Obituaries
Eileen Lynette Rigdon
Sep 15, 2011
SERVICES The family requested no services or visitation OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT
Marjory Mary Engelke
Sep 14, 2011
Marjory Mary Engelke, the daughter of March and Ethel (Phillips) Ginger, was born December 21, 1924 in Moneta, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Sutherland, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Sutherland High School. Marge married John Engelke on July 10, 1948 in Sutherland, Iowa. Following their marriage, the remained in Sutherland, where they farmed for many...
Ronette Rae Dubois
Sep 12, 2011
Ronette Rae DuBois, the daughter of Donald Dean and Opal LaVonne Thompson DuBois, was born May 18, 1952, in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Her early childhood years were spent in Sioux Rapids. Her family moved to Spencer, Iowa when Ronette was six years old, where she attended Lincoln school and later graduated from Spencer High School in 1970. Following high school,...
Jeremy Letsche
Sep 10, 2011
Jeremy James Letsche, the son of Sue Nelson Juenemann, was born December 7, 1977, in LeMars, IA. His childhood years were spent in Royal and Spencer, Iowa, where he was confirmed at Christ The King Church and graduated high school. Jeremy enjoyed fishing, writing poems, listening to music, and playing in church league softball. He was an avid Iowa State...
Louis Harold Chapman
Sep 9, 2011
Louis Harold Chapman, the son of George and Barbara (Krall) Chapman, was born July 12, 1918, in Terril, Iowa. He was raised in the Terril and Lake Center area, where he attended Lake Center School and later Spencer schools. Louis married Dorothy Ida Middagh on August 4, 1941 in Millard, NE. Following their marriage, they lived in Minnesota for one...
Edith Louise Hamrick
Sep 7, 2011
Edith Louise Hamrick, the daughter of Byron 'Barney' and Marie (McFarland) Nelson, was born June 15, 1942 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education. Edith married LaVern Hamrick on June 14, 1959 in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, she stayed busy raising her children and working as a homemaker. After raising her...
Robert Hanson Boyd
Sep 6, 2011
Robert 'Bob' Hanson Boyd, the son of Arthur and Clara (Hanson) Boyd, was born October 8, 1925 in Sioux City, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Sioux City, where he received his education, graduating from Central High School. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the Army Air Corp from 1943 until his honorable discharge in...
Jeffrey Leo Balk
Sep 6, 2011
Jeffrey Leo Balk, the son of Andrew and Anna (Cuchna) Balk, was born on October 13, 1959, in Guttenberg, Iowa. He was raised and received his early education in Clayton, IA and graduated from Garnavillo High School. On October 21, 1978, Jeffrey married Lorrie Kinkead in Clayton, IA. Following their marriage, the couple lived in Marion, IA, where Jeff worked...
Anna Alvina Jalas
Sep 2, 2011
Anna Alvina Jalas, Soul Healer, Reverend, RN, CRNA, CCT, DC December 20, 1922-September 2, 2011 Anna Alvina Jalas, 88, of Santa Maria, was welcomed home to heaven on September 2, 2011. Anna was one of six children born to Mollie & Henry Jalas in Sutherland, Iowa. She graduated from Sutherland Consolidated School in 1940 and entered St. Joseph Mercy College...
Dean Howard Viedenkamp
Aug 29, 2011
Dean 'Bud' Howard Viedenkamp, the son of Leonard and Violet Jensen Viedenkamp, was born September 4, 1924 in Kenosha, WI. His family moved to Spencer when he was four. They lived in Riverton Township where he helped his parents farm. Graduated High School in 1941 from Spencer, he then attended Iowa State University. Dean married Ann Cermak on December 23,...
Doralene Marie Johnson
Aug 29, 2011
Doralene Marie Henkle Johnson, the daughter of Harry and Georgianna (Lockman) Henkle, was born February 1, 1924, in Vinton, Iowa. She lived in several different communities in Iowa and Illinois before graduating from Ft. Dodge High School. Doralene married Edward Keith Johnson in Humboldt, Iowa on May 1, 1945. Following their marriage, they lived in Goldfield, Clarion, and Humboldt, Iowa....
Mary Ellen Fisher
Aug 24, 2011
Mary Ellen (Walsh) Fisher was born in Estherville, IA, on April 26, 1934. She spent most of her childhood as a farm daughter north of Spirit Lake, IA. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Walsh. She was part of a family of four girls and extended family of 15 aunts and uncles including numerous cousins. Mary was married to...
Naoma Lowene Abler
Aug 22, 2011
Naoma Lowene Abler, the daughter of Edward and Kittie Lou (Davidson) Trent, was born September 21, 1912 near the town of Roswell in Minor County, SD. Her family later moved to Dickens, IA, where she finished her schooling, graduating from Dickens High School with the class of 1931. After her graduation, she moved to Royal, IA with her parents and...
Helen Marie Krager
Aug 17, 2011
Helen Marie Krager, the daughter of Marinus Anton and Margrethe Gertie Lauridsen Nielsen, was born September 1, 1917, in Royal, Iowa. It was there she attended school and graduated in 1934. She attended A.I.B. in Des Moines and later worked at the A.S.C.S. office in Spencer. She married Gus Krager on April 19, 1968 in Spencer, Iowa. They made their...
Daniel H. Maxwell
Aug 12, 2011
Daniel H. Maxwell, son of Daniel W. and Margaret (Slaven) Maxwell was born April 26, 1918 in Portsmouth, IA. He was the oldest of six boys and graduated from high school in Woodbine, IA. Dan was a US Army Sergeant, serving in WWII from 1941 to 1946 as an engineer in the Europe, Middle East and Africa Theatre of Operations....
Daloris M. Kracht
Aug 10, 2011
Daloris Maxcine Kracht , the daughter of Fred William Kracht and Dorotha Valora Salmon Kracht was born in Crofton, NE, on November 3, 1925. In the spring of 1938, the family moved to a farm east of Fostoria where she completed her eighth grade education at a nearby country school. She then attended Lake Center Iowa High School through her...
Maxine Nerva Thompson
Aug 9, 2011
SERVICES Private family graveside services will be held at a later date. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION There will be no visitation. MUSIC INTERMENT Lone Tree Cemetery Everly, Iowa
Robert Alvin Kluender
Aug 9, 2011
Robert Alvin Kluender, the son of Alvin and Anna Witt Kluender, was born July 31, 1940 in Hartley, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Hartley, where he received his education, graduating from Hartley High School. Following his schooling, he joined the National Guard, where he served from 1959 to 1966, achieving the rank of Sergeant. Bob married Carole Ann...
Floy Francis Fagen
Aug 6, 2011
Floy Francis Fagen, the daughter of William and Ann Ellis Hargrave, was born June 27, 1932, in Burrowsville, VA. She grew up in Hopewell, VA graduating from the Hopewell High School in 1950. After graduating she worked at Fort Lee, VA where she met Eldon Fagen. They were married on September 21, 1952, in Claremont, VA. Flo and Eldon moved...
Claire Powell Wood
Aug 6, 2011
Claire Powell Wood was born on the Linnwood stock farm located north of Linn Grove, Iowa on October 27, 1914. Claire passed away on August 6, 2011 at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer, Iowa at the age of 96. She was preceded in death by her husband, Reuben Wood, father, Elmer Powell, birth mother, Miriam Powell, stepmother, Ruth Powell,...