Obituaries
Elizabeth "Betty" Mae Behrends
Dec 15, 2017
SERVICES Services will be held at a later date. OFFICIATING Rev. C. Peter Maisenbach INTERMENT Riverside CemeterySpencer, Iowa
Betty Louise Runkle
Dec 11, 2017
Betty Louise Koehnk Runkle, the daughter of Otto and Anna Bielfeldt Koehnk was born November 24, 1926 in Clay County, Iowa. She was raised on a farm southwest of Everly, graduating from Everly as valedictorian of the class of 1944.
She attended Iowa State Teachers College in 1945, taught at Merrill, IA and in 1946-1948 at Moneta, IA.
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Shawn Lee Smith
Dec 9, 2017
Shawn Lee Smith, the son of Dennis “Patrick” and Nancy (Mengelsen) Smith, was born May 30, 1967 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Fostoria, where he received his education, graduating from Milford High School. After his schooling, he learned the welding trade from his father and worked with him at Fostoria Welding. Shawn also worked...
Floyd Forrest Faulkner
Dec 8, 2017
Floyd Forrest Faulkner, the son of Gerald and Golda (Hupp) Faulkner, was born December 14, 1941, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education. Following his schooling, he worked as a truck driver for several years.
Floyd worked at Sieh’s Farm Drainage for most of his working life until he...
Frank Ewing Tuttle
Dec 7, 2017
Frank Ewing Tuttle, 100, passed away quietly at the Spencer Hospital on December 7, 2017. The son of Randall Marcus Tuttle and Ruth Ewing Tuttle grew up on a farm on the edge of NW Spencer with his 2 brothers, Peter and Thomas, and they spent their summer days at their parents' cottage at...
Margaret June Mueller
Dec 7, 2017
Margaret June Mueller, the daughter of Martin and Ellen (Emanuelson) Jones, was born June 5, 1928 in Linn Grove, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Peterson, where she received her education, graduating from Peterson High School in 1946. She worked as a waitress after her schooling.
Margaret married John “Jack” Mueller on January 24, 1948 in Spencer,...
Rex Travis
Dec 3, 2017
Rex Sunday Travis, the son of Roy and Beatrice Lucille (Sunday) Travis, was born November 5, 1919 in Manson, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Pocahontas, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Pocahontas High School. After his schooling, he enlisted in the military and served in the Army in Ghana, where he helped install their first...
Samuel George Crosser
Nov 29, 2017
Samuel Crosser, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and dear friend to all, passed away peacefully on November 29, 2017, at Northshire Care Facility in Spencer, Iowa. Sam was born on July 30, 1932, to Milton and Hilda (Jepson) Crosser in Primghar, Iowa. After graduating from Primghar High School in 1950, Sam joined the Air Force as a ground to air...
Service Of Remembrance 2017
Nov 27, 2017
We light a candle of love... In celebration of the people... And the times... That were important in our lives.Warner Funeral Home, Hospice of Spencer Hospital, Abben Cancer Center and Area Churches held their annual Service of Remembrance on Monday, November 27th, 2017 at the Hope Reformed Church in Spencer with Approximately 135 people in attendance. We would like to...
Dale Marvin Brower
Nov 25, 2017
Dale Marvin Brower, WWII Navy flight instructor officially went “off duty” at 2:10 P.M., Saturday, November 25, 2017. Dale was born to Marie and Gerritt Brower on March 16, 1922 in Plessis, Iowa. He was 95 ½ y/o soul. Dale’s heart simply “wore out”.
Simply put it would be hard to find a more productive human being...
Wayne G. Brown
Nov 25, 2017
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established by the family.
Wayne Gibbons Brown, the son of Lee and Winifred (Gibbons) Brown was born February 19, 1925 in Peterson, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Peterson area where he attended school, graduating from Peterson High School.
Wayne served in the U.S. Navy during WWII until...
William Dean Schindler
Nov 25, 2017
William (Bill) Schindler, the son of Gertrude and Everett Schindler, was born November 15, 1947 in Cedar Rapids, IA. His childhood years were spent in Cedar Rapids area, where he received his education and graduated from George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids. At the age of 17, Bill enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp during the Vietnam...
Jim Harold Hass
Nov 24, 2017
Jim Harold Hass, the son of Harold and Beulah (Purcell) Hass, was born on February 8, 1941, in Sutherland, IA. He was raised and received his early education there, graduating from Sutherland High School. After graduation he ran the Champlain gas station for a few years. In 1965 he started in the insurance business in Sutherland.
On June...
Tracy Jay Vestweber
Nov 24, 2017
Tracy Jay Vestweber, the son of Jack and Gala (Kruger) Vestweber, was born in Clarion, Iowa on May 10, 1960. He received his early education in Dows.
On September 30, 1978, Tracy married Eva LaRue in Eagle Grove, Iowa. Following their marriage, they lived in several communities: Clarion, Loveland, CO, Missouri and settling in Spencer in...
Pane Lovan
Nov 23, 2017
Pane Lovan, 48 of Spencer, Iowa, passed away on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2017. He was born on February 24, 1969, in Vientiane, Laos, the son of Phin Lovan and Luong thi An, and Vinh and Beng Lovan.
Pane was a social person, free spirited and enjoyed spending time with many family and friends. He will be...
Jo Ann Merrill
Nov 23, 2017
In lieu of flowers, memorials will be given to the Spencer Brain Tumor Walk by the family. JoAnn (Rusk) Merrill, the daughter of Clayton James Rusk and Lucille Harriet (Adams) Rusk was born on August 2, 1954, in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on the family farm near Dickens. She was a member of 4-H and had a...
Harriet Jean Johannsen
Nov 22, 2017
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established by the family. Harriet Jean Johannsen, the daughter of Harry and Emma (Kaiser) Hill, was born January 12, 1929, in Sutherland, Iowa. She received her early education through the 5th grade in rural Waterman #4 one room school. She continued her education at Sutherland schools, where she was active...
Henry 'Hank' G. Sterler
Nov 18, 2017
SERVICES Services are pending at the Warner Funeral Home, Spencer, Iowa.
Terry Donald Steffen
Nov 17, 2017
Terry Donald Steffen, second son of Donald Clarence and Lucile May (Olson) Steffen was born on February 23, 1952 in Spencer, Iowa. He was baptized, confirmed, and learned to make homemade ice cream at the Rossie United Church of Christ. Terry attended Greenville-Rossie and Clay Central schools in Rossie, Greenville, and Royal. After graduation, Terry attended Iowa State University in...
June Clara Gonnerman
Nov 16, 2017
June Clara Hansen, daughter of Carl Hansen and Agnes Koep Hansen, was born in Everly, Iowa, on March 12, 1922. The family moved to rural Hartley when June was a teen. She graduated from Hartley High School in 1940 as a member of the National Honor Society.
She was united in marriage to Donald Gonnerman in 1941. The...
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