Obituaries
Carl Eldon Crane
Nov 26, 2019
Carl Eldon Crane, the son of Harry and Rebecca (Henderson) Crane, was born September 29, 1928 in Dickens, IA. His childhood years were spent in Dickens. Carl graduated from Gillett Grove in 1947. After high school, he worked at H&N Chevrolet.
Carl married Marian Hagedorn on February 2, 1951, in Royal, Ia. He was drafted and served with the...
Phyllis Louise Schott
Nov 26, 2019
Phyllis L. Schott, the daughter of Morris and Elsie (Syndergaard) Bailey, was born August 17, 1934 in Hartley, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Royal, where she received her education, graduating from Royal High School. She continued her education at Cedar Falls for one year. Phyllis returned to Royal and worked as a waitress and various other...
Joanne Evelyn Koch
Nov 26, 2019
Joanne Evelyn Koch, the daughter of Melvin and Irma Ketelsen Humphrey was born September 29, 1930 in Spencer, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she graduated from Spencer High School in 1948. She went on to attend the University of Iowa.
Joanne married the love of her life Maxwell Joseph Koch on March 26, 1951 in...
Elaine Florence Crew
Nov 22, 2019
Elaine Florence Crew, the daughter of Raymond Jerry “Ray” Root and Florence Genevieve Olson, was born near Ruthven, Iowa on September 20, 1939. The family also lived for a couple of years in Minnesota and Oregon. They settled in the Los Angeles area in 1952, where Elaine graduated from Whittier High School in 1957.
When the family came back to...
Harold Leslie Eninger
Nov 22, 2019
Harold Leslie Eninger, the son of Keith and Rose (Svec) Eninger, was born March 14, 1927 in Middle Inlet, Wisconsin. His childhood years were spent on a farm southwest of Spencer where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1945. Harold entered the military in 1945 and served with the U.S. Army until his honorable discharge...
Ruth Mary Moermond
Nov 19, 2019
Ruth Mary Moermond, the daughter of Peter and Mary (Dalhoff) Kohn, was born November 7, 1931, in Cherokee County, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Mary Hill and in Alta, Iowa, later moving to Hartley, Iowa, where she completed her education at Hartley High School.
Ruth married Jake Moermond on July 28, 1955, in Sanborn, Iowa. Following their...
Myrtle L. Lorenzen
Nov 17, 2019
Myrtle Louise Lorenzen passed away early Sunday morning, November 17, at the Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley, Iowa. Myrtle was born on December 11, 1913. She was 105 years old.
She was born in Moneta, Iowa to Roy and Louise Pheteplace and attended grade school there. The family then moved to Des Moines where they lived for...
Daniel Purl Johnson
Nov 17, 2019
Daniel Purl Johnson, the son of Jack and Lois (Rauhauser) Johnson, was born on January 29, 1952 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the communities of Ruthven and Joliet, IL where he was baptized at the Hope Lutheran Church. The family then moved back to Ayrshire and eventually settled in Everly. He was confirmed at the Hope...
Warner Carl Walrath
Nov 14, 2019
Warner Carl Walrath, the son of Carl and Velma (Tillinghast) Walrath was born July 14, 1921 in Linn Grove, Iowa. When Warner was an infant, his family moved to the family farm north of Peterson. He attended a one-room country schoolhouse for 8 years and graduated from Peterson High School in 1939. After graduation, he attended Farm Youth School...
Donald Eugene Cowell
Nov 12, 2019
Donald Eugene Cowell was born January 17, 1938 to Harley and Thelma (Powell) Cowell in Volney, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed into the Methodist faith. He graduated from Waukon High School in 1957.
Donald was united in marriage to Patricia Gass on January 10, 1958 in Decorah, Iowa. To this union, two children were born: Doyle Mark and Michael...
David Walter Lawrence
Nov 10, 2019
David Walter Lawrence was born June 1, 1945, to Walter and Janine Lawrence, in South Buffalo, New York. Educated there, in Holy Family Grammar School and Bishop Timon High School, he graduated in 1963. He then went on to play two seasons of Junior “B” and Junior “A” Ice Hockey, in both Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
Beginning in 1965,...
G. "Roger" Arndt
Nov 9, 2019
G. Roger Arndt of Spencer, IA passed away at the age of 74 on November 9, 2019 in Spencer. Roger was born in Sioux City, IA on January 6, 1945, the only son of Vanita M. and Gerald F. Arndt.
After spending his early years in Sioux City, the family moved to Wynot, NE where he graduated from high...
Alice Lucille Wagner
Nov 6, 2019
THE FAMILY REQUESTS NO FLOWERS! Alice Lucille Wagner was born March 23, 1918 on her family’s farm south of Larchwood, Iowa in Lyon county. She was the youngest child of John and Emma McCarty. Alice attended a nearby country school and then St. Mary’s Catholic High School in Larchwood for two years before graduating from Rock Rapids High School in...
Lawrence Donald Bendlin
Nov 4, 2019
Lawrence “Larry” Donald Bendlin, the son of Clarence and Mary (Freeburg) Bendlin, was born on February 24, 1946, in Spencer, Iowa. He was raised and received his early education here graduating from Spencer High School. Following graduation, he worked at A.M. Laundry, Spencer Pak and then at Eaton’s. While working at Eaton’s he was a machinist. He worked there...
Margaret Ann Bohn
Nov 4, 2019
Margaret Ann Shea Bohn, the daughter of Walter and Maude (Viehmann) Shea, was born February 27, 1931 in Washington DC. Her childhood years were spent in Washington DC, where she attended Nativity Catholic Academy. Her family later moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, where she continued her education, graduating from Catholic Central High School in Chillichothe, and then attended one year...
Irvin George Maaland
Nov 1, 2019
Irvin George Maaland, the son of George and Irene Simington Maaland was born February 5, 1944 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in Ruthven, IA where he was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. After his sophomore year in Ruthven, Irvin moved to Sutherland, IA where he graduated from high school in 1962. During this time Irvin...
Paul Stewart Stave
Oct 29, 2019
Paul Stewart Stave was born, March 16,1947 at his grandma Anna and grandpa Louis Stave’s home in Sisseton, SD to Helen Pauline (Vollmer) Stave and Bennie Milton Stave. He spent his first years in Sisseton, and Kindred, SD and later lived in Circle, MT and Everette, WA where he graduated from high school and attended Evertte Jr. College for 2...
Raymond Earl Russell
Oct 28, 2019
Raymond Earl Russell was born in Ida Grove, IA on January 19, 1950 to Edward and Ruth Janes Russell. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1969 and later took classes at ILCC. Raymond worked at Superior/Witco Manufacturing for many years. He also worked at Spencer Veneer, the Spencer Library, Sacred Heart School and SuperValu.
Raymond loved taking...
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