Obituaries
Phyllis Rae Bates
Sep 25, 2021
Phyllis Rae Bates, the daughter of Leslie and Helen (Popanz) Johnson, was born March 3, 1935, in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School. She later attended Buena Vista College for ½ year.
Phyllis married Glen Bates on July 24, 1956, in Benson, Arizona. After...
Bryan Harken
Sep 24, 2021
Bryan Ken Harken, 61, of Spencer, Iowa, died unexpectedly after he was the victim of a fatal car accident on September 24, 2021.
Bryan was born in Waterloo, Iowa on July 9, 1960 to parents Kenny and Joann Harken. He graduated from Buena Vista University with a business finance degree. After graduation, Bryan was an Iowa Bank Examiner...
Glen Donald Luchtel
Sep 24, 2021
Glen Donald Luchtel, son of the late Donald Luchtel and Mary “Mitzi” Dalhoff Maranell, was born May 17, 1955 in Spencer, Iowa. He was the oldest of six children. Glen graduated from Milford High School in 1973. He was married to Mary Luchtel for 33 years, and to that union had two children, Rebecca and Sara. Glen passed away peacefully...
John Leslie Leonard
Sep 24, 2021
John Leslie Leonard, the son of Sam and Eva (Albert) Leonard was born April 21, 1943 in Primghar, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Sutherland, IA area, where he attended country school and Sutherland Highschool, graduating in 1961. After school, John farmed and worked as a trucker. He married Linda Miller on May 12, 1963 at the...
Jerome "Jerry" George Kimball
Sep 22, 2021
Jerome “Jerry” George Kimball, the first of 12 children of Lloyd and Frieda (Kelz) Kimball, was born April 27, 1932, in Sherburne, MN. His childhood years were spent in Everly, IA where he received his education, graduating from Everly High School in 1949. After graduating from Iowa State University’s Farm Operations program, he was employed as a dairy quality...
Terry Richard Peterson
Sep 20, 2021
***IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, A MEMORIAL FUND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE FAMILY. Terry Richard Peterson, the son of Glenn and Dorothy “Lucille” (Pollack) Peterson, was born September 13, 1944 in Fort Sill, OK. His childhood years were spent in Minneapolis, MN and then Jamestown, ND, until 1st grade when he moved to Fargo, where he received his education, graduating...
Colleen Rae Ankerstjerne
Sep 19, 2021
***IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS MAY BE DESIGNATED TO THE PETERSON LIBRARY IN PETERSON, IOWA Colleen Rae Ankerstjerne, the daughter of Kenneth and Goldie (Bloomberg) Murphy, was born December 10, 1938, in Cherokee, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Peterson where she received her education, graduating from Peterson Consolidated School in 1956. She later graduated from Iowa State University...
Thomas Spies
Sep 18, 2021
Thomas A. Spies was born on 4 December 1935 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, and passed away on 18 September 2021 in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. He was the son of Charles Jacob and Isabel Flavan Spies and is survived by his brother John F. Spies along with his 10 children and 20 grandchildren. His greatest joy was his family and his love...
Sharon Lee Sassman
Sep 18, 2021
Sharon Lee Sassman, the daughter of Carl and Rosalie (Huemoeller) Plautz was born July 18, 1940 in Jackson, MN. She spent her childhood in the Lake Center area with 2 younger siblings, a brother Ben and a sister Alice.
Sharon married Wayne Sassman in April of 1968 in Spencer, IA. She worked for M&C Anderson for 20 years...
Curtis Allen Ness
Sep 15, 2021
Curtis Allen Ness, 60, of Spencer, passed away in the hospital surrounded by loved ones on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. Curtis Allen Ness was born on August 1st, 1961 to Ruth and Alfred Ness in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education and graduated from Spencer High School in 1980. Curtis...
Wayne Steven Rigby
Sep 14, 2021
Wayne Steven Rigby Age 66 passed away in Fonda Specialty Care in Fonda, Iowa on Sept 14, 2021. Wayne was born on July 20, 1956, in Storm Lake, Iowa a few minutes after his twin brother Michel Rigby. He lived on a farm near Laurens, Iowa with his family until 1969 When his family moved to Spencer Iowa....
Eunice Margene De Jong
Sep 14, 2021
Eunice DeJong, 80 of Ruthven, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, September 14th at the Spencer Hospital.
Eunice (Rozeboom) DeJong was born to John G.W. and Anna (Hoekstra) Rozeboom on May 17, 1941, in Sioux Center Iowa. Eunice attended school in Sioux Center and got her LPN after high school.
On August 15, 1962, she married Allen DeJong where...
Circle Of Care
Sep 13, 2021
We understand how deeply grief and loss hurt people and families and we simply want to invite you to our upcoming grief support group. It's a non-threatening place where many people have found they can interact with others facing a similar loss and begin putting their lives back together again. ***Please note that due to illness this session of "Circle...
Ashley Lynn Benson
Sep 13, 2021
Ashley Lyn Benson, 20, passed away suddenly on Monday, September 13, 2021, at Sioux Center Health. Ashley was born October 3, 2000, in Sioux City, Iowa, and later adopted by Greg and Darcy Benson on August 11, 2003. Her elementary years were spent at Spencer Community Schools, and later graduated from MOC-FV High School in Orange City, Iowa,...
Shirley Duncan Heddinger
Sep 12, 2021
SERVICES Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, September 20, 2021 at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. OFFICIATING Father Tim Hogan INTERMENT Riverside CemeterySpencer, Iowa
June Charmeen Richardson
Sep 9, 2021
June Charmeen Richardson, the daughter of Morris and Grace (Davis) Wiley, was born on March 20, 1925, in Laurens, Iowa. She was baptized at the First Christian Church in Laurens. June attended kindergarten in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and finished her remaining early education in Laurens and graduated in 1942.
On April 11, 1943, June married the love of her life,...
Naomi Jean Adams
Sep 9, 2021
Naomi Jean Adams, the daughter of Henry and Martha (Paulsen) Jespersen, was born October 30, 1922 in rural Royal, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Royal, where she received her education, graduating from Royal High School in 1940 as valedictorian of her class. After high school, she worked as a telephone operator, just as did her mother.
Naomi...
Lucille Ethel Rose
Sep 8, 2021
“You only get one mother in life” and the truth of this statement is hitting us all hard now.
Lucille Ethel (McCoy) Rose passed away peacefully on September 8, 2021 at Accura HealthCare in Milford, IA with family at her side.
Lucille was born on her family’s farm in Terril, IA on August 19, 1925, the fourth...
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