Obituaries
Marcella Amelia Clark
Jan 8, 2014
Marcella Amelia Clark, the daughter of Peter and Helen (Lukken) Redl, was born January 11, 1928 in Newcastle, NE. Her childhood years were spent in Newcastle, where she received her education, graduating in 1945. She married Ralph Clark on September 22, 1948, in Newcastle, NE. After their marriage, they owned and operated Clark's Caf� in Newcastle, where she cooked and...
Michael Fischer
Jan 6, 2014
Michael Robert Fischer, the son of Oscar and Sarah Pauline (Pomerantz) Fischer, was born July 14, 1951, in Danville, IL. His family moved to Coral Gables, FL, when Mike was a child where he received his early education. Mike attended Miami-Dade College for two years and then moved to Iowa City, IA, where he received his BA degree from the...
Earl Samuel Klaessy
Jan 4, 2014
Earl Samuel Klaessy, 87 of Spencer, Iowa went to his eternal home January 4, 2014. He was born August 15,1926 in Renwick, Iowa, the 4th child of Samuel and Signed Marie {Holm} Klaessy. The family moved to Spencer in 1937. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1943. Earl spent one year working on the railroad in Montana. He entered...
Thelma Grace Baysinger
Jan 2, 2014
Thelma Grace Baysinger, the daughter of Charles and McGreta Freeland Breyfogle, was born January 11, 1921 in Primghar, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Primghar where she received her early education. On September 20, 1941, Thelma married Cyral Alphonso Baysinger in South Sioux City, Nebraska. They lived in the Moneta and Royal area for several years following their marriage,...
Helen Louise Oglesby
Dec 31, 2013
Helen Louise Oglesby, the daughter of William and Dorothy (Hesebeck) Hattendorf, was born April 8, 1936 in Ocheyedan, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Harris, Iowa, where she received her education graduating from Harris High School. Helen married Leon Carl Oglesby on April 28, 1957 in Ocheyedan, Iowa. Following her marriage, they moved to Mankato, MN and later to...
Wilhelmine 'Willie' Taylor
Dec 27, 2013
Wilhelmine "Willie" Taylor, age 83, of Spencer passed away on Friday, December 27, 2013 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Willie was born in Galva, Iowa, on April 20, 1930 to Rasmus P. and Anne S. Rasmussen of Galva, Iowa. The family then moved to rural Everly where Willie attended grade school through high school. She was...
Edna Emma Lundquist
Dec 27, 2013
Edna Emma Lundquist, the daughter of Roy and Meta (Massmann) Meyer, Sr., was born on August 18, 1936 in Paullina, IA. The family moved to Hartley where she received her early education and graduated from Hartley High School. Following high school, she moved to Spencer where she worked at Super Valu. Edna married Gary Lundquist on June 8, 1957, in...
Thomas Elsworth Phillips
Dec 24, 2013
Thomas Elsworth Phillips, the son of Elsworth and Barbara (Bauer) Phillips, was born May 19, 1941, on the family homestead near Linn Grove, Iowa. He received his education at Rossie Community School, graduating in 1959 as class valedictorian. Tom entered the U. S. Army in 1962, and was stationed in South Korea as a military policeman until his honorable discharge...
Douglas W. Pingel
Dec 20, 2013
Douglas William Pingel, the son of William and Carrie (Ware) Pingel, was born July 1, 1942, in Cherokee, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Primghar, Iowa, where he received his early education and attended Primghar High School. He then attended a mechanic school in Kansas City. Doug spent his entire life living in the Everly and Spencer areas. On...
Meta Joss
Dec 18, 2013
Meta E. Joss passed away Wednesday December 18,2013 at Sioux Care Center. Death was of natural causes. Meta [Pensel] Joss was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on February 1,1922. She was united in marriage to Charles C. Joss of Cedar Rapids, Iowa on November 10,1944. From this union were born three children: David, Barbara and Susan. She was preceded in...
May Violet Josephine Barry
Dec 16, 2013
May Violet Josephine Barry, the daughter of Karl and Betty Truellson Raymond, was born January 8, 1915 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. As a young child she moved to Holdrege, NE where she received her early education and graduated from High School. May married Roger Carlos Barry on January 25, 1937, in Elk Point, South Dakota. They made their home near...
Donna Lee Hansen
Dec 16, 2013
Donna Lee Hansen, the daughter of Thomas and Mildred (Simpson) Beedle, was born May 26, 1944, in Sioux Rapids, IA. Her childhood years were spent on farms near Sioux Rapids, Marathon and Laurens, Iowa, where she attended Cornell Elementary School and later attended and graduated from Marathon High School. She later graduated from a beauty school. After her schooling, she...
Glenn Neve
Dec 14, 2013
Glenn Eldon Neve, the son of George and Christina (Hansen) Neve, was born June 12, 1923 in Ringsted, IA. His childhood years were spent in Ringsted, where he received his education, graduating from Ringsted High School. He attended Ohio University and Dana College where he received his BA degree. He also did graduate work at the University of Minnesota. His...
Laura Lee Bendlin
Dec 13, 2013
Laura Lee Cunningham, the daughter of Clifford And Wilma (Prall) Cunningham, was born on August 18, 1948, in Des Moines, Iowa. She attended school in Des Moines and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1966. She met Larry Bendlin in the summer of 1966 at the Roof Gardens. They were united in marriage on October 8, 1966, in Spencer, Iowa....
Walter Edward Wilkens
Dec 13, 2013
SERVICES There will be no formal services. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT
Virgil 'Butch' Severeid
Dec 12, 2013
Virgil "Butch" Severeid, the son of Arnold and Etta (Sowden) Severeid, was born February 11, 1941, in Tyler, MN. He was raised on a farm by Lake Wilson, MN, and later moved into Lake Wilson where he received his education. Butch married Darlene Meyer on May 26, 1973, in Sioux Falls, SD. Following their marriage, they moved to Spencer, IA,...
Donald Andrew Edwardson
Dec 11, 2013
Donald Andrew Edwardson was born February 20, 1936, in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, to Carl and Julia (Wilbur) Edwardson. He attended and graduated from the Sioux Rapids schools in 1955. Don spent his entire life in the Sioux Rapids area farming and raising purebred Hampshire pigs. He exhibited Hamps at the Clay County Fair for nearly 40 years. After he left...
Miriam Roberta Eaton
Dec 10, 2013
Miriam Roberta Eaton, the daughter of Clarence and Anna (Heisler) Eaton, was born on June 5, 1930, in Spencer, Iowa. She was raised and received her early education in Dickens until the 8th grade, when the family moved to Sheldon where she finished her education graduating in 1948. Miriam held various jobs in the Spencer community after high school, before...
Patricia Mae Devereaux
Dec 9, 2013
Patricia Mae Devereaux, the daughter of Theodore and Helen (Lampman) Lilly, was born August 29, 1940, in Storm Lake, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Albert City, IA, where she received her education, graduating from Albert City High School in 1958. Following her schooling, she worked for a dentist, Dr. Harms. Pat married Ed Devereaux on January 24, 1959,...
Eva Leonard
Dec 8, 2013
Eva Blanche Leonard, the daughter of John and Blanche (Bowles) Albert, was born on December 30, 1909, in Primghar, Iowa. She attended school in Primghar and after her graduation there, she taught country school until she married Samuel H. Leonard on February 22, 1929. Following their marriage, the couple farmed east of Primghar. She was a full working partner with...
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