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Douglas Taylor
Jul 15, 2010
Douglas Milton Taylor was born January 21, 1955 in Spencer, Iowa, the son of Duane and Janice (Mac Collin) Taylor. He graduated from Milford Community High School and continued his education at Morningside College and Iowa Lakes Community College. Douglas worked as a truck driver for twenty-five years before returning to school two years ago. Douglas lived in Milford, Iowa,...
Vivian Alexander
Jul 15, 2010
Vivian Grace Alexander was born November 1, 1909 in Dickinson County, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Lillian (Dunaway) Powell. She married Lyle Alexander in 1932. They farmed near Terril from 1930 to 1957 when they moved to Terril, Iowa. Lyle operated the city's service station and Vivian operated a beauty shop in their home for many years. She loved...
Frank Caughey
Jul 13, 2010
Frank Caughey, Jr., 80, of Spirit Lake, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at Spencer Municipal Hospital. Frank Phelps Caughey was born on May 9, 1930 in Ft. Dodge, Iowa the son of Frank Phelps and LuVerne (Harrison) Caughey. Frank attended school in Algona, Iowa. He was baptized at the Presbyterian Church in 1942. Frank was united in marriage to...
Mildred Wilson
Jul 11, 2010
Mildred Mae Wilson was born to Halver and Sarah (Nattress) Knudson at Milford, Iowa on April 24, 1914. She received her education at Milford was a Milford High School graduate. On December 12, 1933, she was united in marriage to Donald E. Wilson at Spirit Lake, Iowa and three children, Loren, Donna, and Mickey were born to this union. The...
Mary Ridenour
Jul 9, 2010
Mary Ann Ridenour was born in West Bend, Iowa, the daughter of Elvin and Austa Baas. She was raised and educated in West Bend, graduating from West Bend High School in 1948. Mary was united in marriage to Kenneth Ridenour on February 13, 1948 in Emmetsburg, Iowa. The couple made their home in Emmetsburg and California, before moving to the...
Delbert Christopherson
Jul 9, 2010
Delbert Christopherson was born August 6, 1925 in Lakeville Township, Iowa, the son of Swen and Pearl Christopherson. He was a graduate of Milford High School. He lived in Romeoville, Illinois and Reno, Nevada before moving to Milford, Iowa in 1966. He is a member of the First Lutheran Church in Milford and a lifetime member of the American Legion...
LaVonne Foote
Jul 3, 2010
LaVonne Foote was born April 20, 1916 in Storm Lake, Iowa, the daughter of Ralph and Mable (Doan) Van Buskirk. On April 12, 1936, LaVonne was united in marriage to Dale Foote. Dale operated a jewelry store in Paullina from 1936 to 1969 and LaVonne owned and operated the Paullina Dress Shoppe for twenty years. LaVonne and Dale moved to...
Mary Agnes Stein
Jun 30, 2010
Mary Agnes Stein was born to John and Elizabeth (Carroll) Clancy on December 24, 1919 at Fort Dodge, Iowa. She grew up in Pomeroy where she received her early education and then furthered her education at Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On June 3, 1940 she married Garwin Stein at Fort Dodge, Iowa. They lived in Pomeroy, Ames...
Lucy Krogman
Jun 29, 2010
Lucy Krogman was born to Paul and Elizabeth (Bork) Arndt on March 28, 1926 at Jackson, Minnesota. On May 28, 1946 she married Anthony(Tony) Krogman in Lismore, Minnesota and to this union ten children were born. They lived for two and a half years in Richmond, California after World War II and moved to Lismore, MN where she lived until...
Angie Johnson
Jun 29, 2010
Angela Lynn Johnson was born March 12, 1986 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of JoAnne La Padula and Randal Johnson. She was a 2004 graduate of Lincoln High School and a 2008 graduate of Wichita State University. During her years, Angie was actively involved with the Upward Bound Math & Science Program both as a student and an advisor mentor....
Lewis Pogeler
Jun 22, 2010
Lewis William Pogeler was born April 24, 1924 in Manson, Iowa, the son of John and Lena (Carstens) Pogeler. He graduated from Manson High School in 1942. Lewis served his country during WWII. He was drafted by the US Army in 1943 and received his basic training at Camp Polk, Louisiana. He was sent to the European front, where he...
Robert Whitney
Jun 19, 2010
Robert Douglas Whitney was born to Duane and Janet (Foss) Whitney at Worthington, Minnesota on June 13, 1965. He graduated from Milford High School and then attended Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, IA. He graduated from U.S.D. in Vermillion, South Dakota and later obtained a Masters degree from Valdosta State in Valdosta, Georgia. In 1996 he returned to Iowa...
Joyce O'Farrell Gapinski
Jun 16, 2010
Joyce LaVonne Gapinski was born to Charles and Helen (Blum) O'Farrell at Okoboji, Iowa on May 7, 1934. She received her education in Arnolds Park and graduated from Arnolds Park High School. On March 2, 1953 she married Bernard Gapinski at Moorhead, Minnesota and four children were born to this union. She lived in North Carolina while her husband was...
Jeanne Arp
Jun 14, 2010
Jeanne Adell Tay was born on September 15, 1926, in Boone, II, to Florence (Whitney) and M. Owen Tay. She graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1944, and married Marvin Arp on May 29, 1945. They lived In Okoboji until 1960, then in Sioux Falls, SD, for the next thirty years. There she pursued a college education and was...
Virgil Perkins
Jun 5, 2010
Virgil Everett Perkins was born October 8, 1918 in Winterset, Iowa, the son of Fred and Alma (Handy) Perkins. He was raised and received his early education in the Winterset Community. Virgil was united in marriage to Estella Dodds on April 20, 1940 in Spencer, Iowa. The couple lived in Spencer and Spirit Lake before moving to Lake Park, Iowa...
Paul Braunschweig
May 31, 2010
Paul Braunschweig, Jr. was born August 9, 1927 in Waterman Township, Iowa in O'Brien County to Paul Braunschweig Sr. and Bertha (Gieser) Braunschweig. Paul grew up in rural Sutherland. He was baptized in infancy at the Lutheran Church in Sutherland. He received his education in rural O'Brien County. He married Marilyn Mae Fogelman on August 24, 1949 in Jackson, MN....
Elfriede Gerstandt
May 31, 2010
Elfriede Gerstandt was born April 5, 1928 in Paullina, Iowa, the daughter of Elsie (Brandt) and Herman Ploen. She continued her education and graduated from Iowa State Teacher's College. On February 19, 1950, Elfriede was united in marriage to Albert Gerstandt in Paullina. They lived in Paullina and Peterson before moving to Spirit Lake, Iowa in 1969. She attended the...
Sharon Bragg
May 29, 2010
I was born, Sharon Kay Basler, the daughter of Billy Dale Basler and Beatrice June Williamson Basler, on November 19, 1942 in Lake City, Iowa. My father was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas in the Army Air Corps and came home on leave when he heard of my birth. I was the oldest of three children. My sister is Sheryl...
Gladys Norton
May 24, 2010
Gladys Norton was born March 16, 1928 in Sheldon, Iowa, the daughter of Mary (Smith) and Frank Eich. She spent her young life on a farm in Matlock, Iowa receiving her elementary education at Dale Number 8 and graduating from high school in 1946 in Sioux City, Iowa. On January 3, 1948, she was married to Ervin Norton in Dakota...
Irma Gano
May 23, 2010
Irma Leona Gano was born to Charles and Mable Booth south of Marcus, Iowa on March 20, 1914 and baptized in the Methodist Church at Quimby, IA. She attended country school thru the eighth grade in Tilden Twp and then attended high school at Grand Meadow, where she graduated in 1931. She then attended junior college at Cherokee where she...
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