Obituaries
Lois Ann Beck
Dec 5, 2015
Lois Ann Beck, the daughter of Irving Andrew and Ida Ruth (Garver) Reese was born April 10, 1923, on a farm near Linn Grove, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Rossie area and attended Rossie School. On February 28, 1945, Lois was united in marriage to Rudolph Beck at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal, Iowa. Following their...
Audrey Goettsche
Dec 4, 2015
Audrey Jane Goettsche, the daughter of Humphrey and Clara Belle (Riley) Cox was born June 14, 1925 in rural Moorhead, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Peterson, IA area. She graduated from Peterson High School in 1943. She attended Moorhead Business School in Moorhead, MN. Audrey worked for Standard Oil, before marrying Raymond Goettsche in Peterson, IA on...
Helene Simons
Dec 3, 2015
Helene Margaret (Mattson) Simons, age 95, longtime resident of rural Webb, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Northshire Residence in Spencer. Helene was born on August 22, 1920 to parents Carl and Mabel (Dahlgren) Mattson in Grand Meadow Township, Cherokee, Iowa. She grew up on the family farm located east of Grand Meadow with her brother and sister....
Jody Elizabeth Syndergaard
Nov 29, 2015
Jody Elizabeth, daughter of Donald Leroy and Joan Marliene (Burke) Johnson, was born November 12, 1961, in St. Paul, Minnesota. She grew up in Ulm, Arkansas and Paullina, Iowa, where she attended Zion-St. John Lutheran School and graduated with the Paullina High School Class of 1980. She then took business classes at Northwest Iowa Technical College and began working for...
Arlene Evelyn Koenck
Nov 28, 2015
Arlene Evelyn Koenck, the daughter of Earl and Mildred (Pothast) Bernhagen, was born May 23, 1926 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Dickens area, where she received her education, graduating from Lake Center High School in 1943. She attended Iowa State College (now ISU) where she graduated in 1947. She taught high school Home Economics and...
Timothy Dwayne Mike Elder
Nov 27, 2015
Timothy Dwayne Mike Elder, son of Robert and Mildred (Childress) Elder, was born November 3, 1981 in Lincoln, NE. His childhood years were spent in Ruthven, Iowa, where he received his education. Tim spent his entire life in Spencer, where he worked several odds and ends jobs, most recently employed making pizzas at Casey's General Store in Spencer. He passed...
Ann Sorenson
Nov 26, 2015
Ann Sorenson, daughter of Gaetana Lipari and Santo Collova, was born September 22, 1915, in Racine Wisconsin. She was baptized at Sacred Heart Church and her childhood years were spent growing up with her four siblings, Frank, Dominic, Rose and Mary. She was united in marriage to Harry S. Sorenson on July 2, 1938 in St. Mary's Parsonage, Racine, WI,...
Donald L. Wilson
Nov 23, 2015
Donald L. Wilson, 95, of rural Dickens, passed away on November 23, 2015. Donald was born on July 26, 1920, in Freeman Township, Iowa, the son of Roy and Katie Wilson. He married Stella King on July 11, 1944. After attending a rural school, Donald began farming south of Dickens. He worked side by side with his father and his...
Leon Watson Walker
Nov 22, 2015
Leon Watson Walker, the son of Lester Wayne and Ruth A. (Watson) Walker, was born May 10, 1922 in Sioux Rapids, IA. His childhood years were spent in Rossie, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Rossie High School in 1941. Leon married Phyllis June Walker on August 15, 1944 in Spencer, Iowa. After their marriage, they made their...
Darlene Marian O'Sullivan
Nov 21, 2015
Darlene Marian O'Sullivan, the daughter of Alfred and Ida (Rasmussen) Anderson, was born on April 23, 1933, on a farm north of Royal, IA. She grew up and received her early education there until the family moved to Spencer where she graduated from Spencer High School. Following high school she went to beauty school in Sioux City. She then worked...
Darlene Koenig
Nov 20, 2015
Lois Darlene Koenig, 83 years old. Born August 27, 1932 in Spencer, Iowa. Darlene passed away November 20, 2015 at Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Darlene grew up in Greenville, Iowa and graduated from Gillett Grove High School in 1950. During her school years she loved to play basketball with the Hill Toppers of Gillett Grove High,...
Marilyn Kay Jewett
Nov 18, 2015
Kay Jewett, the daughter of Floyd and Wayve (Denney) Kirby, was born March 22, 1939, in Villisca, IA. She was married to Hugh N. Jewett on May 29, 1963 in Oceanside, CA. They had one daughter, Cindy Linn. Kay graduated from Aurelia High School in 1957. She worked for the First Trust and Savings Bank in Aurelia until December 1959....
Janice Joanne 'Heisler' Turnquist
Nov 18, 2015
Janice (Heisler) Turnquist, age 79, passed away unexpectedly November 18, 2015, at the Spencer Hospital. Born Janice Joanne Larson on October. 15, 1936, in Ruthven, Iowa, to Edward and Victorean (Steidl) Larson, she grew up in Ruthven surrounded by a huge extended family and a lot of friends. After graduating from Ruthven Consolidated School in 1954, she moved to Spencer...
John Stanley Cross
Nov 16, 2015
John Stanley Cross, the son of George and Dollie (Teachout) Cross was born June 18, 1930, on a farm north of Webb, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in the Webb area where he received his education, graduating from Webb High School. John accepted Christ and was baptized at the age of 12. In 1946, at the age of 16,...
Venetia 'Cricket' Blakely
Nov 15, 2015
Venetia Moira 'Cricket' Blakely, the daughter of Frederick and Zoe (Packard) Cochrane, was born October 20, 1928 in Creston, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent there where she received her education, graduating from Creston High School. Cricket married James Blakely and to this union three daughters were born: Barbara, Nancy and Andrea. The early years of her marriage were spent...
John Valory Henely
Nov 13, 2015
John Valory Henely, the son of Lee and Gladys (Cox) Henely, was born on August 13, 1954 in Emmetsburg, IA. He was raised on a farm near Ayrshire where he attended school, graduating in 1973. After high school he entered into the military, serving in the U.S. Marine Corp. Following his time in the service he returned to the Ayrshire...
Bruce Edward Haht
Nov 12, 2015
Bruce Edward Haht, the son of Henry and Kathryn (Noethe) Haht, was born October 13, 1951 in Primghar, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Sutherland where he received his education, graduating from Sutherland High School. Bruce married Micki Anderson on October 16, 1970, in Sutherland. After their marriage, they moved to Calumet and Bruce worked for Micki's dad driving...
Robert 'Bill' Sackett
Nov 6, 2015
Robert Wilson 'Bill' Sackett was born on November 20, 1933 as the third of Wilbur Wilson and Edith Murphy Sackett's five children. Bill attended school in Spencer, Iowa and was a member of the first Spencer High School Basketball team to make it to the state tournament in 1952. Bill managed the delivery of the Des Moines Register throughout high...
Paul Wayne Rohwer
Nov 6, 2015
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Church of Christ Youth Services in Sutherland. Paul was born on a farm two miles from Paullina, Iowa, on November 30, 1922, to Gladys and Burdette Rohwer. He spent his early years with his parents, and two sisters on farms in the area until his father purchased a ranch in...
Amos Christensen, Jr.
Nov 4, 2015
Amos LeGrant Christensen, Jr., the son of Amos and Hildur (Johnson) Christensen, Sr., was born August 29, 1930, in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Royal where he received his education, graduating from Royal High School in 1948. Amos began farming with his brother at the age of 14. He continued his education at Iowa State University where...
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