Obituaries
Julia Mae Walrath
Nov 24, 2020
Julia Mae Walrath, the daughter of John and Sophie (Raveling) Larson was born July 9, 1925 on a farm near Webb, Iowa. She moved to a farm outside Peterson as an infant, where she received her education, graduating from Peterson Consolidated High School in 1942. After schooling, she worked for the telephone office.
Julia married Warner Walrath on...
Patricia Mae Muller
Nov 19, 2020
Part 1 on Memorial Servicehttps://vimeo.com/482120470 Part 2 of Memorial Service https://vimeo.com/482121480 IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, A MEMORIAL FUND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE FAMILY.Memorials may be sent to Patricia's husband, Ray at: 1501 St. Lukes Dr. #321 - Spencer, Iowa 51301 Patricia Mae Muller, the daughter of Resor and Maude DuBois Cowan, was born October 10, 1927 in Cedar Rapids,...
Curtis Amos Paulsen
Nov 18, 2020
Curtis Amos Paulsen, the son of Harry and Millie (Stricker) Paulsen, was born April 29 1934 in Hartley, Iowa. His childhood years were spent on a farm near Hartley, where he received his education graduating from Hartley High School in 1953. He entered the military in 1954, where he served with he U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict until his...
Nicholas "Nick" Isaiah Wamberg
Nov 16, 2020
Nicholas “Nick” Isaiah Wamberg, 38, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away on November 16, 2020. Nick was born on September 14, 1982, to Steven Wamberg and Jeannie Farley-Wamberg in Sioux City. He attended and graduated from Sioux City East High School and Briar Cliff University, where he received a wrestling scholarship and earned a degree in sports science/physical education. He...
Robert Leroy Alderman
Nov 16, 2020
In Lieu of Flowers, Memorials should be directed to the First Congregational Church in Spencer. People attending the visitation and relatives attending the funeral services are required to wear masks and practice social distancing. Robert “Bob” LeRoy Alderman, , the son of Paulina Paulson Aadland Alderman and Lewis Preston Alderman was born January 15, 1928, at Casselton, North Dakota. ...
Isaac "Ike" C. Vermeer
Nov 14, 2020
Isaac (Ike) C. VerMeer, the son of Cornelius (Case) VerMeer and Pauline VerMeer (Breeman) he was born June 15, 1942 in Rock Rapids, Iowa. Where he attended Central Lyon High School, while living in Rock Rapids he owned and operated an auto garage and was an avid race car driver for many years.
In 1963 Ike married Marilyn...
Austin "Bud" Jess Fleck
Nov 12, 2020
Austin “Bud” Jess Fleck, the son of John and Marguerite (Schaefer) Fleck was born December 27, 1938 in Sloan, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Sloan, IA area, where he attended school and graduated from Sloan High School.
Bud married Sandra Fleck and to this union 5 children were born. They later divorced. He worked as...
Larry Rod Strang
Nov 9, 2020
Larry Rod Strang, the son of Lawrence and Olivia Strang, was born January 1st, 1956 in Spencer, Ia. He grew up in Everly, Ia as a Cattlefeeder football player and loved playing trumpet in band. He then met Marcella Klyne and married in St. Ambroise, Manitoba, Canada on April 26, 1975. While raising their four children, he enjoyed truck driving...
Lois Marvelyn Johnson
Nov 9, 2020
Lois Marvelyn Johnson, the daughter of Otto and Hortense (Hartman) Sierck, was born September 16, 1928 in Okoboji, IA.
On February 14, 1949, she married Eugene H. Johnson at her parents’ home in Spencer, IA. After establishing their first home near Alta, IA, they moved to Morris, MN, then back to Iowa near Rembrandt, then Arnolds Park and finally...
Jason Englert
Nov 8, 2020
Jason Bernard Englert, was born August 24, 1982 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Royal, Iowa and he graduated from Clay Central Community School in 2001. He was baptized and confirmed at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal, Iowa.
Jason was very active in school. He participated in football, basketball, track, school plays, pretty much everything that...
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...



