Obituaries
Raymond Franklin Banks
May 31, 2016
Raymond Franklin Banks, the son of Merrill and Leana (Case) Banks, was born October 6, 1920 in Clay County, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Spencer, where he received his education. Raymond married Edith 'Eleanor' (Knight) Banks on September 20, 1942, in Spencer. They farmed in the Fostoria area for many years before retiring and moving to Spencer in...
Marilyn Jean Kruse
May 28, 2016
Marilyn Jean Kruse, the daughter of Adrian 'Tuffy' and Pearl (Chatfield) Hughes, was born July 6, 1936 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1955. After high school, she attended nursing school. She enjoyed organizing class reunions for the class of 1955 until the late 1990's....
Marjorie 'Marge' Batcheler
May 24, 2016
Marjorie (Marge) Viola Batcheler, born October, 21, 1920, to John Bendix and Anna Christena (Sarvold) Lundt, on a farm south of Webb, IA. Marge graduated from Gillette Grove Public School. Marge married Loyd Joseph Batcheler September 4, 1941 at Grace Methodist church parsonage. Marge helped Loyd at the farm, raising chickens, cooking for threshers and other workers over the years....
Jr 'Junior' Williams
May 23, 2016
Emmett B. 'Junior' Williams, the son of Emmett and Bertha (Kruckman) Williams, was born January 11, 1933 in Clinton, MO. He was raised and received his early education around the Rembrandt and Sioux Rapids area. On January 13, 1952, he married the love of his life, Joan Waterman in Rembrandt, IA. Following their marriage, they lived in Rembrandt and Storm...
Donna Mae Yeager
May 22, 2016
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to CAASA or the Abben Cancer Center in Spencer. Donna Mae Yeager, the daughter of Noel and Ruth (Mann) Orcutt, was born May 4, 1939 in Indianola, IA. Her childhood years were spent in in Sioux Rapids and later Dodgeville, WI, where she graduated from high school. Donna later continued her education,...
Barry Dean Strang
May 20, 2016
SERVICES Memorial services will be held 4:00 P.M., Monday, August 8, 2016 at the Warner Chapel in Everly. OFFICIATING Father William Schreiber CASKET BEARERS VISITATION Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at the funeral home. MUSIC "Amazing Grace" "The Old Rugged Cross" By Anne Fell ORGANIST: Anne Fell INTERMENT At a later date
Jeanne Marie Bogenrief
May 19, 2016
Jeanne Marie (Stoltze) Bogenrief was born November 9, 1954, to Carl and Cora (Moore) Stoltze. She was raised on a family farm outside of Hinton, Iowa, where she learned her work ethics which she carried on her whole life. She attended Hinton School and made the all-state basketball team during her junior and senior years. This is also when she...
Lois Fliss
May 19, 2016
Lois Ethlyn Fliss, the daughter of Conrad and Claaska (Meyer) Winterboer was born July 28, 1929 in Everly, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Everly area, where she attended school and graduated from Everly High School. Lois married Virgil Fliss on August 5, 1948 in Everly, IA. She worked as a homemaker and helped Virgil on the farm....
Dennis Dean Mersch
May 15, 2016
SERVICES Private family services will be held at a later date. OFFICIATING CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT
Muriel Mae Johnson
May 14, 2016
Muriel Mae Johnson the daughter of Archie and Charlotte (Vander Hoff) Hines, was born on October 3, 1921, on a farm near Royal, IA. She received her education in country schools and graduated from Royal High School in 1939. After graduation, she attended the University of Iowa for one year, then beauty school in Sioux City. She worked at St....
Theodore 'Ted' Hubert Feekes
May 13, 2016
Theodore 'Ted' Hubert Feekes, the son of Gradus and Rena (Vanden Hul) Feekes, was born November 28, 1920, in Sioux Center, Iowa where he attended Christian and Public Schools. Following his schooling, he attended welding classes in Lake View, Iowa. He entered the military and served in the Army in Fort Lewis, WA in 1942 and was honorably discharged in...
Gerald William Boyer
May 8, 2016
Gerald William Boyer, the son of William and Daisy (Shields) Boyer, was born February 24, 1924 in Scranton, IA, where his dad ran an automotive repair shop in Winterset. They moved to Wallingford, where they attended country schools and he helped around the farm. He also lived around Arnold's Park, where Gerald loved to go roller skating with his brothers....
Lois Werts
May 5, 2016
Lois Lorene Werts, the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Hanna was born September 24, 1926 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on a farm in northwest Spencer. She attended Riverton #3 Country School, her family then sold their farm to Stub's Ranch Kitchen and they moved to Spencer where she graduated from Spencer High School in 1944. Following...
Brenda Holst
May 4, 2016
Brenda Ann Holst, the daughter of Jerry and Pat (Cutting) Holst was born on February 17, 1969, in Hartley, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Everly, IA, area where she attended school, graduating from Everly High School in 1988. Brenda attended Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Worthington, MN. She then moved to Denver, CO, in 1991,...
Laura Ida Conner
May 2, 2016
Born on August 10, 1910, on a farm in rural Dickinson County, Iowa, Laura Ida Philiph Conner was the middle daughter of Ben and Bertha Philiph. She died at St. Luke Nursing Home in Spencer, Iowa, on May 2, 2016, at the age of 105. She graduated from Hartley High School in 1928, and began her teaching career in a...
Marlene Catherine Garot
Apr 29, 2016
Marlene Catherine Garot, the daughter of Arnold Paul Kreutzberg and Dolores Kreutzberg, was born March 2, 1937 and went to be with the Lord on April 29, 2016. She is survived by her estranged husband, Richard Garot, her five children: Christina Garot, Paul Garot, Connie Page, Cari (Jim) Bizzell and Cathy (Bill) Krausert, 7 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. She...
Jack Art Schoelerman
Apr 29, 2016
Jackie 'Jack' Art Schoelerman, the son of Arthur and Edna (Wede) Schoelerman was born November 7, 1941 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Everly, IA area, where he attended school, graduating from Everly High School. Jack married Christine Eriksen on February 11, 1962 in Everly. He was a lifelong farmer and resident of rural Everly, until...
Justin Ray Miller
Apr 29, 2016
Justin Ray Miller, the son of Larry and Pamela (Johnson) Miller, was born on October 27, 1975 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Everly, IA, where he received his education, graduating from Clay Central-Everly High School in 1994. Justin started telemarketing at Evertek when he turned 16, as an after school job. Then, after graduation, Justin worked...
Terrance Lee Bean
Apr 29, 2016
Terrance Lee Bean was born August 18, 1941 in Brown County at Comfrey, MN to Richard and Mildred (Metteer) Bean. He was baptized in 1948 along with his sisters and father in their home in Blue Earth, MN. He attended schools in Blue Earth, Mn, Parkersburg, IA, and in Butterfield, MN. Lee enlisted in the Air Force and received an...
Arlene Joyce Nelson
Apr 27, 2016
Arlene Joyce (Goyette) Nelson, the daughter of Ollie and Ione Goyette, was born on February 11, 1927. Her childhood years were spent in Royal, IA where she received her education, graduating from Royal High School. She moved to Des Moines, IA to work in the district rationing office. It was there that she met a pharmacy student, Bob Nelson. The...



