Obituaries
Richard Warren Heddinger
Feb 5, 2007
Richard Warren Heddinger, the son of Warren and Leona (Cunningham) Heddinger, was born April 2, 1936, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer where he received his education at Sacred Heart Catholic and Spencer Public Schools. Following high school, Richard attended one year of business school in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Following school, Richard worked in sales. He...
Chester Austin Russell
Feb 5, 2007
Chester Austin Russell, the son of Charles and Pearl Aleshire Russell, was born November 15, 1914 in Toledo, Illinois. His childhood years were spent in Toledo, where he received his education, graduating from Toledo High School in 1934. Chester married Hazel Nell Boswell on May 4, 1940. Chester served the United States Army during World War II on the SS...
Helen Betty Curtis
Feb 4, 2007
Helen Betty Hunt, the daughter of Albert Herman and Anna Augusta Klatt Hunt, was born November 25, 1923, in Mason City, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from the Mason City High School in 1941. She received her nurse's training at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa, where she graduated in 1945. She married William E....
Clara E. Mattson
Feb 2, 2007
Clara Elaine (Hallett) Mattson, the daughter of Will and Lizzie Robertson was born on January 21, 1919, in Wallace, NE. Clara grew up on a farm north of Grainton, NE. She attended country school and High School in Grainton, NE. Clara was married to Robert Hallett on May 14, 1935. They farmed near Elsie, NE until Bobs's death in 1966,...
Vernon Lee Harmon
Feb 2, 2007
Vernon Lee Harmon, the son of Lee and Ida Smith Harmon, was born June 9, 1917 in Rolfe, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Rolfe, where he received his education, graduating from Rolfe High School. Later, he attended one year of college at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the...
Arlo Otis Gritten
Jan 29, 2007
Arlo Otis Gritten, son of Otis Calvin and Cora Josephine (Snyder) Gritten was born on a farm near Greenville, IA on March 3, 1921. He attended school in Gillett Grove. Arlo married Lois Evelyn King on May 25, 1942 in Platte City, MO. They farmed in Greenville from 1942 to 1955, then moved to Rossie, where the farm house is...
Joyce Elizabeth Mills
Jan 27, 2007
Joyce Elizabeth Mills, the daughter of Nels Richard and Julia Evelyn Anderson Holmberg, was born April 10, 1934 in Dickens, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Gillett Grove and Royal areas where she received her early education. Joyce married Oliver Ball on June 28, 1952, in Jackson, Minnesota. Following their marriage, they lived in the Royal and Spencer...
Daryl 'Bud' Alfred Feaster
Jan 26, 2007
Daryl 'Bud' Alfred Feaster, son of Albert and Maye (Brown) Feaster, was born March 22, 1922, in Rolfe, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Rolfe where he received his early education. The family then moved to Arnolds Park, Iowa, where he helped his dad operate the Dreamland Roller Rink. After moving to Spencer, IA, he was drafted into the...
Dwight 'Dick' Richard Barnard
Jan 23, 2007
Dwight "Dick" Richard Barnard, the son of Charles D. and Helen (Kunath) Barnard, was born December 11, 1927, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on the family farm east of Gillett Grove. Dick was confirmed at St. Stephens Episcopal Church. He graduated from Gillett Grove High School in 1945. On November 20, 1949, Dick was united in marriage...
Carol Bailey
Jan 22, 2007
Carol Jeannette Bailey, the daughter of Edward L. and Alice E. Dunn Ware, was born on August 14, 1926, in Cherokee County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Peterson, Iowa, where she received her education and was graduated from Peterson High School in 1944. She then attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, where she received a teaching degree...
Oscar John Adams
Jan 21, 2007
Oscar John Adams, the son of Arthur and Maloney Schroeder Adams, was born September 2, 1926 in Sutherland, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Sutherland, where he received his education, graduating from Sutherland High School. Following his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Army from July of 1945, until his honorable discharge in November of...
Lori L. Nielsen
Jan 18, 2007
Lori Lynn was born July 1, 1971 at Iowa City hospitals. She came to live with the Nielsen's in 1982. She completed her elementary grades at Spirit Lake, moving on to Spencer Jr. High and High School through her junior year. During this time she played starting forward for the Okoboji Jr. High basketball team under coach, Marvin Anderson. While...
Robert Wayne Peterson
Jan 14, 2007
Robert W. (Bob) Peterson was born April 20, 1927 in Algona, Iowa to Herbert and Minnie Bowers Peterson. He was raised in the Minneapolis, Minnesota and Algona, Iowa areas. In 1944, Robert enlisted in the United States Navy, serving in the Pacific Theater as a Machinist Mate until 1946. Robert worked as a carpenter in the area before retiring in...
Opal Lucille Sanderson
Jan 13, 2007
Opal Lucille Sanderson, the daughter of Elmer and Mabel Anderson Floren, was born September 12, 1908 in Centerville, SD. When she was a child the family moved to the Webb, Marathon area. She received her education in this area. On May 25, 1925, Opal and Lloyd Sanderson were united in marriage and from then on they lived in the community...
E. Bibiana Schallau
Jan 12, 2007
E. Bibiana Schallau, the daughter of Henry and Rosa Brecht Schallau, was born on July 19, 1908 in Sutherland, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from Calumet High School and from University of Iowa School of Nursing. After Graduation, she worked at University of Iowa Hospital for nine years. She then attended UCLA and Los Angeles Children's Hospital...
David William Dykstra
Jan 11, 2007
of Rockford, Illinois formerly of Everly, Iowa. Dr. David William Dykstra, son of Lester and Barbara Dykstra of Everly, Iowa was born March 30, 1953 in Spencer, IA and died January 11, 2007 in Rockford, Illinois. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in May City, Iowa and attended grade school and high school at Everly Community...
Don Momsen
Jan 11, 2007
Don Dean Momsen, the son of Chris and Lucille (Swanson) Momsen was born March 22, 1936, in Lake View, Iowa. He graduated from Lake View High School in 1954. On April 14, 1957, Don was united in marriage to Eileen Fisher in Lake View. Following their marriage, Don served in the United States Army from 1959-1960 where he was stationed...
June Cleon Johann
Jan 10, 2007
June Cleon Johann, the daughter of A.W. and Mae Belle Kellum Stahly, was born June 6, 1917 in Hartley, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Hartley, where she received her education, graduating from Hartley High School in 1934. Following her schooling, she worked in Hartley. June married Clayton K. Johann on September 15, 1941 in Omaha, Nebraska. After their...
Charles Shewmaker
Jan 10, 2007
Charles Clifford Shewmaker, the son of Edd and Rosa (Brake) Shewmaker, was born on March 11, 1913, in Newton, IA. His early years were spent in Webb, IA, where he received his early education and graduated from Webb High School. Charles married Marjorie Schwarck on September 26, 1943 in Spencer, IA. Following their marriage, they farmed in the Webb area....
Gloria Jean Nielsen
Jan 8, 2007
Gloria Jean Nielsen, the daughter of Henry Ellis and Clara (Larson) Breneman, was born on November 14, 1927, in Sherburn, MN. She received her early education in Trimont and graduated from High School in Sherburn. Following high school, she attended Gustavus Aldolphus College for one year. On December 14, 1946, Jean married Floyd Kenneth Nielsen in Mankato, MN. Following their...