Obituaries
Jane Helen Thompson
Feb 15, 2011
Jane Helen Thompson, the daughter of Harry and Dorothy (Sager) Garrelts, was born June 14, 1930 in Ayrshire, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Ayrshire, where she received her education, graduating from Ayrshire High School. She later continued her education, graduating from Colorado Women's College in Denver, CO in 1949. Jane married Russell 'Jim' Thompson on October 19, 1952...
Delores Ellenwood Sebastian
Feb 14, 2011
Delores Ellenwood Sebastian, the daughter of Jessie and Frances Yost Faulkender, was born May 13, 1933 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer area where she had received her early education in country schools and later Spencer High School. Dee married James Benjamin Ellenwood on July 1, 1950 at Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, they made...
Betty Lou Miller
Feb 13, 2011
Betty Lou Miller, the daughter of Leonard and Mildred Smith Anderson, was born November 6, 1928, at home in Alta, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Alta area, where she graduated from Alta High School in 1946. Betty moved to Storm Lake, IA, for a couple of years before she married Dwight Miller on January 19, 1957, in...
Richard Allen Nissen
Feb 13, 2011
Richard Allen Nissen, the son of Allen and Pam Wittrock Nissen, was born February 12, 1982 in Atlantic, Iowa. Richard's family moved to Sheldon when he was a young boy. Rich attended elementary and high school in Sheldon where he graduated in 2001. He continued his education at Northwest Iowa Community College in Computer Programming. Rich moved to Spencer, Iowa...
Dorothy Loats
Feb 12, 2011
DorothyLoats,the daughter of George and Stella Wagner Peterson, was born January 28, 1921 in Titonka, Iowa. She was a graduate of Titonka High School and Iowa State University. Dorothy married Arthur Loats on August 26, 1945 in Titonka, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Hampton, Iowa. In 1947, they moved to Spencer, Iowa. Dorothy worked at J.C. Penney's in...
Robert Warren Carpenter
Feb 12, 2011
Robert W. Carpenter, the son of Warren E. and Ferne R. Mandelkow, was born May 5, 1933 in Spencer, Iowa. He received his education in the Spencer schools, graduating from Spencer High School in 1952. Bob married Carol Rose Gordon on September 17, 1953 in Hannibel, MO and to this union were born 3 children: Roberta Rose, Robert Joseph and...
William Bailey 'Bill' Boyd
Feb 12, 2011
Bill was born on October 14, 1932 in Newton, Iowa. He spent most of his childhood in Mansfield, Ohio and Waterloo, Iowa. He graduated from West Waterloo High School in 1950. He attended Iowa State College and graduated in 1956 with a degree in Geology and four minors (Zoology, Botany, Forestry and Physics). In college, while on a mapping internship...
Wayne Fred Peters
Feb 10, 2011
Wayne Fred Peters, the son of Otto and Alberta (Baumeister) Peters, was born September 6, 1928 in Everly, Iowa. He graduated valedictorian of his class from Everly High School in 1946. He married his true love, Shirley Pfitzenmaier on July 30, 1950, and they farmed for many years northeast of Everly. To this union were born two children, a son,...
Leola "Lee" Mae Steffen
Feb 9, 2011
Leola "Lee" Steffen, the daughter of Lambert and Jeanette (Groenewoud) Petersma, was born April 8, 1920 in Lynnville, IA. Her early years were spent in Lynnville, where she received her elementary and high school education. In 1938, she played basketball with the Lynnville, Iowa basketball team in the state tournament in Des Moines. After high school, she worked in the...
Dorothy Edith Mileham
Feb 7, 2011
Dorothy Edith Cross Mileham, a life-long resident of the Webb area, passed away Feb. 7, 2011. She was born July 14, 1917, in the family home, the youngest child of Henry and Alida (Freeman) Cross. She was raised on the Cross family farm, southeast of Webb and graduated from Garfield School in 1934. She remained at home until her mother...
Donald Edward Pearson
Feb 7, 2011
Donald Edward Pearson, the son of Earnest and Martina Petersen Pearson, was born March 8, 1927 at home near Meriden, Iowa. He received his early education in Larrabee. Don entered the U.S. Army on September 8, 1950 and served during the Korean Conflict until his honorable discharge on August 29, 1952. Don married Marleen Lorraine Gries on February 20, 1955...
Leora Winn
Feb 7, 2011
Leora Genevieve Winn, the daughter of Peter and Amelia Christensen Hansen, was born March 25, 1909. She was raised on the family farm near Dickens, IA, where she attended country schools. After graduating from Ruthven High School in 1927, she attended Iowa State Teachers College, now UNI, in Cedar Falls, IA. Leora married Dale Winn on June 9, 1939, at...
Earl Fredrick Kooker
Feb 6, 2011
Earl Fredrick Kooker was born on November 27th, 1933 to Kenneth and Lenora Kooker. His childhood years were spent in Des Moines, Iowa with his younger brothers, Jack and John. In 1946, the family moved to Moville, Iowa. Earl met the love of his life in Moville. He married Shirley Ann Raby on May 21st, 1955. Together they moved to...
Irene Luella Anliker
Feb 4, 2011
Irene Luella Anliker, the daughter of John and Kathryn Bonnstetter Bleuer, was born November 15, 1922 in West Bend, IA. Her childhood years were spent in West Bend where she received her education, graduating from West Bend High School. Irene continued her education at Hamilton Business School. Irene married Delbert Anliker on May 9, 1943, in Denver, CO. Following their...
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...
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