Obituaries
Gene David Hall
Apr 18, 2020
Gene David Hall, was born on December 21, 1938, to Glen and Lucille (McLaughlin) Hall in Spencer, IA. Gene was an avid fisherman. If you wanted to see him you would just check the small local lakes. His favorite place to fish was the Little Sioux River for catfish.
He passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2020, at...
Leone Mary Coonradt
Apr 17, 2020
Leone Mary Coonradt was born to William and Lena (Backer) Esser on April 15, 1923 in Cartersville, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Cartersville, where she attended country school. After graduating from Rockwell High School, Leone received her license in cosmetology. On July 4, 1947 Leone married the love of her life, Rowland J. Coonradt. They raised their family...
Paul Frederick Lenz
Apr 14, 2020
Paul Frederick Lenz, son of Roland and Luella (Oberhelman) Lenz, died peacefully at home, surrounded by family on April 14th, 2020, after a short battle with lung cancer.
Paul was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on March 12th, 1952. He grew up on a farm outside of LuVerne, Iowa, and graduated from LuVerne High School in 1970. On March...
Duane Arnold Harmelink
Apr 14, 2020
Duane Arnold Harmelink, the son of Charlie and Gert (Van Iperen) Harmelink was born March 30, 1934 in Ashton, Iowa. He grew up and resided in the Ashton-Melvin area until he married Thelma Elaine (Nieuwendorp) Harmelink on July 20, 1954. They made their home in the Ashton-Sheldon area until 1972 when they moved to Spencer where they spent the...
Thomas H. Hart
Apr 12, 2020
The life of Thomas Hughes Hart began in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 25, 1931, son of Clarence Hart and Arlene Hughes Hart. He joined two older sisters. The family moved to a farm south of Gillett Grove when Tom was a child. Tom attended Gillett Grove School through 8th grade. He grew up loving nature and the...
Gladys Rose Wilcox
Apr 11, 2020
Gladys Rose Wilcox, the daughter of Christopher and Lola Crook Clare, was born March 4, 1921 in Emmetsburg, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Emmetsburg where she attended country school, St Mary’s and Public High School.
Gladys married James Wilcox on November 12, 1937, in Pocahontas, IA. The early years of their marriage were spent in Emmetsburg before...
Lenore "Connie" G. Alger
Apr 10, 2020
Lenore “Connie” Alger was born Lenore Gertrude O’Connor on August 7, 1922 at the home of her parents, Tom and Myrtle O’Connor in Cartersville, Iowa. She grew up enjoying life in that small town and on the family farmland. An excellent student, she graduated from Rockwell High School at 16, shortly before her father suddenly passed. She later attended beauty school...
Beverly Joan Johnson
Apr 8, 2020
Beverly Joan Johnson, the daughter of Joseph and Loretta (Kindred) Fasbender, was born August 22, 1931 in Lake City, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Lake City, Cylinder and then Spencer in her youth where she has lived ever since. Bev received most of her education in Spencer and graduated from Spencer High School.
On January 29, 1949,...
Georgia Rose Jensen
Apr 7, 2020
Georgia Rose Jensen, daughter of George Albert and Florence Isbella (Leonard) Gathman, was born on July 15, 1934 in Hartley, IA. She graduated from Hartley High School where she played basketball.
On March 21, 1954, Georgia married Robert Jensen in Hartley. Following their marriage, they farmed the family farm near Moneta. Georgia enjoyed working outdoors, driving tractors and particularly...
Douglas Don Lynn
Apr 6, 2020
Douglas Don Lynn, the son of Delbert Edison, Sr. and Nora Edna (Scharnberg) Lynn, was born on June 6, 1941 in Spirit Lake, IA. He was raised in the Everly area where he received his early education and graduated from Everly High School. Following high school he drove truck and then farming. before working for Spencer International and Harms...
Cleo Laverne Johnson
Apr 6, 2020
Cleo LaVerne Johnson the son of Earl and Elsie (Giberson) Johnson, was born in February 4, 1926 at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. At the age of 5 the family moved into Montrose, SD, where Cleo attended school to graduation in 1944. As a boy he loved hunting and playing baseball, something he passed on to his...
Marcia Joan Lamaak
Apr 6, 2020
Marcia was born on August 18, 1937, in the Dexter, IA hospital, to Clarence LeRoy Fritz and Evelyn Elizabeth (Cox) Fritz. They resided on the Fritz Farm south of Menlo, IA. Marcia was baptized as an infant in the Menlo Methodist Church. Then on June 19, 1955 she joined Hebron Methodist Church. In 1945 they moved to a...
Carol Arlene Lee
Apr 5, 2020
Carol Arlene Lee, the daughter of Vernon and Lena Overocker, was born on September 1, 1920 on the family farm in Milford, Iowa. She was raised in Milford and attended country school in Dickinson county and went on to graduate from Milford High School in 1938. She then attended business school in Des Moines, Iowa where she studied secretarial courses. ...
Joan Cynthia Schumann
Apr 5, 2020
Joan Cynthia Schumann, the daughter of Donald and Ruby (Brinkley) Fitzloff, was born February 18, 1940 in Spencer, Iowa. She was raised in Spencer, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1958. She continued her education at a business school in Omaha before returning to work in Spencer. Joan married Dwight Schumann...
Donald "Donnie" Harvey Goettsch
Apr 3, 2020
Donald Harvey Goettsch, age 86 of Sutherland, IA, passed away April 3, 2020, at his home.
Don was born May 31, 1933, near Holstein, IA, the son of Harvey and Margaret Cipperley Goettsch. He was raised on a farm near Holstein.
On December 4, 1955, he married Sandra Sauter at her parent’s home in Sutherland. Don enlisted in...
Esther Louise Baxter
Apr 1, 2020
Esther Louise Baxter, the daughter of Charles and Minnie (Moeller) Henaman was born September 29, 1930 in Hartley, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer, IA area, where she attended school and graduated from Spencer High School on May 27, 1948.
Esther worked at the telephone company before marrying Harvey Baxter on November 13, 1950 in...
Larry Lyle Luedke
Mar 31, 2020
Larry Lyle Luedke, age 68, of Spencer passed away March 31, 2020 at home surrounded by family.
Born on August 25, 1951 in Hartley, IA, he was the son of Gale Maynard Luedke and Colleen Faye (Trunnell) Luedke. Larry and family moved to several different places throughout his childhood until they decided to call the Spencer area home. ...
Ruth Angeline Russell
Mar 24, 2020
Ruth Angeline Russell, the daughter of Frank and Etta Hoffman Henry Janes was born on December 21st, 1921 in Mapleton, Iowa. After her father's death when Ruth was 6, her mom ran a restaurant in Mapleton. Ruth had to sit at the end of the counter and be quiet, so she read, and she passed her love of reading...
Doris Mae Schultz
Mar 24, 2020
Doris Mae Blanchard Schultz was born April 8, 1924 in Lone Rock, Iowa. She was the 9th child of Jesse M. and Maude Blanche (Whitehill) Blanchard. She was educated and graduated from Lone Rock Public School in May of 1941. She attended A.I.B. Business College in Des Moines until her marriage to Alfred Schultz on February 1, 1942 at her...
Maralyn Mae Ball
Mar 21, 2020
Maralyn Mae Ball, the daughter of Nels and Maureen (Goodell) Lindhart, was born on February 22, 1929, in Humboldt County, Iowa. In 1940 she moved with her family to a farm adjacent to Dolliver State Park in Webster County. She attended school in Lehigh and then Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, IA. Maralyn began her career as...
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