Obituaries
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...
Alice Louise Eldridge
Aug 13, 2018
Alice Louise Eldridge, the daughter of Oatha and Eva (Deese) Long, was born December 16, 1929 in Quinter, KS. Her childhood years were spent in Kansas, where she received her education graduating from Quinter High School. After high school, she continued her education at State Teacher’s College in McPherson, KS receiving her associates degree in education. She later...
James Alvin Pitts
Aug 7, 2018
James (Jim) Alvin Pitts was born on May 1, 1930, in Cherokee Iowa. He was the son of Alvin and Mary (Linnemann) Pitts. Soon after graduating from Highview High School, Jim joined the Air Force and served during the Korean conflict until 1954 when he returned home to the family farm.
On November 22, 1956, Jim married Edith L. Verdon...
David Mills
Aug 3, 2018
David P. Mills died peacefully on Aug. 3, 2018, in Bradenton, Florida, at the age of 64.
Dave was born on Dec. 7, 1953 to Jean and James Mills. He graduated from Everly High School in 1972 and attended Worthington Community College. He farmed for 20 years outside Spencer, Iowa, before owning and operating the Scoreboard Lounge in Milford, Iowa....
Ken Norris
Aug 2, 2018
George Kennon Norris, loving husband and father, age 89, passed away on August 2, 2018 in the Hartley Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley, Iowa. Ken passed after a struggle with Alzheimer’s.
Ken was born in Kearney, Nebraska, on April 16, 1929 to George and Mable Norris (Nieman). He was raised on the farm, which remains in...
Everett Dale Amis
Jul 30, 2018
Everett Dale Amis, the son of Farris and Anna (Swanson) Amis, was born September 26, 1929 on a farm near Greenville, IA. Everett attended Greenville School and graduated from Greenville/Rossie in 1947. He spent his entire life on the family farm with the exception of 2 years when he served in the Army, becoming a Corporal and participating in...
Violet Evangeline Schmidt
Jul 28, 2018
Violet Evangeline Schmidt, the daughter of Arthur and Anna (Brenne) Anderson, was born March 19, 1922 in Lakefield, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Lakefield, where she received her education, graduating from Lakefield High School in 1941. After her schooling, she worked at various clothing stores in Lakefield and Worthington, Minnesota.
Violet married Allen Schmidt on February 19,...
Scott Clarke Mackey
Jul 25, 2018
Scott Clarke Mackey, the son of Robert and Anna (Julif) Mackey was born May 24, 1964 in Storm Lake, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Webb and Gillett Grove, IA area where he attended school, and graduated from South Clay High School in 1982.
Scott married Donna Merrill on May 24, 1991 in Ruthven,...
Clarian Ardyce Lovitt
Jul 23, 2018
Clarian was born March 5, 1924 to Clarence W. and Lottie Starkey Bittinger in their home in Spencer. She died July 23, 2018 at Northshire Nursing Home. Clarian was educated in Spencer schools, graduating from Spencer High in 1942. That fall she entered Chillicothe (MO) Business College, concentrating on secretarial and bookkeeping courses. She began her business career with York...
Merrill Arthur Sebastian
Jul 21, 2018
In lieu of Flowers a memorial fund has been established by the family.
Merrill Arthur Sebastian, the son of Arthur and Kate Sebastian, was born August 29, 1933 in Spencer, Iowa. Merrill went to his eternal home early in the morning of Saturday, July 21, 2018. Merrill grew up on the family farm southwest of Spencer. He graduated from...
Richard "Dick" Lee Schallau
Jul 19, 2018
Richard Lee Schallau, age 82, passed away on July 19, 2018 at Longhouse Residence. The son of Irvin and Joye (Tripplet) Schallau, Richard was born the sixth of ten children on February 6, 1936 at the family home west of Sutherland, Iowa. He attended Quimby School from Kindergarten to 10th grade, then transferred to Meriden graduating high school in...
Jack Lowell Easter
Jul 17, 2018
MEMORIALS MAY BE DESIGNATED TO THE ABBEN CANCER CENTER ORTHE SPENCER HOSPITAL HOSPICE. Jack Lowell Easter, the son of Elza and Inez (Galloway) Easter, was born August 3, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Norwalk, Iowa until 1937 when his family moved to Winterset at age 12. He graduated from Winterset High School in...
Stella King Wilson
Jul 16, 2018
Stella King Wilson, 100, a longtime resident of rural Dickens, passed away on July 16, 2018.
She was born on May 21, 1918, on a farm in Logan Township in Clay County, Iowa, the daughter of John Chester and Bessie King.
Stella began her education at a rural country school a mile from her childhood home. She graduated from...
Velma Vesta Wiese
Jul 16, 2018
Velma Vesta Wiese, the daughter of Rudolph and Lillie (Ott) Peters, was born September 17, 1915, near Everly, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Everly area where she attended a rural school and graduated from Everly High School. Following graduation, she pursued a career in nursing at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
On September 26,...
Donald Monroe Heiter, Jr.
Jul 14, 2018
Donald Heiter, Jr., the son of Donald and Maxine (Wilcox) Heiter, was born September 26, 1944 in Humboldt, IA. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1963. He attended CE School of Commerce in Omaha, NE for one year. In 1965, he enlisted in the USAF and was...
Wilhelmina Bick Yun Dailey
Jul 11, 2018
Wilhelmina Bick Yun Dailey, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Len) Chong was born July 29, 1931 in Honolulu, HI. Her childhood years were spent in Honolulu where she attended school. After graduating high school, she worked at the Dole Pineapple Plant.
Wilhelmina married Leroy Dailey on September 3, 1966 at her parents house in Aiea, HI. They...
Joseph Walter Morris
Jul 11, 2018
Joseph Walter Morris suddenly passed on July 11, 2018 doing what he loved. Joseph Walter Morris was born on March 28, 1941 to Melvin and Emma (Hayes) Morris in Monterey, MN. In 2012 Joseph remarried to Alauna Telbot. They resided in Spencer, IA, where Joseph operated a trucking company. Joseph enjoyed spending time traveling the United States, going to...
Betty Lavan Clayton
Jul 10, 2018
Loved and respected by all, Betty LaVan (Kirkpatrick) Clayton who was born June 25, 1923, in Marengo, Iowa, to David Leo and Marjorie Althea (Brown) Kirkpatrick, joined her husband in heaven on July 10, 2018. She exited this world quietly and peacefully, in her sleep as her mother before her, and as she did most everything in life.
Early in...
Robert "Bob" Leroy Verner
Jul 10, 2018
Robert “Bob” Verner, age 73, of Spencer, IA, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD after a brief illness.
Bob, the son of Robert and Dorothy Verner was born in Wichita, KS on April 20, 1945. His father was in the U.S. Army so the...
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