Obituaries
Sarah Kay Ralph
Aug 24, 2018
Sarah Kay (Larson) Ralph was born on September 1, 1952 in Spencer, Iowa to Winton and Maxine (Cook) Larson. Sarah was raised on a farm southwest of Spencer and graduated from Spencer High School in 1970. Following graduation, she attended Iowa Lakes Community College and earned a degree in Business.
On January 6, 1973 Sarah married the love...
Morris Bernard Weiner
Aug 23, 2018
Morris (“Moe”) Bernard Weiner, the son of Harry Louis Weiner and Ida Vishniskie Weiner, was born May 19, 1929 in Kankakee, IL. He was orphaned as a young child and was raised at the Marks Nathan Jewish Children’s Home in Illinois.
After graduating from high school, Mr. Weiner entered the Military, serving a tour of duty with the Army...
Joyce Ann (Kruse) Sabel
Aug 23, 2018
Joyce Ann (Kruse) Sabel, age 56 was born on November 24, 1961. She passed away on August 23, 2018, at Kavanagh Hospice House due to ovarian cancer after fighting it for nearly seven years. Her funeral will be at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Royal, Iowa, on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. Visitation with the family will be...
Lorraine Agnes Pullen
Aug 21, 2018
Lorraine Agnes Pullen, the daughter of William and Anna (Pohl) Bendlin, was born October 31, 1922 in Clay County, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Okoboji, IA area, where she received her education, graduating from Okoboji High School.
Lorraine married Robert Wayne Pullen on March 27, 1949 in Spencer, IA. Throughout their married life they farmed on the “home...
Marceliene Mae Eckhart
Aug 20, 2018
Marceliene Mae Eckhart, the daughter of William and Marie Marcks Garnjobst, was born April 2, 1922, in Crofton, Nebraska. Her early education started in a country school three miles from her home. The first couple of years she got to and from school by riding a horse behind her uncle, but when he graduated from 8th grade and started high...
Dorothy Rae Rute
Aug 16, 2018
One of the area’s prominent woman’s bowlers has rolled her last frame. Dorothy passed from this life on August 16, 2018. She was the daughter of Ray and Claire Broadie Lawrence, who farmed in rural Clay County. She is survived by her son Larry and daughter-in-law Kay Rute of Topeka, Kansas and daughter Victoria Rute of Spencer, Iowa; granddaughter Zoe...
Janelle Gaye Saunders
Aug 15, 2018
Janelle Gaye Saunders, loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away unexpectedly on August 15, 2018 at the Avera McKennan Hospital, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Jan was born in Lake Park, Iowa, on June 22, 1935 to Lonnie (Tar) and Clarene Weaver (Evans). She was married to Ben Saunders and from this union four children were born. ...
Margaret Ann Seaman
Aug 15, 2018
Margaret Ann Seaman passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, August 15, 2018, at Spencer Municipal Hospital. She was born in Milford, Iowa, on April 20, 1927, and she graduated from Milford HS in 1945. Her parents, Ed and Nina Chaffin, had three other children, Joan, Sarah Jane, and Truman, with Truman being the lone survivor.
After WW2, Margaret met Earlen Seaman....
Sharon Gail Helgeson
Aug 14, 2018
Sharon Gail Helgeson, was born on August 27, 1945 in Falls City, NE to Burl and Jessie (Hackworth) Dykes, the youngest of five children. Her siblings were Virginia, Shirley, Jim and Mary. She grew up in Percival, IA and graduated from the Sidney Consolidated High School in 1963. She worked after graduation at Pendleton Woolen Mills and Nebraska City News-Press...
Alice Louise Eldridge
Aug 13, 2018
Alice Louise Eldridge, the daughter of Oatha and Eva (Deese) Long, was born December 16, 1929 in Quinter, KS. Her childhood years were spent in Kansas, where she received her education graduating from Quinter High School. After high school, she continued her education at State Teacher’s College in McPherson, KS receiving her associates degree in education. She later...
James Alvin Pitts
Aug 7, 2018
James (Jim) Alvin Pitts was born on May 1, 1930, in Cherokee Iowa. He was the son of Alvin and Mary (Linnemann) Pitts. Soon after graduating from Highview High School, Jim joined the Air Force and served during the Korean conflict until 1954 when he returned home to the family farm.
On November 22, 1956, Jim married Edith L. Verdon...
David Mills
Aug 3, 2018
David P. Mills died peacefully on Aug. 3, 2018, in Bradenton, Florida, at the age of 64.
Dave was born on Dec. 7, 1953 to Jean and James Mills. He graduated from Everly High School in 1972 and attended Worthington Community College. He farmed for 20 years outside Spencer, Iowa, before owning and operating the Scoreboard Lounge in Milford, Iowa....
Ken Norris
Aug 2, 2018
George Kennon Norris, loving husband and father, age 89, passed away on August 2, 2018 in the Hartley Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley, Iowa. Ken passed after a struggle with Alzheimer’s.
Ken was born in Kearney, Nebraska, on April 16, 1929 to George and Mable Norris (Nieman). He was raised on the farm, which remains in...
Everett Dale Amis
Jul 30, 2018
Everett Dale Amis, the son of Farris and Anna (Swanson) Amis, was born September 26, 1929 on a farm near Greenville, IA. Everett attended Greenville School and graduated from Greenville/Rossie in 1947. He spent his entire life on the family farm with the exception of 2 years when he served in the Army, becoming a Corporal and participating in...
Violet Evangeline Schmidt
Jul 28, 2018
Violet Evangeline Schmidt, the daughter of Arthur and Anna (Brenne) Anderson, was born March 19, 1922 in Lakefield, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Lakefield, where she received her education, graduating from Lakefield High School in 1941. After her schooling, she worked at various clothing stores in Lakefield and Worthington, Minnesota.
Violet married Allen Schmidt on February 19,...
Scott Clarke Mackey
Jul 25, 2018
Scott Clarke Mackey, the son of Robert and Anna (Julif) Mackey was born May 24, 1964 in Storm Lake, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Webb and Gillett Grove, IA area where he attended school, and graduated from South Clay High School in 1982.
Scott married Donna Merrill on May 24, 1991 in Ruthven,...
Clarian Ardyce Lovitt
Jul 23, 2018
Clarian was born March 5, 1924 to Clarence W. and Lottie Starkey Bittinger in their home in Spencer. She died July 23, 2018 at Northshire Nursing Home. Clarian was educated in Spencer schools, graduating from Spencer High in 1942. That fall she entered Chillicothe (MO) Business College, concentrating on secretarial and bookkeeping courses. She began her business career with York...
Merrill Arthur Sebastian
Jul 21, 2018
In lieu of Flowers a memorial fund has been established by the family.
Merrill Arthur Sebastian, the son of Arthur and Kate Sebastian, was born August 29, 1933 in Spencer, Iowa. Merrill went to his eternal home early in the morning of Saturday, July 21, 2018. Merrill grew up on the family farm southwest of Spencer. He graduated from...
Richard "Dick" Lee Schallau
Jul 19, 2018
Richard Lee Schallau, age 82, passed away on July 19, 2018 at Longhouse Residence. The son of Irvin and Joye (Tripplet) Schallau, Richard was born the sixth of ten children on February 6, 1936 at the family home west of Sutherland, Iowa. He attended Quimby School from Kindergarten to 10th grade, then transferred to Meriden graduating high school in...
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