Obituaries

Nola Irene Tesch

Nola Irene Tesch

Mar 20, 2013

Nola Irene Tesch, the daughter of H. Emil and Mary (Lohrman) Hansen, was born August 30, 1912 in Everly, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Everly, where she started at Everly country schools without speaking any English. Nola's family moved to a farm near Colgate, ND when she was a young child, and she received her education, graduating from...

Carrie Janette Tuttle

Carrie Janette Tuttle

Mar 17, 2013

Carrie Janette Tuttle, the daughter of Carl and Verta (Prentice) Birchard, was born September 21, 1926 in Gillett Grove, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Gillett Grove, where she received her education. Carrie married Melvin Tuttle on June 5, 1948 in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Spencer, where she worked Swift & Company, National Spencer and...

Don Arthur Caquelin

Don Arthur Caquelin

Mar 15, 2013

Don Arthur Caquelin, the son of Raymond and Ethel Shillington Caquelin, was born January 11, 1932 in Lincoln Township, Wright County, Iowa. He grew up in Eagle Grove, IA, where he received his education in Eagle Grove and graduated in 1950. He served the United States Army in Korea from 1951 to 1952. He then attended Eagle Grove Community College...

Thomas 'Tj' Johnstone

Thomas 'Tj' Johnstone

Mar 14, 2013

Thomas Edmund Johnstone, the son of Robert and Shirley (Jensen) Johnstone, was born August 13, 1961, in Detroit Lakes, MN. The family moved to Spencer, IA in 1968 where he attended the Spencer School System for a time and worked at the Sunshine Center until 1981. Tom then moved to Sheldon, IA and became part of the family of God's...

Bernard Turek

Bernard Turek

Mar 13, 2013

Bernard "Bernie" Turek, was born October 19, 1937 in Cleveland, OH. His childhood years were spent in Cleveland, where he received his education, graduating from West Side High School. Following his schooling, he moved to Mt. Morris, IL, where he met Judith Powell. Bernie and Judy were married on February 14, 1979 in Sioux Falls, SD. After their marriage, they...

Mindee L. Wilcox

Mindee L. Wilcox

Mar 12, 2013

Mindee Lee Wilcox, the daughter of Gary G. Michels and Sharon K. Lewis Decker, was born November 18, 1972 in Spencer, Iowa. Mindee was raised in Sioux Rapids where she attended Sioux Rapids School until fall of 1988, her family then moved to Webb, Iowa where she attended and graduated from South Clay in 1991. She then lived in the...

Crystal Erline Klatt

Crystal Erline Klatt

Mar 9, 2013

Crystal Erline Klatt, the daughter of James and Christina (Peterson) Dickeson, was born March 16, 1927 near Rossie, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1945. Crystal married Keith Klatt on July 16, 1949 in Royal, Iowa. Keith and Crystal lived north of Linn Grove, Iowa for...

Richard Terry Hamilton

Richard Terry Hamilton

Mar 6, 2013

Richard Terry Hamilton, son of Alan and Mabel (Koffman) Hamilton, was born September 20, 1949, in Kansas City, KS. His childhood years were spent in Kansas City where he received his early education and later graduated from Wyandotte High School. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Navy in Guam, San Diego, CA, and later...

William 'Woody' H. Woodall

William 'Woody' H. Woodall

Mar 5, 2013

William Henry Woodall, the son of Phillip and Lena (Toft) Woodall, was born on November 16, 1923, on a farm near Royal in Clay County. He was raised in the Royal area, where he attended country school and later graduated from Royal High School. After his schooling, he worked for his uncle for several years and later he began farming...

Anna Christine Ott

Anna Christine Ott

Mar 5, 2013

Anna Christine Ott was born February 5th, 1916 to Peter and Ida (Koechert) Nath in rural Everly, Iowa. She graduated from Moneta High School in 1934. Anna married Emmert C. Ott on September 8th, 1937 and there were seven children born to their marriage. Emmert and Anna farmed near Everly until 1960, when they moved to Minnesota to operate a...

James Ralph Shriner

James Ralph Shriner

Mar 3, 2013

James Ralph Shriner, the son of John and Evelyn Satern Shriner, was born May 31, 1941 in Rodman, Iowa. Jim received his early education and graduated from Rodman Consolidated School in 1959. On May 8, 1971, Jim married Harriet "Sam" Raabe in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they made their home together in Spencer. Jim worked as a electrician for...

William Harold Cromer

William Harold Cromer

Mar 2, 2013

William Harold Cromer, Jr., the son of William and Ann Vogel Cromer, was born August 22, 1930 in Muscatine, Iowa. Bill attended school in Muscatine. Bill married Josephine Erickson on March 13, 1959 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bill worked at various jobs in Landscaping, Greenhouses, a foundry and at a Nursing Home. He enjoyed eating, taking walks all over town,...

Clara Marcley

Clara Marcley

Mar 1, 2013

Clara May Marcley left this earth on March 1, 2013. She was born May 24, 1919, in Jackson County, Minnesota to Seifert and Vera Wilson. Clara was preceded in death by her husband; Otis R. Marcley, her mother and father, Seifert and Vera Wilson, and eight brothers and sisters; Edward, Irvin, Ted, Ralph, Gordon, Mildred Wilson, Margaret Briley, and Faye...

Robert Cleland Drake

Robert Cleland Drake

Mar 1, 2013

Robert (Bob) Drake heard the voice of his Heavenly Father calling him home on March 1, 2013. There he joined his parents: Harold and Lulu (Petersen), brothers: Weymond and Harold (Audrey), sister: Marjorie (Eldred) Joines, nieces: Jolene (Joines) Bates and Angela Drake. Bob the youngest of four children was born on March 12, 1927 in Cherokee County, Iowa. He graduated...

Rebecca 'Becky' Ann Stulen

Rebecca 'Becky' Ann Stulen

Feb 25, 2013

Rebecca Ann Stulen, the daughter of William Edward and Iris Rose (Zwiefel) Householder, was born April 4, 1943 in Fenton, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Fenton, where she received her education and graduated from Central Fenton High School in 1960. After high school, she continued her education at La James Cosmetology School in Mason City. Throughout her life,...

Connie Kay Paulsen

Connie Kay Paulsen

Feb 24, 2013

Connie Kay Paulsen, the daughter of Glenn Wayne and Herma Louise Zahren Hensley, was born in Lake Park, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from the Excelsior Consolidated School. Connie continued her education at Morningside College in Sioux City, and Eau Claire College in Wisconsin. On November 24, 1961, Connie married Curtis Amos Paulsen in Lake Park, Iowa....

Ilene Faith Crew

Ilene Faith Crew

Feb 24, 2013

Ilene Crew, the daughter of Lizzie and Caleb Jones, was born December 29, 1913 in Ayrshire, Iowa. She received her early education in a country school and graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1931. In October of 1934, Ilene was married to Eldon Crew. To this union, two children were born. Ilene enjoyed life on the farm and loved...

Pat Gross

Pat Gross

Feb 23, 2013

B. Lorana ("Pat") Gross, youngest child of Claud and Hattie Ziller Brinkley, was born October 19, 1926, in Logan Township, Clay county, Iowa. She passed away at the Spencer Hospital Hospice Care facility on February 23, 2013. Pat was educated in Logan Township, graduating from Gillette Grove High School in 1942. Pat married her beloved Raymond Gross on April 20,...

Marie Charlotte Freitag

Marie Charlotte Freitag

Feb 22, 2013

Marie Charlotte Freitag, the daughter of Frank and June Randall Horck, was born June 6, 1935 in Waubun, MN. She received her early education and graduated from Waubun High School. Marie married Gerald Freitag on January 21, 1956 in New Port, MN. Following their marriage, they lived in the St. Paul area for 53 years until moving to Spencer in...

James Burr Kitterman

James Burr Kitterman

Feb 21, 2013

James Burr Kitterman, the son of Burr Kenneth and Dorothy (Deaton) Kitterman, was born May 30, 1950 in St. Paul, MN. His childhood years were spent in East Bethel, MN, where he received his education, graduating from St. Francis High School in St. Francis, MN. He later attended and graduated from Alexandria Technical College in Alexandria, MN with a degree...