Obituaries
Robert Olhausen
May 18, 2010
Robert Fay Olhausen, the second of four sons of Everett and Mona (Gillespie) Olhausen was born in Hartley, Iowa on March 12, 1935. Bob was raised in the Sutherland, Iowa area and lived in that community his entire life except for the four years his family lived in California when he was a child. Bob attended country school and graduated...
June Huldaann Richter
May 17, 2010
June Huldaann Proehl, the daughter of William and Hilda (Westphal) Proehl, was born on June 21, 1923, in Paullina, Iowa. She was raised and attended country school in the Paullina area. On December 5, 1943, June married Luvern Richter in Paullina, IA. She was a long time employee at Witco in Spencer, IA. June enjoyed playing cards, gardening, fishing, quilting...
Ruth Ann Goodchild
May 15, 2010
Ruth Mohr Goodchild, the daughter of Herbert and Bertha Mangold Mohr was born July 15, 1933 at Ayrshire, Iowa. She graduated from Ayrshire Consolidated School and received a Bachelor's Degree in elementary education from Buena Vista College. On June 15, 1955, she married Darwin (Bud) Goodchild at Zion Lutheran Church in Ayrshire. They are parents of one son, Dave. Bud...
Phyllis 'Toby' Mae Holst
May 13, 2010
Phyllis "Toby" Mae Holst, the daughter of Emil and Ella Back Struve, was born May 22, 1930, on the family farm south of Royal, Iowa. She received her early education in a country school, in 1939 the family moved to Moneta and she graduated from the Moneta High School in 1947. Toby married Richard Dean Holst on January 6, 1952,...
Margaret Deardorff
May 10, 2010
Margaret Deardorff (Peggy) was born on July 12, 1926 to George and Ida (Kreucher) Becker in St. Joe, Iowa. She graduated from St. Joe High School and attended Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, Iowa. On February 4, 1947, she was united in marriage to Virgil Deardorff of Royal, Iowa. They raised six children on a farm 5 miles west...
Virgil Francis Deardorff
May 10, 2010
Virgil Deardorff was born on February 1, 1926 to Andrew Judge and Laura Marie Deardorff in Spencer, Iowa. He grew up on a farm two miles west of Royal, Iowa and graduated from Royal High School. He attended two years at Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN and then joined the Navy as a radar operator on a submarine in...
Dorothy Marie Galm
May 10, 2010
Dorothy Marie Dykstra Galm was born December 9, 1927, in Canistota, South Dakota, the second of six children to Dowina (Dorothy) Louise Dykstra and Adrian (Ed) Michael Dykstra. Dorothy moved with her immediate family to rural Everly, Iowa, in 1934, graduating from Everly Community School in 1946. She spent much of her life farming near Everly, Royal, and Moneta, Iowa...
Douglas Bodenhamer
May 8, 2010
Douglas Wayne Bodenhamer, the son of Wayne Elza and Gladys "Birdie" (Birchard) Bodenhamer, was born July 22, 1951 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Peterson, where he received his early education, graduating from Sioux Valley High School in 1969. Following high school, he continued his education, graduating from Iowa State University. Doug married Susan...
Dortha Margaret Johnson
May 5, 2010
Dortha Margaret Johnson, the daughter of Henry and Clara Wheeler Huntress, was born May 14, 1922, in Arlington, South Dakota. She received her early education and graduated from the Peterson High School in 1940. Dortha served for 3 years in the United States Navy as a Communications Specialist 3rd Class. On May 15, 1946, Dortha married Kenneth "Jack" Johnson. The...
Audrey Virginia Edwards
May 5, 2010
Audrey Virginia Edwards, the daughter of Albert D. and Marie F. (Brewer) Myers, was born May 5, 1929 in Rodman, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Rodman and later Emmetsburg, Iowa, where she received her education. Audrey married Harold Edwards in November of 1946 and to this union one child, Barbara was born. Audrey worked as a waitress for...
Mae Sophie Pearson
May 4, 2010
Mae Sophie Pearson, the daughter of Elmer and Anna (Menke) Mugge, was born June 12, 1924 in O'Brien County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Calumet, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Calumet High School. Mae married Lester Pearson on April 16, 1945 in Cherokee, Iowa. Following their marriage, they farmed north of Hartley, Iowa for six...
Judith Ann Mills
May 4, 2010
Judith Ann Anderson Mills was born December 12, 1941 in Storm Lake, IA to Edward Nathan Anderson and Eloise (Patee) Anderson. Her family attended the Elk Baptist Church, where she was baptized. She received her education at Highview School, until the school closed when she started attending Rembrandt School, where she graduated in 1960. While in school, she was involved...
Thomas C. Rahbusch, Sr.
May 3, 2010
Thomas Carl Rahbusch, Sr., the son of Wilhelm and Catherine (Hansen) Rahbusch, was born on April 3, 1939, in O'Brien County, Iowa. He was baptized at the Bethel Lutheran Church in Sutherland on June 22, 1947. He received his early education by attending Grant country school and then Sutherland high school. After high school, Thomas worked for several area farmers....
Burdette 'Bud' Lorenzen
May 3, 2010
Burdette "Bud" Francis Lorenzen, the son of Francis and Lillian Klinker Lorenzen was born October 13, 1934. His early years were spent in the Moneta, Everly and Montgomery areas. Bud graduated from the Spirit Lake High School in 1953. On March 7, 1954, Bud married Marjorie Helmers at the Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer, Iowa. To this union, four...
Nadene Rozan Gerke
May 2, 2010
Nadene Rozan Kracht Gerke, the daughter of Richard and Iris Goettsche Kracht was born October 14, 1949 in Cherokee, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Peterson where she received her education, graduating from Sioux Valley High School in Peterson and Linn Grove, in 1967. She then went on to business school in Mankato, MN. Nadene married Willard Gerke on...
Harold Edward Brigham
May 1, 2010
Harold Edward Brigham, the son of Henry A. and Minnie Anderson Brigham, was born on April 15, 1920, in Spencer, Iowa. He received his early education and graduated from the Milford High School in Milford, Iowa. He then attended and graduated from the Hamilton Business College in Mason City, Iowa where he also taught classes. He entered the Army in...
Glenn Meredith Jacobson
May 1, 2010
Glenn Meredith Jacobson, the son of John and Isabel Jacobson, was born May 20, 1915 in Havelock, Iowa. Glenn was educated in the Havelock School District. Glenn and his father operated the Standard Service Station in Peterson from 1935 to 1947. On April 7, 1936, he married Jean Gilleas in Cherokee, Iowa. The had one daughter, Penee. In 1947, the...
Arthur Leroy Olsen, Jr.
Apr 28, 2010
SERVICES There will be no services planned in Spencer. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT
Phyllis Sylvia Norgaard
Apr 27, 2010
Phyllis Sylvia Norgaard, the daughter of Philo and Katherine (Hanna) Chapman, was born March 15, 1929 in Clairmont, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Rochester, MN, where she received her education, graduating from high school in 1947. On November 14, 1948, Phyllis married Earl Norgaard in Rochester, MN. Following their marriage, they farmed in Rochester for 6 years, they...
Ramona 'Mona' Vae Beck
Apr 24, 2010
Ramona (Mona) Vae Beck, 77, of Peterson, Iowa, died Saturday, April 24, 2010, a rainy, Iowa spring day, her favorite kind, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer after several years of respiratory illness. She was born Mona Vae Hokanson August 22, 1932, in St. Peter, Minnesota, to Ione (Johnson) Hokanson and Henry Hokanson and moved to Peterson in 1943...
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