Obituaries

Bernice Edna Udorvich

Bernice Edna Udorvich

May 23, 2007

Bernice Edna Udorvich, the daughter of Fredrich and Dora Lager Westerman, was born May 14, 1920 in Bingham Lake, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Mountain Lake, MN and later moved to Arcadia, IA, where she attended and graduated from Arcadia High School. After graduating from high school, she moved to Sioux City and received her degree at a...

Michael Keith Durham

Michael Keith Durham

May 19, 2007

Michael Keith Durham of Spencer died early Wednesday morning May 9, 2007 during a tragic car accident in which he drowned. His van went into the swollen Little Sioux River and was found over a week later when the waters lowered enough for canoeists to spot the top of Michael's van and reported to the police. Michael Keith Durham, Sr....

Leona Grace Fields

Leona Grace Fields

May 18, 2007

Leona Grace Fields, the daughter of Frank and Rachel Martin Bauman, was born January 12, 1912, in Lake City, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Royal, Iowa, where she received her early education and graduated from high school. On November 24, 1943, Leona married Bradley Fields. Following their marriage, they made their home near Royal. Leona was a fulltime...

Margaret Lucille (Fisk) Malecki

Margaret Lucille (Fisk) Malecki

May 17, 2007

Margaret Lucille Malecki, the daughter of Al and Bertha (Namur) Fisk, was born August 21, 1922, in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Rossie area where she attended school and graduated from Rossie High School. Following graduation Margaret attended business school. In 1941, she was united in marriage to Roger Mills, in Storm Lake, Iowa. Following their...

Maurice W. Johnson

Maurice W. Johnson

May 9, 2007

Maurice William Johnson, the son of Orville and Lois (Barnes) Johnson, was born May 29, 1916, in Sac City, Iowa. He was educated in the Newell School System graduating in 1934. He was a member of the Congregational Church in Newell. In 1937 he married Esther Nelson, and they had three children Kay Maurcine, Judith Ann and Orville Carl. Maurice...

Bernice Kathleen Jackson

Bernice Kathleen Jackson

May 3, 2007

Bernice Kathleen Jackson, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Brennan, was born August 17, 1907, in Emmetsburg, Iowa. She received her early education in Emmetsburg where she graduated from high school in 1926. Bernice attended Iowa State Teachers College where she received her teaching certificate. She then taught country school in the Graettinger area. On June 16, 1932, Bernice married...

Walter Fraser Kelley

Walter Fraser Kelley

May 1, 2007

Walter Fraser Kelley, the son of Wilson F. and Henrietta Aanestad Kelley, was born February 22, 1913, near Sherman, South Dakota. He attended a country school near his home and graduated from Sherman High School in 1929. He graduated from Luther College, where he played football, in 1933. He then attended Nettleton Commercial College in Sioux Falls and began his...

Minnie B. Scharnberg

Minnie B. Scharnberg

Apr 29, 2007

Minnie B. Scharnberg, the daughter of Fred and Annie Krebs Jager, was born August 29, 1911 in Hartley, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Hartley, where she received her education, graduating from Hartley High School in 1930. She was baptized on January 1, 1922 at the Trinity Evangelical Church in Hartley. She was confirmed on April 1, 1928 at...

Jeanne Nolting

Jeanne Nolting

Apr 25, 2007

Jeanne Theda Nolting, the daughter of Oliver and Theda Lambertus Nattress, was born September 22, 1925 in Minnesota. Her early childhood years were spent near a lake in Minnesota. Her family later moved to Milford, IA, where she received her education, graduating from Milford High School in 1944. Jeanne married Lambert Fred Nolting on January 18, 1946 in Jackson, MN....

John Bert Groote

John Bert Groote

Apr 24, 2007

John Bert Groote the son of Lubertus and Lena Groote, was born in 1944 in Ashton, IA. He received his early education in Sibley and graduated from High School in 1962. Following graduation John attended Mankato State where he received a degree in Accounting. On April 6, 1969, John entered the military serving in the U. S. Army. While in...

Betty Louise Bang

Betty Louise Bang

Apr 23, 2007

Betty Louise Flack Bang, was born on March 2, 1939 in Palo Alto County, Iowa, the daughter of Fred and Elsie Jones Flack. She received her early education and graduated from Lake Center High School in May of 1957. After graduation, she started working for the Spencer Telephone Company in October of 1957. She worked for 35 years before retiring....

Joan Noel

Joan Noel

Apr 20, 2007

Joan Noel, the daughter of George and Flaurette Todd Resseguie was born April 11, 1924 in Terril, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Terril on the farm with her parents, sisters and beloved animals. She graduated from Spencer High School. Joan married Harry Noel, Jr. and from this union, four children were born. Her life was spent taking care...

Eva Vena Schoorman

Eva Vena Schoorman

Apr 20, 2007

Eva Vena Schoorman, the daughter of Eitie and Bielda Meyer Winterboer, was born March 13, 1911 near Everly, Iowa. She was raised in Clay County and attended rural school in Waterford Township. Later she attended Everly High School and graduated from Spencer High School in 1929. Following her schooling, Eva taught Country Schools until 1932 when she married John Carl...

Clara Jean Oestenstad

Clara Jean Oestenstad

Apr 18, 2007

Memorials can be made to the Abben Cancer Center in Clara Jean Oestenstad's name. Jean Oestenstad, the daughter of Arthur Roland and Ruth Elaine Kiester Moore, was born December 25, 1929, in Bagley, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Des Moines, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Des Moines Valley High School in 1947. Following her schooling,...

Ernest Laverne Larson

Ernest Laverne Larson

Apr 17, 2007

Ernest Laverne Larson, the son of Otto J. and Manda Johnson Larson, was born August 28, 1918 in Wallingford, Iowa. He received his early education in the Wallingford school system. Ernest continued his education at the Kennedy School of Hairstyling in Des Moines and the Sioux City Barber College. He also attended the American Studio of Hair Fashion in Chicago....

Thomas Krout

Thomas Krout

Apr 16, 2007

Thomas "Tom" Edward Krout, the son of Clarence "Bud" and Bessie North Krout, was born November 21, 1949, in Storm Lake, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Marathon, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Marathon High School in 1968. Following high school he continued to live in Marathon and worked at HyGrade in Storm Lake for 13...

Merle James Campbell

Merle James Campbell

Apr 14, 2007

Merle J. Campbell, the son of Ren and Darlene Campbell, was born on November 23, 1945 in Hartley, Iowa. After growing up in Royal, Merle served in the military. When he returned home, he attended college to become a teacher. He later moved to Phoenix, Arizona and taught 27 years in the Roosevelt School District. Merle passed away on April...

Ivan D. Cushing

Ivan D. Cushing

Apr 14, 2007

Ivan D. Cushing, the son of Clinton and Laura Meier Cushing, was born June 15, 1918 in Lone Rock, Iowa. He received his early education and graduated from High School in Swea City. Ivan married Annetta Victoria Larson on December 7, 1949 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Ruthven and Emmetsburg before...

Ann Marie Langfitt

Ann Marie Langfitt

Apr 14, 2007

Ann Marie Langfitt, the daughter of Robert and Mary (Murphy) Wogstad was born May 8, 1971, in Mason City, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Mason City and Manly, Iowa. Ann graduated from Mason City High School. Following graduation, Ann worked at various jobs in the Mason City area. On March 17, 2000, Ann was united in marriage to...

Dale Morris Belken

Dale Morris Belken

Apr 12, 2007

Dale Morris Belken was born to Charles Dewey Belken and Geneva Merinda Woods on March 18, 1940 in Spirit Lake, Iowa. He lived in that area until moving to Spencer in 1961. In 1961, he married Eula Marie Utley on April 7, 1961. They lived in Spirit Lake, Iowa for three months where he worked at Berkleys Fly until he...