Obituaries
Dennis Bruce Oviatt
May 13, 2020
Dennis Bruce Oviatt, the son of Dwain and Phyllis (Fogarty) Oviatt, was born on November 4, 1958 in the Spencer Municipal Hospital, Spencer, Iowa. He was raised in Dickens and Spencer, Iowa. He attended Spencer High School, where he graduated in the class of 1977. He attended the Culinary Institute Des Moines Area Community College. At 19, Dennis rode his...
Keith Mccarl Mortenson
May 10, 2020
Keith McCarl Mortenson, the son of Engold and Sigrid (Simonsen) Mortenson, was born on February 1, 1938, in Webb, Iowa. He was raised and attended school in Webb. The family moved to Terril when Keith was in his late teens. After his schooling, Keith worked at the Spencer Hospital as an ambulance driver and maintenance worker. He then worked for...
Patricia "Pat" Ann Johnson
May 9, 2020
Patricia Ann “Pat” Johnson, the daughter of Eugene and Marietta (Greene) Reynolds, Sr., was born October 31, 1941 in Milford, Iowa. She was born and raised in Milford, graduating from Milford High School.
Pat married Bruce Johnson on June 7, 1959 at the Union Memorial Church in Milford, IA. After her marriage, they lived in Albert City, IA for...
Maria "Lu" Luise Horning
May 8, 2020
Maria “Lu” Luise Horning, the daughter of Franz and Maria (Pflaum) Heinrichmeyer was born in Eltmann, Germany on November 22, 1952.
Lu married a serviceman, Doug VanEngen and came to the United States in 1970. She had 2 children with him. After her divorce she went to work at Longhouse Nursing Home. She worked there for 32...
Jennifer Sena Keating
May 8, 2020
Daughter of Carol Cadmus of Spencer
Jennifer Sena Cadmus Keating was born on March 19, 1978, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was joined a year later by her sister Melissa.
Jennifer attended schools in St Louis Park, Minnesota, and later attended college, graduating with a degree in anthropology from the University of Minnesota, Morris.
Artistic abilities encouraged Jennifer to create beautiful pieces of jewelry and...
Michelle Renee Kreiss
May 8, 2020
Michelle Renee Kreiss, the daughter of Edward and Betti (Bollman) Dorpinghaus was born June 24, 1959 in Denver, CO. She grew up in Iowa City, IA, where she attended school and graduated from Iowa City West in 1977. She attended college for several years before moving to Fairfield, IA in 1985.
Michelle married Troy Kreiss on September 7,...
Michael Francis Hynes
May 7, 2020
Michael Francis Hynes, the son of James and Patricia (Kirschbaum) Hynes was born April 13, 1960, in Emmetsburg, Iowa. He was raised on various farms around northwest Iowa and attended school in Mallard, Clay Central, and Spencer, graduating in 1978. He was bow-legged, pigeon toed, and smoked, but was still one of the fastest guys on the track team.
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Daniel Jay Merten
May 5, 2020
Daniel Jay Merten, the son of Edward Joseph and Donna Jean (Milleman) Merten was born August 13, 1954, in Estherville, Iowa. He was raised and attended Spencer Community Schools, graduating in 1973.
On August 3, 1974, Daniel was united in marriage to Deb Roberts, his childhood sweetheart at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. He...
Richard Donald Hallett Sr.
May 3, 2020
Richard “Dick” Donald Hallett Sr., son of Winnifred Hallett and Lillie (McShane) Hallett was born, April 13, 1925 in Artesian, South Dakota where he spent his early years. Later he moved to Sioux City with his mother, where he graduated from Central High School.
Richard was drafted into the service and was to leave for deployment immediately, but chose...
Loretta Alice Sweet
May 2, 2020
Loretta Alice Sweet, the daughter of Arthur and Katherine Trost was born June 13, 1944 in Chicago, IL. Her childhood years were spent in the Chicago area, where she attended and graduated from Catholic Schools.
Loretta married Sam Cardinale in 1966, they had 4 children, Karen, Samuel, Anthony, and Joseph. They later divorced. She worked as homemaker....
James "Jim" Lawrence Reis
May 1, 2020
James “Jim” Lawrence Reis, the son of Leon and Bernadine (Vodraska) Reis, was born February 19, 1957 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. He was raised and educated in Pocahontas, IA, where he graduated from Pocahontas High School in 1976.
He met his soul mate and love of his life, Janna Ricklefs, whom he married on April 4, 1981 in Mallard,...
Jacqueline Belle Webster
Apr 29, 2020
Jacqueline (Jackie) Belle Stafford Shugars Webster passed away on April 29th at her home. Jackie was born on November 21st 1957 to Edward and Shirley (Harnan) Stafford in Alliance NE. Jackie graduated from St. Agnes Academy in 1976 and attended Loretta Heights College (Denver, CO) and Chadron State College (Chadron, NE) majoring in the Theater Arts.
In 1981, while attending CSC, she...
James Joseph Umscheid, Sr.
Apr 28, 2020
James Joseph Umscheid, Sr., was the son of Louis John and Florence (Wittrock) Umscheid, born in Westport Township, Iowa, on June 6, 1931. James passed away at the Spencer Municipal Hospital on April 28, 2020, at the age of 88.
James married Barbara Anderson and four children: James Jr., Teri, Timothy and Tony were born to this union. On August...
Teresa Ann Cate
Apr 27, 2020
Teresa Ann Cate, the daughter of Theodore and Phyllis (Hessinnes) Cate was born in Spencer, Iowa, on September 26, 1956. She graduated from Spencer High School in 1975. Following graduation, she attended nursing school in Omaha, Nebraska, and practiced at several hospitals.
She was an amazing trustworthy friend, loved everyone and was a forgiving soul. She loved her...
Paul Harry Shearer
Apr 26, 2020
Paul Harry Shearer, the son of Elmer Glade and Rose Mae (Cannon) Shearer, was born on August 13, 1929, in Bedford, IA. He grew up on a farm in Taylor County and attended school in Blockton where he graduated. Following high school, he entered into the military on January 16, 1951, serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean...
Leisha Jane Prime
Apr 23, 2020
Leisha Jane Prime, the daughter of Juanita (McPherson) Dahl, was born on September 9, 1960 in Dakota City, Iowa. She attended school at Twin rivers Community School.
On October 21, 1979, she married Mark Prime in Humboldt, Iowa. To this union three children were born: Cherie, Charles and Cathy. She loved being a mom and raising her children. She...
Thomas Merle Willey
Apr 23, 2020
Thomas M. Willey, the son of Merle and Stella (Poe) Willey, was born January 14, 1934 in Sutherland, Iowa. He was a Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and later helping with the younger scouts. He attended K-12th grade at Sutherland Consolidated School, graduating in 1952. Tom married Roanne “Jean” Smith on March 2, 1960 at LeMars, Iowa. They moved to the...
June Ann Johannsen
Apr 22, 2020
June Ann (Yeager) Johannsen, the daughter of Lee and Anna (Newby) Leighter, was born July 5, 1928 in Dickens, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer area, where he received her education.
June married Michael Yeager and to this union was born 3 children: Michael, Timothy, Patrick.
During her life, she owned and operated the...
Margo S. Wood
Apr 18, 2020
Margo Wood died peacefully on April 18th in her home in Saint George, Utah following a nineteen-month struggle with cancer.
Margo is survived by her husband, Charles; children, Katherine Colby and Walter Bahr; stepchildren, Courtney Wood and Matthew Wood; surrogate daughter, Rebecca Wokibula; ten grandchildren and surrogate grandchildren; and sister Martha Ullrich.
Margo was born on September 19, 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska to Odessa and...
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