Obituaries
Christine Louise Beck
Jan 12, 2010
Christine Louise Beck, the daughter of Elmer and Mary Jane (Saunders) Parsons, was born February 16, 1958 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Gillett Grove, Iowa area, where she received her education graduating from South Clay High School in 1976. She later attended and graduated from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa. Chris married Larry...
Dawain Fear
Jan 8, 2010
Dawain LaVerne Fear, the son of Ray and Eva (Abbott) Fear, was born September 4, 1932, in Sioux City, IA. His childhood years were spent in several northwest Iowa communities. He graduated from Primghar High School in 1950 and entered the military in 1953, where he served in the Korean War. Upon returning from his military service, he farmed with...
Virginia Irene Bellows
Jan 8, 2010
Virginia Irene Bellows was born January 30, 1914, near Alta, Iowa, to Ethel Irene Parker and Bert A. Adams. They lived near Alta until her mother's death, December 28, 1918. Virginia lived two years with her aunt and uncle, Dr. and Mrs. Guy Clemons in Storm Lake. After her father's remarriage, the family lived near Alta, and then moved to...
Jocelyn 'Joyce' Dawn Clarke
Jan 4, 2010
Jocelyn (Joyce) Dawn Clarke, daughter of Herbert J. and Fern (Hinch) Walstead, was born on May 28, 1919 in Albert City, IA. On January 4, 2010, following a brief illness, Joyce went to be with the Lord. Joyce was raised on a farm in Buena Vista County along with 2 brothers and 2 sisters. She attended school at Lincoln Lea,...
Sylvia Pearle Holmberg-Van Norman
Jan 4, 2010
Sylvia Pearle Holmberg-Van Norman, the daughter of Daniel Christian and Lola I. (Moore) Van Hoven, was born May 20, 1926 in Dickens, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Dickens, where she received her education, graduating from Dickens High School in 1943. Sylvia married Raymond Dean Holmberg on March 20, 1949 at the First Congregational Church in Spencer. Following their...
Robert L. Carlson, Jr.
Jan 4, 2010
Robert Lee "Bob" "Bobby" Carlson the son of Robert Lee Carlson Sr. and Norma Faye Whited Carlson was born June 23, 1969 in Portsmouth, VA. Bob graduated from the Spencer High School, he then attended Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa both in Iowa City, Iowa. Bob married Melissa Elaine Schatz on May 26, 1996, at the Bethany...
Benjamin F. Davis
Jan 3, 2010
Benjamin Francis Davis, the son of Elmer and Sophia Ponach Davis, was born July 30, 1926 in Princeton, MN. His childhood years were spent in Cresco, IA, where he received his education, graduating from Cresco High School in 1943. He later attended Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls, IA for one year. He entered the military in 1945, where...
Helen Langenfeld
Jan 3, 2010
Helen I. Langenfeld, the daughter of William and Clara (Windeshausen) Bruck, was born July 11, 1927 in Portsmouth, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Harlan, where she received her education, graduating from Harlan High School. Helen married Julius (Dewey) Langenfeld on September 24, 1946 in Harlan, IA. Following their marriage, they lived in Earling, Iowa, until 1960, when they...
Anna Hugunin
Jan 3, 2010
Anna Chrisine Beck Hugunin was born to Karoline Olesen Beck and Joseph S. Beck on July 27, 1911, in Greenville, Iowa where she attended school. She was an active member of the Congregational Church in Spencer. She married Victor Hugunin on August 15, 1930 in Spencer. They spent their entire lives on a farm near Spencer. She and Victor had...
Ruby Triggs
Dec 31, 2009
Ruby Alice Nassen Triggs, the daughter of Harvey and Stella (Durby) Nassen, was born on March 18, 1923, near McCallsburg, Iowa. She was the eldest of five children who grew up on a farm east of Roland, Iowa. Ruby attended the American Institute of Business in Des Moines. She worked as a clerk typist at the Ankeny Ordnance plant, at...
Ronald James Ricketts
Dec 27, 2009
Ronald James Ricketts, the son of Lyle and Helen Simonsen Ricketts, was born September 14, 1949, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He grew up and received his early education in Sioux Rapids and graduated in 1970. Following his schooling, Ron attended the University of Northern Iowa. On June 27, 1970, Ron married Becky Nielsen at Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Following their marriage,...
Magnus Johnson
Dec 25, 2009
Magnus Johnson, the son of P.M. and Mina (Moats) Johnson, was born Sept. 6, 1922 in Peterson, IA. The family moved to rural Spencer in March 1923. He attended grade school in Lincoln Township and graduated from Spencer High School in 1939. Following graduation, he worked for Linn Sioux Creamery and then for Frank Parcaut Seed Corn Co., Sutherland. On...
Ralph Taylor
Dec 23, 2009
Ralph Arnold Taylor, the son of Bayard and Alta Fink Taylor, was born April 2, 1935, in Langdon, Iowa. He received his early education in country schools and then graduated from the Spencer High School. In January of 1957, Ralph entered the United States Army and served until his honorable discharge in 1959. Ralph lived in the Langdon and Spencer...
Verneta Haaland
Dec 20, 2009
Verneta Adilene Haaland, the daughter of Louis and Emma Rasmussen Beck was born September 7, 1921 in Dickens, IA. She attended various country schools before graduating and receiving her teaching license from Buena Vista University. She taught country school in Rossie for 6 years. She married Russell Haaland on May 16, 1944 in South Sioux City, NE. Verneta enjoyed baking,...
Betty Jane Chickering
Dec 19, 2009
Betty Jane Crowl Chickering, the daughter of Roy and Emma Johanna (Kruse) Crowl, was born July 10, 1921 in Arlington, SD. She received her education in Clay County, Iowa rural school, Fair Play, Greenville Consolidated School and later graduated from Everly High School. She worked as a bookkeeper at Spencer Machine and Welding and M. & J.R Hakes Wholesale in...
Mary Jo Ellenwood
Dec 19, 2009
Mary Jo Ellenwood, the daughter of Elwyn and Rebecca (Sietsma) Stinogel, was born on January 15, 1954, in Spencer, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Milford, where she received her early education and graduated from Milford High School in 1972. After graduation, she worked at the Dickinson County Courthouse in the auditor's office. Mary Jo married David Ellenwood on...
Grace Lucille Anderson
Dec 15, 2009
Grace Lucille Anderson, the daughter of John and Sarah (Bunjer) Arends, was born September 1, 1923 in Ashton, Iowa. She lived with her grandmother until the 3rd grade in the communities of Excelsior, Round Lake, MN and Lakefield, MN. They later moved to Northwest Iowa, where she attended Melvin Elementary and High School, graduating in 1940. She later attended and...
Richard Sutherland
Dec 11, 2009
Richard Lee Sutherland, the son of Donald and Gertrude (Kiley) Sutherland was born on December 17, 1949 in Waukegan, IL. His childhood years were spent in Illinois and his summers in Dickens, IA with his grandparents. He attended St. Anne's Catholic School and Barrington High School in Barrington, IL. Rick married Marcie Ann (Wright) on January 23, 1970 in Woodstock,...
Alma Maxine Gustin
Dec 11, 2009
Maxine Gustin, the daughter of William Harvey and Margaret Wealthy (Austin) Beams, was born October 1, 1918, in Dickens, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Dickens area where she received her education at Lake Center Schools and later Dickens Consolidated School. Maxine married Maurice King Gustin on October 6, 1934, in Ponca, NE. Following their marriage, they continued...
Lucy Mae Kosta
Dec 8, 2009
Lucy Mae Kosta, the daughter of Louis Arnold and Nellie Madge (Woolston) Batcheler, was born October 19, 1914 on the family's farm home North of Peterson, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on the farm. She started school in a one-room schoolhouse, Willow Grove #9, which was located on the corner of the family farm. Then completing school & graduating...
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