Obituaries

Marcella Mccord

Marcella Mccord

Apr 6, 2015

Marcella Marie McCord, the daughter of Louis and Evelyn (Kelsey) Vodraska was born January 3, 1943 in Pocahontas, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Pocahontas area. Marcella moved to Fostoria in 1967 & resided there until 2013 when she moved to the Sunset Apartments in Spencer. Marcella worked at Stubs in Spencer where she made pies. She then...

Frances Jensena Larsen

Frances Jensena Larsen

Apr 6, 2015

On February 26, 1921 Clarence (Tim) Bohlen and Sylvia (Kinseth) Bohlen were blessed with the birth of their daughter Frances Jensena Bohlen. Frances' life began in Alexander, Iowa where she grew up, graduated high school and married the love of her life, Lyle Larsen in New Castle, WY in September of 1939. Lyle and Frances lived in Alexander until 1959...

Arlo Maurice Benson

Arlo Maurice Benson

Apr 4, 2015

Arlo Maurice Benson, the son of Clifford and Hazel (Rutherford) Benson was born in a farmhouse near Marathon, Iowa where he lived for most of his life. He had a full life with both sadness and happiness. His father died when he was 3 and he was raised by his grandparents with his mother coming home on weekends from her...

Glenn 'Whitey' Roos

Glenn 'Whitey' Roos

Mar 29, 2015

Glenn Eldon 'Whitey' Roos, the son of Arie D. and Jennie (Oldenkamp) Roos, was born October 15, 1928 in Hospers, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Sioux County, IA area, where he received his education. After his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Navy from 1946 until his honorable discharge in 1948. After his...

Kent Stanley Olson

Kent Stanley Olson

Mar 28, 2015

Kent Stanley Olson, the son of Stanley and Margaret (Mason) Olson was born on August 30, 1956 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Ruthven, Iowa. This is where he graduated from in 1975. He then went to Iowa State University for Agriculture and following college he moved to Arizona until he decided to come home to Iowa...

Wilda Marie Hintz

Wilda Marie Hintz

Mar 23, 2015

SERVICES There will be a Memorial visitation held from 2:00 - 4:00 P.M., Saturday, March 28 at the Hap Kettelson in Everly. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT

Velma Sylvia Schomburg

Velma Sylvia Schomburg

Mar 21, 2015

Velma was born on November 3, 1922 in Douglas Township in Clay County to Waldo and Olga Walstrom Lundt. Velma grew up on the family farm and graduated from Linn Grove High School. After attending Morningside College she was employed as a secretary at an Air Base in Ogden, UT. Velma married Dale Berge in October of 1946 and they...

Merle 'Tate' William Adams

Merle 'Tate' William Adams

Mar 21, 2015

Merle "Tate" William Adams, the son of Merle William and Lena (Olmstead) Adams, was born April 16, 1928 in Gillett Grove, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Gillett Grove, where he received his education, graduating from Gillett Grove High School. After his schooling, Merle entered the military and served with the U.S. Marines from August of 1946 until his...

Eleanor Mae King

Eleanor Mae King

Mar 21, 2015

Eleanor Mae King, the daughter of Elmer and Stella (Norland) Frink, was born November 13, 1916 in Armstrong, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Emmetsburg, where she received her education, graduating from Emmetsburg High School. Eleanor married Russell Braley and to this union was born one son, Craig. The couple later divorced. She married Harold Stoddard on October 15,...

Mark Alan Cooper

Mark Alan Cooper

Mar 19, 2015

Mark Alan Cooper, the son of Jack and Karen (Tesch) Cooper, was born February 3, 1962, in Cherokee, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Marcus and later Sutherland, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Sutherland High School in 1980. After graduation, he worked for Schoon Construction in Cherokee. In 1983, Mark enlisted in the military and served...

Leonard John Wersinger

Leonard John Wersinger

Mar 18, 2015

of Spencer formerly of Remsen, Iowa and the Iowa Great Lakes area. Leonard John Wersinger, the son of Joseph and Minnie (Unkrur) Wersinger, was born January 2, 1926 in Remsen, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Remsen, where he received his education. After high school, he farmed in the Remsen area. Leonard married Shirley Gunderson on August 24, 1960...

Dean Stuhr Anderson

Dean Stuhr Anderson

Mar 15, 2015

Dean Stuhr Anderson, the son of Kenneth Lloyd Anderson and Althea Stuhr Anderson, was born December 1, 1954 in Waukegan, IL. His family moved to Spencer, IA when he was 9 years old. Dean graduated from Spencer High School and then continued his education at Buena Vista College where he graduated with degrees in Psychology and Communications. While he was...

Lin Montgomery

Lin Montgomery

Mar 12, 2015

Lin Montgomery, the daughter of V. Donald and Marianne (Rahbusch) Lenhart was born on June 29, 1960, in Hartley, Iowa. She grew up in the Sutherland area on a dairy farm. She attended school in Sutherland and graduated from high school in 1978. Following high school, Lin's love of children was shared with those at Faith Hope and Charity in...

Lee Schmidt

Lee Schmidt

Mar 12, 2015

Lee Allen Schmidt, the son of Donald and Barbara (Wieben) Schmidt, was born on June 4, 1953 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on the farm in Royal and Everly. Lee attended school in Everly, IA and graduated from Every High School in 1971. After graduation, Lee spent many years working on the farm and the farm implement...

Harry Jalas

Harry Jalas

Mar 11, 2015

Harry Theodore Jalas, the son of Henry and Mollie Maria Dorthea (Back) Jalas, was born on April 8, 1925, in Sutherland, Iowa. He was raised and went to school in Sutherland. Following his schooling he entered into military on January 10, 1946, serving in the U.S. Army. Harry was a Construction Machine Operator during his time in the service. He...

Lura Mae Johnson

Lura Mae Johnson

Mar 10, 2015

Lura Mae Johnson, 86 of Spencer and Okoboji, IA, passed away on March 10, 2015 in Tempe, AZ. Funeral services will be held at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer, IA on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 1:00 P.M., with a graveside service to follow at Riverside Cemetery. Lura Mae Whitfield was born in Des Moines, IA on June 7,...

Clara Anna Sickelka

Clara Anna Sickelka

Mar 10, 2015

Clara Anna Sickelka, the daughter of Walter and Clara (Hoppe) Ebel, was born August 16, 1931 in Iona, MN. Her childhood years were spent on a farm outside of Granville, IA, where she received her education, graduating from Paullina High School. She was baptized on August 30, 1931 at Zion Lutheran Church in Iona, Minnesota and confirmed on June 10,...

Steven Beaton

Steven Beaton

Mar 9, 2015

Steven Charles Beaton, the son of Charles and Eleanor (McIntire) Beaton was born on December 19, 1957 in Cherokee, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Marcus, IA area, where he attended school, graduating from Marcus High School in 1976. After high school he graduated from Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, IA. Steven moved to Phoenix, AZ for...

Charles G. Mills

Charles G. Mills

Mar 8, 2015

Charles George Mills was born on November 24, 1925, to Pearl (Barglof) Mills and Ross Mills on a farm near Greenville, Iowa. He had one older brother, Raymond, and twin younger siblings Fay and Kay. He attended school in Greenville, where he graduated in 1943. Growing up, he was a member of the Friends Church in Greenville. Helping his father...

Dorris Brooks

Dorris Brooks

Mar 3, 2015

Dorris Mulford Brooks, the daughter of Alfred Clark Mulford and Anna Caroline Vorwerck, was born September 7, 1924 in West Orange, New Jersey. Dorris married Frank A. Brooks, Jr. on August 11, 1951 in West Orange, NJ. Following their marriage, they lived for a short time in Washington, D.C. until becoming longtime residents of Morris Plains, NJ. Dorris was active...

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