Obituaries
Bonnie Lucille Quirin
Mar 30, 2010
Bonnie Lucille Quirin, the daughter of Harry and Rachel (Marrington) Baird, was born on December 13, 1927, in Schaller, Iowa. She received her education in Schaller and graduated from Schaller High School in May of 1945. She was employed at State Bank of Schaller until 1948, when she married Earlyn Quirin. They farmed north of Alta until moving to Spencer...
Milton Leroy Conrad
Mar 30, 2010
Milton LeRoy Conrad, the son of Walter and Anna (Speth) Conrad, was born August 25, 1917 in Tulare, SD. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Langdon, Iowa, where he received his education at Meadow Township #7 country school. Following his schooling, Milton helped farmers in the area. Milton entered the United States Army in 1942 serving in...
Gladys Katherine Lydia Fry
Mar 28, 2010
Gladys Katherine Lydia Fry, the daughter of Charles and Louise (Topp) Jurries, was born March 7, 1913 in Frankford, IL. She attended school in Sherburn, MN and Estherville, IA. She was united in marriage to Virgil Fry on February 14, 1933 in Jackson, MN. She and Virgil farmed near Emmetsburg, Curlew and Laurens. In 1970, she moved to Spencer, where...
Eugena Mae Watson
Mar 28, 2010
Eugena Mae Watson, the daughter of Errol and Nellie (Hammond) Dillon was born July 1, 1917 in Lamberton, MN. At a very young age she moved with her family to Union, Iowa where she received her early education, graduating from high school there in 1935. She attended Ellsworth Junior College and Buena Vista College to earn her BA. After several...
Ida Marie Peterson
Mar 23, 2010
Marie Peterson, the daughter of George and Flossie Bell (Faulkner) Franklin, was born September 7, 1909 in LeMars, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School. After graduation, she attended the Thompson School of Beauty in Des Moines, IA. Marie married Thornton S. Penn on July 20, 1929 in Adel,...
John Aaron Young
Mar 23, 2010
John Aaron Young, the son of Daymon and Sally (Boydston), was born on February 17, 1974, in Yankton, South Dakota. John grew up in the Fort Dodge area, receiving his early education in Otho and then attending high school in Fort Dodge. After graduation, he attended Iowa Central Community College, where he received his associate degree in law enforcement. Following...
Lisa Ann Falline
Mar 17, 2010
Lisa Ann (Dunn) Falline, the daughter of Robert and Doris (Bruning) Dunn, was born January 16, 1960, in Spencer, Iowa. Lisa's childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education. Lisa had been working at Wild Rose Casino in Emmetsburg, Iowa until August 2009. Lisa thoroughly enjoyed anything that had to do with horses. She loved her cats,...
Gerrit P. 'Bob' Porter
Mar 16, 2010
Gerrit "Bob" Porter of Spencer Iowa was born August 10, 1917, near Brunsville, Iowa, and passed away March 16, 2010, in Spencer, Iowa, at the age of 92. He was the son of Peter and Fredericka Porter. They moved to a farm east of Hospers when he was 10 yrs old. He graduated from Archer High School in 1936 and...
Allen Bell
Mar 14, 2010
Allen Floyd Bell, the son of John and Sally (West) Bell, was born on April 16, 1961, in Cherokee, IA. Al was raised and attended school in Storm Lake where he also met his childhood sweetheart, Holly Adele Boardman. On May 18, 1985, they married and together they had two children: Mary Ellen Joy and A.J. Later, Al was united...
Viola Marie Mcguire
Mar 9, 2010
Viola Marie McGuire, the daughter of Edward Charles and Margaret May (Herring) Ryan, was born January 22, 1913 in Elk Point, South Dakota. Her childhood years were spent in Elk Point, where she received her education. She was married to Thomas Leonard McGuire on September 15, 1948 in Elk Point. They farmed in the Beresford, SD area and later near...
Esther Josephine Radley
Mar 5, 2010
Esther Josephine Radley, the daughter of Henry and Hazel Mendenhall Nicholson, was born August 16, 1915 in Peterson, IA. After graduating from Peterson High School, Esther lived in Battle Creek for five years before settling in Spencer. Esther married Ernest Radley on March 27, 1943 in South Sioux City, NE and was a homemaker. Esther enjoyed attending the First Baptist...
Virginia May Traughber
Mar 2, 2010
Virginia May Johnson, the daughter of Clarence and Frieda Langhoff Johnson, was born November 17, 1921 in Spencer, Iowa. At an early age her parents moved to New Ulm, Minnesota where she was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church on April 10, 1922. When she was in the 4th grade her parents moved to Greenville, Iowa where she finished her...
Robert Wakefield
Feb 28, 2010
Robert W. Wakefield, the son of Miranda and Margaret (Kail) Wakefield was born March 18, 1920 in Moline, IL. He attended several grade schools before graduating from High School in Des Moines, IA. He then attended University of Iowa for two years before joining the United States Army during WWII. Robert worked as a registered land surveyor and was an...
Cheryl Renee Buren
Feb 28, 2010
Cheryl Dykshoorn Buren, the daughter of Lowell and Nell (Dekker) Dykshoorn, was born on October 18, 1952 at Sheldon, Iowa. She attended elementary and Jr. High School in Sheldon and in 1966, her family moved to Spencer where she graduated from Spencer High School in 1970. Following high school she worked at Rexall Drug, Winslow's and the Prime Rib. Cheryl...
Kathleen Anne Kramer
Feb 26, 2010
Kathleen Anne Kramer of Rosemount, Minnesota and Spirit Lake, Iowa passed away Friday, February 26. She was born April 19, 1933 in Hartley, Iowa to John and Maurine (nee Redmond) Stoterau. On October 13, 1955, she married Jerry Kramer, who survives. Kathleen is also survived by daughters Julie (Michael) Neal, Jennifer (Jack) Thooft, and Kathy (Scott) Geyer, sister Joanne (Ted)...
David Martin Blair
Feb 26, 2010
David Martin Blair, the son of Harold and Leona (Nydahl) Blair, was born October 29, 1938 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Everly, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Everly High School. Following his schooling, he worked at the Spencer Packing Plant for 2 years. David married Joyce Follon on March 16, 1958 in Everly,...
Florence Ann Asmussen
Feb 24, 2010
Florence Ann Asmussen, the daughter of David John and Frances Mary (Campbell) Walsh, was born November 21, 1926 in Boston, MA. Her childhood years were spent in Boston, MA, where she received her education. Florence married Dale Asmussen on September 8, 1950, in Sioux Falls, SD. Following their marriage, they farmed in Royal for many years. She was an active...
James Bang Christensen
Feb 24, 2010
James Bang Christensen, the son of Peter Albert and Mary Christine Bang Christensen, was born November 14, 1914. Jake, as his siblings referred to him, spent his early years growing up south of Royal on the family farm with his sister and three brothers and attended the Willow Creek Country School. He was confirmed at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in...
Jacob 'Jake' Ki Ralph
Feb 23, 2010
Jacob "Jake" KI Ralph, the son of John and Sarah Larson Ralph, was born June 6, 1981 in Soul, South Korea. John and Sarah adopted Jake in May of 1982. They lived in Spencer until 1991 when they moved to Wahpeton. Jake graduated from the Okoboji High School in 2000. He then attended Iowa Lakes Community College where he graduated...
Gary Lee Cisney
Feb 22, 2010
Gary was born on Dec 29, 1952 to Ruth Ellen (Willey) and Gordon Cisney of Coleridge, NE. He died unexpectedly in Spencer, IA on Feb 22, 2010. Gary and his wife Colleen had just recently moved from Omaha, NE to Spencer, IA where he had hoped to live out his retirement. In addition to his wife he leaves behind his...
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