Obituaries
Les Hintz
Aug 20, 2012
Leslie Boyd Hintz, the son of Manville and Nora (Larson) Hintz, was born June 8, 1938 in Kiester, MN. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he receive his education, graduating from Spencer High School. Les earned a football scholarship and attended Lancaster College in California for 1� years. Les entered the U.S. Army in 1958 and served with...
Robert Dean 'Nuke' Newcomb
Aug 19, 2012
Robert Dean "Nuke" Newcomb, the son of Roy and Hazel (Howard) Newcomb, was born April 4, 1936 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood was spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School. Nuke married Saundra Faye Rogers on January 19, 1958 in Spencer. After their marriage, they lived briefly in Spencer, where he worked for Nesbitt...
'Chevy' Evans
Aug 19, 2012
Scott Lynn 'Chevy' Evans, the son of Fred and Shirley (Kriens) Evans, was born on September 16, 1963, in Minneapolis, MN. His family moved to Dumont, IA and that's where he attended school. After school he worked for his dad at his company, Nu Modern Resurfacing, where they resurfaced bowling alleys. In 1993 he moved to Hospers, IA where he...
Mildred Loretta Swanson
Aug 18, 2012
Mildred Loretta Swanson, the daughter of Christian and Martha Hjelm Toft, was born August 13, 1918 in rural Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Royal area and she received her early education in Royal country school and graduated. Following her graduation, Mildred attended Beauty School in Omaha. On February 2, 1941, Mildred married Myron 'Turp' Swanson in...
Vesta Doris Rouse
Aug 16, 2012
Vesta Rouse passed away on August 16, 2012, following a lengthy stay at St. Luke's Nursing Home in Spencer, Iowa. Vesta Doris ( Remillard) Meleky Rouse, the daughter of Jesse and Marie (Meyer) Remillard, was born February 8, 1922, in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Vesta received her education in the Sioux Rapids school system, graduating in 1939. Following high school, Vesta,...
Harry Albert Sands
Aug 15, 2012
Harry Albert Sands, the son of Albert and Frieda Strackbein Sands was born April 23, 1947 in Anthon, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Anthon area where he attended school and graduated from Anthon Oto High School. Harry served as a machinist in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. After his honorable discharge in 1971, he worked...
Frank Howard Kruse
Aug 13, 2012
Frank Howard Kruse, the son of Ivan and Ruby (DeMar) Kruse, was born October 31, 1930 in the Peterson area of Clay County, Iowa. He attended country schools for his early education and later graduated from Royal Consolidated High School in 1949. After enlisting in the U.S. Navy, he served for 4 years as a radarman. He was assigned to...
Grace Carol Hynes
Aug 11, 2012
Mrs. Hynes, the daughter of J. Chester King and Bessie Gustin King was born April 10, 1911 in a farmhouse south of Dickens, Iowa. She attended country school in Logan Township through the 8th grade and graduated from Spencer High School at the age of 16. After graduating from high school, Grace attended Hamilton Business College in Mason City, Iowa....
Millie Olhausen
Aug 11, 2012
Mildred 'Millie' Matilda Olhausen, the daughter of Peter Frederick and Ethel Maude (Parish) Toft, was born June 29, 1921 in Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Royal, where she received her education, graduating from Royal High School. Millie married Fred Olhausen in 1939 in Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, they continued to live in Royal, where they ran...
Sandra Kay Christensen
Aug 11, 2012
Sandra Kay Christensen, the daughter of Henry and Virginia Marie (Traughber) Christensen, was born September 7, 1947 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education. Sandra was a lifetime resident of Spencer, Iowa and worked at the Sunshine Center for many years. She was associated with the New Life Worship Center in Spencer....
Ellen Catherine Binder
Aug 9, 2012
Ellen Catherine Binder, 88 passed away peacefully on August 9, 2012 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born to John and Bessie Beals in Ottawa County, Kansas on April 30, 1924. Ellen led a very happy, active life filled with family, friends, and many activities such as painting, sewing for her family, her church and ballroom dancing. In 1944, she married...
Dolores Jean Averill Hintz Hoppe
Aug 9, 2012
Dolores J. Averill Hintz Hoppe, the daughter of David and Esther (Todd) Averill, was born on March 21, 1933, in Des Moines, IA. Her family moved to the Spencer area when she was 6 where she attended school in Rossie graduating in 1951. Dolores married Henry Hintz on January 20, 1956 in Spencer, IA. To this union three children were...
Daniel Raye Duitsman
Aug 9, 2012
Daniel Raye Duitsman, the son of Donald Lewis and Doreen (Luehring) Duitsman, was born June 8, 1960 in Ames, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Ames until his family moved to Spencer, Iowa. He attended grade school in Spencer and later graduated from Spencer High School in 1978. Dan married Pam Fideler in 1985 in Spencer, Iowa and to...
J. Jeanette Baysinger
Aug 7, 2012
Jeannette Baysinger, the daughter of William and Clara (Seibel) Maurer, was born October 4, 1910 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School. She later attended a Business school in Des Moines for 1� years. Following her schooling, she returned to Spencer where she worked as a secretary....
Virginia Ruth Lubbers
Aug 6, 2012
Virginia Ruth Lubbers, the daughter of Orin and Mabel (Anderson) Groe, was born July 5, 1929 in Mason City, IA. She graduated from Lake Mills High School in 1947, attended Drake University and the University of Iowa, graduating with a BSC degree in 1952. Virginia married Paul H. Martin in Lake Mills in 1952 and they moved to Chicago, where...
Arleen Lillian Ott
Aug 4, 2012
Arleen Lillian Ott, daughter of Julius Wm. and Ella (Riessen) Schroeder, was born on December 2, 1914, on the family farm in Muscatine County, IA. She was raised and received her early education, attending grade school in Blue Grass, IA. She attended Central High School in Davenport, IA, graduating in 1932. After high school she worked at Willey's Music &...
Virginia Ann Freeburg
Aug 4, 2012
Virginia Ann Freeburg, the daughter of Otto and Elsie Jaeger Moeller, was born June 11, 1924 on a farm in Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Royal where she received her early education and graduated from the Royal High School. Virginia married John Raymond 'Ray' Freeburg on June 25, 1944 in Royal. Following their marriage, they lived in...
William N. Peterson
Aug 3, 2012
William Nelson Peterson, 83 of Kenmare passed away Friday evening August 3, 2012 in Kenmare. Funeral service will be Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Kenmare with the Rev. John Syvertson officiating. Visitation will be held Wednesday, August 8, 2012 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Thompson Larson Funeral Home in Kenmare. Burial will...
Margaret Mary Joynt
Aug 2, 2012
Margaret Mary Joynt, the daughter of Harold and Thelma Spear Theesfeld was born August 15, 1955 in Estherville, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Mallard, IA area, where she attended Mallard schools. After graduating from Mallard High School in 1974 she married Pat Joynt. Margaret worked for Terra in Emmetsburg, IA, drove truck, worked at Pasqualies Pizza, and...
Catherine Marie Utley
Jul 31, 2012
Catherine Marie (Yunker) Utley, the daughter of Ada and George Yunker, was born November 11, 1922, in Yakima, Washington. She spent her childhood in Yakima and graduated from Yakima High School. She worked as a chauffeur for military dignitaries during WWII at Fort Lewis, Washington. She married Ray F. Utley on February 24, 1945 in Cheahalis, Washington. Following their marriage,...
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