Obituaries
Iva Bernadine Cushman
May 1, 2021
Iva “Bernadine” Dunaway Milton Cushman, was born on June 18, 1914, the youngest daughter of Samuel and Ida (Liechty) Dunaway along with an older sister, Mildred she was raised on a farm west of Milford, IA and attended country school. After graduating from Spencer High School in 1932, she went on to teach in local country schools until her...
Philip John Oviatt
Apr 29, 2021
Philip John Oviatt, the son of Kevin Oviatt and Lori (Sweet) Oviatt was born on April 8, 1983, in Spencer, Iowa. He attended Spencer High School where he graduated in the class of 2001. He excelled in bowling at the national level and tried out to make the USA Junior National Bowling Team. While bowling, he acquired...
Margaret May Mackie
Apr 28, 2021
Margaret May (Bale) Mackie, the daughter of Ernest and Mildred (Dewey) Bale, was born October 23, 1927, on a farm northwest of Ruthven, Iowa. She graduated from Ruthven High School and Hamilton Business College in Mason City, Iowa.
She married Stewart Mackie on April 9, 1947. Following their marriage, they went to Greenville, South Carolina, where Stew was...
Arthur Lester Evans
Apr 27, 2021
Arthur Lester Evans Jr. was born July 11, 1924, in the Gillett Grove area to Arthur and Orpha (Warwick) Evans. His childhood years were spent in Gillett Grove where he attended school and graduated from Gillett Grove Consolidated School in 1944. Art was active in High School sports. He thoroughly enjoyed baseball and basketball. On April 16, 1954, Art...
Marvin Guy Kephart
Apr 27, 2021
Marvin Guy Kephart was born June 20, 1937, in Langdon, Missouri, to Ernest and Ida May (Davis) Kephart. He was the 9th child of 12. He held a variety of jobs throughout his years, but the one he loved best was working for farmers.
Marvin served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956, going overseas to Germany.
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Margaret May Anderson
Apr 26, 2021
Margaret May Anderson, the daughter of Marshall and Frances (Olmsted) Elkin, was born February 14, 1934 in Estherville, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1953. After her schooling she worked as a bookkeeper at Spurgeon’s in Spencer.
Margaret married Deane Anderson on June 14, 1959...
Wanda Emma Keen
Apr 22, 2021
Wanda Emma Keen, the daughter of Earl and Belle (Hindt) Whitmore, was born July 10, 1932 in Sheldon, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Sheldon area, where she graduated from high school in 1950. She attended Sheldon Junior College for one year, receiving a 2nd semester scholarship in accounting. She worked in Sheldon until moving to Spencer in...
Eric Michael Foxhoven
Apr 15, 2021
Eric Michael Foxhoven, the son of Ronald and Kathy (Muller) Foxhoven was born August 14, 1973, in Mapleton, Iowa. His childhood years were spent Mapleton where he attended school before moving to Spencer, Iowa, in 1987. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1992.
Eric attended the Aviation program through Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, Iowa. He...
Ernest "Ernie" George Bruns
Apr 13, 2021
Ernest George Bruns, son of Peter E. and Marie (Schmidt) Bruns, was born on the family farm north of George, Iowa on May 16, 1935. He received Christ as his only Lord and Savior at the age of 5. He received his education in George, Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army from November 1954 to November 1956. Overseas time...
Karen Kay Lynn
Apr 13, 2021
Karen Kay Lynn, the daughter of Maynard and Marjorie (Thygersen) Buse, was born on June 30, 1938, in Albert City, Iowa. She attended 1st grade at a country school in Newell. She then was raised and went on to complete her education in Marathon, graduating from Marathon High School. While in high school, she was a baton major and...
Lavon Arlee Kephart
Apr 9, 2021
Lavon Arlee Kephart, the daughter of Oscar and Esther (Kruse) Walstrom, was born on September 22, 1924, in the Royal area. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran in Royal and later confirmed at First English. She received her early education at Lincoln Twp. School #2 and graduated from Spencer High School in 1942. She continued to live in the...
Timothy Berton Menke
Apr 8, 2021
Timothy Berton Menke, DDS, FAGD, age 69, son of Lester and Kathlyn Menke, passed away on April 8, 2021, in Spencer, Iowa, in hospice care following a short illness.
Tim was born on November 21, 1951, in Cherokee, Iowa, and grew up on a farm near Calumet. He was an energetic and fun-loving child who was active in...
Gloria Joann Harris
Apr 7, 2021
Gloria JoAnn (Mohr) Harris of Spencer, Iowa passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer, Iowa, three weeks shy of her 90th birthday. She was born April 28, 1931, at Lutheran Hospital, Sioux City, Iowa to Walter and Eunice (Wiese) Mohr.
Gloria was raised in Hartley, Iowa, where she completed her education, graduating...
Maddisen Celeste Hall
Apr 7, 2021
Maddisen Celeste Hall, the daughter of Angie York and Micah Hall, was born August 11, 1997 in Spirit Lake, IA. Maddisen received her early education in Spencer and later graduated from Graettinger-Terril School on May 15, 2016. Maddisen loved to dance in High School and was part of Just For Kix Spencer Dance Team. After high school, Maddisen chose...
Glen Orville Stoterau
Apr 7, 2021
Glenn was born June 12, 1922, near Hartley, Iowa, the only child of Louis Stoterau and Alma Wills Stoterau. He graduated from Hartley High School, then served from 1942-1945 as company clerk in the U.S. Army in the European conflict of WW II. Following the war, on August 16, 1945, he married Ruby Jean Petersen of Hartley, Iowa, and...
Craig Martin Kolb
Apr 7, 2021
Craig Martin Kolb, the son of Thomas and Joyce (Wiard) Kolb was born December 12, 1950, in Berkley, California. He was the second of eight boys. They lived in several states and found a family home in Woodland Hills, California, where Craig graduated from Taft High School in 1969. Craig met his best friend, Christine Riedemann in 1971, and...
Donald Dean Manley
Apr 6, 2021
Donald Dean Manley was born November 9th, 1928 in Calumet Iowa to Thomas T. and Frances W. (Lorenzen) Manley. He was a twin to Dorothy Jean (Manley) Cooper. Don grew up on a farm south of Primghar and attended grade school and high school in nearby Gaza. He was active in 4-H and High School sports, especially baseball and basketball.
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Jean Elbert
Apr 4, 2021
Delah “Jean” (Hefti) Elbert, the daughter of Albert and Gertrude (Stoddard) Hefti was born August 10, 1930 at home in rural LuVerne, IA.
Her childhood years were spent in the LuVerne area where she received her education graduating from Vernon Country School in 1948. She attended Westmar College in LeMars, IA and taught Kindergarten in Goldfield, IA.
Jean...
Marianne Werling
Mar 29, 2021
Marianne Baumgartner Werling Daughter of John and Anna {Elmer} Baumgartner was born March 4th 1930 in Renwick Iowa she attended Vernon country school near Renwick graduating in 1948. She was also a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church in Renwick.
After graduation Marianne was attending AIB College in Des Moines when a friend introduced her to the love of...
Wayne Curtis Winslow
Mar 28, 2021
Wayne Winslow died March 28, 2021 in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, his home since 2013. Wayne was born February 14, 1922, in Spencer, Iowa, the only child of C.C.N. and Tena Flaskegaard Winslow. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1939. He then attended Northwestern University, but his college career was interrupted by World War II. He was commissioned an...
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