schools and then graduated from the Royal High School in 1926. On October 10, 1928, Ruby married Leo LeClair in Royal, Iowa. The first three years of their marriage were spent...
Cecelia Grace Killmer
Apr 12, 2006
Cecelia Grace Killmer, the daughter of Hans and Elizabeth Gross Asmussen, was born January 30, 1917 in Rural Clay County, Iowa near Everly. Her childhood years were spent on a farm near Moneta, where she received her education in Everly. Cecelia married George Killmer on February 28, 1946 in Royal, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived on a farm south...
Eliner Wanda Kepler
Apr 10, 2006
Mrs. Don A. Kepler, Eliner W., died at the age of 92, April 10, 2006. Mrs. Kepler was born October 13, 1913 at Arlington, Illinois to Joseph Aloysus Morisky (Mrowinski) and Eleanor Barbara Kroll. Her father immigrated via Antwerp in Belgium and the Port of Philadelphia from the village of Tworkowo, Province of Posen, then part of the German Empire....
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