Obituaries
Bruce Wendell Johnson
Aug 30, 2015
Bruce Wendell Johnson, the son of James Wendell and Grace (Hanson) Johnson, was born February 5, 1947 in Windom, MN. His family moved to Spencer, Iowa when he was an infant. He received his education in Spencer schools, graduating from Spencer High School in 1965. After his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Army until his...
Kandace Kae Spencer
Aug 29, 2015
Kandace Kae Spencer, the daughter of Imogene (Davis) and Kenneth Kruse, was born April 2, 1946 in Huron, SD. Her childhood years were spent in De Smet, SD, where she received her education graduating from De Smet High School. After high school, she attended South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD, where she received her BA degree in Education. Kandace...
Betty 'Lorene' Hanson
Aug 27, 2015
Betty 'Lorene' Hanson, the daughter of Leon and Wilma Alexander Baldwin, was born July 1, 1923, in Barron, WI. She received her early education and graduated from the Barron High School. Lorene married Leo Kenneth Hanson on March 20, 1941. To this union seven children were born. They moved to Iowa in 1950, where they farmed northeast of Spencer until...
Linda Lou O'Hara
Aug 27, 2015
Linda Lou (Breidinger) O'Hara, 68, passed away on August 27, 2015 after struggling valiantly with cancer. Linda was born on September 18, 1946 in Spencer, IA to Dorothy and Orville Breidinger. She received her high school diploma from Milford, IA in 1964. After graduation Linda moved to Spencer where she was employed at Spencer National Bank. In 1966 Linda was...
Lanny Woolery
Aug 26, 2015
Lanny Dean Woolery, the son of Omer and Mildred (Wilkie) Woolery, was born on October 9, 1957, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Everly where he attended school. Following school, he entered into the military on March 10, 1976, serving in the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged on January 7, 1982. After his time in the...
Wally Fred Martwick
Aug 18, 2015
Wally Fred Martwick, the son of Edward and Mary Martwick was born March 10, 1933, in Stewart, MN. He served in the Korean War and trained as a Paratrooper. In 1954, he married Norma Noteboom in Madelia, MN, and had four children. In 1961, he married Sally Patrick in Vici, OK, and had two more children. Wally worked over 30...
Elvis Jesse Lee
Aug 17, 2015
Elvis Jesse Lee, the son of Nikolas and Armilia Wolf Hansen, was born on August 12, 1948, in Arcadia, WI. He was raised and received his early education there. Following school, Elvis lived in several communities and worked various jobs. On October 16, 1986, Elvis married Deborah Powell, in Las Vegas, Nevada. After their marriage, they continued to move around...
Vivian Lavone Jespersen
Aug 14, 2015
Vivian LaVone Jespersen, the daughter of Jesse and Myrtle (Roberts) Morrow, was born April 22, 1925, on a farm southwest of Royal. She was baptized in the Methodist Church. After her early years on the farm and in country school, she moved with her parents to Spencer, started 7th grade there, made life-long friends, and graduated from Spencer High School....
Sherman C. Scharnberg
Aug 11, 2015
Sherman Charles Scharnberg, the son of Eldo and Helen (Zaiser) Scharnberg was born on October 22, 1935 in May City, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Everly, IA area, where he attended school, graduating from Everly High School in 1954. He then went to Business College in Omaha, NE, before returning to farm in Everly. Sherman married Connie...
Charles Peter Quist
Aug 11, 2015
Charles Peter Quist, the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Nielsen) Quist was born December 14, 1917 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Spencer area, where he attended school. After school Charles worked on the family farm his entire life until his retirement. Charles married Edna Bielfeldt in 1940 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA....
Sarah Ann Van Kleek-King
Aug 10, 2015
Sarah Ann Van Kleek-King, the daughter of Vernon and Alice Van Kleek, was born December 28, 1953 in Emmetsburg, IA. She grew up in Arnolds Park, Iowa and she received her education in the Lake's area, graduating from Spirit Lake High School in 1972. She was a great fish cleaner as she worked with her grandparents, Arthur and Rose Van...
Meryl Lester Smith
Aug 9, 2015
Meryl Lester Smith, 91, born on February 8, 1924 at Curlew, Iowa and baptized April 4, 1947 in Laurens. He graduated from Garfield-Webb in 1943; he served in the Army from 1944 to 1945, and was honorably discharged due to polio. He came home and married the love of his life, Mardella K. Aden in March 1946. They have four...
Gregory 'Greg' Lynn Seaman
Aug 9, 2015
Gregory Lynn Seaman, the son of Bob and Gloria (Mills) Seaman, was born February 19, 1949 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Milford and later Spencer, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1968. After his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War until...
Lorraine Siewert
Aug 6, 2015
Lorraine Anne Siewert, the daughter of Anna and William Drapeau, was born January 26, 1928 in New Haven, CT. She grew up in Connecticut, where she graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1945. She married Richard Siewert on July 3, 1947 in New Haven. After their marriage, they farmed on a farm near Rochester, MN for 17 years. They...
Carolyn Dotson
Aug 5, 2015
Carolyn Rae Dotson, the daughter of Orlo and Cora (Handy) Lockey was born on March 21, 1934, in Spencer, Iowa. She married Gilbert "Tom" Dotson on November 29, 1953, in Arnolds Park, Iowa. One week following their marriage, Tom went to Fort Hood, Texas, to serve in the Army where Carolyn joined him shortly after. They returned home in 1955....
Jean Ann Jackson
Aug 4, 2015
SERVICES Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M., Saturday, August 8, 2015 at the Warner Chapel in Spencer. OFFICIATING Rev. Tonna Parsons CASKET BEARERS VISITATION Visitation will begin 3:00 P.M., Friday with the family present from 5 to 7:00 P.M., Friday Evening at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. MUSIC 'How Great Thou Art' 'Tenderly Calling' 'Lord I'm Coming Home'...
Roseann Barger
Aug 3, 2015
Roseann was born in Northfield, MN, on July 21, 1930 to Enoch and Ethyl (Kucker) Madsen. She moved with her family early in her childhood to Sioux City, IA, where she spent her life until 2008 when she moved to Spencer, IA. Roseann married the love of her life, Robert Barger on July 26, 1949. Together they raised 3 children....
Sandra Jo Quist-Conover
Aug 1, 2015
Sandra Jo Quist Conover, the daughter of Robert Sr. and Marge (Faulkner) Quist was born November 11, 1959, in Spencer, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer area where she received her education before attending Ellsworth Community College. Sandra married Burroughs Conover on July 25, 1992, in Spencer, IA. Sandra worked at Maurer Manufacturing, managed Little Sioux Feeder...
David Edmonds
Jul 31, 2015
David Charles Edmonds, the son of Estal and Eva (Nelson) Edmonds was born December 21, 1952, in Onawa, Iowa. Dave spent his childhood in Little Sioux, Iowa, surrounded by family and the Loess Hills. He graduated from West Harrison High School in Mondamin, Iowa, in 1971. He attended Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, where 'Barney' was a member of...
Billy Blair Rohrbaugh
Jul 29, 2015
Billy Blair Rohrbaugh, son of Lou and Blanche Bailey Rohrbaugh, was born August 24, 1936, at Peterson, Iowa, where he spent his childhood years. He was united in marriage to Carolyn Faye Gottsch, of Sutherland, on September 3, 1960. Shortly after their marriage he joined the Bethel Lutheran Church in Sutherland. Having grown up during the Depression and WWII, he...
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