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Betty Schroder
Oct 11, 2009
Betty Lorraine Schroder was born to Cecil and Louise (LaLone) Young at Woodbine, Iowa on February 9, 1930. She graduated from Okoboji Consolidated High School. On October 30, 1949 she married Russell John Schroder in Dickinson County. They lived on a farm near Melvin for a couple years, then in Arnolds Park, during their children's school years and at Milford...
Verne Sheldon
Oct 7, 2009
Verne E. Sheldon, age 74, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Verne and his twin brother, Virgil, were born November 29, 1934 on their family farm in Spirit Lake, IA to Roy and Mary Sheldon. Verne's elementary years were spent at Superior School. The family moved to Herman, MN in 1948 where...
Duane Dutton Osborne
Oct 4, 2009
Duane Dutton Osborne was born August 18, 1910 at Carroll, Iowa to Nicholas Wellington Osborne and Anna Orchit Dutton Osborne. He graduated from Terril High School in 1929. On June 2, 1937 he married Alma Oteila Vagle at the Methodist Church in Terril. During his working life he was a farmer, manager/part owner of a grain elevator, was head custodian...
Marie Daggett
Oct 3, 2009
Marie Daggett was born on November 29, 1919 near Sanborn, Iowa to Albert and Etta (Pietens) Kuiper. She was baptized in the First Christian Reformed Church in Sanborn, Iowa on December 28, 1919. She attended school there through the grades. On December 14, 1937, Marie was united in marriage to Wilbur Daggett in Ocheyedan, Iowa. Over the years they lived...
Hazel Dean
Oct 1, 2009
Funeral services for Hazel Dean will be held Monday, October 5, 2009 at 10:30AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sioux Valley, MN. Hazel passed away October 1, 2009 at eighty-eight years of age. Hazel Edith Fischer was born on October 29, 1920, to Ida and Wilheim (Willy) Fischer at Hartley, Iowa. Her parents traveled from Germany to America in the...
Terry Cox
Sep 25, 2009
Family services will be held at a later time for Terry L. Cox, 55 of Milford who died Friday, September 25th at the Daugherty House Hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Terry Luverne Cox was born to John Eldon and Rosemary (Mills) Cox at Fort Dodge, Iowa on November 30, 1953. He graduated from Fort Dodge High School and then...
Orville Waimer
Sep 21, 2009
Orville Benner "Bud" Waimer was born November 29, 1912 in Mc Louth, Kansas, the son of Oscar Henry and Alta Virginia (Nordick) Waimer. He came to Arnolds Park when he was eleven years old with his parents, sister, Evelyn and brother, Mike. Bud was employed on the Alaskan Highway and later enlisted in the US Navy. He served during WWII...
Eileen Devoll
Sep 11, 2009
Eileen Doris De Voll was born on March 11, 1928 in Bath England. She came to the United States in 1948 and lived in Minnesota where she met and married Carroll De Voll. The couple lived in Madelia, MN until 1952 when they moved to Spirit Lake. After Carroll's death in 1975 Eileen met and married Fred Winebrinner. They resided...
Arleen Rohwer
Sep 10, 2009
Arleen Ruth DeMuth Rohwer was born October 19, 1923 at Milford, Iowa to James and Regina (Schaf) DeMuth. She graduated from Milford and received nurse's training at Sioux City. On June 3, 1946 she married George Rohwer in Milford and they lived in Sheldon for four years before returning to Milford to care for her parents and raise 6 children....
James Johnson
Sep 10, 2009
James B. Johnson, age 92, of Spencer and formerly of Spirit Lake, passed away at 12:45 PM on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at Spencer Municipal Hospital following a brief illness. James Benjamin Johnson was born January 4, 1917 in Dalton, Nebraska to Thomas Jefferson Johnson and Myrtle Belle (Jordon) Johnson. James grew up in Holden, Missouri along with his sister,...
Ruth Baker
Sep 9, 2009
Ruth E. (Duncan) DeSpain Baker was born June 3, 1921 the daughter of Edward and Alma (McCord) Duncan in Denison, Iowa. Ruth left us in peace at her home on Little Emerson Bay to join her husbands and children Ed, Tom, and Ann on Wednesday, September 9, 2009. Ruth was born on a farm in Paradise Township west of Denison,...
Bill Coultier
Sep 8, 2009
Bill Ray Coultier was born October 31, 1944 in Estherville, Iowa the son of Raymond Cleveland and Laura Elizabeth (Newton) Coultier. He was raised and educated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he graduated high school. He attended the University of Iowa for two years prior to entering the US Army in 1965, where he served during the Vietnam War until...
Stephen Graff
Sep 3, 2009
Stephen K. (Steve) Graff of Spirit Lake, IA, died September 3 in the Hospice Care Unit at the Spencer Municipal Hospital. He was 59. The Turner Funeral Home in Spirit Lake is in charge of arrangements. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m and again at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 7, at the funeral home. Visitation with family...
Alta Clair Thompson
Aug 24, 2009
Alta "Ollie" Claire Thompson was born June 28, 1918 in Grand Meadow, Iowa, the daughter of Harvey and Edna (Bammer) Harrison. She was raised and educated in Grand Meadow, graduating from Grand Meadow High School. She then obtained her teaching degree from Morningside College in Sioux City. In 1944 she married Charles Dale Thompson in San Francisco, CA. She taught...
Beulah May Senn
Aug 24, 2009
Beulah May Senn was born January 26, 1920 in Osceola County, near Harris, the daughter of Delbert and Florence (Smith) Morfitt. She attended school at Allison #7 and Harris Consolidated School. Beulah was united in marriage to Robert Senn on August 5, 1961 in Harris. He preceded her in death on August 21, 1983. Mrs. Senn was a member of...
Sharyl Curtis
Aug 13, 2009
Sharyl Ilene Curtis, 62, passed away August 13, 2009 at Longhouse Nursing Home in Spencer, Iowa. Sharyl was born December 15, 1946 to Eldon and Arlowene (Voss) Jansen. She grew up in Sioux Valley, Minnesota until the family moved to a farm near Harris, Iowa. She graduated from Harris Lake Park High School in 1965. In November 1965, she married...
Ralph Boles
Aug 10, 2009
Ralph Boles was born September 20, 1927 in Hartley, Iowa, the son of Raymond and Sadie (VanCleve) Boles. On March 22, 1953, Ralph was united in marriage to Delores May Hunt in Milford, Iowa. The family lived west of Milford until moving into town in 1956. He farmed and worked general construction. He enjoyed gardening and riding his yellow bicycle...
Peter Harmsen
Aug 6, 2009
Peter Harmsen was born June 9, 1924 in Rock Valley, IA, the son of Walter and Marie (Noteboom) Harmsen. He graduated from Sheldon High School in Sheldon, IA and entered the Military Service (Army) from March 1943 through March 1946. Peter was united in marriage to Leona Van Veldhuizen on June 18, 1946 in Sheldon, IA. He worked with his...
Ravina Hintze
Aug 6, 2009
Ravina Mae Hintze was born October 20, 1918 at Melvin, Iowa to Sever and Mae (Schut) Raveling. She attended school in Lake Park. On November 4, 1936 she married Lester John Hintze at Spirit Lake. They farmed in Sioux Valley until 1958 when they took over the operation of the Sioux Valley Log Cabin Steak House and Dance Hall. Les...
Miriam Cecel Ferguson
Jul 31, 2009
Miriam Cecel Ferguson on June 20, 1919 at Grundy Center, Iowa to Samuel and Clara Moats. She graduated from Conrad High School. On August 12, 1938 she was married to Eldon Ferguson. The couple farmed near Waukee for four years before moving to Urbandale where he developed a bridge painting business. They operated this business for 17 years before founding...
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