Obituaries

Orville  'Rocky' Tronson

Orville 'Rocky' Tronson

Dec 7, 2015

Orville Leroy Tronson, known as Rocky, the son of Bert and Anna (Poppens) Tronson, was born on March 31, 1931, in Sioux Falls, SD. Rocky's childhood years were spent in Worthing, SD, where he received his early education. He attended high school at Augustana Academy in Canton, SD, graduating in 1949. Rocky entered into the military in 1950 serving in...

Earl Verner Angell

Earl Verner Angell

Dec 6, 2015

Earl Verner Angell, the son of Paul and Magna Milde, was born October 11, 1922 in Lankin, ND. He received his early education and graduated from Lane Technical High School in 1940 were he was a member of the National Honor Society. Earl served in the Coast Guard during World War II and Civil Air Patrol for many years. Earl...

Lois Ann Beck

Lois Ann Beck

Dec 5, 2015

Lois Ann Beck, the daughter of Irving Andrew and Ida Ruth (Garver) Reese was born April 10, 1923, on a farm near Linn Grove, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Rossie area and attended Rossie School. On February 28, 1945, Lois was united in marriage to Rudolph Beck at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal, Iowa. Following their...

Audrey Goettsche

Audrey Goettsche

Dec 4, 2015

Audrey Jane Goettsche, the daughter of Humphrey and Clara Belle (Riley) Cox was born June 14, 1925 in rural Moorhead, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Peterson, IA area. She graduated from Peterson High School in 1943. She attended Moorhead Business School in Moorhead, MN. Audrey worked for Standard Oil, before marrying Raymond Goettsche in Peterson, IA on...

Helene Simons

Helene Simons

Dec 3, 2015

Helene Margaret (Mattson) Simons, age 95, longtime resident of rural Webb, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Northshire Residence in Spencer. Helene was born on August 22, 1920 to parents Carl and Mabel (Dahlgren) Mattson in Grand Meadow Township, Cherokee, Iowa. She grew up on the family farm located east of Grand Meadow with her brother and sister....

Jody Elizabeth Syndergaard

Jody Elizabeth Syndergaard

Nov 29, 2015

Jody Elizabeth, daughter of Donald Leroy and Joan Marliene (Burke) Johnson, was born November 12, 1961, in St. Paul, Minnesota. She grew up in Ulm, Arkansas and Paullina, Iowa, where she attended Zion-St. John Lutheran School and graduated with the Paullina High School Class of 1980. She then took business classes at Northwest Iowa Technical College and began working for...

Arlene Evelyn Koenck

Arlene Evelyn Koenck

Nov 28, 2015

Arlene Evelyn Koenck, the daughter of Earl and Mildred (Pothast) Bernhagen, was born May 23, 1926 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Dickens area, where she received her education, graduating from Lake Center High School in 1943. She attended Iowa State College (now ISU) where she graduated in 1947. She taught high school Home Economics and...

Timothy Dwayne Mike Elder

Timothy Dwayne Mike Elder

Nov 27, 2015

Timothy Dwayne Mike Elder, son of Robert and Mildred (Childress) Elder, was born November 3, 1981 in Lincoln, NE. His childhood years were spent in Ruthven, Iowa, where he received his education. Tim spent his entire life in Spencer, where he worked several odds and ends jobs, most recently employed making pizzas at Casey's General Store in Spencer. He passed...

Ann Sorenson

Ann Sorenson

Nov 26, 2015

Ann Sorenson, daughter of Gaetana Lipari and Santo Collova, was born September 22, 1915, in Racine Wisconsin. She was baptized at Sacred Heart Church and her childhood years were spent growing up with her four siblings, Frank, Dominic, Rose and Mary. She was united in marriage to Harry S. Sorenson on July 2, 1938 in St. Mary's Parsonage, Racine, WI,...

Donald  L. Wilson

Donald L. Wilson

Nov 23, 2015

Donald L. Wilson, 95, of rural Dickens, passed away on November 23, 2015. Donald was born on July 26, 1920, in Freeman Township, Iowa, the son of Roy and Katie Wilson. He married Stella King on July 11, 1944. After attending a rural school, Donald began farming south of Dickens. He worked side by side with his father and his...

Leon Watson Walker

Leon Watson Walker

Nov 22, 2015

Leon Watson Walker, the son of Lester Wayne and Ruth A. (Watson) Walker, was born May 10, 1922 in Sioux Rapids, IA. His childhood years were spent in Rossie, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Rossie High School in 1941. Leon married Phyllis June Walker on August 15, 1944 in Spencer, Iowa. After their marriage, they made their...

Darlene Marian O'Sullivan

Darlene Marian O'Sullivan

Nov 21, 2015

Darlene Marian O'Sullivan, the daughter of Alfred and Ida (Rasmussen) Anderson, was born on April 23, 1933, on a farm north of Royal, IA. She grew up and received her early education there until the family moved to Spencer where she graduated from Spencer High School. Following high school she went to beauty school in Sioux City. She then worked...

Darlene Koenig

Darlene Koenig

Nov 20, 2015

Lois Darlene Koenig, 83 years old. Born August 27, 1932 in Spencer, Iowa. Darlene passed away November 20, 2015 at Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Darlene grew up in Greenville, Iowa and graduated from Gillett Grove High School in 1950. During her school years she loved to play basketball with the Hill Toppers of Gillett Grove High,...

Marilyn Kay Jewett

Marilyn Kay Jewett

Nov 18, 2015

Kay Jewett, the daughter of Floyd and Wayve (Denney) Kirby, was born March 22, 1939, in Villisca, IA. She was married to Hugh N. Jewett on May 29, 1963 in Oceanside, CA. They had one daughter, Cindy Linn. Kay graduated from Aurelia High School in 1957. She worked for the First Trust and Savings Bank in Aurelia until December 1959....

Janice Joanne 'Heisler' Turnquist

Janice Joanne 'Heisler' Turnquist

Nov 18, 2015

Janice (Heisler) Turnquist, age 79, passed away unexpectedly November 18, 2015, at the Spencer Hospital. Born Janice Joanne Larson on October. 15, 1936, in Ruthven, Iowa, to Edward and Victorean (Steidl) Larson, she grew up in Ruthven surrounded by a huge extended family and a lot of friends. After graduating from Ruthven Consolidated School in 1954, she moved to Spencer...

John Stanley Cross

John Stanley Cross

Nov 16, 2015

John Stanley Cross, the son of George and Dollie (Teachout) Cross was born June 18, 1930, on a farm north of Webb, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Webb area where he received his education, graduating from Webb High School. John accepted Christ and was baptized at the age of 12. In 1946, at the age of 16,...

Venetia 'Cricket' Blakely

Venetia 'Cricket' Blakely

Nov 15, 2015

Venetia Moira 'Cricket' Blakely, the daughter of Frederick and Zoe (Packard) Cochrane, was born October 20, 1928 in Creston, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent there where she received her education, graduating from Creston High School. Cricket married James Blakely and to this union three daughters were born: Barbara, Nancy and Andrea. The early years of her marriage were spent...

John Valory Henely

John Valory Henely

Nov 13, 2015

John Valory Henely, the son of Lee and Gladys (Cox) Henely, was born on August 13, 1954 in Emmetsburg, IA. He was raised on a farm near Ayrshire where he attended school, graduating in 1973. After high school he entered into the military, serving in the U.S. Marine Corp. Following his time in the service he returned to the Ayrshire...

Bruce Edward Haht

Bruce Edward Haht

Nov 12, 2015

Bruce Edward Haht, the son of Henry and Kathryn (Noethe) Haht, was born October 13, 1951 in Primghar, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Sutherland where he received his education, graduating from Sutherland High School. Bruce married Micki Anderson on October 16, 1970, in Sutherland. After their marriage, they moved to Calumet and Bruce worked for Micki's dad driving...

Robert 'Bill' Sackett

Robert 'Bill' Sackett

Nov 6, 2015

Robert Wilson 'Bill' Sackett was born on November 20, 1933 as the third of Wilbur Wilson and Edith Murphy Sackett's five children. Bill attended school in Spencer, Iowa and was a member of the first Spencer High School Basketball team to make it to the state tournament in 1952. Bill managed the delivery of the Des Moines Register throughout high...

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