Obituaries
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...
James "Jim" Franklin Laddusaw
Dec 31, 2017
James F. Laddusaw (Jim) was born March 11, 1935, in LeMars, Iowa, to Lawrence Laddusaw and Leona Ruba Laddusaw Smith. Jim grew up in Everly, Lake Park, and Sioux City. He graduated from Sioux City Heelan High School. From high school, Jim enlisted in the U.S. Army and he served two years in Hammelburg, Germany. After his honorable discharge from the army, he...
Oliver Oscar Vogt
Dec 29, 2017
Oliver Oscar Vogt, the son of Oscar and Eleanor Blaue Vogt, was born March 13, 1924 in Gerald, MO. At the age of 5, his family moved to Iowa where Ollie received his early education in country schools and later graduated from Calumet High School. He continued his education at Buena Vista College where he served as President of the...
Janis Elizabeth Sieh
Dec 27, 2017
Janis (Jan) Sieh was born in Omaha on November 5th, 1922 to the parents of Lester and Mildred Shoemaker. She attended North High School in Omaha, Nebraska and Omaha University prior to her employment in the Vice President’s office of the Union Pacific Railroad during the war years.
In 1945 Jan married Paul B. Neafus, a Major in the...
Lynda Gail Schmidt
Dec 27, 2017
Lynda Gail Nagel, the daughter of Henry and Sadena Nagel, was born on November 1, 1946, in Adrian, Minnesota. For most of her youth, she lived on a farm where she attended country school in Allendorf, Iowa, and later graduated from Little Rock High School. Following high school, she worked at Aalfs Manufacturing in Sheldon, Iowa.
Lynda...
Dale Martin Tesch
Dec 27, 2017
Dale Martin Tesch, the son of Harry and Nora Holtgrewe Tesch was born July 17, 1946 in Paullina, Iowa. Dale received his early education from Primghar Country School and graduated from the Primghar High School.
On August 6, 1965, Dale married Rita Van Heuvelen at the American Reform Church in Primghar. Following their marriage, they lived in the communities...
Paul Conrad Haaland
Dec 24, 2017
Paul Conrad Haaland, the son of Thorvald and Margaret (Meredith) Haaland was born December 28, 1950 in Spencer, IA. He grew up in the Royal, IA area, attending Clay Central schools and graduating from Clay Central High School in (1968?) He furthered his education at Iowa State University.
Paul returned home to work on the family farm...
Robert Guerttman
Dec 23, 2017
Robert Case Guerttman, the son of William and Luella (Case) Guerttman, was born on November 10, 1921, in Humboldt, Iowa. Robert received his early education at Humboldt Schools. The family moved to Spencer when Robert was 14. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1939. He enlisted in the Army in 1943, and received a medical discharge in...
Thomas John Hegel
Dec 19, 2017
Thomas John Hegel, the son of John and Clementine (Scheetz) Hegel, was born October 12, 1941 in New Salem, ND. His childhood years were spent on a ranch outside of Elmont, ND, where he received his early education at country schools, later graduating from Elmont High School. He entered the military and served with the U.S. Army, where...
Elizabeth "Betty" Mae Behrends
Dec 15, 2017
SERVICES Services will be held at a later date. OFFICIATING Rev. C. Peter Maisenbach INTERMENT Riverside CemeterySpencer, Iowa
Betty Louise Runkle
Dec 11, 2017
Betty Louise Koehnk Runkle, the daughter of Otto and Anna Bielfeldt Koehnk was born November 24, 1926 in Clay County, Iowa. She was raised on a farm southwest of Everly, graduating from Everly as valedictorian of the class of 1944.
She attended Iowa State Teachers College in 1945, taught at Merrill, IA and in 1946-1948 at Moneta, IA.
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Shawn Lee Smith
Dec 9, 2017
Shawn Lee Smith, the son of Dennis “Patrick” and Nancy (Mengelsen) Smith, was born May 30, 1967 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Fostoria, where he received his education, graduating from Milford High School. After his schooling, he learned the welding trade from his father and worked with him at Fostoria Welding. Shawn also worked...
Floyd Forrest Faulkner
Dec 8, 2017
Floyd Forrest Faulkner, the son of Gerald and Golda (Hupp) Faulkner, was born December 14, 1941, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education. Following his schooling, he worked as a truck driver for several years.
Floyd worked at Sieh’s Farm Drainage for most of his working life until he...
Frank Ewing Tuttle
Dec 7, 2017
Frank Ewing Tuttle, 100, passed away quietly at the Spencer Hospital on December 7, 2017. The son of Randall Marcus Tuttle and Ruth Ewing Tuttle grew up on a farm on the edge of NW Spencer with his 2 brothers, Peter and Thomas, and they spent their summer days at their parents' cottage at...
Margaret June Mueller
Dec 7, 2017
Margaret June Mueller, the daughter of Martin and Ellen (Emanuelson) Jones, was born June 5, 1928 in Linn Grove, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Peterson, where she received her education, graduating from Peterson High School in 1946. She worked as a waitress after her schooling.
Margaret married John “Jack” Mueller on January 24, 1948 in Spencer,...
Rex Travis
Dec 3, 2017
Rex Sunday Travis, the son of Roy and Beatrice Lucille (Sunday) Travis, was born November 5, 1919 in Manson, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Pocahontas, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Pocahontas High School. After his schooling, he enlisted in the military and served in the Army in Ghana, where he helped install their first...
Samuel George Crosser
Nov 29, 2017
Samuel Crosser, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and dear friend to all, passed away peacefully on November 29, 2017, at Northshire Care Facility in Spencer, Iowa. Sam was born on July 30, 1932, to Milton and Hilda (Jepson) Crosser in Primghar, Iowa. After graduating from Primghar High School in 1950, Sam joined the Air Force as a ground to air...
Service Of Remembrance 2017
Nov 27, 2017
We light a candle of love... In celebration of the people... And the times... That were important in our lives.Warner Funeral Home, Hospice of Spencer Hospital, Abben Cancer Center and Area Churches held their annual Service of Remembrance on Monday, November 27th, 2017 at the Hope Reformed Church in Spencer with Approximately 135 people in attendance. We would like to...
Dale Marvin Brower
Nov 25, 2017
Dale Marvin Brower, WWII Navy flight instructor officially went “off duty” at 2:10 P.M., Saturday, November 25, 2017. Dale was born to Marie and Gerritt Brower on March 16, 1922 in Plessis, Iowa. He was 95 ½ y/o soul. Dale’s heart simply “wore out”.
Simply put it would be hard to find a more productive human being...
Wayne G. Brown
Nov 25, 2017
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established by the family.
Wayne Gibbons Brown, the son of Lee and Winifred (Gibbons) Brown was born February 19, 1925 in Peterson, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Peterson area where he attended school, graduating from Peterson High School.
Wayne served in the U.S. Navy during WWII until...
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