Obituaries

Feb 23, 2024

        Carolyn Ann (Larson) Anderson, the daughter of Anton and Florence (Magnuson) was born on August 22, 1943, in Alta, Iowa, the 5th of five children.  She received her education in Alta, Iowa.

   On July 10, 1965, Carolyn was united in marriage to Dale Anderson in Jackson, Minnesota.  They lived in Sioux City, Iowa, until they moved to...

Feb 22, 2024

   Gerald “Jerry” Stevenson, the son of James and Mary (Cenek) Stevenson, was born on April 23, 1940 in New Hampton, Iowa, one of ten siblings.  At a young age his family moved to Spencer, Iowa where he resided until his death in 2024.   Jerry loved Arizona from the time of his first visit and soon became a Winter...

Feb 21, 2024

     

     Arlie Scott Palmer, the son of William and Nona (Nelson) Palmer, was born on June 1, 1949, in Atlantic, IA. He was raised in Wiota, IA and the family moved to Spencer in 1961. He finished his schooling in Spencer, graduating in 1967. Following graduation, he started on the job training for auto-mechanics with Asher Motor...

Feb 20, 2024

      Marlly Gerritsen, 93, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Spencer, passed away peacefully in the Hiawatha Care Center in Cedar Rapids. 

      Marlly was born on August 6th, 1930 in their farm house near Orange City.  She was the daughter of Jake and Hattie DeHaan.  She grew up on the farm and attended country school.  Her mother...

Feb 14, 2024

Terry Dean Muckey, son of Glenn and Lenora Muckey, was born January 21, 1955 in Spencer, Iowa.  He attended school in Moneta and Everly until joining the Army.  After serving, he returned to the area where he held various occupations and positions. He married Opal Shaffer on December 16, 1981 in Oklahoma where they were living while working in the...

Feb 12, 2024

     Marilyn Jane Jones, the daughter of Alfred and Leah (Krohn) Nielsen, was born on January 28, 1932, on a farm west of Webb, IA. She attended school at Cornell, Curlew and Sioux Rapids where she graduated in 1951. She was an outstanding athlete excelling at softball and basketball. After high school she graduated from the Commercial Extension School...

Feb 5, 2024

Daniel Warren Reed, 63, was born on October 2, 1960 to Robert and Sandra (Kelley) Reed in Spencer, Iowa and raised in Milford, IA.

Daniel graduated from Milford High School in 1979.  After high school, Dan attended The Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) in Boone on a golf scholarship.  Dan continued his schooling at the University of Iowa with a...

Feb 3, 2024

       Jonathan J. Waldner, the son of Jacob and Sarah (Gross) Waldner, was born on February 1, 1938, in Tabor, SD. He was raised and attended school in the Bon Homme Hutterite Colony. Jon left the colony at age 17 and worked for the Hansen family farm for 2 years. He then went to work for the Nelson...

Feb 3, 2024

Ruth Ann Whittenburg was born July 6, 1929, to Elma (Seaton) Ziegler and Lee Ziegler at home on her parents’ farm near Varina, Iowa. She began her education at age 5, attending country school. Her early high school years were in Laurens, Iowa, where she played the saxophone in the school band seeding a lifelong love of music. Following a...

Feb 1, 2024

     Bonnie Jean Allison (nee Wickenhagen), age 72 of Spencer, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2024 peacefully at home.

     Bonnie was born on June 13, 1951, and grew up on her family farm near Meriden, Iowa.  She graduated in the class of 1969 from Meriden-Cleghorn High School, and then graduated in the class of 1973 from Northwestern...

Jan 29, 2024

  Donald Wayne Ibel, the son of Benton Jennings and Ina May (Strong) Ibel, was born December 4, 1932 in Spencer, Iowa.  Don received his early education and graduated from the Spencer High School in 1950.   Following his schooling, Don entered the United States Army and served his country until his Honorable Discharge on April 29, 1956.  He then moved...

Jan 28, 2024

James Arthur Rhodes, the son of Arthur and Martha (Harrington) Rhodes, was born on April 19, 1951, in Spencer, Iowa. He was born and raised in Spencer before settling in sunny Cape Coral, Florida in 1990.  Jim served in the Army from 1970 to 1971.           

He married Glenda on December 9, 1985, in Las Vegas, NV....

Jan 27, 2024

     Roberta Brehmer was born April 2, 1922, in Brooks Township, south of Peterson, Iowa, to Louis and Elsie (Amendt) Kracht. She was Baptized and Confirmed at St. John’s Church. She received her education at the Brooks Consolidated School, graduating with the class of 1940.

     On January 10, 1945, she was united in marriage to Arnold Brehmer. After...

Jan 27, 2024

           Glenda Rae Peterson, daughter of Albert and Vena (Hopfe) Kramer was born July 19th, 1944 in Spencer, IA. Glenda spent her early years with her siblings on their family farm. She received her education in Spencer.

            On September 19th, 1963, Glenda was united in marriage to Jack Shields in Jackson, MN....

Jan 24, 2024

It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Michael "Mike" Yeager, a loved father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Mike peacefully departed from this world on January 24, 2024, at the age of 72, due to complications from a stroke.

Born to Mike and June Yeager, Mike was the eldest of three brothers, Patrick and Timothy Yeager. He graduated from...

Jan 24, 2024

Jan 24, 2024

Marvin was born May 10th, 1929 to Peter Hans and Lena (Wilken) Schmidt. He grew up in Everly spending summers on the Wilken Farm. He graduated from Everly High School in 1947 and enlisted in the US Army. He served in the Korean War where he was wounded twice and was laying behind enemy lines for 7 days until he...

Jan 24, 2024

       Jim was born February 4th, 1940, in Mason City, Iowa to Magdalen (Mag) and John Bleich. In 1956 Jim’s father passed away of cancer. He and his mother lived in Britt, while Johnette, Jim’s sister was in college. Jim’s mother asked him to move to Wesley where she was a schoolteacher, but Jim wanted to finish school in...

Jan 24, 2024

Tracy Lee Nielsen was born on April 29th, 1956, in Spencer, Iowa, to Howard and Dorothy (Olson) Nielsen.  He was married to Karla Renee Bank on January 18th, 2002, in Spencer.  She survives.  

Tracy spent his whole life in Spencer and was a talented architectural draftsman.  One of his greatest joys was seeing the homes he drew and design come...

Jan 21, 2024

Memorial Services will be held at a later date.

Jim passed away January 21, 2024 at Keelson Harbour at the age of 91.

He was born October 4, 1932 near Pipestone, MN to Guy Edgar Fairchild and Bernice Belle (Noble) Fairchild.  The family moved to Sioux Rapids, IA when Jim was 7.

Jim graduated from Sioux Rapids in 1950 and farmed with his...