Obituaries
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...
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...



