Obituaries
Harold Duane Christensen
Sep 25, 2012
Harold Duane Christensen, the son of Amos and Hildur Johnson Christensen, Sr., was born January 30, 1929 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on the family farm east of Royal. He received his early education at Lincoln Township Country School and later graduated from the Royal High School. Following his schooling, Harold entered the United States Air Force...
Linda Rae Brown
Sep 22, 2012
Linda Rae Brown, the daughter of Ray and Delores (Stevenson) Brown, was born September 13, 1951, in Spencer, Iowa. Her entire life was spent in Spencer where she received her education. Linda enjoyed watching and playing "Wheel of Fortune", playing Bingo with her mother, gardening and yard work. Throughout her entire life, her focus was on her family and taking...
Timothy Jay Galm
Sep 21, 2012
Timothy Jay Galm was born June 11, 1949, in Spencer, IA, the second of eight children to Dorothy Marie Dykstra and Edwin John Galm of Moneta, IA, where Tim grew up. Tim graduated from Everly Community High School in 1968. He graduated cum laude from Creighton University in Omaha, NE, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,...
Rebecca Marie Payne
Sep 20, 2012
Rebecca 'Becky' Marie Payne, the daughter of David William and Ann Marie (Lindemann) Payne, was born October 8, 1988, in Great Falls, MT. Her family moved to Everly where she received her education, graduating from Clay Central-Everly High School in 2007. She briefly attended Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, IA, and worked several part-time jobs. In 2009, she moved...
Eleanor Marie Daniel
Sep 16, 2012
Eleanor Marie (Grover) Daniel, the daughter of Lewis and Georgia (Miles) Grover, was born August 17, 1922 in Clay County, Iowa. She grew up on a farm near Gillett Grove and her family later moved into the town of Gillett Grove, where she received her education, graduating from Gillett Grove High School in 1940. Eleanor married Verl Daniel on September...
Robert Keith Lage
Sep 14, 2012
Robert Keith Lage, the son of Grant and Ethel Hardman Lage, was born July 11, 1924 in Milford, Iowa. Robert received his early education and graduated from the Milford High School. Robert then entered the United States Army Air Force serving from March of 1943 until his honorable discharge in September of 1945. Robert married Colleen Collins on June 1,...
Joyce Irene Ewoldt
Sep 14, 2012
Joyce Ewoldt daughter of Bert George Speed and Ethel Mae Parsons Speed was born October 20, 1942 in Clay County, Iowa. Her childhood was spent on the Speed family farm near Webb. She attended and graduated from Webb High School in 1960. Joyce married Dennis Lee Ewoldt on December 8, 1962. Following their marriage, they lived in Spencer. Her dream...
Louis Gaffney
Sep 13, 2012
Louis Paul Gaffney, the son of Paul and Louise Behrens Gaffney was born June 5, 1939, in Peoria, IL. His childhood years were spent in the Lincoln and Peoria, IL, area where he attended school and graduated from Spalding High School in Peoria. He also spent some time in the Guardian Angel Orphanage in Lincoln, IL. Louis graduated from Purdue...
Virginia 'Ginny' Lorraine Coughenour
Sep 11, 2012
Virginia "Ginny" Lorraine Coughenour, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Ouchstetter) Adolph, was born November 8, 1921 in Hartley, Iowa. Her childhood was spent in Hartley, where she received her education, graduating from Hartley High School in 1939. Virginia attended a business school in Minnesota for one year and then moved to Spencer, Iowa. Ginny married Allen Coughenour on June...
David 'Scott' Hessman
Sep 11, 2012
Scott Hessman was born to David and Arlene (Jackson) Hessman on September 6, 1959 at the Muscatine Community Hospital in Muscatine, Iowa. At age one, he moved to Ida County, Ida Grove, Iowa, where he spent all of his growing up years. He was the usual country type boy while growing up and at age nine became a member of...
Shirley Ann Mason
Sep 11, 2012
Shirley Ann (Myers) Mason was born to Irven and Mabel (Walstrom) Myers on November 2, 1936 in Spencer, Iowa, just moments before the birth of her twin brother, and closest ally, S.A. (Bud) Myers. Shirley's childhood years were filled with the chores and adventures that only a farm in Iowa can offer. In 1955, she graduated from Greenville-Rossie High School,...
Mary Ann Peters
Sep 9, 2012
Mary Ann Peters, the daughter of Henry and Irene (Howuen) Engelkes,was born on July 18, 1946 in Sibley, IA and she also attended school there. Mary married Robert L. Peters on December 5, 1962 in Rock Rapids, IA. Following their marriage, they resided in Hartley, IA. Mary worked at St. Luke's Nursing Home and the Hartley Care Center for several...
Edward Eugene Kitto
Sep 8, 2012
SERVICES OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION There will be Memorial Visitation on Saturday, September 15, from 1:00 - 3:00P.M., at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. MUSIC INTERMENT Burial will be at a later date.
Alma Louise Wendt
Sep 5, 2012
Alma Louise Wendt, the daughter of Henry and Bertha Bowen Grote, was born November 17, 1920 in Little Rock, Iowa. She attended country school through the eighth grade in Grant Township and finished high school in Little Rock. Alma married Robert C. Wendt on November 17, 1941 at Little Rock on the farm where she lived. They moved to Graettinger,...
Arthur Dale Rhodes
Sep 3, 2012
Arthur (Art) Dale Rhodes was born to William and Ethel (Legere) Rhodes on their homestead on October 29, 1921, in rural Spencer, IA. This is where he would live out his childhood years with his 9 brothers and sisters helping out on the farm and receiving his education from Spencer schools graduating in 1939. He then joined the United States...
James Leclair
Aug 29, 2012
James (Jim) LeClair, age 65, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at The Abbey in LeMars. He is survived by four siblings, Phyllis Curran (Bernie), Patricia Harrington (Raymond),Judy Thompson (Bill) and Leo J. LeClair (Carol), two aunts Gunnie Brower and Cleone Schmidt and by six nieces and five nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents: Ruby (Morrow) and...
Luella Martha Reinke
Aug 28, 2012
Luella Martha Reinke, the daughter of Rudolph and Anna Werner Meehlhause was born August 15, 1917 in Hartley, IA. She grew up on a farm until 1924 when the family moved to Hartley, where she graduated high school. Luella was united in marriage to Raymond Reinke on August 29, 1938. They lived in Sioux City and Spencer before returning to...
Dale Leroy Roberts
Aug 26, 2012
Dale Leroy Roberts, the son of Arthur and Roberta Beckham Roberts, was born June 13, 1934 in Buena Vista County, Iowa. Dale grew up in the Sutherland and Peterson areas. He received his education in Peterson and graduated from the Peterson High School. Following his schooling, Dale enlisted with the United States Army in January 1955, serving until his honorable...
Burdette 'Bert' Ernest Menke
Aug 25, 2012
Burdette "Bert" Ernest Menke, the son of John and Ella (Platt) Menke, was born on January 1, 1937, in Calumet, Iowa. He was raised and attended country schools in the area. Bert worked for John Deere in Primghar before entering into the military. He enlisted in the United States Air Force on December 29, 1954. While in the military he...
Helen B. Dean
Aug 21, 2012
Helen B. Dean, daughter of Myron J. and Clara (Paddock) Stanton, was born June 29, 1927 in Spencer, IA. She was a third generation Spencerite, graduating from Spencer High School in 1945. Helen married Gerald W. "Jerry" Dean, August 22, 1948, in the First Baptist Church, Spencer, IA. She continued her position as an operator with Northwest Bell Telephone Company...
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