Obituaries
George Harrison
Jul 12, 2011
George Harrison, the son of George and Myrtle (Harvey) Harrison was born April 27, 1930 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. He attended school in Cylinder and graduated from Cylinder High School in 1948. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp from 1952 until his honorable discharge in 1954. George married Donna Fiedler on April 28, 1952. After his discharge from the Marines,...
Sadie Victoria Herrig
Jul 10, 2011
Sadie Victoria Herrig, the daughter of Emil Rydberg and Alma Salmonson was born on April 19, 1910 in Arthur, Iowa. She was raised and received her early education attending country school in Arthur. Sadie graduated from high school in Ida Grove in 1927. After graduation during the depression, she was employed by the Adams Ranch in Odebolt until 1934. Sadie...
Russell Edwin Olson
Jul 10, 2011
Russell Edwin Olson, the son of Swan Peter and Amanda (Wigert) Olson, was born November 20, 1911 in Ayrshire, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Ayrshire, Iowa area, where he received his education in country schools. Following his schooling, he began farming near Ruthven. He entered the military and served with the U.S. Army during WWII from 1942...
Robert M. Keir
Jul 9, 2011
After a very long and productive life, Robert Keir passed away peacefully at the age of 106 at Longhouse Residence in Spencer on Saturday, July 9, 2011. Robert MacArthur Keir, son of Roy Keir and Zada Corsaut, was born June 6, 1905 near Nemaha, Iowa. Bob attended North School in Spencer through 5th grade. When his family returned to Sac...
Gene Brugman
Jul 5, 2011
Gene (Englert) Brugman, the daughter of Lamar and Ruth (Schuck) Englert, was born March 4, 1925 at home near Royal, IA. She was the oldest of twelve children and spent part of her childhood caring for her younger siblings. After her graduation from Royal High School she went to work at the Spencer Reporter. She enjoyed going to dances, which...
Marc Wesley Crawmer
Jul 1, 2011
Marc Wesley Crawmer, the son of James Crawmer and Sharon Simpson Hoppe, was born August 5, 1956, in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Spencer area, until moving to Amboy, MN, where he graduated from Amboy High School. Marc enlisted in the Army and the Navy Reserve. He graduated from Voc-Tech in Jackson, MN, as a master...
Robert 'Bob' Wilson White
Jul 1, 2011
Robert Wilson White, the son of Louis A. and Ruth (Wilson) White, was born August 26, 1927, near Rolfe, IA, and resided in Clay County since he was about seven years old. Bob attended Clay County schools and Spencer High School where he graduated in 1945. He then attended South Dakota State University at Brookings for two years prior to...
Jody Mowery
Jun 28, 2011
Jody J. Mowery, the daughter of Joseph & Patricia (Kabrick) Thompson, was born November 17, 1964 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Terril area, where she received her education, graduating from Terril High School in 1983. Throughout her high school days, Jody was very active in sports, qualifying for the State Track Meet in the hurdles...
Beverly Jane Kimball
Jun 26, 2011
Beverly Jane Kimball, the daughter of Arthur and Grace Hessenius Mugge, was born May 20, 1934, in Calumet, IA. As a young child her family moved to the Spencer area where she grew up and received her early education in country schools and graduated in 1953 from Spencer High School. On March 27, 1955, Bev married Jerome George Kimball at...
Kenneth William Spiess
Jun 23, 2011
Kenneth William Spiess was born on December 27, 1914 to Henry and Elizabeth (Patterson) Spiess on a farm west of Knoke, Iowa. He died on June 23, 2011 at the Spencer Hospital at the age of 96 years 6 months 27 days. Kenneth started school at Lincoln Lee County School through the 8th grade. At that time they moved to...
Teri Lyn Stone
Jun 22, 2011
Teri Lyn Stone, the son of Harold and Ruby (Banks) Stone, was born December 9, 1952 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Marathon, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Marathon High School. He grew up working on the turkey farm and also worked on the railroad. Teri married Debbie Camp on June 24, 1978 in...
Wayne Reese
Jun 21, 2011
Wayne Robert Reese, the son of Jack and Mabel (Hansen) Reese, was born April 22, 1921 in Plankinton, SD. His family moved to the Alta Iowa area, when Wayne was a young child. In 1938, they moved to Peterson, Iowa, where he graduated from Peterson High School. Wayne married Fern Bruns on January 10, 1945 at the Lutheran Parsonage in...
Kay Galm
Jun 20, 2011
Kay Frances Galm, daughter of Lavon and Norma Oldaker Johnson, was born on October 20, 1952, in Kansas City, MO. Kay passed away unexpectedly at home early in the morning on June 20, 2011. Kay spent most of her childhood and early adult years in Independence, MO. She graduated from Van Horn High School in 1970 and Penn Valley Community...
Eileen Maria Durst
Jun 20, 2011
Eileen Maria Durst, the daughter of Larry and Mary Margaret (McIntee) Lentz, was born June 12, 1936 in New Hampton, IA. Her family moved to Cherokee in 1941, where she received her education, graduating from Immaculate Conception Catholic School in 1954. Following her schooling she began working for the mental health facility in Cherokee. She met Donnie Durst at the...
Jeffery Husby
Jun 19, 2011
Jeffery William Husby, the son of William Earl and Betty Peterson Husby, was born April 7, 1953 in Menomonie, WI. He received his early education in Menomonie and in 1968, the family moved to Spencer, Iowa where he finished his education and graduated from the Spencer High School in 1971. Jeff married Karen Bishop in 1972 and to this union...
Bernard Joseph Keninger
Jun 16, 2011
Bernard Joseph Keninger, son of Edward Joseph and Stasia Maude Esser Keninger, was born June 24, 1922, in Ackley, Iowa, where he spent his childhood. After graduating from High School in 1940, he attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. With the outbreak of WWII he entered the U.S. Navy, was commissioned as an officer, and served with the Seabees. Bernie...
Betty Doreen Eeten
Jun 12, 2011
Navy Lieutenant (R) Betty Doreen Randolph Eeten of Hartley, IA went to live with her Lord and Savior on June 12 at the age of 88 years. She was residing at the Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley. Betty was born on July 22, 1922 and was raised and educated in Hartley, graduating in 1939. Following nurses training from St....
Edwin O. Hansen
Jun 12, 2011
Edwin (Eddie) Oliver Hansen, the son of E.J. and Myrtie (Albertson) Hansen, was born August 24, 1918 in Clay County, Dickens, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Dickens community and it was there that he received his education. Edwin married Dora B. King on March 2, 1943. They lived in the Ruthven, Dickens and Terril areas where they...
Duane Klett
Jun 7, 2011
Duane was born September 20, 1927 near Everly, IA. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he married Jeannine Koehnk on December 27, 1948 in Worthington, MN. He then graduated from Buena Vista College and began his career in education. Duane was a teacher and a coach at Thayer and Seymour, IA. He also spent 22 years as an elementary principal...
Delores Jean Mchugh
Jun 7, 2011
Delores Jean McHugh, the daughter of Wesley A. and Genevieve (Plaine) Louter, was born January 21, 1932 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School. She worked at several businesses in Spencer including: Carroll's Bakery, Super Valu and the Arcade Caf�, before going to work at the Spencer...
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