Obituaries
Steven Ray Quist
Oct 10, 2006
Steven Ray Quist, the son of Robert Quist, Sr. and Marge Faulkner Quist, was born October 9, 1957, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer where he received his education in Spencer schools. Steve entered the military and served with the U.S. Navy until his honorable discharge. Steven married Diane Deer at the Little Brown Church in...
Darlene Netsch
Oct 8, 2006
Darlene Netsch, the daughter of Albert and Mildred (Damery) Netsch was born March 4, 1924, in rural Harrison County near Woodbine, Iowa. It was there she received her early education, graduating from Woodbine High School. She received her B.A. degree from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa. She earned a Master's degree from the University of South Dakota at...
Wava Mae Johnson
Oct 5, 2006
Wava Mae Johnson, the daughter of Ervin and Viola Nord Johnson, was born February 13, 1921, in Linn Grove, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from the Linn Grove High School. Wava then attended A.I.B. College in Des Moines, Iowa. After her schooling, Wava lived in Storm Lake, Iowa for 5 years and then moved to Spencer in...
Gladys Nettie Childers
Oct 5, 2006
Gladys Nettie Childers, the daughter of Ole and Nettie Oleson Quee, was born January 20, 1918 on a farm in Okoboji Township, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Okoboji, where she received her education in Okoboji Consolidated Schools. Gladys married Raymond H. Childers on September 16, 1938 in Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, they lived in Everly, until moving...
Maurice "Pee Wee" Gustin
Oct 4, 2006
Maurice "Pee Wee" Gustin, the son of Ernest Guy and Blanche Ella King Gustin, was born April 1, 1916, in Spencer, Iowa. He lived in Gillett Grove area until 8 years old and moved to Dickens where he graduated from High School. On October 6, 1934, Pee Wee married Alma "Maxine" Beams in Ponca, NE. Following their marriage, they farmed...
Rudolph Wayne Beck
Oct 3, 2006
Rudolph Wayne Beck, the son of A. Nat and Mattie Marie Hagedorn Beck, was born September 27, 1921, in Royal, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. His childhood years were spent in the Royal area on the family farm. He graduated from the Rossie High School. Following his schooling, Rudolph farmed with his...
Wallace Hubert Jones
Oct 3, 2006
Wallace Hubert Jones, the son of James Floyd and Bessie (McDanel) Jones, was born on August 26, 1917 in Moneta, Iowa. His family moved to Dickens, Iowa, when he was four years old and he received his education in Dickens, graduating from Dickens High School in 1935. Following high school, he attended a Junior College in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Hubert married...
Lawrence "Larry" Cleo Firkins
Oct 1, 2006
Larry Firkins had a very full day. His life dawned on Nov. 3, 1915, on a farm near Rolfe, Iowa. Born Lawrence Cleo Firkins to father Artie and mother Anna, Larry was the fourth of five children. Like other boys raised in the lean and rugged world of early 20th Century family farming, Larry learned quickly the meaning of honest...
Dwayne Arloe Ness
Oct 1, 2006
Dwayne Arloe Ness was born May 29,1924 in Pocahontas County. Dwayne was the oldest son of Ingvald and Alma Forsberg Ness. He graduated from Linn Grove High School in 1942 and attended the University of Iowa and Indian Hills Community College. Dwayne was a World War II Veteran serving in the US Army. He then farmed in the Peterson, Linn...
Modesta Marceline Green
Sep 26, 2006
Modesta Marceline Green, the daughter of Peter and Anna Ohlinger Leinen, was born June 28, 1915 in Portsmouth, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Portsmouth, where she received her education, graduating from Portsmouth High School. Modesta married Claude Green on January 25, 1937 in Harlan, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Harlan, where she worked for several years...
Rose Evelyn Ryker
Sep 22, 2006
Rose Evelyn Ryker, the daughter of Hugh and Ethel Warren Galbraith, was born January 24, 1926 in Langdon, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education. Rose married LeRoy Ryker on September 9, 1944 in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they continued to live in Spencer, where she worked for A & M Laundry for...
Nina Elizabeth Moding
Sep 20, 2006
Nina Elizabeth Moding, the daughter of Lee and Amy Draper Gilbert, was born May 16, 1907 in rural Cherokee, Iowa. She attended schools in Buena Vista and O'Brien counties, graduating from the Sutherland High School. She later attended Taylor University in Upland, Indiana for one year. She was librarian in Peterson for eleven years, serving from the start of the...
John Waldemar Knudsen
Sep 18, 2006
John Waldemar Knudsen was born January 24, 1938 in Spencer, IA to Maude Esther (Miller) and Johannes Waldemar (Knut) Knudsen. John attended school in Spencer, IA and graduated from Spencer High School in 1956, where he participated in drama productions, basketball, track, tennis, student council (serving as president his Sophomore year), choir and choir ensembles (being chosen for All-State Chorus...
Bernard Wesley Galbraith
Sep 18, 2006
Bernard Wesley Galbraith, the son of Wilbur and Elsabeth (Durst) Galbraith, was born the third of nine children November 27, 1913 on the family farm north of Dickens, Iowa. He attended Barlow Country School and graduated from Spencer High School in 1931. He continued to work on the family farm and eagerly sought additional jobs with neighbors and friends. On...
Elmer Johannes Koenck
Sep 17, 2006
Elmer Johannes Koenck, the son of Gustav and Olga Lage Koenck, was born April 26, 1923, in Arco, Minnesota. His childhood years were spent in Minnesota until 1931, when his family moved to Royal, Iowa. He attended High School in Hartley, Iowa and graduated in 1941. Elmer enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and served during WWII in Germany...
Jill Denise Beving
Sep 15, 2006
Jill Denise Beving was born February 21, 1950, in Spencer, Iowa, to Dick and Beverly (Kohn) Beving who currently reside in Spencer, Iowa. She was born and raised on the family farm near Fostoria, which has been continuously in the family since 1908. She passed away in Pennsylvania at the age of 56. She was the oldest of three girls....
Marjorie Vyonne Pieratt
Sep 14, 2006
M. Vyonne Backstrom Pieratt, the daughter of William P. and Jessie Lenora Feldman Clark, was born March 12, 1916 in Palo Alto County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Mallard, Iowa area, where she received her education in the Mallard school district. Vyonne married Milford Clarence Backstrom on February 14, 1934. Following their marriage, they farmed in the...
Martin Fred Meyer
Sep 13, 2006
Martin is survived by his wife, Geraldine Meyer of Bingham Lake, Minnesota; a daughter, Bernice Fife of Jackson, MN; 8 grandkids; 6 great grandchildren. He is also survived by 2 sisters and three brothers. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Viola Meyer and his son, Steven Meyer. SERVICES Memorial Services for Martin Meyer of Bingham Lake,...
Mary Ann Adams
Sep 13, 2006
Mary Ann Adams, the daughter of Ambrose and Julia Daly Kirschbaum, was born June 25, 1941, in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Ayrshire, Iowa. She received her early education in a catholic school in Ayrshire and later attended and graduated from Ayrshire High School. Following high school, she attended a cosmetology school and worked as a beautician...
Allen Ray Tuttle
Sep 11, 2006
Allen Ray Tuttle, the son of Fred and Hazel (Wilson) Tuttle, was born April 6, 1925, south of Royal, Iowa. They moved to Spencer when Allen was two years old. He lived in Clay county most of his life. He worked as a welder in Portland, Oregon for one year during World War II. He returned to Spencer and worked...
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