Obituaries
Irma Katherine Clausen
Jul 11, 2007
Irma Katherine Clausen, the daughter of Otto C. and Elsie S. Schoelerman Garms, was born December 13, 1919 in Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Moneta, Iowa, where she received her education graduating from Moneta High School. She later attended a business college for one year. Irma married Arlan Clausen on February 14, 1946 in Royal, Iowa. Following...
Dorothy Helen Hoover
Jul 10, 2007
Dorothy Helen Hoover, age 97, of Riverview Terrace, Spencer, Iowa peacefully passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at the Spencer Hospital surrounded by her family. Dorothy was born on March 5, 1910 to May and Ernest Belknap on a farm southwest of Webb, Iowa. She attended and graduated from Webb School in 1928. She married Raymond Hoover on July...
Lorraine Adeline Erichsen
Jul 10, 2007
Lorraine Adeline Erichsen, the daughter of August and Neta Arp Miller, was born August 30, 1921 in Alta, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Storm Lake, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Storm Lake High School. Lorraine married Marvin Erichsen on July 2, 1944 in Storm Lake. Following their marriage, they moved to a farm north of...
Richard Landoe
Jul 9, 2007
Richard Arnold Landoe, the son of Leonard and June Landoe was born September 22, 1943, in Dickinson, ND. His childhood years were spent in St. Cloud, MN and Devils Lake, ND where he received his early education. His family moved to Spencer, IA where he graduated from Spencer High School in 1961. Following graduation Richard entered the Air Force. He...
Elizabeth G. Beck
Jul 7, 2007
Elizabeth G. Beck, 58, formerly of Des Moines, died suddenly at her home near Wasilla, Alaska on July 7, 2007. Elizabeth was born December 21, 1948 in Nyack, New York, the daughter of Alexander G. and Jeanne (Starr) Park. She was a 1970 graduate of the University of Iowa and a 1972 graduate of Drake University Law School. Elizabeth was...
Catherine Mae Nielsen
Jul 7, 2007
Catherine Mae Nielsen, the daughter of Thomas Wilkens and Maude E. Caskey Pettit, was born January 3, 1925 in Clay County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Everly, where she received her education, graduating from Everly High School. Catherine married Otto Popp and to this union, four children were born: Duane, Shirley, Darryl and Geraldine. In 1965, she married...
Brian Lee Burger
Jul 6, 2007
Brian Lee Burger, the son of Roy and Genevieve Dyer Burger, was born September 7, 1958 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Gillett Grove, where he received his education, later graduating from Webb Consolidated School in 1977. After his schooling, he remained in Clay County, where he worked at manufacturing plants in Emmetsburg and Laurens, before moving...
Max Erwin Sheridan
Jul 3, 2007
Max Erwin Sheridan, the son of Ronald and Erma (Erwin) Sheridan, was born on September 12, 1920, in Oakville, IA. He received his early education in Oakville where he graduated from High School. Following graduation, he played minor league baseball in Colorado Springs, CO. Max returned to Iowa where he worked as a crop duster in the family business. On...
Robert Dale Maske
Jul 3, 2007
Robert Dale Maske was born May 11, 1923 to John and Addie Coyer Maske at Ocheyedan, Iowa. Robert (Bob) spent his childhood in and around Ocheyedan, and he attended Ocheyedan High School. He completed his high school diploma at West Seattle High School in Seattle, Washington. After graduation from high school, Bob entered the Merchant Marines. Following the outbreak of...
Grace Cornelia Raabe
Jul 2, 2007
Grace Cornelia Raabe, the daughter of Clark and Mary Irvine Ward, was born on October 3, 1919, on the family farm near Ocheyedan, IA. She received her early education in Ocheyedan. On June 28, 1941, Grace married Albert "Pat" Raabe in Primghar, IA. They lived and farmed in the Ochedeyan and Sibley area until 1972 when they moved to and...
Dale Allan Pomeroy
Jun 30, 2007
Dale Allan Pomeroy, was received into this world on February 5, 1953 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. His early years of life where spent in Laurens, Iowa. He received his early education in Laurens and attended Ayrshire Consolidated School where he graduated from High School. He then went on to Iowa Tech and graduated with high honors with a meat cutter...
Evelyn May Christensen Brees
Jun 27, 2007
Evelyn Mae Christensen, the daughter of Levi and Mary Newcomb Reed, was born March 31, 1914 in Peterson, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Peterson, where she received her education, graduating from Peterson High School. Evelyn married Allen Christensen on June 21, 1941 in Peterson, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Chicago, Illinois where she worked for Bell...
Gail M. 'Pete' Peterson
Jun 27, 2007
Gail "Pete" Peterson, the son of Roy R. and Louie Mabel Westcott Peterson, was born November 7, 1919, in Winside, NE. Gail grew up in Arlington, NE and graduated from high school there. He was a graduate of the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture with a B.S. in Agronomy. Gail was employed in agri-business enterprises. Gail served in W.W....
Josephine Virginia Larson
Jun 25, 2007
Josephine Virginia Larson, the daughter of Claude James and Fern Marie Anderson Nugent, was born August 17, 1922 in Algona, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from the Spencer High School. On September 12, 1946, Josephine married Carl Anders Larson in Spencer, Iowa. Following her marriage, she worked for Northwestern Bell, which later became AT&T. In 1974, Josephine...
Helen Mary Glaser
Jun 24, 2007
Helen Mary Glaser, the daughter of William and Margaret Springman Slinger, was born February 13, 1914 in Archer, Iowa and was the 5th of ten children. Her childhood years were spent in the rural Primghar, Iowa area, where she received her education in rural O'Brien County Schools and later graduated from Primghar High School in 1931. Helen married Fred Glaser...
Reed Frank Vetter
Jun 23, 2007
Reed Frank Vetter, the son of Frank and Eva Kranzler Vetter, was born September 27, 1927 in Eureka, South Dakota. Reed married Barbara Jane Hall on June 5, 1949 in Nevada, Iowa. Following their marriage, they moved to Spencer, Iowa. Survivors include his wife, Barb of Spencer; one daughter, Teresa Vetter Abt of Prescott, Arizona; two sons: Dick Vetter of...
Milo W. Myers
Jun 23, 2007
Milo W. Myers, the son of Elmer Ray and Florence Alvera Beck Myers, was born October 15, 1929 on a farm near Rossie, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Rossie area, where he received his education, graduating from Greenville - Rossie High School in 1947. Milo married Mona June Holmberg on August 13, 1950 at the First Congregational...
Desiree Elizabeth Crist
Jun 23, 2007
Desiree Elizabeth Crist, the daughter of Richard Crist and Tammy (Peters) Muilenburg, was born on February 14, 1991 in Hartley, Iowa. She was confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church in May of 2005 and she attended South O'Brien High School. She was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church. Desiree loved to hang out with her friends and spend time with...
Phyllis Helen Oviatt
Jun 19, 2007
Phyllis Helen Oviatt, the daughter of P.E. and Helen (Sweeney) Fogarty, was born on February 4, 1938, in Lake Park, IA. She was raised in Northwest Iowa and attended school in Gillett Grove where she participated in six-on-six basketball and was a member of the All County Basketball Team. She graduated from high school in 1956. On October 13, 1956,...
Lana Joyce Richards
Jun 19, 2007
Lana Joyce Richards, the daughter of Jess and Ruby (Orvis) Lockey was born December 2, 1933, in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer where she attended school and graduated from Spencer High School. Following graduation, Lana moved to California and did secretarial work. On February 15, 1953, Lana was united in marriage to William Richards in Reno,...