Obituaries
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...
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...
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