Obituaries
Esther Lillian Prange
Aug 15, 2013
Esther Lillian Prange was born April 3, 1920, to Harry and Tracy Vander Schaaf on a farm near Doon, IA. In 1926, the family moved to Hull, IA. After graduating from the public school, she worked in the local cafe. Esther married Gerrit Prange on December 9, 1944. After his discharge, he worked briefly in Spirit Lake, IA, and then...
Jim Reed
Aug 10, 2013
James 'Jim' Keith Reed, the son of George and Rosamond (Deegan) Reed, was born November 9, 1931 in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Peterson, where he received his early education, graduating from Peterson High School. He later received his BA degree from Morningside College. Jim entered the military and served with the U.S....
Betty Bell Stoeber
Aug 5, 2013
Betty Bell (Sargent) Stoeber was born April 25, 1923 in Beresford SD, Union County at home about 30 minutes after twin sister, Bessy Ann. Her parents were Royal Morrison Sargent and Bessie Edythe Cox. She moved with her parents to McAllen, TX, when she was in 7th grade and she graduated from high school there. After graduation, she came to...
Fern Geneviene Heick Benner
Aug 4, 2013
Fern Genevieve Heick Benner, the daughter of John Peter and Alma Marion (Subcleff) Heick, was born December 3, 1921 in Peterson, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Peterson, where she received her education, graduating from Peterson High School in 1940. Fern married Arlin E. Hintz on October 17, 1942 in Clinton, Iowa. Throughout the years, Fern worked as an...
Julie Carpenter
Aug 3, 2013
Julie Lynn Carpenter, the daughter of Roger and Sandy Wieneke Carpenter was born March 8, 1969 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer and Estherville, IA area where she attended school and graduated from Estherville High School. Julie married Greg Elmore on October 17, 1995 in Spirit Lake, Iowa. She was employed with Burger King. She...
Kayleen Rose
Aug 2, 2013
Kayleen Pearlu Rose, the daughter of C.E. and Pearl Ramona Arnold McCarney, was born May 13, 1934, in Redfield, SD. Kayleen spent her early years in Yankton, SD, but also spent time in Rawlins, WY, and Vallejo, CA. The family moved to Spencer, IA, in 1944, and stayed until 1949 when they moved to Sibley, IA. She graduated from Sibley...
Jane Minogue Rice
Jul 30, 2013
Jane Minogue Rice, the daughter of Fred and Kathrine DeLano Minogue, was born November 30, 1912 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Jane received her early education and graduated from Fort Dodge High School. Jane attended junior college in Fort Dodge for two years and graduated from Parsons College with a B.S. degree. Jane married Lloyd Arlie Rice on May 30, 1937,...
Marv Amick
Jul 29, 2013
Marv Laverne Amick, the son of D.J. 'Al' and Donna (Hamrick) Albers, was born July 11, 1950, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Jamestown, ND, where he received his education, graduating from Jamestown High School. Marv later continued his education at a Christian College in Mitchell, SD, for six months. He did ministry work in the southern...
Glen 'Ken' Kenneth Edge
Jul 29, 2013
Glen Kenneth Edge, 90, died comfortably at the home he shared with his daughter, Stephanie, in Kentucky, on July 29, 2013. Ken was born June 05, 1923 in Estherville, Iowa, to Margaret Louise Brown and John Wesley Edge. A World War II veteran, he served his country for many years, active in the Army of the United States and in...
Marlys Hazel Vanderhoff
Jul 28, 2013
Marlys Hazel Vanderhoff, the daughter of Henry and Irene (Gilling) Junker, was born on September 11, 1945 in Mountain Lake, MN. She was raised and received her early education in St. James, MN. Following graduation, She moved to Spencer and started working at Rexall Drug Store. On January 2, 1965, Marlys married Russell Vanderhoff in Mt Lake, MN. The couple...
Dale Nellis
Jul 25, 2013
Dale Nellis, the son of Merle and Helen (Baumeister) Nellis was born on March 3, 1933 on the family farm near Hartley, IA. He received his early education by attending country school in the Milford & Hartley area, graduating from Hartley High School in 1952. Following high school, he entered into the military, serving in the U.S. Army. He was...
Joel Allen Jackson
Jul 22, 2013
Joel Allen Jackson, the son of Joe and Jane (Richmond) Jackson, was born October 13, 1953 in Clinton, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Clinton, where he received his education, graduating from Clinton High School. He continued his education a Northwest Iowa Technical College in Sheldon, Iowa. After his schooling, he worked as an electrician. Joel married Pam Wierema...
Kyle Douglas Lachner
Jul 21, 2013
In Lieu of flowers, a memorial has been set up in Kyle's name. Kyle Douglas Lachner, the son of Curt and Michelle (Otkin) Lachner, was born December 8, 1997, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer and he had completed his freshman year of high school in both Spencer and at Lincoln East, Lincoln, Nebraska. He was...
Ione Christine Osterson
Jul 17, 2013
of Hartley formerly of Spencer. Ione Christine Osterson, the daughter of Christ and Lillie (Newkirk) Peters, was born May 16, 1921 in Hartley, Iowa. She received her education in Hartley. Christine moved to Spencer in 1937, where she made her home. She was a member of First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. She worked at several places in N.W. Iowa...
Chris Irvin Woodall
Jul 5, 2013
Chris Irvin Woodall, the son of Phillip and Lena (Toft) Woodall, was born on November 19, 1925, on a farm near Royal. Chris attended elementary school at Clay Center #5 country school and graduated in 1943 from Royal High School. This summer was the celebration of Chris' 70th class reunion. Enlisting in the U.S. Army June 3, 1952, in Omaha,...
Marjorie Elaine Mccann
Jul 5, 2013
Marjorie Elaine McCann, the daughter of Julius and Olma Seaman Phillips was born January 21, 1937 in Sioux City, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Laurens, IA area where she graduated from Laurens High School before attending Morningside College in Sioux City, IA. Marjorie married Dale McCann on February 7, 1974 in Arnolds Park, IA. She worked for...
Delmar Clarken
Jul 4, 2013
Delmar Clarken, the son of John Owen and Myrtle Daisy Haggard Clarken, was born March 21, 1920 in Vincent, Iowa. He was raised in Webster County and attended school at Colfax No. 1 and Ducomb High School. He was united in marriage to Evelyn Lucille Brown on May 4, 1940 in Dows, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Webster...
Donald Dobbins
Jul 4, 2013
Donald Ralph Dobbins, son of Ernest Alonso and Iva (Needham) Dobbins, was born February 27, 1923 on the family farm south of Emmetsburg, Iowa where he spent his childhood. This is where he received his early education and then he and his older brother, Harry, left school to enlist in the service. Both were denied entry due to medical reasons....
Verla Hintz
Jul 2, 2013
Verla Hintz, the daughter of William and LuWanda Hein Grapenthin, was born August 12, 1936 in Hartley, Iowa. Verla grew up in the communities of Hartley, May City, Sheldon and Spencer where she had received her early education. Verla married Everett Raymond Hintz on March 31, 1956, in Sutherland, IA. Following their marriage, they moved to Everly where she worked...
Keith Tesch
Jun 30, 2013
Melvin Keith Tesch, Jr., son of Melvin Karl and Dorothy (Dobbertin/Haht) Tesch, was born March 27, 1950 on the family farm northwest of Paullina, Iowa, where he spent his childhood. After confirmation in Germantown, Iowa and graduation from Paullina High School in 1968 he spent time in Estherville, Iowa where he met his future wife before settling in Spencer, Iowa....
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