Obituaries

Catherine Roberta Bradford

Catherine Roberta Bradford

Apr 11, 2007

Catherine Roberta Bradford, the daughter of Charles and Anna (Pitzer) Anderson was born April 3, 1920 in Spencer, Iowa. She was a longtime resident of Spencer, also living in Newton, Iowa and Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Catherine married Lewis Alfred Bradford on October 25, 1962 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. For many years, she was employed by the Farmer's Trust and Savings Bank...

Allen Harry Ott

Allen Harry Ott

Apr 10, 2007

Allen Harry Ott, son of Harry and Lulu Scharnberg Ott, was born July 8, 1913 in Everly, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Everly. Allen married Arleen Schroeder on April 3, 1937 in Davenport, Iowa. They lived in Davenport, where he worked at the Rock Island Arsenal as a tool and die maker during WWII. In 1946, they moved...

Mable Isabelle Larson

Mable Isabelle Larson

Apr 5, 2007

Mable Isabelle Larson, the daughter of Charlie and Susie Ritter Ganger, was born March 6, 1919 in Lake View, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Peterson, Iowa, where she received her education at Peterson High School. Following high school, she received her nurses training in Kansas City, Missouri in 1940. She worked as a nurse in Kansas City, until...

Marlene Joyce Taylor

Marlene Joyce Taylor

Mar 31, 2007

Marlene Joyce Taylor, the daughter of LuVerne and Florence (Cooklin) Erickson, was born on September 19, 1934, in Webb, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from Gillett Grove High School in 1953. On January 15, 1971, Marlene married Ralph Taylor in Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, Marlene worked in retail sales at Poole's clothing store and then Younkers...

Kenneth Victor Chamberlain

Kenneth Victor Chamberlain

Mar 27, 2007

Kenneth Victor Chamberlain, the son of Ralph and Alice Runion Chamberlain was born April 7, 1907 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm north of Spencer, where he received his education in country schools and later graduated from Spencer High School. Ken married Cecelia Jones on August 22, 1934 in Sioux Falls, SD. Following their marriage,...

Colleen Collette Lage

Colleen Collette Lage

Mar 27, 2007

Colleen Collette Lage, the daughter of William R. and Opal A. Eisenmann Collins, was born February 9, 1929, in Dysart, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from the Arnolds Park High School in Arnolds Park, Iowa. Colleen married Robert Keith Lage on June 1, 1947, in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in Arizona, Colorado, Gillett...

Rodney John Haburn

Rodney John Haburn

Mar 26, 2007

Rodney John Haburn, the son of Mervin "John" and Betty Ann Hanson Haburn, was born August 6, 1952, in Cherokee, Iowa. He received his early education in Washta schools. His family moved to Spencer, Iowa, in 1961, where he continued his education, graduating from Spencer High School. Rodney entered the military in 1970 and served his country with the U.S....

Mabel Pauline Rose

Mabel Pauline Rose

Mar 26, 2007

Mabel Pauline Rose, the daughter of Harry and Clara (Bruhn) Prince, was born on April 11, 1911, on a farm in Poweshiek County near Grinnell, Iowa. Her family moved to Pipestone, MN when she was 5, where she received her early education and graduated from High School. Following graduation, she moved with her family to Sioux City, IA, where she...

George L. Mallory

George L. Mallory

Mar 20, 2007

George L. Mallory, the son of Robert Holloway Mallory and Elizabeth Heafer Mallory, was born Aug. 14, 1919, in Henderson, Ky. His childhood years were spent in the Henderson area, where he received his early education. He graduated from Weaverton High School in Henderson in 1937. In 1943 he entered the United States Army and attained the rank of Staff...

Ruth Elizabeth Kaus

Ruth Elizabeth Kaus

Mar 15, 2007

Ruth Elizabeth Kaus, the daughter of Elmer and Carrie Kessler Nitzsche, was born April 5, 1918 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Langdon area, where she received her early education at Lake Center School and later graduated from Lake Center High School in 1936. Ruth worked for three years at the Fettes and Swallum Hospital in...

Ronald Gene Steuben

Ronald Gene Steuben

Mar 14, 2007

Ronald Gene Steuben, the son of Peter and Elfie Schoelerman Steuben, was born June 2, 1931 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Everly, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Everly High School in 1949. Following high school, he began his farming career. Ron married Shirley Thorman on December 1, 1955 in Sheldon, Iowa. Following their...

William Price

William Price

Mar 13, 2007

William Dale Price, the son of William and Vera Falline Price, was born on October 19, 1930, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer where he received his early education. On November 18, 1950, William entered the military, serving in the United States Navy. After serving in the Navy for 4 years he was honorably discharged in...

Ella M. Nielsen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...