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Don Gordon Hill
Apr 17, 2009
Donald Gordon Hill was born October 26, 1927 on the family farm in rural Estherville, Iowa. He graduated from Maple Hill High School in 1945, Estherville Junior College (AA) in 1954, Iowa State Teachers College (BA) in 1956 and Iowa State Teachers College (MA) in 1960. He served in the Iowa National Guard from 1949 to 1964, with a call...
Mary Vee Blackert
Apr 17, 2009
Mary was born May 14, 1944 at the Florence Crittenton Home in Sioux City, Iowa. Two weeks later she was adopted by Ed and Lorene Blackert of Spirit Lake. She had a wonderful life with her family: her parents; brother, Terry and sister, Marla Holt (John); nephews, Karl and Tyler, and niece, Laura Swanson (Tim). Mary attended college and became...
Pat Reason
Apr 16, 2009
Pat Reason, born August 13, 1938, was called home to be with her Lord on April 16, 2009. She died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Her strength in battling cancer was matched only by the love she gave her family. Pat is survived by her two sons and their families: Kelly,...
Ralph Eugene Walsh
Apr 5, 2009
Ralph Eugene Walsh was born April 26, 1920, the son of Edward and Mary (Froelich) Walsh in Superior, Iowa. He was raised and educated in Superior, graduating from Superior High School. Ralph was united in marriage to Mildred Bosrich in May 1954, in Spirit Lake. The couple made their home near Superior, where they raised their family and farmed. Ralph...
Jay Lighter
Mar 30, 2009
Jay Lighter, Jr. was born April 12, 1938 in Spencer, Iowa, the son of Jay H. Lighter, Sr. and Ethel E. Hollesen Lighter. He graduated from Milford High School. On September 26, 1963, Jay was united in marriage to Charlene Rae Simpson in Terril, Iowa. He lived in Sacred Heart, Minnesota before moving to Milford, Iowa. Jay worked at Style...
Roger William Wieck
Mar 30, 2009
Roger William Wieck was born October 2, 1945 in Spirit Lake, Iowa, the son of Frederick and Miriam (Fischer) Wieck. Roger graduated from Spirit Lake High School. He was enlisted in the United States Army in 1967 and served in the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged in 1973. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, socializing and was a member of...
Virgil Duane Hoffman
Mar 29, 2009
Virgil Duane Hoffman was born to Elmer and Verna Hoffman on May 23, 1921 in Wyndmere, North Dakota. Virgil was the 7th of 8 children; Addie, Velma, Eldon, Ruth, Gerald, Lyle, and Ora, all of whom preceded him in death. Virgil left North Dakota due to the Dust Bowl and settled in Iowa. Virgil met and married his neighbor and...
James Patrick Burke
Mar 27, 2009
James Patrick Burke passed away peacefully at the age of fifty-eight on March 27, 2009 after braving a courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis. The sixth child in a family of ten children, Jim was born on August 6, 1950 in Laramie, Wyoming to Joseph and Mary Burke. He attended St. Anthony's Elementary in Casper, WY and Campion Jesuit Preparatory School...
Melba Ruth Alborn
Mar 27, 2009
Melba Ruth Alborn was born August 28, 1925 in Stuart, Iowa. On September 30, 1942, Melba was united in marriage to Gerald E. Alborn in Dayton, Ohio. The family lived in Perry, Iowa until moving to Arnolds Park, Iowa in 1983. Melba was a homemaker and helped Gerald on the farm. After Gerald passed away in 1999, Melba moved to...
Verlyn Duane Marcks
Mar 24, 2009
Verlyn Duane Marcks was born to Lyle William and Bessie Lauretta (Wilson) Marcks at Milford, Iowa on January 6, 1931. He graduated from Milford High School and attended N.E. Missouri State College for two years. Bernie served in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. On September 2, 1977 he married Karen J. "Kay" Bailey at Council Bluffs, Iowa where...
Earl Frederick Von Holdt
Mar 19, 2009
Earl Frederick Von Holdt was born to Helmuth and Lillian Watje Von Holdt on April 30, 1932, at the home of his grandparents, Charles and Marie Watje, in Jackson County, Minnesota. He died Thursday, March 19, 2009 at a Minneapolis, Minnesota care facility. He attended public school in a country school in Dickinson County, Iowa and Worthington High School. He...
Nathan Kingsley Thon
Mar 14, 2009
Nathan Kingsley Thon, Jr., 80, of Arnolds Park, Iowa died Saturday, March 14, 2009, at the V.A. Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Nate was born June 11, 1928, in Austin, Minnesota to Nathan Kingsley and Marie (Sathre) Thon, Sr. Nate graduated from Armstrong Public School. After completing his schooling, Nate served in the United States Army during the...
Donna Lee Sherrill
Mar 12, 2009
Donna Lee Elizabeth Samuels was born on May 26, 1935 in Keokuk, Iowa, the daughter of William Cruise Samuels and Bertha Alice Alberts. She was raised in Keokuk and attended St. Vincent's Elementary at St. Peter's Catholic High School, graduating in may 1954. On June 24, 1954, Donna Lee married Stanley Edward Sherrill at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church (now...
Richard Lyle Schultz
Mar 9, 2009
Richard Lyle "Schultze" Schultz, 77, of Spirit Lake passed away on Monday, March 9, 2009 at the Hilltop Care Center. Richard was born in Bronson, Iowa, to John and Elsie Schultz. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He was married for fifty years to Shirley Anne Schultz. They lived for many years in Elkhorn, Nebraska while...
Dale William Bastman
Mar 7, 2009
Dale William Bastman was born June 5, 1919 in Silver Lake Township, Dickinson County, Iowa, the son of Wilhelm Friedrich Carl and Bertha Dorthy (Dwinger) Bastmann. He was the second of five children, including his brother John George and his sisters Ellen Harriett, Edna Marie and Anna Mae. At the age of five years he moved with his family to...
Philip F.H. Pugh
Mar 6, 2009
A celebration of Dr. Pugh's colorful life will be held on Friday March 13, 2009. Visitation will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday, and will be followed by a memorial service at 11 a.m. at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Burial and reception will follow. Siblings: Vivienne Lentell, Vernon Hughes (both deceased) Wife: Elizabeth Ramsdell Pugh Children: Philip...
Letitia Lawson
Feb 22, 2009
Letitia (Northey) Lawson was called home to be with her Lord on February 22, 2009. Carrie Letitia Northey was born to Carrie and Albert Northey on April 10, 1896 in Okoboji, Township, near Milford, Iowa. She was married to William John Lawson on January 1, 1919. They were blessed with four children, Ruth Draper (Darrel), Jean Kutz (David), Elwin, and...
Gordon S. MacRunnels
Feb 21, 2009
Gordon S. MacRunnels was born to Ralph and Dollie (Waycoff) Mac Runnels on September 27, 1926 in Excelsior Township, south of Lake Park. As a young child, he moved to Spirit Lake with his parents. He attended the Spirit Lake Community School. He was a life long resident of Spirit Lake and worked for many years as a handyman doing...
Esther Christiensen
Feb 18, 2009
On March 2, 1919 Esther Christensen was born in the great western plains of northeast, Wyoming, her parents Guy and Dora Glover had migrated from Terril, Iowa with other family members to homestead out west. Esther had two siblings, older brother Lester and a sister whom passed away on day after birth. The family returned to Terril after five years...
Donna Minnie Larson
Feb 18, 2009
Donna Minnie Larson was born February 2, 1921 in Everly, Iowa the daughter of Everett and Maude (Twogood) Boyles. She was raised and educated in Everly, where she was a graduate of Everly High School. Donna was united in marriage to Alvin Larson on December 25, 1940, in Spencer, Iowa. The couple made their home near Milford, where they raised...
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