Obituaries
John "Jack" Girard Peasley
Feb 21, 2018
John “Jack” Girard Peasley was born to William and Anna Kendergan Peasley on January 31, 1930 in Sioux City, Iowa. He attended St. Boniface School. Later, he worked for Goodwill Industries. Jack was proud of making rugs at home with his mother on his own loom. A favorite pastime was visiting Grandview Park and having his picture taken...
Rita Mccarty
Feb 18, 2018
Rita Mae (Theisen) McCarty, the daughter of John and Anna (Ruden) Theisen, was born on August 20th, 1928 in Le Mars, IA. She was raised in the Oyens and Remsen area and received her education at St. Catherine's school in Oyens. On February 18th, 2018, Rita passed away suddenly but peacefully at age 89 in her home at Riverview Terrace Assisted Living in...
Richard Henry Riedemann
Feb 15, 2018
Richard Henry Riedemann was born at home on the family farm east of Primghar, IA, to Ernest and Mayme (Horstmann) Riedemann on February 5, 1930. He attended rural schools and graduated in 1948 from Primghar High School. He was called into military service in the fall of 1951. He received his basic training at Ft.Knox, KY and then...
Keith Louis Mortensen
Feb 15, 2018
Keith Louis Mortensen, the son of Louis and Carrie (Petersen) Mortensen, was born January 24, 1943 in Hartley, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Royal, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Royal High School.
Keith married Marjorie Johanson on June 17, 1962 in Royal, Iowa. After their marriage they continued to live in Royal, where he...
Pearl Louise Lyman
Feb 13, 2018
Pearl Louise (Huston) Lyman, the daughter of Phil and Edna (Elliott) Huston, was born on June 18, 1920 in Hartley, IA. She attended school there and graduating from Hartley High School. After high school, she obtained her Teacher’s Training.
On May 12, 1945, Pearl married Harold Lyman in Luverne, MN. Throughout Pearl’s life she taught in rural...
Carolyn Sue O'Hara
Feb 10, 2018
Carolyn Sue Walton was born on October 7, 1941 in Mountain Home, Arkansas to Mervin “Jim” and Hazel Morris Walton. Her family moved to Everly, Iowa where she graduated from Everly High School in 1959.
On December 6, 1969, Carolyn married Bob O’Hara. They made their home in Spencer, Iowa. Carolyn was a hard worker who enjoyed working with the...
Todd Eugene Norgaard
Feb 9, 2018
SERVICES Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 17th at Living Word Church in Spencer, IA and are open to the public.
Ruth Grace Petersen
Feb 7, 2018
Ruth Grace Petersen, the daughter of John and Blanche (Bowles) Albert was born January 18, 1919 in Primghar, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Primghar area where she attended country school and graduated from Primghar High School in 1936. Ruth married Jimmy Davis in June of 1941. They lived on Hickam Air Force Base, in Hawaii,...
Edna Louise Rigby
Feb 4, 2018
Edna Louise Rigby, the daughter of Lillian and Martin Schutt, was born on September 17th 1948 in Hampton, Iowa. She spent most of her young life in Hampton and later moved to Spencer.
She met Garold McGuire while living in Spencer. They became life-long companions and enjoyed fishing, doing crafts, visiting friends and going to the Clay County Fair...
Maurine Mary Spangler
Jan 29, 2018
Maurine Mary Spangler, the daughter of Joseph and Ida (Benz) Hauber, was born February 8, 1918 in LeMars, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School.
Maurine married Willard Spangler on September 9, 1937 in Spencer, IA. After their marriage, they made their home in Everly, where...
Virgil "Corkey" Heinrichs
Jan 27, 2018
Virgil John “Corkey” Heinrichs was born April 21, 1928, on a farm near Bridgewater, South Dakota. His parents were Alphonse Heinrichs and Christina Wernimont. Corkey spent his childhood in Carroll County, Iowa, where he graduated from 8th grade at St. Peter and Paul School. In 1947, he began laying floor covering with his brother, Alvin.
On June...
Reva Tomlinson
Jan 15, 2018
Reva Mae Tomlinson, the daughter of Ralph and Iva (Nafe) Allen, was born on August 22, 1924, in Washta, IA. She grew up on a farm near Washta, where she attended country school and then attended Quimby High School, graduating in 1941. She attended York College in York, NE where she studied Religious Education obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree.
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Cleo Ann Wild
Jan 14, 2018
Cleo was born January 5, 1919, the only child of Nels and Christine (Petersen) Hjelm. They lived on a farm south of Royal. Cleo attended Willow Creek country school for the first eight years of her schooling. She then attended high school in Royal, graduating in 1936. Cleo and her close friends, Elsie Mae (Paulsen) Jones and Mildred (Toft) Swanson...
Bill Leroy Quist
Jan 14, 2018
Bill Leroy Quist, A.K.A Big Red to some of his childhood cohorts, was born June 27, 1951. Bill grew up in Spencer Iowa with his brother Roger, sister Nancy, and cousins Tammy (Faulkner) Nighswonger and Jerry Faulkner. Growing up, Bill ensured Carrol’s Bakery’s success by eating a lot of “Oh Boy’s!” Bill made sure people read the news...
Franklyn D. Mortensen
Jan 11, 2018
Franklyn Dean Mortensen was born September 20, 1938 to Dean Howard Mortensen and Ireane Mae Guy Mortensen. He attended the Royal Community School. He passed away on January 11, 2018 at the Pocahontas Hospital.
He was married to Linda Ann Wilken on November 4, 1967 in Everly, Iowa. They had three children, Paula Mortensen, Patrick Mortensen and Laurie...
James Marvin Hofmeyer
Jan 9, 2018
James Marvin Hofmeyer, the son of Helen (Espey) Walker and Terrence Hofmeyer, was born on January 17, 1971 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
He was raised in Spencer, IA and graduated May of 1989 from Spencer High School. Went to school to get an Associate Degree from Iowa Central in Fort Dodge, IA.
He worked various jobs until deciding...
Robert Martin Larsen
Jan 8, 2018
Robert “Bob” Martin Larsen, the son of John and Irene (Christensen) Larsen was born on January 2, 1945 on the farm near Anita, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Anita area, where he attended country school and later attended Anita High School. He later received his GED and graduated from tech school while in the Air...
Clare Lucille Olsen
Jan 1, 2018
Clare Lucille Olsen, 96, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, on January 1, 2018, at her residence at the loving and caring Northshire Nursing Home in Spencer.
She was born June 9, 1921 in Virgil, South Dakota to Archie and Mabel (Saville) Hebron. Her family moved to Cherokee, Iowa, where Clare graduated from high school.
Clare...
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