Obituaries
Lucile "Lucy" May Steffen
Oct 18, 2023
Lucile May “Lucy” Steffen, daughter of Gilbert Levi and May Rowena (Schlosser) Olson, was born August 15, 1929 in Ruthven, Iowa. She spent her early childhood years in the Lost Island Lake area and attended Lake Center School. She and her parents moved to Spencer where Lucy continued her schooling and worked part-time for a Spencer family starting at age...
Linda Susan Madison
Oct 16, 2023
Linda Susan (Smith) Madison , 73 of Spencer, Iowa is with her Heavenly Father. She died Monday, October 16, 2023 surrounded by her family at the Spencer Hospital after a sudden illness. Linda will be missed by her family, friends and her beloved cat, SmokyJo. She graduated from Iowa State University and was a social worker for...
Nancy Dee Garrett
Oct 14, 2023
Nancy Dee Garrett, of Baltimore, MD, most recently residing with her daughter in Spencer, IA, died October, 14, 2023. She was 62 years old.Nancy was born May 4, 1961, to William and Helen Garrett. She is survived by her siblings: Carolyn & Donald Chambers, Judith and Barry Scheitlin, and Angela Burns. She is also survived by her children, Jennifer and...
Judith Nibbelink
Oct 12, 2023
Judith (Brees) Nibbelink, 77, of Aurelia, Iowa passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, at Careage Hills Nursing Home on October 12th after a hard fought battle with cancer.
Judy was born on June 26th, 1946 in Cherokee, Iowa to Loma (Robinson) and Wilbur Brees. She graduated from Sioux Valley High School in Linn Grove,...
Barbara Jean Cuttell
Oct 9, 2023
Barbara Jean Means Cuttell was born May 9, 1942, to Myrtle Mynhier Means and Richard Means in Oklahoma City. She was called Bobbie by family and friends in Oklahoma and known as Barb to everyone else. She attended Harding High School in Oklahoma City and attended the University of Missouri where she studied mathematics.
Barbara...
Teresa "Terri" Magdalena Kopel
Oct 9, 2023
Teresa M. “Terri” Kopel, 91, of Spencer, IA, died at St. Luke Lutheran Home just after midnight on October 9, 2023 after a brief illness. She was the best daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother one could ever hope to have.
Teresa Magdalena Rohner was born November 21, 1931 in Iowa City IA, the youngest of the seven children of...
Jeffrey James Triplett
Oct 5, 2023
Jeffrey James Triplett, the son of Tom and Arlene (Giese) Triplett, was born on March 22, 1957 in Cherokee, IA. He was raised in Sutherland on the family farm which was established in the late 1800’s. He attended school in Sutherland, graduating from Sutherland High School and then graduating from NICC with an Associates degree as an electrician.
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Edwin LeRoy Bayne
Sep 29, 2023
Edwin L. Bayne, age 95 died September 27, 2023 at the Spencer Hospital in Spencer, Iowa. Born October 5, 1927, in Detroit, MI, Ed was the son of William Leroy and Grace Bayne. On July 23, 1970, he married Mary Louise Morrison Wilkerson in Washington, Iowa.
A 1945 graduate of Oakville, Iowa High School, Ed graduated...
Scott Lee Brown
Sep 28, 2023
Scott Lee Brown, 70, of Peterson, Iowa, died in the comfort of his own home on September 28th, 2023 after a courageous battle with cancer.
Scott was born September 9th, 1953, second of five children to Jim and Mary (Mason) Brown. He graduated from Sioux Valley High School, 1971. He went on to marry Debra Syndergaard, July 7th, 1972....
Estel Glen Fairchild
Sep 27, 2023
Estel Glen Fairchild was born on a farm near Terril, Iowa on October 6, 1929. He was the son of Enos and Bess (Shaffer) Fairchild. He attended Terril schools and graduated in 1947. He attended Estherville Junior College before he started farming in the Terril area in 1949. Estel married Audrey Fransen on February 13, 1953. Estel was a member...
Barbara Jean Phillips
Sep 22, 2023
Barbara Jean (Bill) Phillips, 72, of Spencer, Iowa died in Sioux Falls, SD on September 22, 2023. She was the second of four children to Robert and Doris (Ulrich) Bill. She was married to her husband Al Phillips for nearly 40 years.
Barb was an energetic, independent, strong-willed woman who at age 55, obtained her Registered Nursing (RN) degree. Barb...
Elvera Matilda Eckert
Sep 22, 2023
Elvera “Vera” Matilda (Gade) Eckert, 95, passed away at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer, IA on September 22, 2023.
Vera, the daughter of Ernest and Alma (Wichtendahl) Gade, was born in West Bend, IA on September 16, 1928. She had six siblings: Leonard, Hulda, Armin, Elaine, Alice, and Donald. According to Vera, her parents were strict about “our religious...
Theresa Jane Becker
Sep 21, 2023
Heaven is so lucky…they get never ending Gramma Buns now!
Theresa J (Berte) Becker, 84, of Royal, Iowa skedaddled from this world and was greeted in heaven by her husband, Harold, and her parents. This is the most glorious day of her life, the day she lived her whole life for!
Theresa was born February 23, 1939, the 5th...
Arlene Louise Benson
Sep 20, 2023
Arlene (Vos) Benson, the daughter of William & Artie Vos was born August 30, 1928 in New Sharon, IA. Arlene taught school in a one room schoolhouse for several years. She met her husband when the school bus blocked the driveway and she was delayed for work. Arlene married that school bus driver (LaVern) on March 9, 1951 in New...
Glenda Rae Gustin
Sep 18, 2023
Glenda Rae Gustin, 77, was born September 26, 1945 to Paul L. Carpenter and Shirley G. (Harris) Carpenter in Spencer, Iowa. Glenda passed away at her home on Sept. 18th, 2023.
Glenda graduated from Ayrshire High School in Ayrshire, Iowa. Furthermore, she attended business school. Glenda married Duane Ray Gustin on August 5, 1967. She enjoyed reading books, playing bingo,...
Edward Dennis Devereaux
Sep 18, 2023
Edward Dennis Devereaux the son of William and Amy (Junkenmeier) Devereaux, was born on December 3, 1937, in Marathon, IA. He was raised on a farm Northeast of Laurens and received his early education by attending school in Laurens, graduating in 1956. After graduation, he worked on the farm and raised turkeys.
On January 24, 1959, he...
Geraldine "Gerry" Louise Rabel
Sep 14, 2023
Geraldine “Gerry” Louise Rabel, the daughter of John and Ann (Schnurr) Niichel was born November 17, 1926 in Granville, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Granville, IA area, where she attended school and graduated from Alton High School in 1944.
Gerry married Wilber Rabel on November 26, 1945 in Granville, IA. They farmed near Granville, before...
Joanne Tuttle
Sep 9, 2023
Jo Anne (Campbell) Tuttle entered into the loving embrace of Jesus on September 9, 2023 at a senior living facility in Inver Grove Heights, MN. She was 96.
Jo Anne married Thomas Tuttle in 1952. They lived in Spencer, IA. Their daughter, Jane Tuttle, was born in 1956, and in 1969, the family moved to Lake Okoboji...
Barbara Jane Schmidt Johnson
Sep 1, 2023
Barb was born on June 27, 1932 to John Henry Wieben and Lucille Margurette (Barron) Wieben on her grandparents’ farm in Everly. Barb passed away on the morning of September 1st, 2023 at St. Luke’s nursing home in Spencer.
Barb graduated from Everly High School in 1950 and married her first love, former U.S. Marine and World War II...
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