Obituaries

Drew Alan William Marko

Drew Alan William Marko

Jul 26, 2012

The infant son of Zachariah Marko and Amy Bauler. SERVICES There will be private family services only. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT

Dorothy Maxine Brausey

Dorothy Maxine Brausey

Jul 26, 2012

Dorothy Maxine Brausey, the daughter of Oliver and Amy (Crow) Domer, was born December 21, 1928 in Waterloo, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Waterloo where she received her education, graduating from Waterloo High School. After graduation, she worked for two years as a nanny for a doctor in Boone, IA, who had a handicapped child. Dorothy married Ralph...

Terry Ray Brugman

Terry Ray Brugman

Jul 25, 2012

of Spencer, Iowa formerly of Sioux Rapids. Terry Ray Brugman, the son of Karl and Eva (Olhausen) Brugman, was born January 17, 1938 in Webb, Iowa. He was the 8th child of ten children. He was raised on a farm near Sioux Rapids, IA, where he received his education, graduating from Sioux Rapids High School. He entered the military and...

Robert 'Bob' Eugene Syndergaard

Robert 'Bob' Eugene Syndergaard

Jul 23, 2012

Robert 'Bob' Eugene Syndergaard, the son of Peter H. and Beatrice Rose (Brees) Syndergaard, was born July 2, 1927 in Royal, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on the farm near Peterson, where he received his early education at a country school north of Peterson. He later attended and graduated from Peterson High School in 1944. After his schooling, he...

Kristine Marie Garner

Kristine Marie Garner

Jul 22, 2012

Kristine Marie Garner, the daughter of Orval and Macyl Hamann, was born on February 1, 1956 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She spent most of her childhood in Albert City and attended Albert City - Truesdale High School. She lived several years in Fonda where she raised her family. After moving to Spencer in 1996 she fought and won her battle...

Shirley Anna Marie Wede

Shirley Anna Marie Wede

Jul 21, 2012

Shirley Anna Marie Wede, the daughter of Theodore and Leila Klatt Toft, was born November 25, 1931 in Royal, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from the Royal High School in 1949. On October 30, 1950, Shirley married Clarence Andrew Wede at the St. Louis Catholic Church in Royal. Throughout their marriage, they farmed and raised their family....

Edith Reinke

Edith Reinke

Jul 20, 2012

Edith Mae Reinke, the daughter of George and Idella Knau Reinke, was born January 27, 1913 in Manitoba, Canada. She received her early education in Geneva and then graduated from Hartley High School. Following her schooling, Edith worked at the Hartley Creamery, various waitress jobs in Hartley and later in Spencer. She also worked as a clerk in a 'dime...

Daniel Lee Roberts

Daniel Lee Roberts

Jul 20, 2012

Daniel Lee Roberts, the son of Elwin and Helen Peck Roberts was born in Curlew, IA on August 31, 1937. He attended school in Emmetsburg, IA. Daniel entered the U.S. Navy in 1956 serving on the USS Bremerton until his honorable discharge in 1960. He then attended a trade school in Ames, IA to become a bricklayer. He married Dona...

Mary Louise Stanford

Mary Louise Stanford

Jul 19, 2012

Mary Louise Stanford, the daughter of John and Mabel Stearns Fredenburg, was born June 26, 1918 in Sutherland, Iowa. Mary received her early education and graduated from the Cherokee High School. Mary married William Stanford in 1938 in Sioux City, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in the communities of Sterling, CO, Albuquerque, NM and Rawlins, WY. Following the death...

Eddie Beck, Jr.

Eddie Beck, Jr.

Jul 15, 2012

Eddie Beck, Jr., of Peterson, Iowa, died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Cherokee Regional Medical Center, Cherokee, Iowa, where he was born 70 years earlier. He was born March 27, 1942 to Marie (Sump) and Edwin (Nubs) Beck and grew up in the hills and fields of the Beck Ranch in rural Sutherland, Iowa, and in Cherokee, where he graduated...

Marjorie Lou Joines

Marjorie Lou Joines

Jul 13, 2012

Marjorie is the mother of Julie Thiesen of Terril and the late Jolene Bates of Ruthven. Marjorie Lou Joines, the daughter of Harold and Lula Petersen Drake, was born October 25, 1918, at Sutherland, Iowa. She attended and graduated from the Larrabee consolidated school in 1936. She worked in an office in Cherokee before moving to Spencer, Iowa. On January...

Susan Marie Thomsen

Susan Marie Thomsen

Jul 11, 2012

Susan Marie Thomsen, the daughter of Bernard and Berma (Olson) Thomsen, was born March 24, 1942 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her early education in Meadow Township Country Schools #8 & #9. Susan later attended and graduated from Spencer High School in 1960. Susan spent a lot of time during high school...

Gertrude Ethel Sutherland

Gertrude Ethel Sutherland

Jul 8, 2012

Gertrude E. "Trudy" Sutherland, the daughter of Charles and Sophia (Miller) Kiley, was born on July 19, 1922 in Dickens, IA. She received her early education at Brown Country School near Clinton, IA and then later moving to Decatur, IL. The family then moved back to Dickens where she finished her education graduating from Dickens High School in 1941. Trudy...

Stanley Schoelerman

Stanley Schoelerman

Jul 8, 2012

Stan was born on July 22, 1924 to John F. and Alice B. Schoelerman at their farm home south of Everly. Stan attended school in Everly and graduated from high school in1942. He married Muriel Wynette White on September 30th, 1945. The couple lived and worked on the Everly family farm until 1964. Stan was active in American National Cattlemen's...

Mary Darlene Curry

Mary Darlene Curry

Jul 7, 2012

Mary Darlene Curry, the daughter of Edward and Marie McNally Kunert was born September 18, 1934 in Emmetsburg, IA. She attended school in Emmetsburg before moving to Spencer. Mary married Donald Curry on November 5, 1952 in Spencer, IA. She enjoyed shopping, long car rides, walks, listening to classical music and especially spending time with family. Mary passed away at...

Clifford L. Pettit

Clifford L. Pettit

Jul 4, 2012

Clifford Lee Pettit, the son of Thomas W. and Maude (Caskey) Pettit, was born on September 13, 1926, in Everly, Iowa. He was raised and received his early education in Everly. Following graduation, he entered into the military on January 4, 1945 serving in the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged on August 28, 1946. On December 1, 1952, Clifford...

Bennett E. Mugge

Bennett E. Mugge

Jul 3, 2012

Bennett Ernest Mugge, the son of Arthur and Grace Hessenius Mugge, was born June 6, 1933 in Calumet, IA. His family moved to Spencer, Iowa when he was a child. He received his education in Spencer, where he received his education graduating from Spencer High School in 1951. After his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S....

Violet Opal Anderson

Violet Opal Anderson

Jun 29, 2012

Violet Vi Opal Anderson, the daughter of William and Maudie (Passieux) Waechter, was born March 22, 1921 in Monowi, NE. Her childhood years were spent in Lynch, NE, where she attended country school and later graduated from Lynch High School in 1939. Vi married Fred Anderson on December 24, 1940 in Creighton, NE. Following her marriage, they moved to northwest...

Helen Christine Sophia Mossengren

Helen Christine Sophia Mossengren

Jun 28, 2012

Helen Christine Sophia Mossengren, the daughter of Carl and Valborg Johnson, was born June 9, 1920, near Rossie, IA. Her family moved to the Webb, IA, community in 1921, where she lived the remainder of her life. She graduated from Garfield High School in 1937. Helen married Carl (Bart) Bartelson on October 12, 1940, in Northwood, IA. They lived their...

Larry Lee Miller

Larry Lee Miller

Jun 27, 2012

Larry Lee Miller, the son of Vern and Maurine (Brallier) Miller, was born September 12, 1944, in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Ruthven area where he received his education at Ruthven Consolidated Schools. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U. S. Marines from April of 1962, during the Vietnam War, until...