Obituaries
Roger Heikens
Jan 25, 2022
Calvin Roger Heikens of rural Milford, 91, passed away on Jan. 25, 2022, at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was born on Sept. 12, 1930, near Spencer, Iowa, and was a 1948 graduate of Spencer High School.
He felt blessed. In the U.S. Army he repaired trucks carrying supplies to the front lines...
Anna Marie Groth
Jan 24, 2022
Anna Marie Groth, the daughter of Dave and Darlene (McCabe) Feller was born December 13, 1955 in Oakland, CA. Her childhood years were spent in Hawaii and the Poway, CA area, where she attended school and graduated from Poway High School in 1974.
Anna worked as a CNA in Poway before moving to the Lakes area in...
Jack Michael St. Peters
Jan 19, 2022
Jack M. St. Peters was born May 23, 1942 in Greenville, Michigan. He was the third and youngest son of S.E. St. Peters and Marcella (Stevenson) St. Peters. Jack graduated from High School at Owosso, Michigan and graduated from Western Michigan University in 1965.
Jack followed in his father’s footsteps in working at JC Penney Co. for 34...
Gerry Lee Tuttle
Jan 18, 2022
Gerry Lee Tuttle, the son of Harry and Josephine (Black) Tuttle, was born October 2, 1938 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School. After his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Navy until his honorable discharge.
Gerry married Patricia Ann Nelson...
Richard "Dick" Anthony Hallett, Jr.
Jan 17, 2022
Richard “Dick” Anthony Hallett, Jr., the son of Richard and Margie (Nothem) Hallett, Sr., was born October 3, 1954, in Remsen, IA. His family moved to Spencer in his youth and his childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School at the age of 17. He later attended trade...
Larry Lynn Anderson
Jan 17, 2022
Larry Lynn Anderson, the son of John and Esther (Olson) Anderson was born November 12, 1935 in Ventura, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Ventura area, where he attended school and graduated from Ventura High School in 1954.
Larry married Patricia Railsback on September 5, 1954 in Garner, IA. Larry was an avid outdoorsman, hunting...
Kelli Sue Vaul
Jan 16, 2022
Kelli Vaul, the daughter of Richard and Janice (Buchanan) Cooper, passed away suddenly Sunday January 16, 2022, at Spencer Hospital.
Kelli was born April 12, 1970, the youngest of five children, she spent her childhood in Sioux City where she graduated from East High in 1988. She worked many jobs before settling on a job at Wheelchair Transportation,...
Michael Gerald Hughes
Jan 15, 2022
Michael Gerald Hughes, known as Mike, was born August 2, 1973, in Estherville, Iowa, to Vincent and Agnes (Paulsen) Hughes. Mike was raised in Graettinger, Iowa, where he received his education graduating High School in 1992. After graduation Mike went to work for Stylecraft in Milford, Iowa. He was employed there until its doors were closed in 2011. He...
Billie Ann Schuett
Jan 11, 2022
Billie Ann Schuett, the daughter of Raymond and Helen Epping Kriens, was born February 16, 1932, near Hartley, IA. She received her early education and graduated from Moneta High School in 1950.
On November 28, 1953, Billie married Clayton Schuett at the St. Louis Catholic Church in Royal, IA. Following their marriage, they lived in Hartley until...
Eileen Maree Gengler
Jan 10, 2022
Eileen Maree Gengler, the daughter of Arnold M. and Alice M. (Handeland) Olson, was born May 6, 1953 in Estherville, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Ringsted, IA area, where she received her education, graduating from Lincoln Central High School in Gruver, IA. She continued her education at Waldorf Junior College in Forest City and later UNI in...
Gary Austin Hudson
Jan 9, 2022
Gary Austin Hudson was born March 29, 1938, and passed from this earth on January 9, 2022. He was the son of Theodore Roosevelt Hudson and Rose Marie Quist Hudson. Gary’s father’s parents immigrated separately from Norway, settling in rural Round Lake near Worthington, MN. Gary shared the month and day of birth with his grandfather, Torsten Asboe,...
Lewis Leroy Clark
Jan 7, 2022
Lewis Leroy Clark of Spencer, Iowa
AKA Lord Lewis
Lewis passed away peacefully in the Spencer Hospital on Jan 7, 2022. Lewis was 61 years young.
Lewis Leroy Clark was born on July 10, 1960 to Janite Coatney Clark and Derrell Clark in Centerville, Iowa. Lewis attended school at South Clay and Spencer, IA. Lewis spent his working...
Russell Haynes Haaland, Jr.
Jan 6, 2022
On June 29, 1945, Russ Haaland Jr. was born to Russ and Verneta (Beck) Haaland. He then went home to the family farm near Rossie, IA until he graduated in 1963. Although he would live in various places during his lifetime he said Rossie would always be “home”. During high school, Russ was a saxophone player for marching and concert...
Sheryl Lynn Smock
Jan 3, 2022
Sheryl Smock, the daughter of Lloyd and Lois (Johnson) Berg was born on February 7, 1947 in Ada, MN. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer, IA area, where she graduated from Spencer High School in 1965.
Sheryl was united in marriage and to this union, 2 children were born, Darcee and Devyn. Sheryl attended Iowa State University and...
Joan Marie Johnson
Jan 1, 2022
Joan Marie Johnson, the daughter of John and Janice (Lanus) Young was born on November 26, 1965 in Fort Dodge, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Rolfe, IA, where she graduated from Rolfe High School in 1984. She then went on to get her degree from Spencer School of Business.
After a long courtship, Keith proposed and they married...
Larry Harold Steele
Dec 30, 2021
Larry Harold Steele, the son of Robert and Maxine (Gieser) Steele, was born June 17, 1943 in Cherokee, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Sutherland, where he received his early education in country schools and later graduated from Sutherland High School. Larry continued his education for one semester at Iowa State University, where he completed a...
James "Jim" Lloyd Tomason
Dec 29, 2021
Jim L. Tomason, the son of George and Anna (Nelson) Tomason, was born on Nov 10th, 1933, in Bonesteel, SD. His childhood years, living in Bonesteel and Herrick, were spent attending school, completing the 8th grade. He then began helping his sisters ( Viola and Dorothy) on the farm. As a young man, he worked for REA, providing power...
Jack Henry Benson
Dec 23, 2021
Jack Henry Benson was born July 14, 1949, in Seattle, Washington, the son of Henry and Irma Benson. He died peacefully at home on December 23, 2021, at the age of 72 after an 18 month battle with pancreatic cancer.
When Jack was 13 years old, his family moved to SE Portland. Jack attended Washington High School. In 1968...
Ferne Mae Toft
Dec 20, 2021
Ferne Mae Toft was born in the Sioux Rapids vicinity on September 6, 1927. She was the youngest child born to Fred and Anna Tielbur Lohof. She had two older siblings, Ray Frederick Lohof and Ruth Ina Brugger.
Ferne grew up in Clay and Palo Alto counties. After graduation from Cornell, she attended NBT business school in...
Cory Mitchell Tschida
Dec 20, 2021
The Life of Cory In Loving Memory Angels
Cory Mitchell Tschida was born in
Saint Paul, MN, on March 22nd 1990. He endured many challenges in his younger years. His mom passed away when he was only five, and he had multiple heart and leg surgeries before entering his teen years. He never let anything stop him.
Growing up, he...
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