Obituaries
Lois Pauline Larsen
Sep 12, 2018
Lois Pauline Larsen, the daughter of Leslie and Della (Miller) Rossiter, was born November 4, 1926 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School.
Lois married Arnold “Arnie” William Larsen on June 14, 1949 in Jackson, MN and they lived the rest of their lives on...
James Paul Lund
Sep 11, 2018
SERVICES Graveside services will be held at a later date as his hometown in Nevada, Iowa INTERMENT St. Patrick Catholic Church CemeteryNevada, Iowaprivately at a later date
Marian Helen Crane
Sep 9, 2018
Marian Helen Crane, the daughter of Peter and Myrtle (Johnson) Hagedorn, was born December 9, 1931, at home at Royal, Iowa. She received her early education at a country school and graduated from Royal in 1949. After her schooling, she worked at Fishing Tackle in Spencer as a bookkeeper until her marriage.
Marian married Carl Crane on February...
Alice Weale
Sep 9, 2018
Alice Eugenia Weale, the daughter of Edson and Rosa Mae (King) Bertram, was born on February 5, 1924, in Redwood, NY. She was raised and attended school in Redwood, graduating in 1941. She then attended House of Good Samaritan School of Nursing in Watertown, N.Y, graduating in 1945 with a R.N. degree.
On November 14, 1945, Alice married...
Vernice Eileen Feldhacker
Sep 6, 2018
Vernice Eileen (De Weese) Feldhacker, was born on May 1, 1922 at her maternal grandparents’ farm homestead of William and Pauline Hauschulz (Howschulz) Plinske, in Franklin Township, south of Onawa, Monona County, IA. She was the second child of eight children, born to Charles Leon (Lon) De Weese and his wife, Elsie Lillian (Plinske) De Weese. As a young child...
Ivan Glenn Kleve
Sep 5, 2018
Ivan Glenn Kleve, the son of William and Lucille Egmann Kleve, was born December 2, 1956 in Woodbury, Iowa. He was raised in Sioux City, Iowa where he received his early education and graduated from high school.
Ivan worked at Sioux City Foundry and Airmart Laundry in Sioux City. Ivan moved to Spencer, Iowa in 2004 and he worked...
Lawrence Wayne Smith
Aug 30, 2018
Lawrence Wayne Smith, the son of Arlie R. and Grace (Huggard) Smith, was born October 18, 1920 in Plainfield, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Plainfield, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Plainfield High School. After his graduation, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Army during WWII from 1942 until his honorable discharge...
Kathryn "Kay" Ann Zieman
Aug 29, 2018
Kathryn "Kay" Ann Zieman, the daughter of Verne and Dorothy (Rolfes) Goyette, was born March 18, 1948, in Spencer, Iowa. She attended Spencer Community Schools through the 8th grade and graduated from the Royal High School. She continued her education at the CE School of Commerce in Omaha Nebraska.
On June 24, 1969, Kay was united in marriage...
William Edward Webster
Aug 28, 2018
William Edward Webster, the son of Dale and Carolyn (Kinnetz) Webster was born January 21, 1957 in Emmetsburg, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Emmetsburg area where he attended school and graduated from Emmetsburg High School in 1975.
William married Arlene Tripp in 1975, they had 2 children, Tina and Jennifer. They later divorced. He...
Anna Marie Pingel
Aug 28, 2018
Anna Marie Pingel, the daughter of Chester and Stella (Tomaszewski) Michalak, was born June 26, 1946 in Wieden, Germany. Her family moved to New Jersey in 1951, where she received her education, graduating from Collier High School in Trenton, NJ. Two children were born from her 1st marriage: Anje and Craig. They moved to Spencer, Iowa in 1966.
Anna...
Jeannine Beryl (Bibler) Hansen
Aug 27, 2018
Jeannine Beryl (Bibler) Hansen was born on February 19, 1932, to Floyd and Gladys (Doyle) Johnson. She was the eldest sister of Arlo (Darlene) Johnson, Jocile (Sheldon, deceased) Peterson, and Eldon (Sharon) Johnson.
Jeannine graduated in 1949 from Cornell High School as valedictorian of her class.
She married Gerald Bibler on June 22, 1949, and they raised six...
Sarah Kay Ralph
Aug 24, 2018
Sarah Kay (Larson) Ralph was born on September 1, 1952 in Spencer, Iowa to Winton and Maxine (Cook) Larson. Sarah was raised on a farm southwest of Spencer and graduated from Spencer High School in 1970. Following graduation, she attended Iowa Lakes Community College and earned a degree in Business.
On January 6, 1973 Sarah married the love...
Morris Bernard Weiner
Aug 23, 2018
Morris (“Moe”) Bernard Weiner, the son of Harry Louis Weiner and Ida Vishniskie Weiner, was born May 19, 1929 in Kankakee, IL. He was orphaned as a young child and was raised at the Marks Nathan Jewish Children’s Home in Illinois.
After graduating from high school, Mr. Weiner entered the Military, serving a tour of duty with the Army...
Joyce Ann (Kruse) Sabel
Aug 23, 2018
Joyce Ann (Kruse) Sabel, age 56 was born on November 24, 1961. She passed away on August 23, 2018, at Kavanagh Hospice House due to ovarian cancer after fighting it for nearly seven years. Her funeral will be at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Royal, Iowa, on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. Visitation with the family will be...
Lorraine Agnes Pullen
Aug 21, 2018
Lorraine Agnes Pullen, the daughter of William and Anna (Pohl) Bendlin, was born October 31, 1922 in Clay County, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Okoboji, IA area, where she received her education, graduating from Okoboji High School.
Lorraine married Robert Wayne Pullen on March 27, 1949 in Spencer, IA. Throughout their married life they farmed on the “home...
Marceliene Mae Eckhart
Aug 20, 2018
Marceliene Mae Eckhart, the daughter of William and Marie Marcks Garnjobst, was born April 2, 1922, in Crofton, Nebraska. Her early education started in a country school three miles from her home. The first couple of years she got to and from school by riding a horse behind her uncle, but when he graduated from 8th grade and started high...
Dorothy Rae Rute
Aug 16, 2018
One of the area’s prominent woman’s bowlers has rolled her last frame. Dorothy passed from this life on August 16, 2018. She was the daughter of Ray and Claire Broadie Lawrence, who farmed in rural Clay County. She is survived by her son Larry and daughter-in-law Kay Rute of Topeka, Kansas and daughter Victoria Rute of Spencer, Iowa; granddaughter Zoe...
Janelle Gaye Saunders
Aug 15, 2018
Janelle Gaye Saunders, loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away unexpectedly on August 15, 2018 at the Avera McKennan Hospital, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Jan was born in Lake Park, Iowa, on June 22, 1935 to Lonnie (Tar) and Clarene Weaver (Evans). She was married to Ben Saunders and from this union four children were born. ...
Margaret Ann Seaman
Aug 15, 2018
Margaret Ann Seaman passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, August 15, 2018, at Spencer Municipal Hospital. She was born in Milford, Iowa, on April 20, 1927, and she graduated from Milford HS in 1945. Her parents, Ed and Nina Chaffin, had three other children, Joan, Sarah Jane, and Truman, with Truman being the lone survivor.
After WW2, Margaret met Earlen Seaman....
Sharon Gail Helgeson
Aug 14, 2018
Sharon Gail Helgeson, was born on August 27, 1945 in Falls City, NE to Burl and Jessie (Hackworth) Dykes, the youngest of five children. Her siblings were Virginia, Shirley, Jim and Mary. She grew up in Percival, IA and graduated from the Sidney Consolidated High School in 1963. She worked after graduation at Pendleton Woolen Mills and Nebraska City News-Press...
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