Obituaries
Clara Iona Christensen
Jun 28, 2006
Clara Iona Christensen, the daughter of William H. and Mary Backhaus Steffen, was born March 21, 1916 on a farm south of Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Royal/Peterson area where she received her education in Clay County schools. Clara married James B. Christensen on May 2, 1936 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Royal. Clara was a...
Ernest Clayton Wilcox
Jun 26, 2006
Ernest Clayton "Skip" Wilcox, the son of Clayton and Pearl Bendixen Wilcox, was born October 31, 1932 in Terril, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Terril where he received his education, graduating from Terril High School. Following high school, he attended the University of Iowa for two years. After his schooling, he entered the military and served with the...
Lillian Wilma Gibbs
Jun 25, 2006
Lillian Wilma Gibbs, the daughter of John and Emma Guse Neitzke, was born February 18, 1912 in Sanborn, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Sanborn, where she received her early education in country schools and later graduated from Sanborn High School. Lillian married William Gibbs on March 25, 1934 at her parent's home in Sanborn, Iowa. Following their marriage,...
Verda Marie Goodale
Jun 24, 2006
Verda Marie Goodale, the daughter of Carl B. and Anna Irene (Anderson) Nelson, was born January 29, 1924, in Ruthven, IA. Her childhood years were spent there where she received her early education and graduated from Ruthven High School. Her sister, Verla, was the class valedictorian and Verda was the class salutatorian. After graduation, she worked as a bookkeeper at...
Christopher Dean Hoger
Jun 20, 2006
Christopher Dean Hoger, the son of Harold and Lorraine Foxhoven Hoger, was born February 24, 1955 in Spencer, Iowa. He received his early education in Spencer and graduated from the Spencer High School in 1973. Following his schooling, Chris worked for Spencer Foods. On August 29, 1981, Chris married Kristi Schatzberg in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, Chris worked for...
Terry Wayne Campbell
Jun 19, 2006
Terry Wayne Campbell, the son of Robert Dean and Janet Louise Olson Campbell, was born October 19, 1952, in Royal, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the communities of Royal, Spencer, Lake Center, Terril and Everly, Iowa, where he received his education. He entered the military on August 1, 1977, and served with the U.S. Army until his honorable...
Milo Louie Harnack
Jun 18, 2006
Milo Louie Harnack, the son of Louie and Mary Schroeder Harnack, was born September 28, 1925, in rural Postville, Iowa. He received his early education from rural Postville School. Milo entered the United States Army on August 29, 1952 in Des Moines, Iowa. While serving his country, Milo received the Korean Service medal, Bronze Service Stars, United Nations Service medal,...
Devon Keith Briner
Jun 15, 2006
Devon's family would like to extend a special thanks to his nurses, Carrie Engelkes and Stacie Huckfelt. Devon Keith Briner, the son of Patrick Briner and Darcey Webber was born on March 24, 2000 in Sioux Falls, SD. Devon lived in Storm Lake until he was 3 and then Darcey and the kids moved to Spencer. On Devon's 3rd birthday,...
Dean Henry Wagner
Jun 10, 2006
Dean Henry Wagner, the son of Otto (Dooley) and Lillie (Meiske) Wagner, was born February 25, 1931, in Hartley, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Hartley where he received his early education and later graduated from Hartley High School in 1950. On December 23, 1950, he was united in marriage to Joyce Ihry of Everly, Iowa, in Jackson, Minnesota....
Irene Augusta Philiph
Jun 7, 2006
Irene A. Philiph, the daughter of Hans William and Lizzie T. Holle Eden, was born July 13, 1918 in May City, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in May City, where she received her education. Irene married Richard Philiph on December 4, 1938 in Ocheyedan, Iowa. Throughout their marriage, they made their home on the farm where Richard was born,...
Ray Albert Wetherell
Jun 7, 2006
Ray A. Wetherell, the son of Merle and Mae (Townsend) Wetherell, was born on February 4, 1925, in Spencer, SD. His childhood years were spent in Peterson, where he received his education and graduated from Peterson High School in 1944. He entered into the military on June 6, 1944, serving in the United States Navy. While in the Navy he...
Donald Arthur Olson
Jun 5, 2006
Donald Arthur Olson, the son of Arthur E. and Stella Lawson Olson, was born December 8, 1910, in Sioux Rapids, IA. His childhood years were spent in Greenville and Jackson County, Minnesota, where he received his education in country schools. Don married Winifred Gravley on February 10, 1930, in Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, they lived near the communities of...
Gladys Selenda Marker
Jun 5, 2006
Gladys Selenda Marker, the daughter of Sedolf and Bertha Johnson Sorenson, was born November 1, 1902 on a farm near Sioux Rapids, Iowa. She attended Burr Oak Country School and later Sioux Rapids High School. Following her schooling, she worked in various homes in Spencer, Webb and Minneapolis. Gladys married Gilbert C. Marker on October 17, 1928 in Spencer, Iowa....
Wendell Gilbert Mortensen
Jun 4, 2006
Wendell Gilbert Mortensen, the son of Niels C. and Laura Dean Mortensen, was born November 10, 1919 on a farm north of Linn Grove, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Clay County, where he received his education in country schools and entered High School in Rossie, Iowa. Following his schooling, he worked on a farm for a short time...
Ettie Dena Groenewold
Jun 2, 2006
Ettie Dena Groenewold, the daughter of J. G. and Maggie (Cramer) Groenewold, was born July 21, 1909, in Waterford Township. She received her early education in a rural school in Waterford Township, graduating from Spencer High School. Following high school, she attended Western Union College (Westmar College) in Le Mars, Iowa. For a number of years she taught in the...
Thomas Jacob Raveling
Jun 2, 2006
Thomas Jacob Raveling was born in rural Peterson on March 23, 1917 to Peter and Etta (Thomas) Raveling. He spent his childhood years on a farm north of Peterson, and he graduated from Peterson High School in 1934. A lifelong farmer, he married Ellen Grange on December 5, 1937 in Peterson and started farming on the Grange farm near Cornell,...
Larry Dean Knapp
Jun 2, 2006
Larry Dean Knapp, the son of Beulah Kent, was born December 8, 1942 in Sioux City, IA. His childhood years were spent in Newton, IA, where he attended school until 1952. From 1952 through 1959, Larry attended school in Spencer, IA, graduating from Spencer High School where he lettered in football. On July 14, 1963, Larry was united in marriage...
Irene K. Heien
Jun 1, 2006
Irene K. Heien, the daughter of George and Elizabeth (Henderson) Hargrave was born October 11, 1909, in Dickens, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Gillett Grove where she attended school graduating from Gillett Grove High School. After graduation, Irene attended cosmetology courses in Sioux City, Iowa. On October 15, 1936, Irene married Jacob Heien in the Little Brown Church...
Jay Rolla Gould
Jun 1, 2006
Jay Rolla Gould, the son of Harry and Adrianna VerHage Gould, was born December 23, 1928, in Sibley, Iowa. He received his early education in Sibley and graduated in 1947 from the Sibley High School. Following high school, Jay attended Sioux Falls College for two years and then graduated with a B.S. degree from Mankato State in 1952. He then...
Troy Eugene Porter
May 26, 2006
Troy Eugene Porter, the son of Troy and Minnie (Phillips) Porter, was born January 15, 1932 in Beckley, West Virginia. His childhood years were spent in Beckley, where he received his education. Troy entered the military where he began his career with the U.S. Navy. Troy married Darlene Davis on January 11, 1958 in Las Vegas, NV. Following their marriage,...
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