Obituaries
Olivia Rose Shaughnessy
Feb 2, 2011
Olivia Rose Shaughnessy, the infant daughter of Aaron and Katherine (Michels) Shaughnessy is survived by her parants; maternal grandparents, Justin and Kim Duhn and Rob and Traci Verdoorn; paternal grandparents, Daniel and Annette Shaughnessy; Maternal great grandparents, Rick and Terri Duhn, Jodi and Mike Spoorer, Paul and Sharon Decker, and Gary Michels; paternal great grandparents, Mary Shaughnessy; many loving aunts,...
Dr. George Frederick Fieselmann
Feb 1, 2011
Dr. George Frederick Fieselmann, 91, of Spencer, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011. A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. with family present on Friday, February 4, at the Warner Funeral Home, Spencer. Reverends Thomas and Wendy Van Tassell will lead a prayer service at 5:30 p.m. A private burial will be held at Riverside Cemetery. A Memorial...
Tom Wendell Cornwall
Jan 29, 2011
Tom Wendell Cornwall, passed away on January 29, 2011 at Deerfield Lifespace Community Care Center after a short battle with cancer. He was born February 13, 1927 in Spencer, Iowa to Wilson and Ruth Cornwall. Tom attended public schools in Spencer and graduated from Kemper Military High School. After graduating from high school, he served in the army for 18...
Raymond Virgil Wilson
Jan 29, 2011
Raymond Virgil Wilson, the son of Claude and Blanche (Rusk) Wilson, was born July 23, 1912 in Dickens, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in rural Spencer, where he received his education at a country school. His family later moved to the Gillett Grove area, where he graduated from Gillett Grove High School. Following his schooling, he began farming with...
Russell Crawford Runkle
Jan 25, 2011
Russell Crawford Runkle, the son of Clyde and Effie Mae Crawford Runkle, was born October 21, 1917 in Dickinson County, IA. He grew up in the Moneta area graduating from Moneta Community High School in 1935. Russell married Fay Steuben on March 10, 1941. He lived and worked on the farm where he was raised, until retiring in 1978, when...
Victoria Ann Axtell
Jan 25, 2011
Victoria "Vicki" Ann Axtell, the daughter of Alfred John and Arlene (Thompson) Tielbur, was born December 7, 1948 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1967. Following high school, she worked as a nurses' aide and a pharmacy technician at Spencer Municipal Hospital. After moving to...
Lambert Mastbergen
Jan 17, 2011
Lambert Mastbergen, the son of Arie and Carrie (Buysman) Mastbergen, was born January 3, 1915 in Archer, IA. His childhood years were spent in Archer where he received his education in Archer schools. Following his schooling, his family moved to a farm near Sheldon where he farmed. Instead of taking the winter off of work, he would travel to California...
Shirley Jane (Machael) Hill
Jan 16, 2011
Shirley Jane Machael Hill, the daughter of Edward and Alice Hansen Ketelsen, was born April 20, 1922 in Clinton, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from Clinton High School. Shirley married Robert Machael on January 2, 1944 in Clinton. To this union, two children were born, Pam and Steve. Following their marriage, they made their home in Fort...
James C. O'Meara
Jan 16, 2011
James Clare O'Meara, the son of William Clare and Viola (Schulke) O'Meara, was born April 22, 1930 in Galva, Iowa. He was raised in Galva, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Galva High School in 1947. Following his schooling, he worked at the Galva lumberyard for a short time before enlisting in the U.S. Navy, where he served...
Archie Manford Berends
Jan 16, 2011
Archie Manford Berends, the son of Chris and Jennie (Noble) Berends, was born June 12, 1921 in Harris, IA. His childhood years were spent in the May City, Iowa area, where he received his education. Archie married Darlene Woltersdorf in June of 1945. Following their marriage, they farmed near Ocheyedan, IA for 14 years, until moving to Everly, IA, where...
Helen Elizabeth Lewis
Jan 15, 2011
Helen Gleason Lewis, age 90 of Liberty Community died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at her home. Helen was born in Bushnell, South Dakota on November 16, 1920 to the late J. Gleason and Mabel Hulser Gleason and raised in Iowa where she graduated from Peterson High School. She married John H. Lewis, whom she met in San Diego while he...
Barbara Raye Tuttle
Jan 10, 2011
Barbara Raye Tuttle, the daughter of Melvin and Carrie (Birchard) Tuttle, was born on October 25, 1955, in Spencer, Iowa. Following high school, Barbara attended the School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs, IA, for two years. Barbara graduated with honors and went on to become a sign language instructor. After college, she taught sign language in Sedalia, MO, for...
Linda Kay Morfitt
Jan 10, 2011
Linda Kay Morfitt, the daughter of Gene and Darlene (Baumann) Merrill, was born December 18, 1953 in Estherville, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Estherville, Iowa, until her family moved to Spencer, when Linda was a young child. She received her education in the Spencer school district and graduated from Spencer High School in 1972. Following her schooling, she...
Dora Belle Hansen
Jan 9, 2011
Dora Belle Hansen, the daughter of J. Chester King and Bessie (Gustin) King, was born March 3, 1920 in Clay County, Dickens, Iowa. She received her early education in a rural school in Logan Township and attended High School at Dickens, Iowa and also furthered her education at Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa. Dora married Edwin O. Hansen on...
Parker Fred Barglof
Jan 4, 2011
Parker Fred Barglof, the son of Fred and Ellen (Parker) Barglof was born August 11, 1920, in Douglous Township Clay County, IA. He was raised in Sioux Rapids, Webb and Gillett Grove areas where he graduated from Gillett Grove High School, in 1941. Parker served in the Navy, during World War II. He married Roselma Chatfield on August 5, 1946...
Margaret Overeen
Jan 3, 2011
Margaret Lucille Overeen, 'Maggie', left her family far too soon on January 3, 2011 at the age of 86. She was born in Everly, Iowa on November 21, 1924, to Wofford and Bernice Hall. She attended school in Everly and graduated from High School in 1942. She attended Buena Vista College and received her teaching certificate. She attended the Methodist...
Lavonne Ruth Mccarty
Jan 1, 2011
LaVonne Ruth McCarty, the daughter of Charles and Ella (Johnson) Newel, was born November 15, 1924 in Fenton, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Fenton, where she received her education, graduating from Fenton High School. Following high school, she continued her education at Iowa Teacher's College for 2 years and later Northwestern College in Orange City, where she received...
Beryl Esther Moser
Jan 1, 2011
Beryl Esther Moser, the daughter of Albert Harry and Lois Effie (Lathrop) Tate, was born June 19, 1917 in Rossie, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Rossie, where she received her education, graduating from Rossie High School. She continued her education at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, where she received her teaching degree. In 1937, she moved to...
Shirley Aileen Krile
Dec 28, 2010
Shirley Aileen Krile, the daughter of George and Mabel (Britton) Schmidt, was born February 14, 1925, in Spencer, IA. Her early years were spent in Spencer, where she attended and graduated from high school in 1943. Shirley married Paul Krile on May 29, 1949, in Spencer, IA. Shirley was a member of the First Baptist Church in Spencer. She enjoyed...
Mary Sullivan
Dec 27, 2010
Mary Sullivan, the daughter of Robert and Anna Treanor Byers, was born November 27, 1922 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on a farm near Hartley. Mary received her early education in a country school near May City and graduated from the Spencer High School. On December 27, 1945, Mary married Duane "Sully" Sullivan in Spencer, Iowa. Following...
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