Obituaries
Ray H Cranston
Jul 21, 2024
Ray Harley Cranston, the son of Harley and Gladys (Flint) Cranston was born on January 19, 1933. He had three siblings, Cleone, Coleen, and Merlyn and grew up on the family farm located in Everly. He attended his early school years in a one-room schoolhouse, which was located about a mile from the family’s farm. He frequently would ride his...
Larry Eugene Laursen
Jul 20, 2024
Larry Eugene Laursen, 88, a beloved father and husband, passed peacefully Saturday, July 20, 2024 with his loving wife of 70 years by his side and surrounded by their children.
Larry, of proud Danish heritage was born the second youngest of nine children to Gerda and Marius Laursen in Brooke, IA. Larry and his wife were farmers for over 70 years,...
Gary "Tumbleweed" Alan Goettsch
Jul 17, 2024
Gary “Tumbleweed” Alan Goettsch, the son of Arlen and Gerane (Camarigg) Goettsch was born October 20, 1954 in Cherokee, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Holstein, IA, where he attended school and graduated from Holstein High School in 1972. Gary married Kim Hoops, they later divorced. He moved to Hartley, IA in 2001 and married Karen, they later...
James "Jim" Wendel Hartmann
Jul 14, 2024
James “Jim” Wendel Hartmann, the son of Clifford and Luella (Schmidt) was born April 5, 1949 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Everly, IA area, where he attended school and graduated from Everly High School in 1967. He then graduated from Northwest Iowa Technical College in Sheldon, IA as the first Carpentry class in 1969.
Jim married...
Winifred Irene Ravenscroft
Jul 13, 2024
Winifred Irene (Gilson) Ravenscroft, 97, died on July 13th, 2024 at Accura Healthcare in Spirit Lake Iowa. She was born on August 10, 1926 at the Welsh Presbyterian Mission Hospital in Shillong, Assam India to the Reverend Frederick Leroy and Hazel May (Minott) Gilson. Nowgong, Assam was their home through 1929. From 1930 to 1936 the family, now...
Raymond Gene Thompson
Jul 12, 2024
Raymond Gene Thompson, the son of Lee and Arlene "Pete" (Winterboer) Thompson. was born on July 8, 1940, in Spencer, Iowa.
He received his early education in Spencer and later graduated from Everly in 1958. Drawn by the opportunity to pursue his interest in electronics and nuclear technology, Ray enlisted in the United States Navy in 1961, leading to a...
Stanley Dale Eidahl
Jul 9, 2024
Stanley Dale Eidahl, the son of Stanley M. Eidahl and Helen (Schroeder) Eidahl was born March 10, 1955 in Aberdeen, SD.
His childhood years were spent in Huron, SD, where he received his education, graduating in 1973. He married Susan Frank on July 14, 1974. They were blessed with two children.
He worked for Tradehome Shoes in Huron, SD transferring to Spencer,...
Shaun Patrick Iske
Jul 8, 2024
Shaun Patrick Iske was born on January 30th, 1970 in Denver, Colorado to Jim Beasley and Jean Tennant. Shaun loved anything that had wheels even as a young child. He would steal his Aunt Kristi’s ride-on Corvette to play on any chance he got and had gotten into motorcycles by high school. Throughout his childhood, he had a very special...
Florence Katherine Hammerstrom
Jul 8, 2024
Florence Katherine Bultena Hammerstrom was born February 24, 1931, on her parents’ farm south of Lennox, South Dakota. She was the daughter of John Peter and Bertha (Smit) Bultena.
Florence grew up during the Great Depression. She completed the eighth grade and found employment at the Gardener Five and Dime store in Lennox. She also worked in a steak house and...
James Henry Glander
Jul 3, 2024
James Henry Glander was born Nov. 30th, 1941in Frazee, MN to Henry and Fannie (Heinonen) Glander. He spent his childhood in Perham MN before joining the army and was stationed in Zweibrucken, Germany. This is where he met Irene Grauwickel, whom he married in 1960. They raised three children. He made his home in Spencer where he worked in road...
Darin Freeman
Jul 2, 2024
Darin McKinley Freeman, the son of Jackie “Jack” and Inez (Meyer) Freeman was born July 22, 1966 in Shelbyville, IN. His childhood years were spent in Cherokee, IA.
Darin worked at Danny’s Steakhouse and the Packing Plant in Cherokee. He married Eve on December 30, 1991 in Cherokee, IA. They moved to Spencer, IA in 1996 where they owned and operated...
Gerald Gustav Koester
Jul 1, 2024
Gerald was born on June 17, 1931, in a log house on a farm north of West Union, Iowa, to parents Otto and Anna Koester. He was the youngest of their three children. He attended a country schoolhouse (Dover No. 9 - a Fayette County township school), and went on to West Union High School (class of 49)...
Joe J. Sweeney
Jun 27, 2024
Joseph “Joe” John Sweeney, son of Lucille (Sheaffer) and Clarence Sweeney, was born on December 26, 1936. Joe was such a handsome young devil that he once won a photo contest as a toddler. Joe lived his youth on the farm and attended school in Sutherland. As a child, Joe liked to play football, drive fast cars, and chase girls.
Following...
Roger Siebe Meyer
Jun 25, 2024
Roger Siebe Meyer, 73, of Everly, Iowa, passed away on June 25, 2024 surrounded by family.
Roger was born on September 11, 1950, in Spencer, IA, to parents Siebe and Grace (Kuper) Meyer. He grew up on a farm near Everly, IA. He attended Okoboji School for two years and then attended and graduated from Everly High...
Barbara Jayne Anderson
Jun 24, 2024
Barbara Jayne Anderson, the daughter of Joe and Jennie (Stone) Barger, was born March 5, 1931, in Edgewood, Iowa. She was raised and attended school there, graduating from Edgewood High School. After high school, she worked in the Cedar Rapids area.
A short time later Barbara and her sister, Mary moved to Spencer.
On February 3, 1952, Barbara married...
William "Bill" Russell Spence Jr.
Jun 20, 2024
William “Bill” Russell Spence Jr., the son of William and Roseleen (Gribbon) was born June 20, 1948 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, IA, where he attended school.
Bill married Judy Strohman on March 14, 1969 in Lomoni, IA. They lived in Emmetsburg, IA where they began raising their family, until 1986 when they moved to Spencer,...
Shirley Jane Olsen
Jun 19, 2024
Shirley Jane (Rohrbaugh) Olsen died Wednesday, June 19th, 2024, while a resident of Gracewell Nursing Home in Denison, Iowa. She was born in Peterson, Iowa, on July 19th, 1931, the daughter of Lou and Blanche Rohrbaugh. She attended school in Peterson and married David Olsen on January 22, 1949. The couple was blessed with five children.
As a farm wife, Shirley...
Ronda Rae Roskens
Jun 18, 2024
Ronda Rae Rice Roskens, was born on August 27, 1946, in Fairmont, MN to Bernice (Holtz) and Frank Rice, Jr. She lived in Trimont, MN until 1951, when the family moved to Spencer, IA. She graduated from Spencer High School in 1965. She married Del Roskens in 1966, spending the next 48 years on a farm north of Everly raising...
Darlene Elaine Stough
Jun 18, 2024
Darlene Elaine (Hage) Stough, was born Jan 2, 1939 in Mountain Lake, MN. She was the 2nd of 11 children born to Selmer & Margaret (Ogren) Hage. She attended elementary school at District #12 rural school 3 mi from the family farm. Usually walking or riding bikes to attend school. She was an outstanding student and the only girl in...
Janice Elaine Orr
Jun 16, 2024
Janice Elaine Walker Orr, daughter of Ernest B. Walker and Ethel M. Seim Walker was born on March 31,1938 in Mitchell South Dakota.
When Ernest was transferred to Miller So. Dak. as Manager of the Bell Telephone the whole family liked the feel of the small town. Janice was a very active girl who loved animals, acrobatics, roller skating and ice...
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