Obituaries

Vesta Velva Roskammer

Vesta Velva Roskammer

Sep 24, 2007

Vesta Velva Roskammer, the daughter of Milford and Edna Frick Sass, was born July 5, 1918 in Hartley, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Hartley, where she received her education. Vesta was united in marriage to John F. Roskammer on April 9, 1936 in Luverne, Minnesota. They made their home in Hartley, Iowa, where she was a homemaker throughout...

Donald Bryan

Donald Bryan

Sep 22, 2007

Donald Loyd Bryan, the son of Wesley and Margaret Porter Bryan, was born December 4, 1944 at the Spencer Hospital in Spencer, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in the Congregational Church of Greenville. Don attended Greenville-Rossie Consolidated School and graduated in 1962. He also studied agriculture at Iowa State University. Don married Linda Orwig on November 6, 1966 in...

Nick Udorvich

Nick Udorvich

Sep 21, 2007

Nick Udorvich, the son of Paul and Anna Lockmer Udorvich, was born August 13, 1918, in Madrid, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Madrid where he received his education, graduating from Madrid High School. Following high school he entered the military and served with the Army Air Force during WW II from 1941 until his honorable discharge in 1945....

Sheryl Ann Galbraith

Sheryl Ann Galbraith

Sep 20, 2007

Sheryl Ann Galbraith, the daughter of William Brink and Barbra Lamb, was born March 25, 1958 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. As a young child, her family moved to Onawa, Iowa and it was there she received her early education and graduated from the West Monona High School. On April 1, 1976, Sheryl married Larry Mock. To this union, three children...

Mildred May Jebsen

Mildred May Jebsen

Sep 20, 2007

Mildred May Jebsen, the daughter of Frank and Emma (Johannsen) Dau, was born January 28, 1912, in Sutherland, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Melvin where she received her education. On July 12, 1933, Mildred was united in marriage to Eddie Jebsen in Melvin, Iowa. Following their marriage they resided in Sutherland. Mildred was a homemaker, who stayed at...

Neilla Sue Banse

Neilla Sue Banse

Sep 19, 2007

Neilla Sue Banse, the daughter of Neil and Minnie (Winther) Harlan, was born March 14, 1945, in Hampton, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Dumont and Hampton where she graduated from Hampton High School. Neilla attended Iowa State Teacher's College and Buena Vista College where she received her teaching certificate. On September 23, 1966, Neilla was united in marriage...

Donald Delbert Storey

Donald Delbert Storey

Sep 19, 2007

Donald Delbert Storey, the son of Delbert and Viola Arndt Storey, was born September 30, 1935 in Dickens, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Dickens, where he received his education at Dickens Elementary School and later graduating from Spencer High School. Don married Dianne Kay Pederson on September 30, 1962 in Chester, SD. Following their marriage, they lived in...

Betty Barbara Dailey

Betty Barbara Dailey

Sep 18, 2007

Betty Barbara (Bang) Dailey, the daughter of Harold and Asta (Miller) Bang, was born July 10, 1931 in Spencer, Iowa. She was christened and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church. She received her education in Spencer and graduated from Spencer High School in 1949. Betty was married at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Berkeley, California, in 1949 to Bill E. Dailey...

James Walter Herrill

James Walter Herrill

Sep 17, 2007

James Walter Herrill, the son of Walter and Ruth Tallman Herrill, was born April 26, 1953 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Underwood, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Underwood High School. Following his schooling, he farmed on the family farm for several years. In 2001, he moved to Spencer, Iowa,...

Donald Arthur Claus

Donald Arthur Claus

Sep 14, 2007

Donald Arthur Claus, the son of Herman and Anna Dass Claus, was born May 18, 1926 in Ocheyedan, Iowa. Don was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Ocheyedan. He attended Zion Parochial School and graduated from Ocheyedan High School. Following his schooling, he continued to live in Ocheyedan, where he worked at the DX Station and was assistant...

Lora Ann Krogman

Lora Ann Krogman

Sep 14, 2007

Lora Ann Krogman, the daughter of Jarold and Donna (Groen) Krogman, was born on August 23, 1976 in Spencer, Iowa. She was raised in Spencer where she attended school and graduated from Spencer High School in 1995. After graduation she attended Loras College in Dubuque majoring in English. Following graduation, she managed a Bed and Breakfast called the Red Roof...

August Wilson Burdette

August Wilson Burdette

Sep 3, 2007

August Wilson Burdette, the son of Hubert and Rena (Wilson) Burdette was born August 27, 1920, in Dolliver, Iowa. His early childhood years were spent in Dolliver. At age 13, August accepted Christ as his Savior at the Dolliver Methodist Church. His family moved to Gillett Grove at the age of 16. August graduated from Gillett Grove Consolidated School in...

John Neary

John Neary

Aug 31, 2007

John Lorig Neary, the son of Hugh and Lois Lorig Neary, was born March 21, 1950 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Emmetsburg, where he received his education, graduating from Emmetsburg Catholic High School. Later, John attended Emmetsburg Community College and then the University of South Dakota, where he graduated with a degree in accounting in 1972....

Gladys Elizabeth Thomas

Gladys Elizabeth Thomas

Aug 28, 2007

Gladys Elizabeth Thomas, the daughter of Oren and Pearl (O'Dell) Curry, was born June 1, 1918, in Dickens, Iowa. Gladys attended school and graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in Mt. Vernon, SD. On June 18, 1939, Gladys was united in marriage to Lowell B. Thomas in Sioux Falls, SD. They resided in Mt. Vernon, SD, Nebraska, and Chicago, IL,...

Valerie Ketelsen

Valerie Ketelsen

Aug 27, 2007

Valerie Jean Ketelsen, the daughter of Homer and Lucille (Brown) Clausen was born on February 23, 1937 in Spencer, IA. As a young girl, Val was very involved in various activities, including 4-H. She, along with her sister, Barbara and father, Homer showed champion Shorthorn cattle at the Chicago Stock Show. On June 27, 1955, she married her high school...

Margaret Helen Barber

Margaret Helen Barber

Aug 24, 2007

Margaret Helen "Margie" Barber, the daughter of William and Dora Valder Moyer, was born August 18, 1908 in Tekamah, NE. She attended school in Tekamah and graduated from high school in 1925. She also attended the VanZant School of Business in Omaha, NE. Margie then worked as the deputy county clerk for Burt County in Nebraska. On December 7, 1930,...

Eldo W. 'Hap' Scharnberg

Eldo W. 'Hap' Scharnberg

Aug 21, 2007

Eldo "Hap" W. Scharnberg, the son of Amiel and Frances (Ott) Scharnberg, was born October 7, 1912 on a farm northeast of Everly, Iowa. As a child, his father nicknamed him "Hap" and to this day, that is what he was known as. Hap grew up on the same farm that he later lived on and attended Meadowbrook School near...

Elizabeth Jo Stephas

Elizabeth Jo Stephas

Aug 17, 2007

Elizabeth Jo Stephas, the daughter of Wilbur and Grace Smock Schulze, was born September 7, 1945 in Sherburn, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Sherburn, where she received her elementary education. Her family moved to Spencer, Iowa, where she attended Sacred Heart Catholic School during her middle school years and later graduated from Spencer High School. Elizabeth married Orville...

Opal F. Gulliford

Opal F. Gulliford

Aug 17, 2007

Opal Faye Gulliford, the daughter of Alfred and Blanche Waggoner Wittrock, was born July 2, 1922 in Slayton, Minnesota. Her family moved to Sutherland, when she was a child and she received her early education in a country school in Waterman Township, near Sutherland. She continued her education at Sutherland High School, where she graduated. Doris Steele's sister was Opal's...

Lillian Ellen Lorenz

Lillian Ellen Lorenz

Aug 17, 2007

Lillian Ellen Lorenz, the daughter of Nicholas and Susan (Macnair) Voogd was born March 31, 1920, in Sheridan, WY. Her childhood years were spent in Sheridan where she received her education. On June 10, 1937, Lillian was united in marriage to George Lorenz in Sheridan, WY, where they lived a couple of years before moving to a farm in rural...