Obituaries
Vivian Lavone Jespersen
Aug 14, 2015
Vivian LaVone Jespersen, the daughter of Jesse and Myrtle (Roberts) Morrow, was born April 22, 1925, on a farm southwest of Royal. She was baptized in the Methodist Church. After her early years on the farm and in country school, she moved with her parents to Spencer, started 7th grade there, made life-long friends, and graduated from Spencer High School....
Sherman C. Scharnberg
Aug 11, 2015
Sherman Charles Scharnberg, the son of Eldo and Helen (Zaiser) Scharnberg was born on October 22, 1935 in May City, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Everly, IA area, where he attended school, graduating from Everly High School in 1954. He then went to Business College in Omaha, NE, before returning to farm in Everly. Sherman married Connie...
Charles Peter Quist
Aug 11, 2015
Charles Peter Quist, the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Nielsen) Quist was born December 14, 1917 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Spencer area, where he attended school. After school Charles worked on the family farm his entire life until his retirement. Charles married Edna Bielfeldt in 1940 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA....
Sarah Ann Van Kleek-King
Aug 10, 2015
Sarah Ann Van Kleek-King, the daughter of Vernon and Alice Van Kleek, was born December 28, 1953 in Emmetsburg, IA. She grew up in Arnolds Park, Iowa and she received her education in the Lake's area, graduating from Spirit Lake High School in 1972. She was a great fish cleaner as she worked with her grandparents, Arthur and Rose Van...
Meryl Lester Smith
Aug 9, 2015
Meryl Lester Smith, 91, born on February 8, 1924 at Curlew, Iowa and baptized April 4, 1947 in Laurens. He graduated from Garfield-Webb in 1943; he served in the Army from 1944 to 1945, and was honorably discharged due to polio. He came home and married the love of his life, Mardella K. Aden in March 1946. They have four...
Gregory 'Greg' Lynn Seaman
Aug 9, 2015
Gregory Lynn Seaman, the son of Bob and Gloria (Mills) Seaman, was born February 19, 1949 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Milford and later Spencer, Iowa, where he received his education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1968. After his schooling, he entered the military and served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War until...
Lorraine Siewert
Aug 6, 2015
Lorraine Anne Siewert, the daughter of Anna and William Drapeau, was born January 26, 1928 in New Haven, CT. She grew up in Connecticut, where she graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1945. She married Richard Siewert on July 3, 1947 in New Haven. After their marriage, they farmed on a farm near Rochester, MN for 17 years. They...
Carolyn Dotson
Aug 5, 2015
Carolyn Rae Dotson, the daughter of Orlo and Cora (Handy) Lockey was born on March 21, 1934, in Spencer, Iowa. She married Gilbert "Tom" Dotson on November 29, 1953, in Arnolds Park, Iowa. One week following their marriage, Tom went to Fort Hood, Texas, to serve in the Army where Carolyn joined him shortly after. They returned home in 1955....
Jean Ann Jackson
Aug 4, 2015
SERVICES Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M., Saturday, August 8, 2015 at the Warner Chapel in Spencer. OFFICIATING Rev. Tonna Parsons CASKET BEARERS VISITATION Visitation will begin 3:00 P.M., Friday with the family present from 5 to 7:00 P.M., Friday Evening at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. MUSIC 'How Great Thou Art' 'Tenderly Calling' 'Lord I'm Coming Home'...
Roseann Barger
Aug 3, 2015
Roseann was born in Northfield, MN, on July 21, 1930 to Enoch and Ethyl (Kucker) Madsen. She moved with her family early in her childhood to Sioux City, IA, where she spent her life until 2008 when she moved to Spencer, IA. Roseann married the love of her life, Robert Barger on July 26, 1949. Together they raised 3 children....
Sandra Jo Quist-Conover
Aug 1, 2015
Sandra Jo Quist Conover, the daughter of Robert Sr. and Marge (Faulkner) Quist was born November 11, 1959, in Spencer, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer area where she received her education before attending Ellsworth Community College. Sandra married Burroughs Conover on July 25, 1992, in Spencer, IA. Sandra worked at Maurer Manufacturing, managed Little Sioux Feeder...
David Edmonds
Jul 31, 2015
David Charles Edmonds, the son of Estal and Eva (Nelson) Edmonds was born December 21, 1952, in Onawa, Iowa. Dave spent his childhood in Little Sioux, Iowa, surrounded by family and the Loess Hills. He graduated from West Harrison High School in Mondamin, Iowa, in 1971. He attended Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, where 'Barney' was a member of...
Billy Blair Rohrbaugh
Jul 29, 2015
Billy Blair Rohrbaugh, son of Lou and Blanche Bailey Rohrbaugh, was born August 24, 1936, at Peterson, Iowa, where he spent his childhood years. He was united in marriage to Carolyn Faye Gottsch, of Sutherland, on September 3, 1960. Shortly after their marriage he joined the Bethel Lutheran Church in Sutherland. Having grown up during the Depression and WWII, he...
Erwin Anton Barglof
Jul 27, 2015
Erwin Anton Barglof, the son of Anton and Nora (Garrett) Barglof, was born October 30, 1925 on a farm north of Greenville, IA. His childhood years were spent near Greenville, where he received his education, graduating in 1943. He entered the military and served with the U.S. Army from 1944 until his honorable discharge in 1946. Erwin married Marlyn Mae...
Shirley Dandy Beck Amis
Jul 26, 2015
Shirley Mae Amis, the daughter of Morris and Maureen (Gruell) Dandy, was born November 19, 1935 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she received her education, graduation in Spencer schools. She married George Beck and to this union was born three sons: Rick, Mick & Terry Beck. During the early years, she stayed at home...
Max Van Buren
Jul 23, 2015
Max Lee Van Buren, the son of Vern and Loretta (Spencer) Van Buren, was born August 18, 1933 in Pawnee City, NE. His childhood years were spent in Pawnee and his family later moved to Spencer, Iowa when Max was a young child. He continued his education at Spencer schools, graduating from Spencer High School in 1951. He attended Westmar...
Roger Norman Negus
Jul 22, 2015
Roger Norman Negus, the son of Orson and Elsie (Heinze) Negus, was born September 2, 1932 in Sutherland, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Sutherland, where he received his education, graduating from Sutherland High School. After high school he drove the route for Sutherland Creamery, where he met Carole Tschill at a store in Marcus. They married on May...
Myrtle Marie Egger
Jul 19, 2015
Myrtle M. Egger, the daughter of Arthur and Rickie (Schultz) Wise was born December 25, 1916 in Oto, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Oto where she received her education in Oto schools. She was baptized in the Congregational Church in Oto. Myrtle married Everett Egger of Holly Springs, Iowa, on November 12, 1940, in Kansas City, Missouri. Following...
Joseph K. Espey
Jul 13, 2015
Joseph K. Espey, the son of Elmer and Edna (Junger) Espey was born on December 19, 1951 in Iowa City, Iowa. His early childhood years were in Milford, Iowa later moving to Spencer where he graduated High School. On July 30, 1993, Joe married Joleen Klaassen in Sioux Falls, SD. They made their home in Spencer, where he worked various...
Norma Jean Andersen
Jul 11, 2015
Norma Jean Andersen, the daughter of William and Tena (Heien) Runkle, was born March 4, 1927 in Greenville, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Greenville, where she receive her early education for 10 years and continued her education in Perryville, Maryland, where she completed her education at Perryville High School, graduating in 1944. After high school, she returned to...
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