Obituaries

Robert Dale Hinton

Robert Dale Hinton

Mar 25, 2017

Robert Dale Hinton, the son of Delbert and Edith (Stockdale) Hinton, was born April 19, 1921 in Bradford, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Iowa Falls, where he received his education, graduating from Iowa Falls High School. After his schooling, he entered the military and served with the Army Air Force during WWII from 1942 until his honorable discharge...

Ruth Jean Prentice

Ruth Jean Prentice

Mar 22, 2017

Ruth Jean Wulkow, daughter of Richard and Augusta (Peters) Wulkow, recently of Milford, Iowa and longtime rural Terril resident, passed away on March 22, 2017. Born January 29, 1926 at Rockwell City, Iowa, Ruth spent her younger years as a farm girl near Lytton, Iowa. She attended parochial school at St Peter's Church, rural Sac City, Iowa & later attended...

Leonard Koch

Leonard Koch

Mar 18, 2017

Leonard Marvin Koch, the son of John and Ella (Krumm) Koch was born February 2, 1927, on the family farm near Paullina, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Paullina area where he attended country school, Lutheran Parochial School, and graduated from Paullina High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1945 and served in the Korean War...

Doris Ann Jespersen

Doris Ann Jespersen

Mar 18, 2017

Doris Ann Jespersen, eldest daughter of Eibe and Alma (Hansen) Wilken, recently of Spencer and longtime Royal resident, after experiencing a short illness, was granted her wish to experience no more birthday's this Saturday, March 18, 2017. Born September 10, 1927, on a farm near Everly, Iowa she spent her younger years as a farm girl south of Rossie, attending...

Kristin Marie Peterson

Kristin Marie Peterson

Mar 16, 2017

Kristin Marie Jacobs Peterson, 67, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017, at her home following a short illness. A private family memorial service will be held Saturday, March 25, 2017, at First Presbyterian Church in Spirit Lake. Family and friends are invited to a visitation at the church that afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Kristin...

Burryl Campbell

Burryl Campbell

Mar 15, 2017

Burryl Eugene Campbell, of Hartley, Iowa, was born at home on September 29, 1946 in Emmetsburg, Iowa to Henry and Lucille (Sweet) Campbell. He passed away surrounded by his family on March 15, 2017 under hospice care at the Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley. Burryl entered the Army in 1965. During his service to his country, he earned his...

Archie Andrews

Archie Andrews

Mar 11, 2017

Archie Miner Andrews, the son of Archie and Ella (Miner) Andrews was born June 4, 1947 in Spencer, Iowa. In his youth he worked on the family farm and attended Gillette Grove High School where he graduated in 1965. Archie received a 2-year technical degree from Iowa State University in Electrical Engineering in 1967. He served in the U.S. Army...

Charles Scheil

Charles Scheil

Mar 8, 2017

Charles Edward Scheil was born June 3, 1931 in Sioux City, IA to Max and Bethel (Meyer) Scheil. His childhood years were spent in the Sioux City area where he attended school, graduating from Central High School in Sioux City in 1949. He enlisted in the Air National Guard in 1949 and during the Korean War, served as a military...

Mary Ellen Christianson

Mary Ellen Christianson

Mar 8, 2017

Mary Ellen Christianson, the daughter of Ilet and Mary Clark Gulbranson, was born September 29, 1922 in Laurens, Iowa. She received her early education and graduated from Laurens High School in 1940. Mary married Kenneth Christianson on May 30, 1944 in Aiken, SC where Kenneth was stationed in the service. They moved to Rembrandt where they made their home for...

Jean Baumann

Jean Baumann

Mar 6, 2017

H. Jean Baumann, the daughter of Bernard and Frances Paskiewicz Goergen, was born January 14, 1927 in Winona, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Winona where she graduated from High School in 1944. Jean married Gaylord Baumann on August 21, 1948, in Winona, Minnesota. They spent the early years of their marriage in Winona. In 1967, they moved to...

Carol Ann Burgeson

Carol Ann Burgeson

Mar 3, 2017

Carol Ann Burgeson, the daughter of Bertel and Ella (Halverson) Lyster, was born October 12, 1942, in Linn Grove, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Linn Grove, where she received her education, graduating from Sioux Valley High School. She later attended Waldorf College in Forest City. Carol graduated from nursing school at St. Anthony's Nursing School in Carroll, Iowa....

Ellen Hart

Ellen Hart

Mar 2, 2017

Living her life to the fullest, Ellen Andersen Hart departed this world just 39 days shy of her 100th birthday. Ellen was born April 10, 1917 in Saeby, Denmark to Christian and Christina Jensen Andersen. Shortly after her mother died, Ellen, at age 4, was brought over in a boat to Ellis Island, NY. Her Uncle Chris Thomsen then brought...

Dorothy Markley

Dorothy Markley

Mar 1, 2017

Dorothy Idell Markley, the daughter of John and Ida (McGee) Yelland, was born on May 20, 1928 in South Dakota. She was raised and received her early education in Moneta and Onawa, IA, graduating from high school there in 1947. After high school, she worked as a waitress. On August 20, 1947, Dorothy married Guy Markley in Dakota City, NE....

Robert 'Bob' John Vanderhoff

Robert 'Bob' John Vanderhoff

Feb 26, 2017

Robert "Bob" John Vanderhoff, the son of Ernest F. and Jeanette M. (Southworth) Nissen, was born May 17, 1921 in Silver Lake Township, Ruthven, Iowa. He was adopted at the age of 3 by George and Emma (Nissen) Vanderhoff, after the passing of his mother. He attended schools in Logan Township and Erie PA, and graduated from Gillett Grove High...

Marilyn Ruth Halling

Marilyn Ruth Halling

Feb 26, 2017

Marilyn Ruth Cameron, the daughter of John and Ruth (Smith) Cameron, was born November 27, 1934 in Rolfe, Iowa. A few years later the family moved to Storm Lake, Iowa, where Marilyn attended grade school. She attended high school there until her Jr. Year. The family moved to Spirit Lake, Iowa in 1950. Marilyn graduated in 1952 from the Spirit...

Alpha Mae Tamisiea

Alpha Mae Tamisiea

Feb 24, 2017

Alpha Mae Tamisiea, 85, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2017, in Spirit Lake, Iowa. The youngest of seven children, Alpha was born on Sept. 4, 1931, in Earlville, Iowa, to Albert T. and Gertrude L. Fear. She grew up in Manchester, Iowa. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Nebraska School of Nursing in Omaha, where...

Norbert 'Norb' Dean Wimmer

Norbert 'Norb' Dean Wimmer

Feb 23, 2017

Norbert 'Norb' Dean Wimmer, the son of Earl Henry and Edna May Schumann Wimmer, was born April 13, 1940 in Hartley, IA. Norb's childhood years were spent in May City and Hartley, IA. In 1954 the family moved to rural Everly, IA. Norb graduated from Everly High School in 1958. Upon graduation, he worked at various jobs until he went...

Robbie William Allen Harris

Robbie William Allen Harris

Feb 21, 2017

Robbie William Allen Harris, the son of Rita Shook Harris and Robbie William Harris, was born on November 12, 1980, in Sioux City, Iowa. He grew up in Onawa and then moved to Vermont and back to Yankton, SD. On October 13, 2007, Rob married Sarah Lynn Knoer and they welcomed three children into their family. They resided in Spencer,...

Robert Edward Killmar

Robert Edward Killmar

Feb 17, 2017

Robert Edward Killmar of Indianola, formerly of Spencer, passed away at his home in Indianola on February 17, 2017. Bob, the son of Jerome and Mary (Rubis) Killmar, was born October, 30, 1946 in Spencer, Iowa and graduated from Spencer High School. Shortly after graduation, Bob entered the United States Navy and was honorably discharged in 1968. Bob married Mary...

Margaret Ann Zeka

Margaret Ann Zeka

Feb 17, 2017

Margaret Ann Zeka, the daughter of Roland and Marie (Nelson) Saeger, was born February 16, 1946 in Genoe, Nebraska. Her childhood years were spent in the state of Nebraska, where she attended grade school in Omaha, Nebraska, continued fifth grade through 11th grade at South Sioux City, Nebraska, and finished high school in Spencer, Iowa, graduating in 1964. Margaret attended...