Obituaries
Thomas Spies
Sep 18, 2021
Thomas A. Spies was born on 4 December 1935 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, and passed away on 18 September 2021 in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. He was the son of Charles Jacob and Isabel Flavan Spies and is survived by his brother John F. Spies along with his 10 children and 20 grandchildren. His greatest joy was his family and his love...
Sharon Lee Sassman
Sep 18, 2021
Sharon Lee Sassman, the daughter of Carl and Rosalie (Huemoeller) Plautz was born July 18, 1940 in Jackson, MN. She spent her childhood in the Lake Center area with 2 younger siblings, a brother Ben and a sister Alice.
Sharon married Wayne Sassman in April of 1968 in Spencer, IA. She worked for M&C Anderson for 20 years...
Curtis Allen Ness
Sep 15, 2021
Curtis Allen Ness, 60, of Spencer, passed away in the hospital surrounded by loved ones on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. Curtis Allen Ness was born on August 1st, 1961 to Ruth and Alfred Ness in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education and graduated from Spencer High School in 1980. Curtis...
Wayne Steven Rigby
Sep 14, 2021
Wayne Steven Rigby Age 66 passed away in Fonda Specialty Care in Fonda, Iowa on Sept 14, 2021. Wayne was born on July 20, 1956, in Storm Lake, Iowa a few minutes after his twin brother Michel Rigby. He lived on a farm near Laurens, Iowa with his family until 1969 When his family moved to Spencer Iowa....
Eunice Margene De Jong
Sep 14, 2021
Eunice DeJong, 80 of Ruthven, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, September 14th at the Spencer Hospital.
Eunice (Rozeboom) DeJong was born to John G.W. and Anna (Hoekstra) Rozeboom on May 17, 1941, in Sioux Center Iowa. Eunice attended school in Sioux Center and got her LPN after high school.
On August 15, 1962, she married Allen DeJong where...
Circle Of Care
Sep 13, 2021
We understand how deeply grief and loss hurt people and families and we simply want to invite you to our upcoming grief support group. It's a non-threatening place where many people have found they can interact with others facing a similar loss and begin putting their lives back together again. ***Please note that due to illness this session of "Circle...
Ashley Lynn Benson
Sep 13, 2021
Ashley Lyn Benson, 20, passed away suddenly on Monday, September 13, 2021, at Sioux Center Health. Ashley was born October 3, 2000, in Sioux City, Iowa, and later adopted by Greg and Darcy Benson on August 11, 2003. Her elementary years were spent at Spencer Community Schools, and later graduated from MOC-FV High School in Orange City, Iowa,...
Shirley Duncan Heddinger
Sep 12, 2021
SERVICES Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, September 20, 2021 at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. OFFICIATING Father Tim Hogan INTERMENT Riverside CemeterySpencer, Iowa
June Charmeen Richardson
Sep 9, 2021
June Charmeen Richardson, the daughter of Morris and Grace (Davis) Wiley, was born on March 20, 1925, in Laurens, Iowa. She was baptized at the First Christian Church in Laurens. June attended kindergarten in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and finished her remaining early education in Laurens and graduated in 1942.
On April 11, 1943, June married the love of her life,...
Naomi Jean Adams
Sep 9, 2021
Naomi Jean Adams, the daughter of Henry and Martha (Paulsen) Jespersen, was born October 30, 1922 in rural Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Royal, where she received her education, graduating from Royal High School in 1940 as valedictorian of her class. After high school, she worked as a telephone operator, just as did her mother.
Naomi...
Lucille Ethel Rose
Sep 8, 2021
“You only get one mother in life” and the truth of this statement is hitting us all hard now.
Lucille Ethel (McCoy) Rose passed away peacefully on September 8, 2021 at Accura HealthCare in Milford, IA with family at her side.
Lucille was born on her family’s farm in Terril, IA on August 19, 1925, the fourth...
Lavonne Joyce Kramer
Sep 8, 2021
LaVonne Kramer was born the youngest of four daughters of Louis and Marie. She grew up on the family farm and graduated as valedictorian of her high school class. She was a lifelong learner and avid reader.
She married Richard Kramer and they began farming the family farm. From there, they owned and operated Kramer Hardware...
Raymond Dwight Essick
Sep 7, 2021
Raymond Dwight Essick passed away Tuesday, September 7th at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD after a brief illness.
Born on January 7, 1956, to Frank and Ardis (Smith) Essick, Ray was the first baby born in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Growing up in Webb, where family came first and life was never dull, you could find Ray...
Marjorie Yvonne Horst
Sep 4, 2021
Marjorie (Marge) Yvonne Horst, daughter of Wayne and Vera (Martin) Bjorklund, was born on March 20th, 1940 in Albert City, Ia. In her early years, she received her schooling in Albert City, IA. After completing her schooling, she was united in marriage to Gary Kress in Norfolk, Virginia and to this union three children were born: Deborah (Kress)...
Shirley Prentice
Sep 3, 2021
Shirley Jean Prentice, 83, a long-time resident of Royal, Iowa, passed away Friday Sept. 3, 2021, while in hospice care in Denver, Colorado. Private family services will be held in Colorado on Monday Sept. 13, 2021. Burial will be at the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer at a later date.
Shirley was born Sept. 17, 1937 to Waldo and...
Victoria "Vicky" Jean Weisbrod
Aug 31, 2021
Victoria Jean Weisbrod, the daughter of Roy Burger and Genevieve Dyer, was born August 3, 1949 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. She was raised in Gillett Grove and Ayrshire areas and attended South Clay Community School.
On January 23, 1971, Vicky married Dennis Wayne Weisbrod in Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, they made their home in Dickens, IA where they enjoyed...
Shirley Ann Hamrick
Aug 30, 2021
Shirley Ann Hamrick was born on Feb. 3, 1930, in Sioux Rapids, IA to Aron and Clara (Johnson) Barstad. She grew up on the family farm, was confirmed in the First Lutheran Church in Sioux Rapids, and graduated from Cornell High School. She loved to sing and was involved in many school and church activities. She married...
Teri Kay Stevenson
Aug 28, 2021
SERVICES Celebration Of The Life Of Teri Kay Stevenson, remembering the good things she did. Will be held Friday, September 17, 2021, at 11:00 A.M. Meet at the East Leach Park Shelter House in Spencer, Iowa to say a few words and spread her ashes.Though we experience the sadness of her passing, we can honor and share the best of...
Leonard M. Clausen
Aug 27, 2021
Memorials may be designated to the American Heart Assoiciation
Leonard M Clausen was born September 14, 1925, near Hope, ND. His childhood years were spent around Lake Park. He received his education from the Excelsior school.
On June 3, 1949, Leonard married Janell Beving in Everly. The early years of their marriage were spent on a farm near...
Robert Francis Draper
Aug 26, 2021
Robert "Bob" Francis Draper, the son of Robert H. and Frances (Heick) Draper was born on January 28, 1946 at the Great Lakes Naval Station in Great Lakes, IL. He lived in Cherokee, IA, until 1951, when the family moved to a farm east of Sutherland, IA. He attended Peterson School until 1959, when they united with Brooke and...
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