Obituaries
Larry Keith Eckard
Jun 27, 2019
Larry was born to Elmer and Rowena Eckard on January 10th, 1937. His childhood years were spent in Milford, Iowa, where he received his education from Milford High School. While at Milford he was involved in every athletic activity possible and dabbled in school plays (who knew). He continued his education at Mankato State for whom he played football and...
Colleen Ann Hermstad
Jun 25, 2019
Colleen Ann Hermstad, age 85 of Spencer, Iowa formerly of Sioux Rapids, Iowa died on Tuesday June 25, 2019 at her home.
Private family burial services will be held at a later date in the Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids, Iowa.
Colleen Ann Hermstad, the daughter of Leland and Thelma (Banks) Cheevers was born in Sioux Rapids, Iowa on...
Dawn Marie Tripp
Jun 24, 2019
Dawn Marie Tripp, the daughter of Albert and Pamela (Taylor) Tripp was born May 10, 1963 in Spencer, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer area, where she attended school.
Dawn enjoyed playing card games, watching soap operas, and being with friends and family, especially her grandchildren. She was a member of Hope Reformed Church in...
Lori Lee Cam
Jun 23, 2019
Lori Lee Cam, the daughter of Larry and Ardis (Volkert) Buck, was born July 3, 1960 in Storm Lake, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Storm Lake, where she received her education. Her family later moved to Spencer, where she continued her education, graduating from Spencer High School. Lori continued her education at ILCC in Emmetsburg, where she...
Merlyn John Fell
Jun 23, 2019
Merlyn John Fell, the son of John and Viola (Schoelerman) Fell was born September 21, 1933 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Everly, IA area, where he attended school and graduated from Everly High School in 1951.
Merlyn enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1953 and served until his Honorable Discharge in 1955. He...
Kenneth Gale Richardson
Jun 20, 2019
Of Spencer, Iowa formerly of Dickens
Kenneth Gale Richardson, the youngest son of Eldon and Beulah (Fish) Richardson began his journey in life on October, 6, 1942, in Ames, Iowa. His younger years were spent in Maxwell, Iowa.
On July 21, 1974 he married the love of his life, Sandy Poynter Barrick. Shortly after their marriage, he adopted...
John Louis Wittfoth
Jun 19, 2019
John Louis Wittfoth, the son of Louis and Violet (Behrends) Wittfoth, was born on October 10, 1952, in Pipestone, Minnesota. He was raised in Beaver Bay and received his early education in nearby Silver Bay, graduating from Silver Bay High School in 1972. He moved to Spencer in 1973.
John worked at Witco for 24 years. After Witco closed, he...
Mardella Kathryn Durst
Jun 19, 2019
Mardella Kathryn Durst (Mardy), born May 20, 1927 in Palmer, Iowa to Reamer and Nelly (Reiter) Aden. She passed away at NewAldaya in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at the age of 92. She was baptized June 18, 1927 and confirmed in her Christian faith on March 29, 1942, both at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Palmer, Iowa. ...
Billy Allen Cox
Jun 14, 2019
Billy Allen Cox, the son of John and Doris (Wetherell) Cox was born November 19, 1955 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Peterson and Sutherland, IA areas, where he attended school and graduated from Sutherland High School in 1974.
Billy farmed his whole life, he also worked at City View Farms and drove...
Douglas William Vodraska
Jun 13, 2019
Douglas William Vodraska was born March 19, 1963. Doug was born in Storm Lake, Iowa the son of Francis and Rita (Schreier) Vodraska. Doug attended high school in Spencer, IA. On May 11, 2019 he married the love of his life Sherry Vodraska at Living Word Outreach in Spencer. They reside at his family home in Spencer.
Doug worked...
Curtis Lee Dodge
Jun 11, 2019
Curtis Lee Dodge, the son of Arnold and Marlene (Brawner) Dodge, was born September 6, 1960 in Spencer, Iowa. He enjoyed playing baseball and did not let his small size keep him from competing with the big boys. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School. Curt continued his...
William Biedenfeld
Jun 4, 2019
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established by the family.
William Biedenfeld was born March 31, 1928 to Carl and Josephine (Novak) Biedenfeld at Faulkton, SD. They moved to Iowa when he was 2 years old to what was known as group 21 farm. After 5 years, they moved to the Bertram farm in...
Betty Ann Sindt
Jun 2, 2019
Betty Ann Sindt, the daughter of Alvin and Marie (Berberich) Norman was born September 2, 1925 in Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Royal, where she received her early education. She later continued her education in Everly and graduated from Everly High School. After her schooling, she taught country school for two years.
Betty married Arnold...
Jack Phillips
May 30, 2019
Windel 'Jack' Phillips, the son of Lewis and Marie (Thueson) Phillips was born October 28, 1934, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His childhood years were spent in the Greenville and Rossie areas where he received his education and graduated in 1952. Following graduation, he continued his education at Dana College for two years. Jack lived in the Rossie area most of his...
Dorothy Eileen Redenbaugh
May 28, 2019
Dorothy Eileen Redenbaugh, the daughter of Howard and Nora Sutherland Steele, was born August 17, 1920 in Knoxville, Iowa. She received her early education at the Highland Country School through 8th grade and then graduated from Knoxville High School. Dorothy continued her education in Des Moines receiving her Teaching Certificate.
Dorothy married Richard Redenbaugh on February 14, 1939 in...
Elvinah Ann Davis
May 27, 2019
Elvinah (Thurston) Davis, was born March 23, 1921 in Spencer, Iowa, the daughter of Charles E. and Neenah (Bertelson) Thurston. Elvinah grew up in Spencer, Iowa and graduated from Spencer High School in 1938. After high school, she lived in Spencer and worked at the City Clerk’s office for over 10 years and later the Clay County Assessors.
Elvinah...
Carl "Swede" Norman Erickson
May 27, 2019
Carl “Swede” Norman Erickson was born on Parson Homestead Farm between Webb and Gillett Grove, IA on Jan 7, 1923. He was born with pneumonia and almost died in infancy. He attended school in Webb and Sioux Rapids, IA. After school, he married Ruth Essick before joining the service. He was deployed in June 1944 to Fort Knox, KY. During...
Arlene Marie Roemmich
May 26, 2019
Arlene Marie Roemmich, the daughter of Jake and Janet (Van Wyne) Sneller, was born August 20, 1937 in rural O’Brien County near Sheldon, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on a farm near Carmel, Iowa, where she received her early education at Platte #6 Country School through 6th grade. Her family then moved to farm near Sheldon, where she...
Kenneth Lee Johannsen
May 26, 2019
Kenneth “Kenny” Johannsen, 71, of Spencer, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2019, at his home surrounded by his wife Vicki of 47 years, daughter Toshia and son Ryan. Kenny was born September 16, 1947 in Spencer, Iowa to Burdette “Friday” and Thelma Johannsen.
His childhood years were spent in Spencer where he received his early education, graduating from...
Michael James Brander
May 24, 2019
Brother of Barb Jorgensen
Michael James Brander was born in Storm Lake, Iowa, on September 15, 1952, and passed away on Friday, May 24, 2019. After high school, he lived in Denver, Colorado. He was a U.S. Postal Service employee until the onset of cancer.
Michael often travelled to Mexico and Hawaii. He was naturally curious, and enjoyed the relationships...
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