Obituaries
Ruth Grace Petersen
Feb 7, 2018
Ruth Grace Petersen, the daughter of John and Blanche (Bowles) Albert was born January 18, 1919 in Primghar, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Primghar area where she attended country school and graduated from Primghar High School in 1936. Ruth married Jimmy Davis in June of 1941. They lived on Hickam Air Force Base, in Hawaii,...
Edna Louise Rigby
Feb 4, 2018
Edna Louise Rigby, the daughter of Lillian and Martin Schutt, was born on September 17th 1948 in Hampton, Iowa. She spent most of her young life in Hampton and later moved to Spencer.
She met Garold McGuire while living in Spencer. They became life-long companions and enjoyed fishing, doing crafts, visiting friends and going to the Clay County Fair...
Maurine Mary Spangler
Jan 29, 2018
Maurine Mary Spangler, the daughter of Joseph and Ida (Benz) Hauber, was born February 8, 1918 in LeMars, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School.
Maurine married Willard Spangler on September 9, 1937 in Spencer, IA. After their marriage, they made their home in Everly, where...
Virgil "Corkey" Heinrichs
Jan 27, 2018
Virgil John “Corkey” Heinrichs was born April 21, 1928, on a farm near Bridgewater, South Dakota. His parents were Alphonse Heinrichs and Christina Wernimont. Corkey spent his childhood in Carroll County, Iowa, where he graduated from 8th grade at St. Peter and Paul School. In 1947, he began laying floor covering with his brother, Alvin.
On June...
Reva Tomlinson
Jan 15, 2018
Reva Mae Tomlinson, the daughter of Ralph and Iva (Nafe) Allen, was born on August 22, 1924, in Washta, IA. She grew up on a farm near Washta, where she attended country school and then attended Quimby High School, graduating in 1941. She attended York College in York, NE where she studied Religious Education obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree.
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Cleo Ann Wild
Jan 14, 2018
Cleo was born January 5, 1919, the only child of Nels and Christine (Petersen) Hjelm. They lived on a farm south of Royal. Cleo attended Willow Creek country school for the first eight years of her schooling. She then attended high school in Royal, graduating in 1936. Cleo and her close friends, Elsie Mae (Paulsen) Jones and Mildred (Toft) Swanson...
Bill Leroy Quist
Jan 14, 2018
Bill Leroy Quist, A.K.A Big Red to some of his childhood cohorts, was born June 27, 1951. Bill grew up in Spencer Iowa with his brother Roger, sister Nancy, and cousins Tammy (Faulkner) Nighswonger and Jerry Faulkner. Growing up, Bill ensured Carrol’s Bakery’s success by eating a lot of “Oh Boy’s!” Bill made sure people read the news...
Franklyn D. Mortensen
Jan 11, 2018
Franklyn Dean Mortensen was born September 20, 1938 to Dean Howard Mortensen and Ireane Mae Guy Mortensen. He attended the Royal Community School. He passed away on January 11, 2018 at the Pocahontas Hospital.
He was married to Linda Ann Wilken on November 4, 1967 in Everly, Iowa. They had three children, Paula Mortensen, Patrick Mortensen and Laurie...
James Marvin Hofmeyer
Jan 9, 2018
James Marvin Hofmeyer, the son of Helen (Espey) Walker and Terrence Hofmeyer, was born on January 17, 1971 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
He was raised in Spencer, IA and graduated May of 1989 from Spencer High School. Went to school to get an Associate Degree from Iowa Central in Fort Dodge, IA.
He worked various jobs until deciding...
Robert Martin Larsen
Jan 8, 2018
Robert “Bob” Martin Larsen, the son of John and Irene (Christensen) Larsen was born on January 2, 1945 on the farm near Anita, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Anita area, where he attended country school and later attended Anita High School. He later received his GED and graduated from tech school while in the Air...
Clare Lucille Olsen
Jan 1, 2018
Clare Lucille Olsen, 96, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, on January 1, 2018, at her residence at the loving and caring Northshire Nursing Home in Spencer.
She was born June 9, 1921 in Virgil, South Dakota to Archie and Mabel (Saville) Hebron. Her family moved to Cherokee, Iowa, where Clare graduated from high school.
Clare...
James "Jim" Franklin Laddusaw
Dec 31, 2017
James F. Laddusaw (Jim) was born March 11, 1935, in LeMars, Iowa, to Lawrence Laddusaw and Leona Ruba Laddusaw Smith. Jim grew up in Everly, Lake Park, and Sioux City. He graduated from Sioux City Heelan High School. From high school, Jim enlisted in the U.S. Army and he served two years in Hammelburg, Germany. After his honorable discharge from the army, he...
Oliver Oscar Vogt
Dec 29, 2017
Oliver Oscar Vogt, the son of Oscar and Eleanor Blaue Vogt, was born March 13, 1924 in Gerald, MO. At the age of 5, his family moved to Iowa where Ollie received his early education in country schools and later graduated from Calumet High School. He continued his education at Buena Vista College where he served as President of the...
Janis Elizabeth Sieh
Dec 27, 2017
Janis (Jan) Sieh was born in Omaha on November 5th, 1922 to the parents of Lester and Mildred Shoemaker. She attended North High School in Omaha, Nebraska and Omaha University prior to her employment in the Vice President’s office of the Union Pacific Railroad during the war years.
In 1945 Jan married Paul B. Neafus, a Major in the...
Lynda Gail Schmidt
Dec 27, 2017
Lynda Gail Nagel, the daughter of Henry and Sadena Nagel, was born on November 1, 1946, in Adrian, Minnesota. For most of her youth, she lived on a farm where she attended country school in Allendorf, Iowa, and later graduated from Little Rock High School. Following high school, she worked at Aalfs Manufacturing in Sheldon, Iowa.
Lynda...
Dale Martin Tesch
Dec 27, 2017
Dale Martin Tesch, the son of Harry and Nora Holtgrewe Tesch was born July 17, 1946 in Paullina, Iowa. Dale received his early education from Primghar Country School and graduated from the Primghar High School.
On August 6, 1965, Dale married Rita Van Heuvelen at the American Reform Church in Primghar. Following their marriage, they lived in the communities...
Paul Conrad Haaland
Dec 24, 2017
Paul Conrad Haaland, the son of Thorvald and Margaret (Meredith) Haaland was born December 28, 1950 in Spencer, IA. He grew up in the Royal, IA area, attending Clay Central schools and graduating from Clay Central High School in (1968?) He furthered his education at Iowa State University.
Paul returned home to work on the family farm...
Robert Guerttman
Dec 23, 2017
Robert Case Guerttman, the son of William and Luella (Case) Guerttman, was born on November 10, 1921, in Humboldt, Iowa. Robert received his early education at Humboldt Schools. The family moved to Spencer when Robert was 14. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1939. He enlisted in the Army in 1943, and received a medical discharge in...
Thomas John Hegel
Dec 19, 2017
Thomas John Hegel, the son of John and Clementine (Scheetz) Hegel, was born October 12, 1941 in New Salem, ND. His childhood years were spent on a ranch outside of Elmont, ND, where he received his early education at country schools, later graduating from Elmont High School. He entered the military and served with the U.S. Army, where...
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