Obituaries
Ella M. Nielsen
Mar 13, 2007
Ella Marjoria Nielsen, the daughter of Arthur Tillson and Valda Kristofferson Guthrie, was born September 4, 1918 in Milford, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Milford, Iowa, where she received her education in Milford schools. Ella married Donovan Irving Nielsen on October 2, 1937 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Spencer,...
Kathryn Bauman
Mar 12, 2007
Kathryn Rosalyn Bauman, the daughter of Thixton and Maude (Ferris) Miller, was born January 14, 1924 in Clay County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on a farm north of Royal. She attended and graduated from the Everly Consolidated School. Kathryn married Warren Frank Bauman on August 19, 1941 in rural Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they resided on the...
Virginia Davis Coughenour
Mar 11, 2007
Virginia Davis Coughenour, the daughter of Edward and Elsie Lake Davis, was born February 13, 1919 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer where she received her early education and graduated from the Spencer High School. Following high school, Virginia continued her education at Morningside College, Drake University and Julliard School of Music in New York. While...
Robert Martin Kunert
Mar 11, 2007
Robert Martin Kunert, the son of Edward Herman and Marie McNalley Kunert, was born April 28, 1937 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Emmetsburg, where he received his education at St. Ellen's Catholic School, moving to Spencer, Iowa in 1943, where he attended Sacred Heart Schools through the 8th grade. His class was the first 8th grade...
Viola Sassman-Goodwin
Mar 9, 2007
Viola Sassman Goodwin, the daughter of Carl and Ermal Moses Reusch, was born September 7, 1921 on a farm near Paulina, Iowa. Viola married Robert George Sassman on June 27, 1940. They had three children. In 1955, Robert's life was taken in an explosion of a fuel line. On May 6, 1960, Viola married Glen Charles Goodwin. With this union...
Raymond Farquhar
Mar 8, 2007
Raymond Leroy Farquhar, the son of James and Eva (McElwain) Farquhar, was born July 18, 1916, on the family farm in rural Sutherland, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Sutherland where he attended country schools and graduated from Sutherland High School in 1934. Following graduation Raymond helped area farmers and worked at the Sutherland Creamery from 1939-1940. In November...
Betty Williamson
Mar 8, 2007
Betty Ann Williamson, the daughter of Frank Oscar and Henrietta J. Petersen Rinehart, was born February 4, 1924 in Worthington, MN. Her childhood years were spent in South Dakota and later Everly, IA, where she received her education, graduating from Everly High School. Following high school, she moved to California and worked as a telephone operator on Catalina Island, CA....
Patricia Rose Johansen
Mar 7, 2007
Patricia Rose (Beemer) Johansen was born June 17, 1934, in Hampton, IA. She passed away at her home on March 6, 2007, in Spencer, IA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leslie and Vera Beemer of Hampton, IA; sister, Jean Webb of Escondido, CA; brother, Rex Beemer of St. Paul, MN, and her husband, Roy E. Johansen of...
Wanda Woodall
Mar 7, 2007
Wanda Lee Woodall, the daughter of Andrew H. and Minnie (Bunjer) Snow was born May 6, 1928, at Lake Park, Iowa. They told her she weighed less than 4 pounds and they kept her warm in a shoe box by or on the oven door. She attended school in Lake Park, Iowa, where she graduated in 1945. In 1947, she...
Saundra Faye Newcomb
Mar 6, 2007
Our wife and mother, Saundra Faye Rogers Newcomb, was the daughter of Earl and Francis Stowe Rogers. She was born June 26, 1938 in Worthington, Minnesota. Her childhood years were spent with her mother and sister in Denison and Spencer, Iowa. She graduated from Spencer High School in 1956. Mom attended Cosmetology school in Sioux City, Iowa. Mom married her...
Charles Henry Thurston
Mar 5, 2007
Charles "Chick" Henry Thurston, the son of Charles E. and Neenah Thurston, was born August 18, 1919 in Spencer, Iowa. He received his education and graduated from Spencer High School and later joined the Coast Guard. On August 11, 1946, Charles married Ruth (Fraser) at the First Christian Church in Spencer, IA. Following their marriage, he worked in sales at...
Ida Augusta Jungjohan
Mar 2, 2007
Ida Augusta Jungjohan, the daughter of Henry and Ella Jones Hass, was born July 28, 1912 in Sutherland, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Sutherland, where she received her education in a country school. Ida married Clarence Henry Jungjohan on December 10, 1930 in Sutherland, Iowa. Following their marriage, they farmed near Sutherland for many years. She was a...
Betty Louise Schoning
Feb 26, 2007
Betty Louise Schoning, the daughter of Roy Gloyd and Luella Abbie Lanphear Gillispie, was born January 10, 1928 in Lake Township, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School. Betty married Virgil F. Schoning on June 14, 1947 in South Sioux City, Nebraska. After their marriage, they made their...
Mildred Kathleen Reineke-Schutt
Feb 24, 2007
Mildred Kathleen Reineke-Schutt, the daughter of John Henry and Elsie Spieker Kroll, was born October 25, 1915 in Ida County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Cushing, Iowa, where she received her education in a country school. Mildred married Lester Reineke on August 15, 1934 in Holstein, Iowa. Following their marriage they lived on farm southwest of Holstein in...
Wanda Elaine Plagman
Feb 22, 2007
Wanda Elaine Plagman, the daughter of David and Kate Ginger, was born March 6, 1932 in Gaza, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in rural Everly, where she received her education. Wanda married Willard Plagman on November 30, 1948 in Peterson, IA. Following their marriage they lived in Peterson until 1963, when they moved to Spencer, IA. Throughout her married...
John Wilbur
Feb 19, 2007
John Lee Wilbur, son of Norman and Mary (O'Neill) Wilbur was born on August 30, 1939, in Ponca, Nebraska. His childhood years were spent in Newcastle, Nebraska and Spencer, Iowa where he attended grade school and high school. In May of 1970, John received a brick laying certification in Fort Dodge, Iowa On May 16, 1966, John was united in...
Hazel Naomi Jones
Feb 16, 2007
Hazel Naomi Jones, the daughter of Elmer and Florence Edna Bushey DuBois, was born September 29, 1915 in the Harmony neighborhood at Spencer, IA. She attended Harmony school and church and graduated from Greenville High School. She married Floyd Eldon "Chub" Jones and made their home in Dickens until war time when they lived in Chicago, IL and San Anselmo,...
Gary Keith Zahrt
Feb 13, 2007
Gary Keith Zahrt, the son of Fred and Rachel Roberts Zahrt, was born on May 22, 1938 in Rossie, IA. He received his education in Rossie graduating from Greenville-Rossie High School in 1955. He then attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, IA. Gary entered into the military on December 27, 1956 serving in the United States Marine Corps, including...
Robert Meyn
Feb 13, 2007
Robert Meyn, the son of Emil and Minnie (Heidt) Meyn was born July 13, 1927, in Manhatten, New York. His childhood years were spent in Ridgewood and Queens, NY, where he attended grade school and high school. On February 2, 1954, Robert was united in marriage to Catherine McDonnell in Mt. Vernon, New York. Robert resided in New York, New...
Rachel Adelaide Forbes
Feb 9, 2007
Rachel Adelaide Forbes, the daughter of Nels P. and Annie C. Nelson Sorenson, was born June 24, 1910 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Meadow Township near Spencer, where she received her early education in country schools and later graduated from Spencer High School. She later attended and graduated from the University of Iowa with a BS...