Obituaries
Ashford Dowden Williamson Iv
Jan 10, 2021
Ashford Donavon Williamson IV, the son of Ashford Williamson III and Lila (Pixler) Williamson, was born March 29, 1963 in Sioux City, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1984.
He married Laurie Housley in 1984 in Spencer and to this union three children were born:...
Donovan Chris Nielsen
Jan 8, 2021
Donovan Chris Nielsen, the son of Donovan Irving and Ella Majoria Guthrie Nielsen, was born May 4, 1945, in Sioux City, Iowa. Chris was baptized on December 22, 1946 and confirmed on April 7, 1963, at the First Congregational Church in Spencer. He received his education and graduated from Spencer High School on May 29, 1963. Chris then attended Buena...
Lela June Warren
Jan 7, 2021
Lela Campbell Warren, the daughter of Lorenzo and Darlane (Wright) Campbell was born June 4, 1936. She spent her childhood years in Royal, Iowa, where she attended school.
Lela moved to Spencer in 1987. She was employed by Wonder Whip of Fostoria, Iowa. She bowled on a Senior league, played Bingo and would volunteer doing activities at Northshire. ...
Doretta Magdalena Unrau
Jan 6, 2021
Doretta Magdalena Unrau, the daughter of William and Dora Appeldorn Holck, was born April 1, 1921 in Pipestone, MN. The family moved to Iowa in 1932. Doretta received her early education and graduated from Marcus High School in 1939.
Doretta marred Julius Unrau on June 15, 1943 in Germantown, Iowa. Following their marriage, they farmed near Royal...
Phyllis Anderson
Jan 6, 2021
Phyllis Jean Anderson, the daughter of Leo and Lena Westphal Struve was born on May 6, 1933, on a farm northwest of Paullina, Iowa. She started school in Sutherland, Iowa, and went through 8th grade. She attended school in Hartley, Iowa, graduating in 1951. She married Duane Anderson on August 26, 1951, in Hartley, Iowa. They farmed together in...
Bessie Brinkley
Jan 4, 2021
Bessie Brinkley, daughter of Clarence S. Harris and Julia C. (Mills) Harris was born August 14, 1928 in Lake Township. She received her education at Lake Center Schools. She taught in Clay County rural schools.
Bessie met a handsome man, Laverne Brinkley at a box social and they were married May 28, 1950 at Langdon Methodist Church. Following their...
Karen Kay Arndt
Jan 4, 2021
Here is the link for the livestream of the funeral service at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencerwww.spencersacredheart.com/funeralsKaren Kay Arndt of Spencer, IA passed away at the age of 75 on January 4, 2021 in Spencer. Karen was born in Yankton, SD on November 2, 1945 the ninth of twelve children that Florence A. and Elmo H. Dreesen were blessed...
Marilyn Mae Rehnstrom
Jan 3, 2021
Marilyn was born in Des Moines, IA to Lawrence (Larry) and Wilberta (Billie) Dannenberg and spent her younger years in Storm Lake, IA. After graduating from Storm Lake High School, she attended college in Rockford, IL and then completed her teaching degree at the Iowa Teachers College, Cedar Falls, IA. She taught one year at the Waverly, IA High...
Kevin Lawrence Cook
Dec 31, 2020
***In Lieu of Flowers, A memorial fund has been established by the family.Memorials may be sent to Denise Cook - 108 N. Washington St. - P.O. Box 393 - Everly, Iowa 51338 The family would like to give a special thank you to the staff of June E. Nylen Cancer Center, Sioux City Unity Point Hospital, Oncology and ICU...
William Henry Seymour
Dec 31, 2020
William Henry Seymour, age 64 living in Spencer Iowa passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 at 10:26 A.M. in ICU at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.
He was born November 17, 1956 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The son of Roger and Arline (Gospodarek) Seymour. He married Debra Ann (Kuehn) Seymour on Dec. 1, 1976 in Chicago Illinois.
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Lois Irene Ginger
Dec 30, 2020
Lois Irene Ginger, 87, retired Registered Nurse, died December 30, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The daughter of Glenn R. Ginger and Luella M. Ginger, she was born December 30, 1933, in Spencer, Iowa. She grew up on the family farm with an older sister (Margaret Ginger Voss) and younger brother (Richard Ginger). Both siblings and her parents preceded her...
Holly Anne Donaldson
Dec 28, 2020
Holly Anne Donaldson, daughter of George and Lorraine (Welch) Donaldson, was born on December 14, 1955, in Waterloo, Iowa. The family moved to Webster City for a short time, then to Minneapolis, eventually moving back to Waterloo. She graduated from West High School in Waterloo. Following high school, she married and had a daughter, Lorraine. She enjoyed being a...
Marlys Elaine Meyer
Dec 28, 2020
Marlys Elaine Meyer, the daughter of Ralph and Florence (Versteeg) Fie was born July 3, 1934 in Sheldon, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Sheldon and Alta, Iowa. Her family moved to Spencer when she was in Kindergarten and this is where she received her education. While in high school, she was proud to be a Majorette in the...
Sullivan Tavin Mcguire
Dec 28, 2020
Sullivan “Sully” Tavin McGuire, the son of Ryan and Melissa (Harms) McGuire was born March 16, 2005 in Fairmont, MN. His childhood years were spent in the Blue Earth, MN area, where he attended school, through the 8th grade. He moved to Spencer, IA where he attended Spencer High School.
Sully enjoyed boating in “Boji”, snowmobiling, golfing,...
Ronald Alan Christofferson
Dec 28, 2020
Ronald Alan Christofferson, 79, of Clearwater, FL died peacefully on Monday December 28th, 2020. He was born June 10, 1941 in Milford, IA, the son of Florence Virginia Andersen Christofferson and Bjerne C. Christofferson.
Ronald served in the US Army for 4 years, owned a Real Estate company in Florida and retired as a School Bus Driver for...
Bonnie Jean Kunath
Dec 26, 2020
Bonnie Jean Sorensen-Kunath was born in Hampton, Iowa February 24th 1925 to Jacob and Christine Rust Sorensen. She spent her childhood years in Latimer, Iowa where she enjoyed the rural community and the Danish traditions of the area. At the age of 14 she and her family moved to Spencer upon her father’s retirement and built the home at...
Loueen Sylvia Huberg
Dec 25, 2020
Loueen Sylvia Huberg, daughter of Merrill and Ruth Smith Mohr, was born October 11, 1937 in Spencer, Iowa. Loueen grew up on the farm south of Spencer and attended the country school. She graduated from Greenville Rossie. After graduation, Loueen married Charles Huberg on June 5, 1955 at the First English Lutheran Church in Spencer, IA. A year later,...
George Russell Koenig
Dec 25, 2020
George Russell Koenig, 91 years old was born January 2, 1929 in Blair, Nebraska.
George spent his childhood years growing up in Blair, NE. In 1943, when George was 14, his parents William P. & Ingery Koenig moved their family to Northwest Iowa to start a new farm. George attended school in Gillet Grove, IA while helping the...
Lois A. Simmons
Dec 24, 2020
Lois A. Simmons passed away on December 24, 2020, at the Spencer Hospital. She was born November 7, 1926 in Sac County, Iowa, to Frederick and Frieda (Clausen) Blass.
Lois graduated from Spencer High School and worked as a bookkeeper at Bjornstad Drug Store until marrying Donald L. Simmons on March 5, 1949. They settled on the “Hospital Farm”...
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