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LaVerna Switzer Lee
May 7, 2010
LaVerna Switzer Lee was born July 4, 1915 in Spencer, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Ida (Swanson) Lundquist. She was educated through the eighth grade and lived most of her life in the Spirit Lake area. On May 7, 1933, LaVerna was united in marriage to Vern Switzer in Spencer. Vern passed away May 29, 1976. She was later...
Bambi Sheley
May 3, 2010
Bambi Dean Sheley was born to Bonnie Ingvall and Darrald Smith on June 8, 1949 in Spencer, Iowa and was later raised by Bonnie and John Ingvall. She lived and was educated in Spencer before moving to Milford, Iowa in 1976. She lived briefly in San Diego and Ocean Beach California before returning to Milford. She was united in marriage...
Wilbert Thee
May 1, 2010
Wilbert H. "Bud" Thee was born October 22, 1922 in May City, Iowa, the son of John, Sr. and Mathilda (Bieldfelt) Thee. He was raised on the family farm near May City and attended Harrison Township School. Bud was united in marriage to Mildred Leth on November 23, 1944 in Worthington, MInnesota. Bud loved and operated the Thee family farm...
Myrtle Ulman
Apr 29, 2010
Myrtle I. Ulman was born in Seneca, South Dakota, the daughter of Michael E. Stevens and Nellie (Ford) Stevens. She graduated from Huron High School and later attended college in Mankato, Minnesota. Myrtle taught school in South Dakota in a one room school house. In 1935, she married Guy Ulman and they raised a family in Rapidan, Minnesota. Over the...
Gwen Miller
Apr 15, 2010
Gwendolyn Ruth Miller was born September 27, 1930 at the family home east of Arnolds Park, Iowa, the daughter of Curtis Eugene Bundy and Marie Mildred (Longshore) Bundy. She graduated from Arnolds Park High School. On February 8, 1949, Gwen was united in marriage to Leland Earl Miller in Arnolds Park. The family made their home in Milford, Iowa and...
Beverly Whitmer
Apr 8, 2010
Beverly Whitmer age 78, died April 8, 2010 at her Tucson home after a yearlong battle with cancer. She was and forever will be a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, daughter, employer and friend. Beverly Jean was born December 5, 1931, in Montgomery, Iowa to Edna and Layton Vick. She grew up working in the family business known as...
Phyllis Holle
Apr 7, 2010
Phyllis Dorothy (Ihnen) Holle was born March 29, 1925 in her grandparent's bedroom in Holstein, Iowa to Harry and Selma (Bremer) Ihnen. In 1942, she graduated from Excelsior High School and married her neighbor friend, Sylvester Holle on June 27, 1943. Phyllis raised thousands of chickens; bottle fed many lambs, chased pigs and fed cows. Many gardens were planted, fields...
Pauline Marie Hartung
Apr 7, 2010
Pauline Marie Hartung, age 86, of Spirit Lake, passed away April 7, 2010 at Franklin General Hospital Nursing Facility in Hampton, Iowa near her daughter's home. She was born on December 20, 1923 in her home in Lottscreek, Iowa to William and Marie (Davis) Voigt. She grew up in the Rural Kossuth Co./Cylinder area and graduated from Cylinder High School...
Stanley Pugh
Apr 6, 2010
Stanley was born in Spirit Lake to Marvin and Louise (Springer) Pugh on September 3rd, 1949. He attended Arnolds Park through the 11th grade, and graduated from Spirit Lake. Following high school he spent one year at Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, IA, one year at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff, NE, followed by two years at South...
Frances Radosevich
Apr 4, 2010
Frances A Radosevich was born March 4, 1957, in Spencer, Iowa, the daughter of Frank D. and Eugenia M. Radosevich. She attended St. Joseph's School and Spirit Lake High School. Franny worked at P.L.U.S. for over twenty years and was a member of Catholic Daughters of America. She was a special, lovable person who will be remembered for her dancing...
Carrie Anne Carlstrom
Apr 2, 2010
Carrie Anne Carlstrom, age 33, of Spirit Lake passed away at St. Mary's hospital in Rochester Minnesota on the 2nd of April, 2010, from complications of a ruptured cerebral artery aneurysm. Carrie was born June 8, 1976 in Nevada, Iowa to Linda and Eddie Erickson. The first 18 years of her life were spent in Maxwell, Iowa, and she graduated...
David Medlin
Mar 29, 2010
David Wayne Medlin was born on July 1, 1969 in Fresno, California, the son of Roslyn Jean Ramey and David Medlin. After receiving his high school education, he moved to Nebraska in 1987 and then to Iowa in 1993. David was married to Karla Leiting from 1994-2000. He worked in manufacturing and had just completed is CDL. He was known...
Vickie JoAnn Downing
Mar 25, 2010
Vicky JoAnn Downing was born to Dean and Beverly (Lander) Downing on October 19, 1949 in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a 1967 graduate of North High School in Des Moines. She worked for Bankers Life in Des Moines prior to moving to Milford in 1969. She then completed certified nurse's aide training and worked at the Milford Nursing Center,...
Joseph James Cecil
Mar 23, 2010
Joseph James Cecil was born May 13, 1920, to Claude and Grace (Shields) Cecil in a farmhouse in Woodbine, Iowa. He grew up in Logan, IA, where he attended grade school and high school. This is where he met his high school sweetheart, Maxine. They were married in Los Vegas in 1942. "Doc" Cecil attended Parson College and the University...
Iva L. Peterson
Mar 19, 2010
Iva L. Peterson, 92, died Friday, March 19, 2010, at Good Samaritan Society-Luther Manor, Sioux Falls, SD. Services will be held Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 10 AM in the Luther Manor Chapel in Sioux Falls. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:30 PM at Lakeview Cemetery in Spirit Lake, IA on March 25th. Iva Lucille Moritz was born to...
Jordan C. Knudson
Mar 13, 2010
Jordan C. Knudson, the son of Clarence and Halla (Dalluge) Knudson was born on June 10, 1921 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Jordan left school after eighth grade to help support his family and later obtained his G.E.D. and attended the Iowa Police Academy. He served his country from 1942-1946 during WWII and was honorably discharged in 1946. On August 31,...
Verda Lucille Woodley
Mar 12, 2010
Verda Lucille Woodley, the daughter of Sherman Cutler and Verna Mabel Morris, was born in Estherville, Iowa, on November 3, 1920. She graduated from Estherville High School in 1939. On February 22, 1943, Verda married Dale Woodley. To thus union six children were born, Marilyn Kay, Wayne Dale, Joel Michael, Kathleen Susan, Debra Lynn and Richard Dean. Verda enjoyed being...
Dennis Leroy Meyerdirk
Mar 11, 2010
Dennis Leroy Meyerdirk age 68, the son of Roscoe and Eileen (Snow) Meyerdirk was born Oct.10, 1941 at Lake Park, IA. Dennis grew up on the family farm east of Worthington, MN. He attended school at Ewington through 7th grade and on to Okabena, graduating in 1960. In July 1950, Dennis and his 4 siblings lost their mother suddenly to...
Virginia Griffin
Mar 9, 2010
Virginia Griffin, 85, of Spencer, formerly of the Lakes Area. Mrs. Griffin passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at the Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake.
Ruth Elaine Cook
Mar 7, 2010
Ruth Elaine Cook was born December 1, 1917, in Graettinger, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Esther (Paulsen) Anderson. She graduated from the Terril High School in 1935. On May 2, 1937, Ruth was united in marriage to Ervin Cook in Terril. The couple moved to Lake Park, Iowa in 1939. Ruth worked as a bookkeeper for her father at...
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