Obituaries
Jeanette A Krebs
Nov 26, 2023
Jeanette Ann Krebs, 92, of Spencer, IA, formally of Laurens, passed away November 26, 2023 at Longhouse Care Center.
Jeanette was the daughter of Frank C. and Theresa K. (Determan) Wolterman; born December 1, 1930, in a country home near Maple River, IA. She was the fifth child of eleven. At a young age the family moved to the Ed...
Ruth Elizabeth Thurston
Nov 26, 2023
Ruth Elizabeth Thurston, was born March 3, 1927, in Greenville, Iowa, the daughter of James and Inez (Bakke) Fraser. Ruth grew up in Greenville and graduated from Greenville in 1944.
Ruth married Charles Thurston on August 11, 1946, in Spencer. Following their marriage, Ruth lived in Spencer and worked for the telephone company and later for...
Carol Jean Johnson
Nov 24, 2023
Carol Jean Johnson, 74, of rural Peterson, passed away November 24, 2023 at Ava’s Hospice House.
Carol was the daughter or Raymond and Lucille (Parks) Ollinger; born December 3, 1948, Spencer, Iowa.
She attended school in Rossie-Greenville, before going to Clay Central. She went to business school in St Paul, MN. After graduation she worked for 3M...
Thomas "Tom" Lee Lorenz
Nov 21, 2023
Tom's wishes were to be cremated and no services are planned at this time.
Tom arrived at the Spencer Hospital on January 29, 1941, to Lee and Gertrude (Sorenson) Lorenz. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1959. He worked at Spencer Pac and owned Wheeler Mfg. before moving to the home farm northeast of Spencer.
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Lloyd Edward Duffney
Nov 19, 2023
Lloyd Edward Duffney passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, November 19th 2023 due to renal complications.
Lloyd Edward Duffney (Ed), the son of Patricia and Lloyd Duffney Sr. was born on November 17th, 1969, in Rice County Minnesota. Ed was raised and resided in Spencer for the majority of his life and received...
Vertalie Nell Otis
Nov 18, 2023
Vertalie Otis passed away Saturday, Nov. 18 in Spencer, IA. She was 94 years old.
Born June 29, 1929 in Spearfish, SD, Vertalie was the only child of Tena (Haraldson) and Bill Nelson. Vertalie grew up in Forest City, IA, where she met her future husband, Tommy Otis. Though they didn’t begin dating until junior high, the couple...
Geraldine "Geri" Ann Bentley
Nov 17, 2023
Geri's wishes were to be cremated and no services are planned at this time.
Geraldine Ann Bentley, the daughter of Ambrose and Ruby (McKeegan) Wehr, was born on November 8, 1933 in Portsmouth, IA. She was raised and received her early education there attending and graduating from St. Mary’s Catholic School.
Geri married Lyle Ingwersen on August...
Marvin Andrew Hollander
Nov 15, 2023
Marvin Andrew Hollander, passed away on Wednesday, November 15th at Avera Mc.Kennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota after a brief illness.
Marvin Andrew Hollander was born on June 30, 1955 to Amos and Betty (Nelson) Hollander in Hartley, Iowa. In 1981, he was united in marriage to Kristy Means in Spencer, Iowa and divorced in 1987. To this union,...
Jackie Lynne Revis
Nov 15, 2023
Jackie's wishes were to be cremated and no services are planned at this time.
Clifford "Cliff" Knowlton Hansen
Nov 12, 2023
Clifford Knowlton Hansen, 91 of Spencer, passed away November 12, 2023 at Sanford Senior Care in Sheldon Ia.
Cliff was born on Feb 4, 1932, in Carroll County to James and Alice McGilvery and later he was adopted by William Hansen. He graduated from high school at Nemaha, IA, he married Betty Meyer on Jan 8, 1956, officiated...
Charles William Anderson
Nov 9, 2023
Charles William Anderson, was born on November 7, 1955, in Spencer, IA to Reuben and Helen (Salton) Anderson. He attended grade school in Webb, IA and graduated from South Clay in Gillett Grove, IA. His time in high school was spent in FFA showing hogs, and finding any way to skip and work on the farm. After graduating in...
Lois Knight
Nov 5, 2023
M. Lois Knight, age 84, of Spencer, was called to her heavenly home on November 5, 2023. She passed away peacefully during her sleep at St. Luke’s Nursing Home where she had resided since 2010. Lois was the oldest of six girls, born in Marion, Indiana to the late C. Roger and Mary M. (Blackard) Shugart.
After...
William "Bill" Welle
Nov 3, 2023
William “Bill” Welle, 80, of Leawood, Kansas, passed away on Friday, November 3, 2023.
A visitation service will begin at 12:30 PM on Friday, November 10 at Faith Lutheran in Spencer followed by a funeral service at 1:30 PM with Pastor Ben Unseth officiating. The graveside service will be at Northlawn Memorial Cemetery in Spencer on Friday afternoon.
Bill was...
Shannon Lee Manwarren
Nov 3, 2023
Shannon Lee Manwarren, 51, of Spencer passed away November 3, 2023, in Waterloo, IA from a cardiac event.
Shannon was born February 4, 1972, in Spencer to Kenneth “Doc” and Val (Tripp) Manwarren. He attended Spencer High School and graduated in 1991 where he met Krista Parks and they married later that year. They welcomed two boys, Tanner and Blake...
Karen Louise Jackson
Oct 30, 2023
Karen Louise Jackson, the daughter of Carl and Madelene (Gibbs) Johnson, was born on October 5, 1938, in Spirit Lake, IA. She was raised on a farm and received her early education in Terril, graduating from Terril Community High School.
On March 10, 1957, she married Gary Jackson in Terril. Following their marriage, they lived near...
Kevin Ray Black
Oct 29, 2023
Kevin Ray Black, the son of William and Alice (Mehan) Black, was born on April 16, 1962, in Spencer, Iowa. He was raised on a farm outside of Spencer and graduated from Clay Central High School in 1980. Upon graduation he embarked on a career as an Auctioneer serving Spencer and the Great Lakes Area for many years.
In 2001, he moved to Vermillion, SD, where...
Donald Dean Tillis
Oct 29, 2023
Donald Dean Tillis, 92 of Spencer passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2023. Donald was born on September 26, 1931, to Richard and Mabel (Krout) Tillis in Ashton, IA.
Donald’s family moved to California in Pursuit of his father’s occupation. He met Donna in 1959 during a brief trip to Iowa and they wed in 1959 and never...
Dean Ricker
Oct 29, 2023
Dean John Ricker, son of Earl Kenneth and Pearl Margaret (Broadbent) Ricker was born February 6, 1927 in Park Rapids MN. He spent his childhood years growing up on a farm and attended school at Park Rapids School. He enlisted in the Army/Airforce. After his military service he moved to Spirit Lake IA and was employed by Iowa...
Robert Pena
Oct 23, 2023
Robert Pena passed away on October 23, 2023, at the Providence Holy Cross Hospital in Missions Hills, California.
Robert was born December 15, 1932, in Jerome, Arizona. He moved to San Fernando, California with his parents.
After High School, Robert worked various jobs for Lockheed Martin in California.
He married Donna Selzer, the love of his...
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