Obituaries
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...
Duane Lange, Sr.
Jan 26, 2009
Duane Harold Lange, Sr., the son of Harold and Velma (Mathison) Lange, was born January 15, 1936, on a farm near Sutherland, IA. His childhood years were spent in Sutherland where he attended school. After high school, he started driving truck for various companies. He also worked as a farmhand, carpenter, mechanic and police officer for the city of Sutherland....
James Leroy Anderson
Jan 25, 2009
James "Jim" Leroy Anderson, the son of Floyd and Elaine (Duncan) Anderson, was born March 2, 1955, in Alexandria, MN. His childhood years were spent in Herman, MN where he attended school until he was nine. His family then moved to Fairmont, MN where he graduated from Fairmont High School. Following school, Jim entered the United States Army and served...
Alice Fern Schar
Jan 23, 2009
Alice Fern Olson Schar was born on July 24, 1921, to Mamie (Westerberg) and Reuben Olson on the family farm east of Forest City, Iowa, in Hancock County. She attended country school and graduated from Forest City High School. She attended Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls and received her two-year teaching certificate, after which she taught in Lakota,...
Connie Alger
Jan 23, 2009
Connie Alger passed away, January 23, 2009, at the age of 87. She was a resident of Spencer, Iowa, for the past 18 years. Connie was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Ross and Josephine Kleinheinz on July 6, 1921. She married Craig Foss Hanson, also of Sioux Falls, on September 9, 1943, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Craig and...
Lyle Leroy Shinkle
Jan 17, 2009
Lyle LeRoy Shinkle, the son of John L. and Mavis Clark Shinkle, was born June 7, 1913 on a farm 6 � miles south of Hartley, Iowa. His childhood years were spent near Hartley, where he received his education, graduating from Hartley High School in 1931. He went into the insurance business shortly after his graduation. Lyle married Ruth Staines...
Dorothy Mae Meehlhause
Jan 15, 2009
Dorothy Mae Meehlhause, the daughter of John and Ella Helen Wiese Trojahn, was born January 9, 1926, in Moneta, IA. She attended the first 8 grades in the Moneta Consolidated School, riding the bus everyday. She was baptized at the Moneta United Methodist Church by Pastor Tomkins from Spencer, IA. She attended Sunday school and church faithfully. Dorothy married Elmer...
Lela R. Andersen
Jan 15, 2009
Lela Ruth Andersen, the daughter of William and Mae (Kirkman) LeClaire, was born on March 6, 1921, in Everly, IA. When Lela was 16 her father passed away and Lela went to live with her aunt and uncle in Rosholt, SD. Lela graduated from high school in Rosholt in 1939. Following graduation, she attended beauty school in Minneapolis, MN and...
Harry Vern Warren
Jan 12, 2009
Harry Vern Warren was born April 16, 1908, on the family farm near Peterson, IA, the third child of Arthur and Frances (Doolittle) Warren. He attended Yankee School just a quarter mile away through the 8th grade and then went on to graduate from Peterson High School in 1925. He liked school, math especially, played baseball, and was especially proud...
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