Obituaries
Betty Lou Sweet
Apr 8, 2012
Betty Lou was born July 16, 1932 in Arnolds Park, Iowa. She was the only child to Bessie E. and Elmer W. Riemer. She attended school in Arnolds Park, graduating from Arnolds Park High School in 1950. Betty was married to John A. Anderson in 1950. They made their home outside of the Terril-Milford area. Together they had three children...
Charlotte Ruth Bossinger
Apr 2, 2012
Charlotte Ruth Bossinger, the daughter of Melvin and Myrtle Hall Alcorn was born July 8, 1925 in Bradgate, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Ireton, IA, Peterson, IA, Rutland, MN and Fox Lake, MN. Charlotte married Robert Smith on December 26, 1943, in Defiance, OH. Robert passed away on November 30, 1960. She married William Riggins and later divorced....
Joann Steen Walmer
Apr 1, 2012
JoAnn Walmer, the daughter of Kenneth and Dorothy Reinke Steen entered our world on July 28, 1938 in Hartley, Iowa. JoAnn spent her early years on a farm near Hartley, first attending Hartley No. 7, a country school, and then going on to high school in Hartley. She loved being on the farm where she rode horses, milked cows and...
R. Thomas Nelson
Mar 30, 2012
R. Thomas (Tom) Nelson was born May 4, 1930, to Ralph Herbert Nelson and Emma Frances (Tucker) Nelson in Spencer, Iowa. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1948. Following graduation he attended Jewelry, Hand Engraving and Watchmaking School in Peoria, Illinois, followed by two years of service in the Army. Tom was a long-time fixture in the Spencer business...
Ralph Christian Toft
Mar 25, 2012
of Spirit Lake formerly of Royal, Iowa. Ralph Christian Toft was born to Chris and Martha Hjelm Toft on February 3, 1926 on the family farm south of Royal. He was educated in a country school south of Royal and graduated from Royal High School in 1943. He was united in marriage to Ferne Lohof on December 22, 1946. After...
Robert 'Bob' Wayne Nelson
Mar 18, 2012
Robert Wayne Nelson, the son of Walter and Carrie (Larsen) Nelson, was born March 14, 1924 in Dell Rapids, SD. His childhood years were spent in the Dell Rapid, SD area, where he received his education, graduating from Dell Rapids High School. Following his graduation, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Navy from July of 1942, until...
Leslie Jensen
Mar 17, 2012
Leslie Irving Jensen, the son of Jens Hansen and Christine (Thompson) Jensen, was born on February 7, 1925 in Royal Iowa. He was raised and received his early education in Royal, graduating from high school in 1942. Following high school, he entered into the military on January 14, 1946, serving in the U.S Army. He was honorably discharged on September...
Dorothy Weber
Mar 16, 2012
Dorothy Mae Weber, the daughter of Arthur and Mae Anderson Woodford, was born September 14, 1917 on a farm east of Webb. She attended the Garfield School and graduated from there in 1934. She married Edward Weber on December 30, 1939 in Spencer, Iowa. They lived in the Webb area where Ed owned and operated his own trucking business. Dorothy...
Della Marie Kruckenberg
Mar 16, 2012
Della Marie Kruckenberg, the daughter of Silas Frank and Della Ida (Borland) Steele, was born on March 2, 1921, in Sutherland, IA, where she was raised and received her early education, graduating from Sutherland High School in 1941. On September 1, 1949, Della married Herbert Kruckenberg, in Hartley, IA. Following their marriage, they lived on a farm northeast of Sutherland....
Lois A. Seversen
Mar 15, 2012
Lois Arlene Seversen, the daughter of John and Esther Larsen Andersen, was born April 26, 1922 in Spencer, Iowa. Lois was baptized on May 28, 1922 and confirmed on April 5, 1936 at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. She received her early education and graduated from the Lake Center High School in 1939. Lois married Axel Seversen on March...
Anne Byers
Mar 14, 2012
Margaret Anne Byers, the daughter of Willie and Ida Evelyn Sarson Stead, was born August 10, 1934 near Bristol, England. Her family moved to the United States and settled in Milford, Iowa in 1948. Her childhood years were spent in Milford where she received her education, graduating from Milford High School in 1952. Anne married Donald Dean Byers on October...
Gary Lee Logan
Mar 14, 2012
Gary Lee Logan, the son of John and Helen (Underwood) Logan was born March 28, 1940 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School. Following high school, he worked at various service stations in Spencer. He later moved to Milford and worked construction. Gary married Darlene Alger and...
James L. Greene
Mar 9, 2012
James Leroy Greene, the son of S. L. 'Jack' and Esther Margaret (Heinsen) Greene, was born November 4, 1937, in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in Greenville where he received his early education at the Greenville/Rossie Consolidated School. He later continued his education and graduated from high school in Corpus Christi, TX. Jim married Barbara Ann Johnson on...
Dorothy Grace Alger
Mar 6, 2012
Dorothy Grace Alger, the daughter of Clair and Grace (Hersom) Salton, was born April 3, 1927 in Logan Township, Clay County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on a farm in Logan Township, where she received her early education at Rosevale country school and later graduated from Gillett Grove Consolidated High School in 1944. Dorothy married George Lewis Alger on...
Dr. Franklin Jay Carver
Mar 6, 2012
Franklin Jay Carver, age 67, passed at home in Benicia, CA, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 after his courageous battle with a rare type of soft tissue sarcoma cancer. Born June 19, 1944, in Spencer, Iowa, he lived in Florida- Tallahassee, Miami, Marco Island before settling with his wife in Benicia, CA and winter home in Bonita Springs, FL. Frank...
Delbert 'Dub' Lloyd Boyles
Feb 29, 2012
Delbert "Dub" Lloyd Boyles, the son of Everett and Maude Twogood Boyles was born November 16, 1918 in Hartley, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Everly, IA area, where he graduated from Everly High School in 1938. Delbert joined the U.S. Army in 1941 and was with the Army Artillery until his honorable discharge in 1945. He married...
Dorothy Elaine Reed
Feb 28, 2012
Dorothy Elaine Reed, 90, of Spencer Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, February 28, at Northshire Nursing Home in Spencer. Dorothy, only child of Fred and Ethel (McFarlane) Zwick, was born on August 25, 1921 on a farm east of Sutherland, Iowa. During her childhood she stayed with her grandparents, Henry and Sara McFarlane, in Peterson while she attended first through...
Wanda Jennie Stoermer
Feb 27, 2012
Wanda Jennie Stoermer the daugter of Lawrence and Katherine 'Kate' (Whalen) Prentice, was born in Nemaha, Iowa. She grew up in the Gillett Grove area where she attended Logan Country School and then graduated from the Gillett Grove Consolidated High School. Wanda married Leo Stoermer on July 18, 1934, in Elk Point, SD. To this union three children were born:...
Patricia Rider
Feb 27, 2012
Patricia Susan Cornelius was born to Earl and Esther (Behrends) Cornelius on October 15, 1958 in Armstrong, Iowa. She graduated from high school in Emmetsburg, Iowa and then attended Iowa Lakes Community College. She married John H. Rider in 1982 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Their only child, Nicole Ann Rider was born February 3, 1983. While John was a member of...
Marion Ellen Gove Taylor
Feb 27, 2012
Marion Ellen (Gove)Cutting, Whitney, Taylor The daughter of Earl Willis Gove and Deborah Jane Bowie. Marion was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont on 15 Feb. 1937. Living in the New England States most of her life, Marion has 4 siblings. Joyce who passed in 2010, Neil who passed in 1986, Robert and Willis Gove. She married Edmund Earl Cutting II...
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