Obituaries
Setsuko "Sets" Wedel
Nov 4, 2020
Setsuko (Sets) Wedel, the daughter of Fukumatsu and Kameyo Shimokawara was born April 23 in Sapporo, Japan. Her childhood years were spent in Japan.
Sets married Jim Wedel in 1961 in Yokohama, Japan. Following their marriage, they came to Spencer, Iowa, where they operated a family grocery store and flower shop for many years. After selling the business,...
Madeline "Kay" Darnell
Nov 1, 2020
Madeline Kay Darnell, the daughter of Leo and Carol (Churchill) Hickman, was born on December 11, 1943 in Winnebago, NE. She received her early education attending grade school in Jackson, NE and finished and graduated from Bronson High School in Bronson, IA. After high school, she was an accounts payable clerk for an automotive business in Sioux City.
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Bruce I. Lamport
Oct 31, 2020
On Saturday, October 31, 2020, Bruce I. Lamport, loving husband and father of four, passed away peacefully at the age of 94. Bruce was born on February 5, 1926 in Sioux City, Iowa to Irl Ross Lamport and Agnes Sharp Lamport. In 1944 he graduated from Sioux City’s East High School. After an honorable discharge from the Navy, he received...
Kenneth Edsel Klatt
Oct 30, 2020
Kenneth Edsel Klatt, the son of Emil and Etta (Steffen) Klatt was born on August 4, 1927, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Royal, Iowa, area where he attended country school and graduated from Rossie High School in 1945. He was baptized and confirmed in the Royal Lutheran Church.
Ken enlisted in the U.S....
Ronald Chester Wittrock
Oct 29, 2020
Ronald Chester Wittrock, the son of Chester and Bertha (Jalas) Wittrock was born November 9, 1943 in Spencer, IA. He was baptized and confirmed in the Sutherland Bethel Lutheran Church. He graduated from Sutherland High School in 1962.
Ron joined the Army Reserves where he served from 1965 to 1971. After he was honorably discharged from the...
Ronald Bernard Doran
Oct 28, 2020
Ronald Bernard Doran, the son of Francis and Matilda (Koch) Doran was born May 24, 1932 in Plankinton, SD. His childhood years were spent in the Hartley and Ocheyedan, IA area where he graduated from 8th grade.
Ronald married Lois Schroeder on July 8, 1953 in Ocheyedan, IA. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1953 and...
James Russell Heisler
Oct 27, 2020
James Russell Heisler, son of John and Esther (Glade) Heisler, was born on May 21, 1943, at Sibley, Iowa. On June 13, 1943, Jim was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church near Ocheyedan, IA. He was confirmed on April 14, 1957, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ayrshire, IA.
He attended elementary school in Ocheyedan, IA until the fourth grade when...
Eldon Dwayne Tesch
Oct 26, 2020
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS ARE REQUESTED TO BE DIRECTED TO:Lutheran Lakeside Camp2491 170th St.Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT ALL IN ATTENDANCE WEAR MASKS AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING. Eldon Dwayne Tesch, the son of Harry and Nora (Holtgrewe) Tesch, was born July 17, 1937 in Paullina, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Peterson, Iowa, where he...
Walter Henry Beck
Oct 24, 2020
Walt was born in Spirit Lake, IA on April 1, 1935 to Walter H. Beck Sr. and Arvada Beck. He graduated from Milford High School in 1953. In 1954, Walt enlisted in the Army, serving his country in Anchorage, Alaska until his discharge in 1956. He returned to marry Marilyn Leitch in Milford, IA on Oct 5, 1957. After moving...
Georgieann Dorothy Kingery
Oct 24, 2020
THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT ALL IN ATTENDANCE WEAR MASKS AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING. On Saturday, October 24, 2020, Georgieann Kingery, 90, passed away at the Tripoli Nursing Home in Tripoli, IA. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Willow Creek Cemetery near Royal, IA
Loving wife for 66 years to the late...
Ramona Brand Gidley
Oct 18, 2020
Ramona Brand Gidley, the daughter of Harry and Helen (Tollackson) Stacy was born on July 23, 1935, in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. She was baptized at the First Lutheran Church. She received her early education in Sioux Rapids, graduating from high school in 1953 and was the class Salutatorian. Following high school, she attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls. She then...
Clara Marion Goeken
Oct 16, 2020
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The funeral service can be viewed by clicking on the link above.IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, A MEMORIAL FUND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE FAMILY Clara Goeken, 97, a long-time member of the Everly community, died October 16 at the Hartley Memorial Care Center after a short illness.
Clara Marion Wilken was born September 30, 1923 in Everly to...
Mallory Jane Amis
Oct 13, 2020
Mallory Amis March 27, 1985 - October 13, 2020 St. Louis, Missouri - Mallory Jane Amis, daughter of Jeff and Teresa Amis was born March 27, 1985 in Des Moines, Iowa. Growing up she was a member of Park Hill Baptist Church. She graduated in 2003 from Park Hill South High School in Riverside, MO. She participated in Deca, Cross Country and...
Neil Clifford Swanson
Oct 13, 2020
Neil Swanson, 67, passed away quietly at home after a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s on October 13, 2020, with his loving wife Starla, daughter Kyle, brother Glenn, and Darlene by his side. Neil was born March 19, 1953 in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. He spent his early years in Northern Minnesota, until his family moved to Minneapolis. Neil, notably, spent...
Lavonne June Weisbrod
Oct 12, 2020
LaVonne June Weisbrod, the daughter of Leo and Cecelia (Henning) Lenhart was born July 12, 1929 in Hartley, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Greenville and Rossie, IA area, where she attended school and graduated from Greenville Rossie High School in 1947.
LaVonne married Victor Weisbrod on February 22, 1948 on Victor’s family farm near...
Billy Dale Bangs
Oct 12, 2020
Billy Bangs, 85, passed away on Monday, October 12, 2020. He was born on April 27, 1935 in Fremont County, Iowa. His parents were Hope and Leo Bangs. He is proceeded in death by his parents, a sister Mary Jean in infancy, an older sister and her husband, Jackie and Kenneth Butt of College Springs, Iowa, an older...
Ruth Ann Fick
Oct 11, 2020
Ruth Ann Ficken the daughter of Oliver and Lois (Calkins) was born May 15th, 1941 in Spencer, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Everly IA where she attended Everly Community Schools. She graduated in 1958.
Ruth married Norman Ray Fick February 1, 1959. Following their marriage, they made their home in Spencer, IA. During her time in Spencer...
Dale Chester Tigges
Oct 10, 2020
Dale Chester Tigges, the son of Chester and Evelyn (Koch) Tigges was born August 4, 1947 in Cherokee, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Peterson, IA area, where he attended school, graduating from Sioux Valley in 1965. Dale then went on to Buena Vista University, graduating in 1969.
Dale enlisted in the United States Army in...
Candace Joy Clark
Oct 2, 2020
Candace Joy Clark, the daughter of Gale and Gwen (Lane) Howe, was born September 21, 1951 in Storm Lake, IA. Her childhood years were spent on a farm near Marathon, IA area, where she attended school and graduated from Marathon High School. She also attended Spencer School of Business, studying law.
Candace married Daniel Clark on September 24,...
Bernice J. Erickson
Sep 29, 2020
Bernice J. (Ellerbroek) Erickson passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at Independence Village of Grand Ledge, MI. Bernice was born to Beatrix and John Ellerbroek October 5, 1925 in Spencer, Iowa.
She graduated in 1943 from Spencer High School where she was a member of the cheerleading squad.
In 1944 she met her first husband Wallace Jeffcoat. ...