Obituaries
F. Merle Yager
Feb 21, 2015
Franklin 'Merle' Yager, the son of Lee and Leda (Lawson) Yager, was born April 3, 1928 in Lake Park, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Lake Park, where he received his education at Excelsior Consolidated elementary and later graduated from Excelsior Consolidated High School. He continued his education at the University of Iowa for 1 year and later attended...
Mary Lou Traughber
Feb 19, 2015
Mary Lou Traughber, the daughter of Louis and Elsie (Vollmer) Batschelet, was born March 15, 1932 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education graduating from Spencer High School in 1950. Mary Lou continued her education for two years at Colorado Women's College in Denver. Mary Lou married Bobbie Fay Traughber on January...
William 'Bill' Franklin Carpenter
Feb 19, 2015
William 'Bill' Franklin Carpenter was born September 21, 1942 to W. E. (Bob) and Ferne R. (Mandelkow) Carpenter in Spencer, Iowa. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1962. Bill spent the summers with his parents at their cottage on West Lake Okoboji, immersing himself in swimming, boating, fishing, and competitive sailing with his classmate and longtime friend Steve Petersen....
Sherry Ann Thomas
Feb 17, 2015
Of Webb, Iowa SERVICES Private family services will be held at a later date. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT
Opal Mae Jessen
Feb 15, 2015
Opal Mae Jessen, the daughter of Walter and Adelia (Wills) Woltersdorf, was born August 11, 1922 in Plessis, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Hartley area, where she received her education, graduating from Hartley High School in 1940. After high school, she worked at the Hartley Creamery and later taught in country schools. Opal married Donal (Jim) Jessen...
Alice Bertha Hoberg
Feb 15, 2015
Alice Bertha Hoberg, the daughter of Edward and Sybil (Brooks) McDonald, was born May 18, 1921 in Winner, SD. When she was an infant, her family moved to Agenda, KS. After she had initially started school, her family moved to Omaha, NE, where her youth was spent, graduating from grade school and high school. She later attended the University of...
Ruth Ann Wehler
Feb 13, 2015
Ruth Ann (Hirt) Wehler, the daughter of Walter and Anna (Goering) Hirt, was born December 15th, 1921 in Hartley, IA. She grew up on a farm outside of Hartley and always had fond memories of those years. She received her education in Hartley, graduating from Hartley High School in 1939. After high school, she continued her education and received her...
David Dale Killmer
Feb 13, 2015
David Dale Killmer, the son of George and Cecelia (Asmussen) Killmer was born October 30, 1947 in Hartley, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Moneta, IA area. He attended school in Everly, IA, graduating from Everly High School in 1966. David married Diane Grimmius on November 20, 1976 in Worthington, MN. He worked for Spencer Foods, Land-O-Lakes, Hartley...
Mary Evelyn Uhe
Feb 9, 2015
Mary Evelyn Harrington, the daughter of Leo and Ruth (Sweeney) Harrington, was born September 4, 1920 on a farm north of Sanborn, Iowa. She attended elementary school and received her high school diploma from Sanborn. After high school, she worked for various families in the community. She was united in marriage to Lloyd Uhe on July 25, 1940. Mary became...
Marguerite 'Margie' Rae Umbrell
Feb 7, 2015
Marguerite 'Margie' Rae Umbrell, the daughter of Marvin Umbrell and Barbara Winthers, was born July 27, 1966 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education in Spencer schools. After her schooling, she worked for many years at A & M Laundry. In recent years, she worked as a cook at Hardee's, Burger King...
Grover Franz Reiser
Feb 7, 2015
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Orphaned & Injured Wildlife, Inc. at: Orpaned & Injured Wildlife, Inc. Non-Profit Wildlife Care 3012 Center Lake Drive Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 712-336-3827 Grover Franz Reiser was born May 17, 1947 in Bismarck, North Dakota and died February 7, 2015 in his home in Everly, Iowa, at the age of...
Richard 'Rick' Jackson
Feb 6, 2015
Of Terril, Iowa Richard 'Rick' Gary Jackson, the son of Gary and Karen (Johnson) Jackson, was born March 24, 1960 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Dickens. He attended Lake Center School during his kindergarten year and then attended Spencer schools, graduating from Spencer High School in 1978. During his high school years, he...
Raymond Doherty
Feb 6, 2015
Raymond Joseph Doherty, the son of Raymond and Mary (Spain) Doherty, was born January 17, 1932, in Rock Valley, IA. He received his early education and graduated from Rock Valley High School in 1949. Ray served in the United States Air Force from 1951-1955 as a Control Tower Operator with the rank of Staff Sergeant with two years overseas duty...
Marjorie Warner Cornwall
Feb 6, 2015
Marjorie Cornwall, Urbandale, Iowa, formerly of Spencer, Iowa Marjorie Warner Cornwall, 85, was born October 5, 1929, in Minneapolis, Mn to Milton and Ethel Lund Warner. She passed away on Feb, 6, 2015 after a brief stay at Mercy Hospice House in Johnston, Iowa, surrounded by the love of many of her family members. Marjorie attended early school in Mankato,...
Phyllis 'Arlene' Galbraith
Feb 4, 2015
Phyllis Arlene (Struve) Galbraith was born April 27, 1928 on a farm near Linn Grove, Iowa to Walter and Jennie (French) Struve. All her life she was known as Arlene. Her early years were spent growing up on the farm where her favorite pastime was playing with the cats, which developed her love for cats. She graduated from Rossie High...
Gary Tunink
Feb 3, 2015
Gary Herman Tunink, the son of Bernard and Irma (Stangel) Tunink, was born on October 31, 1944 in Templeton, IA. He grew up in the Glidden area and graduated Glidden High School in 1962. Gary married Betty Jane Florke on February 27, 1965 in Carroll, IA. Following their marriage they farmed in the Dedham area until 1971, when they moved...
Leroy 'Bud' Welle
Feb 3, 2015
Elvin Leroy "Bud" Welle, the son of Lester and Pearl (Arms) Welle, was born March 6, 1930 in Greenville, IA. He was the oldest of eleven children. Bud moved to rural Milford in the spring of 1943 and graduated from Okoboji Consolidated High School in 1948. While in high school, he participated in basketball and baseball. In the summers he...
William 'Bill' T. Cook
Feb 2, 2015
William 'Bill' Cook, the son of Oscar and Kathryn (Smith) Cook, was born May 31, 1927 in Sioux Falls, SD. His childhood years were spent in Sioux Falls, where he received his early education later graduating from Sioux Falls Washington High School. Bill entered the military and served his country during WWII from 1945 until his honorable discharge in 1946....
Tommy 'Tom' Ray Otis
Jan 28, 2015
Tom Otis passed away Wednesday, Jan. 28 in Spencer, Iowa. A celebration of his life will be held at Spencer Golf and Country Club on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 2-4 p.m. Tommy Ray Otis was born in Forest City, Iowa, in 1928 to G. Carol Otis and Melinda (Skogerboe) Otis. Tom lived in Forest City and attended school there, before...
Dorothy Schurmann
Jan 26, 2015
Dorothy O. Jantz Schurmann, was born May 17, 1925 to Adolph and Susie Koehn Jantz in Larned, Kansas. She passed away January 26, 2015 in Spencer, Iowa. On August 18, 1946, she married Cliff Schurmann of Graettinger, Iowa. She is survived by her children, David Schurmann and wife, Sue of Barrington, IL and Suzanne Wandell and husband, Tim of Norwalk,...
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