Obituaries
Jack Lowell Easter
Jul 17, 2018
MEMORIALS MAY BE DESIGNATED TO THE ABBEN CANCER CENTER ORTHE SPENCER HOSPITAL HOSPICE. Jack Lowell Easter, the son of Elza and Inez (Galloway) Easter, was born August 3, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Norwalk, Iowa until 1937 when his family moved to Winterset at age 12. He graduated from Winterset High School in...
Stella King Wilson
Jul 16, 2018
Stella King Wilson, 100, a longtime resident of rural Dickens, passed away on July 16, 2018.
She was born on May 21, 1918, on a farm in Logan Township in Clay County, Iowa, the daughter of John Chester and Bessie King.
Stella began her education at a rural country school a mile from her childhood home. She graduated from...
Velma Vesta Wiese
Jul 16, 2018
Velma Vesta Wiese, the daughter of Rudolph and Lillie (Ott) Peters, was born September 17, 1915, near Everly, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Everly area where she attended a rural school and graduated from Everly High School. Following graduation, she pursued a career in nursing at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
On September 26,...
Donald Monroe Heiter, Jr.
Jul 14, 2018
Donald Heiter, Jr., the son of Donald and Maxine (Wilcox) Heiter, was born September 26, 1944 in Humboldt, IA. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1963. He attended CE School of Commerce in Omaha, NE for one year. In 1965, he enlisted in the USAF and was...
Wilhelmina Bick Yun Dailey
Jul 11, 2018
Wilhelmina Bick Yun Dailey, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Len) Chong was born July 29, 1931 in Honolulu, HI. Her childhood years were spent in Honolulu where she attended school. After graduating high school, she worked at the Dole Pineapple Plant.
Wilhelmina married Leroy Dailey on September 3, 1966 at her parents house in Aiea, HI. They...
Joseph Walter Morris
Jul 11, 2018
Joseph Walter Morris suddenly passed on July 11, 2018 doing what he loved. Joseph Walter Morris was born on March 28, 1941 to Melvin and Emma (Hayes) Morris in Monterey, MN. In 2012 Joseph remarried to Alauna Telbot. They resided in Spencer, IA, where Joseph operated a trucking company. Joseph enjoyed spending time traveling the United States, going to...
Betty Lavan Clayton
Jul 10, 2018
Loved and respected by all, Betty LaVan (Kirkpatrick) Clayton who was born June 25, 1923, in Marengo, Iowa, to David Leo and Marjorie Althea (Brown) Kirkpatrick, joined her husband in heaven on July 10, 2018. She exited this world quietly and peacefully, in her sleep as her mother before her, and as she did most everything in life.
Early in...
Robert "Bob" Leroy Verner
Jul 10, 2018
Robert “Bob” Verner, age 73, of Spencer, IA, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD after a brief illness.
Bob, the son of Robert and Dorothy Verner was born in Wichita, KS on April 20, 1945. His father was in the U.S. Army so the...
Audrey Rose Fairchild
Jul 8, 2018
Audrey Rose Fairchild, the daughter of Herbert and Mildred (Stemple) Fransen was born October 2, 1930 in Bancroft, SD. Her childhood years were spent near Huron, SD before moving to Estherville, IA in 2nd grade. She graduated from Estherville High School in 1948 and continued her education at Estherville Junior College and Colorado University.
Audrey married Estel Fairchild...
Mary Ann Perkins
Jul 8, 2018
Mary Ann Perkins 86 passed away Sunday July 8, 2018 of heart failure in Altoona Iowa. The family will hold a memorial service July 20, 2018 at 1:30 P.M. at the First English Lutheran Church in Spencer Iowa
Mary Ann Perkins was born July 26, 1931 in Everly, Iowa to Richard Winterboer and Viola Ines Heines. She lived in Spencer,...
Anna May Schoeneman
Jul 6, 2018
Anna May Schoeneman, the daughter of LeRoy and Gladys (Ferguson) Warren, was born April 30, 1938, near Benson, Minnesota. Her family moved to the Dickens, Iowa, area when she was four years old. She attended Spencer High School and later received her GED.
On February 9, 1957, Anna was united in marriage to Eugene Schoeneman in Milford, Iowa. They...
Odelo "Woody" Lawrence Schlichte
Jul 5, 2018
Odelo “Woody” Schlichte, the son of Joseph and Susan “Cora” (Penning) Schlichte, was born October 23, 1934 on a farm near Granville, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Granville, where he received his education at Granville St. Joseph School. After his schooling since he was 17 years of age, Woody drove a truck.
Woody married Verna Meyer on...
Theodore "Ted" Woodall
Jul 4, 2018
Theodore “Ted” Woodall, the son of Phillip and Lena (Toft) Woodall, was born September 9, 1927, on the family farm southwest of Royal, Iowa. He was raised in the Royal area where he attended country school and later graduated from Royal High School.
After his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Army from March of...
David Lee Crawford
Jul 1, 2018
Announcement
David Lee Crawford (age 79) a resident of Spencer, Iowa, formerly Golden Valley, Minnesota, passed away peacefully July 1, 2018, at the Spencer Municipal Hospital after a long battle with cancer. David was surrounded by friends and family.
David was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on November 22, 1938.
David was preceded in death by his parents, George and...
Elizabeth "Betty" Ann (Kelly)-Spies
Jun 22, 2018
Mrs. Elizabeth “Betty” Kelly-Spies passed peacefully this past Friday June 22, 2018 surrounded by her six children, husband and family. She was a devoted mother, wife, professional, and way above average cook and entertainer. Born on Aug 11, 1937 in Emmetsburg, IA to Harry & Mary Richter, she was the eldest and likely best looking of three well above average...
Paul Douglas Verner
Jun 15, 2018
Paul Douglas Verner, the son of Paul and Elizabeth (Williams) Verner, was born on March 30, 1958. He graduated from Spencer High School.
His father taught him all about hard work and he began working with his father at the age of 15 at the local lumberyard, Spencer Lumber. He stayed working there for 45 years. Doug married Deb...
Darleen Loraine Feddersen
Jun 14, 2018
Darleen Loraine Feddersen, the daughter of Walter and Irene (Devine) Schreiber, was born September 21, 1947 in Algona, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Armstrong, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Armstrong High School in 1965.
Darleen married Lynn Feddersen on August 17, 1965 in Armstrong, Iowa. After their marriage, they farmed in the Ringsted, Iowa...
Carol Ernest Fries
Jun 14, 2018
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in Carol's name. Carol Ernest Fries, the son of Ernest and Mae (Lauderbaugh) Fries was born September 30, 1931, in Carthage, MO. His parents passed away when he was young, and good friends of the family, Alva and Ella Trimble, adopted Carol and his brother, Max. He moved with the...
Patricia Jean Eaton
Jun 13, 2018
Patricia “Pat” Jean Eaton, was born March 22, 1950 to Lyman and Wilma Eaton in Laurens, IA. She spent her childhood in Marathon, IA. As a child she loved anything her Grandpa Jones liked. She graduated in 1968 and then spent a year in Minneapolis, MN where she studied Phlebotomy. She than returned home to help with her ailing grandparent.
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Ethel Mae Partridge
Jun 11, 2018
Ethel Partridge was born in Sheridan, Wyoming on September 14, 1940, and was raised by her grandmother in rural Wyoming. She graduated from high school in Newcastle, Wyoming, and often made the trek cross country to visit her classmate for the reunions. She married Eldon Partridge on May 6, 1960. They lived in Rapid City, South Dakota, during the great...
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