Obituaries
Jeriann Golden-Smith
Dec 12, 2019
Jeriann ‘Annie’ Golden-Smith, the daughter of Jerry and Marge (Wilberding) Golden, was born April 1, 1954, in Logan, Iowa. She lived in the communities of Magnolia, Iowa, Blencoe, Iowa, Washta, Iowa, Marcus, Iowa, and Round Lake, Minnesota, before moving to Spencer, Iowa, in 1965, when her father went to work for Sportsman’s. She graduated from Spencer High School in...
Steve Thomas Podrovitz
Dec 11, 2019
Steve Thomas Podrovitz, son of Stefan Podrovitz and Ola (Slaton) Podrovitz, was born September 12, 1943, in Quanah, Texas. He attended Quanah High School met the girl next door, Jan, of 53 years. Steve served in the US Navy from 1961-1965, serving aboard the USS Mt Baker AE-4 in a fleet in the South Pacific during the Vietnam conflict. He...
Martha Ione Rhodes
Dec 9, 2019
Martha Ione Harrington Rhodes was born March 3,1928 to Euless and Celia Anderson Harrington in Truesdale, Iowa. After the passing of her mother at the age of 9, the siblings were separated, Martha and her sister went to live with Charles and Margaret Shewell of Storm Lake.
Martha married Arthur Dale Rhodes on November 3 ,1947 in Jackson, MN. To this...
Julia Marie Lineweaver
Dec 7, 2019
Julia Marie Lineweaver, the daughter of Roy and Patricia (Beemer) Johansen was born September 18, 1955 in Hampton, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Hampton, Independence, and Spencer, IA areas. She attended Spencer schools and graduated from Spencer High School in 1974.
Julia married her first husband in 1977 and to this union, 3 daughters were...
Service Of Remembrance 2019
Dec 6, 2019
We light a candle of love... In celebration of the people... And the times... That were important in our lives.Many attended our Service of Remembrance Program held Thursday, December 5th, 2019 at the First Christian Church in Spencer. We would like to thank all those for their attendance and also would like to thank those who participated in the service...
Dale Victor Wacker
Dec 3, 2019
Dale Victor Wacker, the eldest son of Carl and Helen (Philliph) Wacker, was born on the 4th of July 1929, near Hartley, Iowa. Dale attended country school and graduated from Hartley High School in 1948. After graduation, Dale's first job was as a mud tender to construct St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Hartley. This would later evolve into his...
Phyllis Ann Abel
Dec 2, 2019
Phyllis Ann Abel
Born: June 30, 1937 Died: December 2, 2019
Baptized: July 25, 1937 Confirmed: May 20, 1951
Christ The King Lutheran Church
Spencer, Iowa
December 6, 2019 2:00 p.m.
Phyllis Ann Abel was born June 30, 1937, in Red Wing, MN, daughter of Reuben and Lydia Voth.
Our gracious God bestowed upon Phyllis the gift...
Dorothy Delores Hinton
Dec 2, 2019
Dorothy Delores Hinton, the daughter of Clarence and Vera (Blankenship) Waddell, was born June 25, 1924 in Woolstock, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Hampton, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Hampton High School.
Dorothy married Robert Hinton on February 22, 1947 in Hampton, Iowa. After their marriage, they lived in the communities of Iowa Falls...
Gordon Clemence Bruns
Nov 30, 2019
Gordon Clemence Bruns, the son of Clemence and Margaret (Westphal) Bruns, was born September 21, 1937 in Baker Township near Paullina, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Baker Township near Paullina, where he received his education at Baker Twsp. Country School, graduating from Paullina High School.
Gordon married Alta Handy on August 29, 1955 at the Presbyterian Church...
Floyd Kenneth Nielsen
Nov 29, 2019
Floyd Kenneth Nielsen, 93, of Holmen,WI, formerly of Cedar Falls and Spencer, IA, passed away at the Riverside Transitional Care Center in La Crosse, WI, on Friday, November 29th, 2019.
Floyd Kenneth Nielsen, the son of Axel Walter and Anna Margrethe (Petersen) Nielsen, was born May 14th, 1926, in Jackson, MN. He was baptized and confirmed in the...
Alice Marie Pack
Nov 28, 2019
Alice Marie Pack, the daughter of Theodore and Mary (Elliott) Johannsen was born September 11, 1924, in Brewster, Minnesota. Her childhood years were spent on a farm in the Paullina, Iowa, area where she attended school and graduated from Gaza High School.
Alice married Charles on October 6, 1945 in Sioux City, IA. They lived in Kentucky...
Carl Eldon Crane
Nov 26, 2019
Carl Eldon Crane, the son of Harry and Rebecca (Henderson) Crane, was born September 29, 1928 in Dickens, IA. His childhood years were spent in Dickens. Carl graduated from Gillett Grove in 1947. After high school, he worked at H&N Chevrolet.
Carl married Marian Hagedorn on February 2, 1951, in Royal, Ia. He was drafted and served with the...
Phyllis Louise Schott
Nov 26, 2019
Phyllis L. Schott, the daughter of Morris and Elsie (Syndergaard) Bailey, was born August 17, 1934 in Hartley, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Royal, where she received her education, graduating from Royal High School. She continued her education at Cedar Falls for one year. Phyllis returned to Royal and worked as a waitress and various other...
Joanne Evelyn Koch
Nov 26, 2019
Joanne Evelyn Koch, the daughter of Melvin and Irma Ketelsen Humphrey was born September 29, 1930 in Spencer, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she graduated from Spencer High School in 1948. She went on to attend the University of Iowa.
Joanne married the love of her life Maxwell Joseph Koch on March 26, 1951 in...
Elaine Florence Crew
Nov 22, 2019
Elaine Florence Crew, the daughter of Raymond Jerry “Ray” Root and Florence Genevieve Olson, was born near Ruthven, Iowa on September 20, 1939. The family also lived for a couple of years in Minnesota and Oregon. They settled in the Los Angeles area in 1952, where Elaine graduated from Whittier High School in 1957.
When the family came back to...
Harold Leslie Eninger
Nov 22, 2019
Harold Leslie Eninger, the son of Keith and Rose (Svec) Eninger, was born March 14, 1927 in Middle Inlet, Wisconsin. His childhood years were spent on a farm southwest of Spencer where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1945. Harold entered the military in 1945 and served with the U.S. Army until his honorable discharge...
Ruth Mary Moermond
Nov 19, 2019
Ruth Mary Moermond, the daughter of Peter and Mary (Dalhoff) Kohn, was born November 7, 1931, in Cherokee County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Mary Hill and in Alta, Iowa, later moving to Hartley, Iowa, where she completed her education at Hartley High School.
Ruth married Jake Moermond on July 28, 1955, in Sanborn, Iowa. Following their...
Myrtle L. Lorenzen
Nov 17, 2019
Myrtle Louise Lorenzen passed away early Sunday morning, November 17, at the Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley, Iowa. Myrtle was born on December 11, 1913. She was 105 years old.
She was born in Moneta, Iowa to Roy and Louise Pheteplace and attended grade school there. The family then moved to Des Moines where they lived for...
Daniel Purl Johnson
Nov 17, 2019
Daniel Purl Johnson, the son of Jack and Lois (Rauhauser) Johnson, was born on January 29, 1952 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the communities of Ruthven and Joliet, IL where he was baptized at the Hope Lutheran Church. The family then moved back to Ayrshire and eventually settled in Everly. He was confirmed at the Hope...
Warner Carl Walrath
Nov 14, 2019
Warner Carl Walrath, the son of Carl and Velma (Tillinghast) Walrath was born July 14, 1921 in Linn Grove, Iowa. When Warner was an infant, his family moved to the family farm north of Peterson. He attended a one-room country schoolhouse for 8 years and graduated from Peterson High School in 1939. After graduation, he attended Farm Youth School...
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