Obituaries
Marie Ganzevoort
Feb 24, 2009
Marie Ganzevoort, the daughter of Dennis and Loella (Atkinson) Mathis, was born on June 7, 1922, in Beech Creek, Kentucky. She was raised and received her early education by attending country schools in Muhlenberg County. Following high school, Marie went to Hopkins, KY where she helped assemble planes during WWII. On July 8, 1944, Marie married Cyril Ganzevoort in Kentucky....
Ethel Marie Binder
Feb 23, 2009
Ethel Marie Walker Binder was born on March 8, 1913 near Vienna, South Dakota to Severt and Minnie Froke Seim. Ethel was Baptized and Confirmed at Pleasant Lutheran Church near Vienna. Ethel also attended country schools near Vienna, graduating from Vienna High School in 1931. In 1932 Ethel married Ernest B. Walker at Highmore, South Dakota. To this union were...
Forrest M. Adams
Feb 22, 2009
Forrest M. Adams, the son of Hubert and Nancie (Mills) Adams, was born August 12, 1918 I Alliance, NE. His childhood years were spent in the Gillett Grove area, where he received his education. He entered the military in 1942, and served with the Army Air Corps with the 190 3rd Engineers Aviation Battalion in Okinawa and Iwo Jima, until...
Anita Joyce Hott
Feb 15, 2009
Anita Joyce Hott, the daughter of Earl and Joyce Pelley Davidson, was born November 18, 1935 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Ruthven and Dickens area, where she received her education graduating from Ruthven High School in 1953. Anita married Richard Hott on March 28, 1956 in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in the...
Helen Mary Boese
Feb 14, 2009
Helen Mary Boese, the daughter of John and Rose (Pfeifer) Trainer, was born July 31, 1916, in Melvin, Iowa. Helen moved from the family farm during her high school years to attend school in Sibley, IA. While there, she lived and worked for a local family. After high school, Helen attended a small business college where she earned a secretarial...
Hilda Dorothea Joenks
Feb 13, 2009
Hilda Dorothea Joenks, the daughter of Fred and Anna (Bobzien) Plagman, was born September 5, 1916, on a farm south of Peterson, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent near Peterson, where she received her education at Brooke School. Hilda married Kenneth Clarence Joenks on March 1, 1933 in Sioux Falls, SD. They lived in Peterson for thirteen years before moving...
Bradley Allen Wallace
Feb 12, 2009
Bradley Allen Wallace, the son of Allen and Theresa (Ray) Wallace, was born on March 4, 1972, in Indianapolis, IN. Brad attended school in Clarksville, TN, Ft. Greely, AK, and Laurens-Marathon High School after moving to Marathon when he was 16. In 1991, Brad moved to Spencer where he worked in construction and did some mechanic and machinist work. He...
Sharon Rehan
Feb 12, 2009
Sharon Virginia Rehan, the daughter of Julius Dale and Lola Virginia (Mayou) Long, was born June 3, 1942, in Fort Dodge, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School. Following her schooling, she moved to Gardner, Illinois until 1977, when she moved to Spencer. Throughout her life, she worked...
Lillian Swanson
Feb 12, 2009
Lillian Louise Caroline Swanson died peacefully on February 12, 2009 at University of Iowa Hospitals after a brief illness. At her bedside were members of her family. She had recently moved from Spencer to Legacy Pointe in Iowa City. Lillian was born to Frederick and Mary Steimke in Larrabee, Iowa on July 29, 1917. She was the fourth of four...
Kenneth Clarence Steffens
Feb 12, 2009
Kenneth Clarence Steffens, the son of Clarence and Emma Steuck Steffens, was born May 23, 1925, on the family farm in Center Township of O'Brien County, rural Primghar, Iowa. He was baptized in the rural Lutheran Church near his birthplace, which the Church was later moved into Primghar, where he was later confirmed. He received his education in rural schools...
Darrell Ray King
Feb 10, 2009
Darrell Ray King, the son of Silas and Grace Bailey King, was born August 4, 1918, in Dickens, Iowa. He received his early education and graduated from the Dickens High School. In 1942, Darrell married Lurvene Darr from Ayshire, Iowa. Following their marriage, they rented land south of Dickens and then north of Everly before purchasing what remains the family...
Stanley Edward Meyerdirk
Feb 9, 2009
Stanley Edward Meyerdirk, the son of Milo Ray and Linnie (Range) Meyerdirk, was born September 21, 1921 in Milford, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Lake Park, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Lake Park High School in 1940. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Navy from January of 1945, until...
Donald Franklin Odendahl
Feb 7, 2009
Donald Franklin Odendahl, the son of Albert and Emma (Weiland) Odendahl, was born January 9, 1922 in Carroll, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Carroll, where he received his education at Carroll Schools. Don married Kathryn Meyers on February 21, 1944 in Willey, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Carroll, where he was a self-employed agent for Sinclair...
William Schwarck
Feb 6, 2009
William Sherman Schwarck of Spencer, Iowa, was born to Dr. Paul F. and Margaret Keller Schwarck, October 13, 1921, in Spencer, Iowa. Bill attended and graduated from Spencer High School. He served in the 8th Armored Division, of the U.S. Army. He received his basic training at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, and remained there as an instructor of motorcycles. He was...
Velma Ross Nord
Feb 5, 2009
Velma Nord, 91, of Peterson, IA, passed away February 5, 2009, at Sunset Knoll Nursing Home in Aurelia, IA. She was formerly of Evanston, IL. Velma is survived by her husband, Ralph; sons: Thomas and William and his wife Bernadette of Peterson, IA; grandchildren: Suzanna, Bradley, Craig, Christopher, and Kimberly; step-grandchildren: Axel, Rebekah, and Johnathan; and one great-grandson, Thomas. A...
Helen Iona Paulsen
Feb 5, 2009
Helen Iona Paulsen, the daughter of Carl Algot Henry and Anna Johanna Hagedorn Lundbeck, was born June 9, 1911, in Lincoln Township, Clay County, Iowa. Helen was baptized on July 9, 1911, at the Lincoln Lutheran Church and confirmed on April 5, 1925, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She received her early education and graduated from the Rossie High School....
Luella Bertha Friederike Nothwehr
Jan 30, 2009
Luella Bertha Friederike Nothwehr, the daughter of Chris C. and Martha Luetkeman Felten, was born December 23, 1916 on a farm in Spring Township in Cherokee County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on the farm, where she was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church near Peterson, Iowa. She received her education at Brooke Consolidated School,...
Alexandra Ozolins
Jan 30, 2009
Alexandra(Andra Mironva), 89, transcended this life on January 30, 2009 in Spencer, Iowa. Alexandra was born in Liepaja, Latvia on December 6, 1919, the daughter of Goergi and Biruta Mironva. She was majoring in Philosophy and History at the University of Riga when the Second War threw her life into chaos. After losing her husband, Harry Smelis, she fled her...
Roberta Ann 'Bobbie' Fairchild
Jan 28, 2009
Bobbie Fairchild, the daughter of Robert and Clara (Stodden) Harrison was born January 10, 1932 in Sioux City, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Sioux City, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Leeds High School. She later received her teacher's certificate from Wayne State College in Wayne, NE. Bobbie married Jim Fairchild on February 12, 1956 in...
Agnes Goecke
Jan 26, 2009
Agnes Ellen Goecke, the daughter of Henry and Sophia Walz Goecke, was born September 19, 1910 in Estherville, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Estherville, where she received her education, graduating from Estherville High School. She later attended and graduated from Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls. Agnes began her teaching career in Rodman, Iowa and later Buffalo...
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