Obituaries
Bernice 'Bernie' Lorene Syndergaard
Oct 11, 2015
Bernice 'Bernie' Syndergaard, the daughter of Charles and Lorene (Noethe) Streufert, was born January 6, 1928 on a farm north of Sutherland, IA. Her entire life was spent in Sutherland, where she received her education, graduating from Sutherland High School in 1945. Bernie married Robert 'Bob' Syndergaard on September 30, 1948 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sutherland. After their...
Irma Jean Jobe
Oct 6, 2015
Irma Jean Jobe, the daughter of Lela Kartman and Gerald Kartman was born November 11, 1926 in Lancaster WI. She grew up in Cassville WI where she went to grade school and high school. Irma passed away at 5:35am Tuesday October 6, 2015 under hospice care at the Spencer Hospital her daughter Kay Sue was with her for the previous...
Barbara Brees
Oct 5, 2015
Barbara Wilson Brees was born March 7th 1924 in Dundurn, Saskatchewan, Canada to Frank and Hazel Ferrin Wilson. In 1937 she moved with her family to a rural Cherokee Farm and graduated from Aurelia High School in 1942. Barb attended UNI Teachers College and following that she taught in the Spencer and Peterson school system. Her father also attended UNI...
Linda Rae Malaise
Oct 4, 2015
Linda Rae Malaise, the daughter of Richard and Irene (Bruswitz) Boyle, was born July 30, 1938 in Eagle Grove, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Eagle Grove, where she received her education, graduating from Eagle Grove High School. Linda married Harold Malaise on September 22, 1956 in Eagle Grove, IA. After their marriage, they lived in Eagle Grove, until...
Ronald 'Ron' Lee Sanow
Sep 24, 2015
Ronald Lee Sanow, the son of Lester and Clover (Woodall) Sanow, was born July 25, 1940, in Remsen, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Remsen where he received his education at Remsen Union High School and later Le Mars High School, where he graduated in 1958. After his schooling, he served with the National Guard. Ron...
Linda Marie Carlson
Sep 24, 2015
Linda Marie Carlson, the daughter of William and Dora (Allwine) Pratt, Sr., was born August 5, 1943 in Omaha, NE. Her childhood years were spent near Omaha, in Ft. Calhoun, NE. She graduated from Pratt High School in 1961. After high school, she worked at Clarkson Hospital as a ward clerk until 1965. Linda moved to Spencer, Iowa in 1965...
Marianne Elizabeth Freking
Sep 23, 2015
Marianne Elizabeth Freking, the daughter of Henry and Annarean (Poeckes) Freking, was born September 1, 1929 in LeMars, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Sioux City, Iowa, graduating from Cathedral Catholic School. Following her high school, she worked as an accountant for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Iowa and Allis Chalmers for 33 years until her retirement in 1994. Throughout...
Delmar 'Del' Julius Muckey
Sep 23, 2015
Delmar "Del" Julius Muckey, the son of Gilbert and Florence Mae Harvey Muckey, was born April 6, 1934 on a farm in Douglas County, SD. His early years were spent in South Dakota until the age of 9, the family then moved to Madison, MN where he graduated from high school. He attended and graduated from St. Cloud University. Del...
Michael Kunath
Sep 21, 2015
Michael Sumner Kunath was born in Spencer, Iowa on October 9, 1948 to Kay and Bonnie (Sorenson) Kunath. He spent his first 10 years on a farm near Dickens, IA where his parents farmed for his grandfather. This is where he developed his interest in mechanical devices. Mike spent many hours as a child building 'engines' from old farm machinery....
Evaughn Shaffer
Sep 20, 2015
Evaughn Shaffer, daughter of John Carl and Bernice Ellen Loeser, was born on July 25, 1925 in Lexington, Texas. She spent her childhood years on the family farm outside Lexington, where she graduated from high school in 1942. She later attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, TX where she graduated in 1945. After college, Evaughn worked at...
Arlene Hamrick
Sep 19, 2015
Arlene Hamrick, the daughter of Jess and Elsie Mae (Wells) McVey, was born January 19, 1919 in Webb, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Webb, where she received her early education later graduating from Spencer High School. Arlene married Orley Ralph Hamrick on October 15, 1938 in Carroll, Iowa. After their marriage, they lived in Greenville, Iowa, where she...
David Eric Olson
Sep 17, 2015
David Eric Olson, the son of Clarence and Rosemary (Koll) Olson, was born on August 13, 1949 in Storm Lake, Iowa. He grew up and received his education in Sioux Rapids, where he graduated from high school in 1967. Following high school, he worked for Skov Trucking in Rembrandt. He moved with his family to Leavenworth, KS in 1969 where...
Robert E. Seversen, Jr.
Sep 13, 2015
Robert E. Seversen, Jr., the son of Robert and Marie (Andersen) Seversen, was born on August 23, 1922, in Spencer, IA. He was baptized and confirmed at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. He attended the same rural school all eight years with the same teacher in Sioux Township, Clay County. He graduated from Everly High School in 1940. Bob...
Mary Ann Mingus
Sep 11, 2015
Mary Mingus (Roland) died unexpectedly in Spencer, Iowa, on Friday September 11, 2015, at the age of 74. She is survived by Husband, Richard Mingus; daughter, Rebecca Thong (Mingus) of Spencer,IA. Vieng Thong of Spencer, IA. Sons: Jeffery Mingus of Newell, IA, Michael and Hoa Mingus of Spirit Lake, IA; Grandchildren; Christina and Cory Wiskow of Robbinsdale, MN, Brandon and...
Roberta Travis
Sep 11, 2015
Roberta (Bobbie) Ann Travis was born on April 8, 1928 to Rose and Bernard Smith. She was raised and educated in Ayrshire, Iowa. She met Rex when his Dad arranged 6 girls for him to meet. He picked Bobbie and the rest is history. They were married on August 29, 1946. They moved to Webb in 1955 and started farming....
Lorna Ruth Goetsch
Sep 10, 2015
Lorna Ruth Goetsch, the daughter of Fred and Alice (Lamkin) Lucas, was born December 23, 1926 in Rock Rapids, IA. Her childhood years were spent in George, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from George High School. She continued her education at the University of Northern Iowa and later received her BA degree from Northwestern College in Orange City....
Victor George Weisbrod
Sep 8, 2015
Victor George Weisbrod, the son of Donald and Mollie (Struve) Weisbrod, was born November 6, 1926 by Royal, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Linn Grove and Rossie, Iowa areas, where he received his early education. Vic married LaVonne Lenhart on February 22, 1948 in Spencer, IA. After their marriage they farmed near Webb from 1951 until their...
Betty Lavonne Matthiesen
Sep 7, 2015
Betty LaVonne Matthiesen, the daughter of David and Esther (Todd) Averill, was born on February 1, 1931 at her uncle's farm in rural Spencer, IA. She spent most of her childhood years in and around Spencer. Betty left home at a young age and put herself through school working various jobs for families in Spencer, where her pay was sometimes...
William 'Bill' Wendlandt
Sep 7, 2015
Family and friends mourn the passing of William Wendlandt. William Charles Wendlandt, the son of William Carl and Mary (Rien) Wendlandt, was born October 15, 1926, in Regal, Minnesota and graduated from Paynesville, Minnesota high school in 1944. In high school, Bill was a recognized athlete, receiving trophies for outstanding athlete of the year. After high school, he entered the...
Rosemary June Carlson
Sep 6, 2015
Rose grew up in north central Iowa on a farm with three sisters and a brother. She was the oldest of her siblings. Rose cherished many fond memories of playing ball, school and church, and riding trikes and bikes with her siblings. Rose was always surrounded by cats and dogs while growing up, along with chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and...
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