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George E. Banning
Dec 30, 2007
George Banning was born to Frank and Nancy (Francis) Banning on November 19, 1921 in Spirit Lake, Iowa. He graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1939. Beginning in October 1942, George served his country in the 96th Infantry "Deadeye" Division during WWII, seeing action in Okinawa and Leyte. He was honorably discharged in January, 1946. George was united in...
Gwendolyn L. Spencer
Dec 29, 2007
Gwendolyn Laurel Spencer, daughter of Kenneth and Beullah (Plymesser) Bell, was born on January 4, 1950 in Spirit Lake, Iowa. She graduated from Spirit Lake High School and attended college at South Dakota University. Gwen worked as a manager in the hotel and restaurant business. She lived in Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona before moving back to Spirit Lake...
Shawn P. Farrell
Dec 29, 2007
Shawn Patrick Farrell was born to Jim and Carolin Farrell in Springfield, Massachusetts on April 6, 1968. He was raised and educated in Milford, Iowa. Shawn was united in marriage to Sarah. He dearly loved his five children and will be deeply missed by them. He was a loving and devoted father, husband and a wonderful friend. He loved to...
Patricia K. Kennard
Dec 28, 2007
Patricia Kay Kennard was born December 15, 1937 at Victor, Iowa to Irvin and Mildred Gressley. She attended/graduated from high school at Milford. Patricia lived in Des Moines until moving back to Milford, Iowa in 1996. She worked for the State of Iowa Department of Corrections, AMF manufacturing. and sold Home Interior decorations. She was very proud of her garden,...
Joey L. Cope
Dec 27, 2007
Joey Leigh Cope was born February 11, 1954 in Vallejo, California, the daughter of Herbert and Oletha (Mendenall) Billenburg. In her youth, she moved to Iowa, graduating from Creston High School in Creston, Iowa. Joey was a member of The Church of Latter Day Saints. She worked in the community in the food service industry. Joey joined the ECHO PLUS...
Mary Bjornstad Heinrichs
Dec 18, 2007
Mary "Pooh" Bjornstad Heinrichs, the daughter of Wallace and Mary Jane (Moore) Bjornstad, was born May 28, 1959, in Spencer, Iowa. She spent her childhood years in Spencer. She graduated from Spencer High School in 1978. Mary resided in Spencer, where she cleaned houses, eventually opening her own cleaning business, "The Finishing Touch," which she was very proud of. Mary...
Daryl Newbrough
Dec 17, 2007
Daryl Earl "Pep" Newbrough was born May 20, 1929 at Fostoria, Iowa to Earl and Louise Struchen Newbrough. He graduated from Milford High School in 1948. Pep served in the US Army in Korea from 1951 to 1953. On November 11, 1960 he was married to Deloris Hasara at Sioux Falls, SD. As a young man he worked as a...
John H. Hummel
Dec 16, 2007
John Henry Hummel was born June 30, 1921, the first child of Ed and Lena (Michelsen) Hummel in Cushing, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was later a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Spirit Lake. He graduated from Cushing High School and worked with his dad on the family farm. The family moved to...
Alene R. Hanson
Dec 14, 2007
Alene Rae Hanson, 72, of Arnolds Park, Iowa passed away peacefully on Friday, December 14, 2007 at the Spencer Hospital. Alene was born September 24, 1935, in Arnolds Park, to Ray and Avis Shoemaker. On June 14, 1953 she was united in marriage to Bob Hanson at the First Lutheran Church in Milford, They have two children, Karen and Ken....
George S. Johnson
Dec 12, 2007
George S. Johnson was born April 14, 1934 the son of Milo Ingram and Frances Viola (Murray) Johnson in Laurens, Iowa. He was raised and educated in Laurens, graduating from Laurens High School. George was united in marriage to Joleen Romelle Johnson. They later divorced and he married Audrey Mae Fear at Nashua, Iowa. George worked for Wells Blue Bunny...
John I. Blair
Dec 9, 2007
John Irvie Blair, Jr. was born on December 6, 1950 in Estherville, Iowa to John and Nancy (Nilsen) Blair, Sr. John passed away on December 9, 2007 in Spirit Lake, Iowa at fifty-seven years of age.
Madge Vander Woude
Dec 5, 2007
Magdaline (Madge to all who knew her) Winifred Kreykes Vander Woude died on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 of complications from lung cancer. For all of us who gently urged her to quit smoking, we are pleased that her last words were not, "I want a cigarette." Madge was born on a farm near Sheldon, Iowa on March 29, 1912. Her...
Barbara A. Leth
Nov 30, 2007
Barbara Ann Leth, daughter of George and Mildred (Goodwin) Beck, was born April 9, 1928, in Carroll Iowa. Barb lost her father when she was six years old; at this time the family moved to Sloan, Iowa to live with her mother's family. Barb grew up in Sloan, and graduated from Sloan High School as Valedictorian, Class of 1946. She...
Tori Wuebker
Nov 28, 2007
Tori Wuebker, infant daughter of Gary and Kirsten (Awtry) Wuebker was born on November 27, 2007 at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake, IA. Tori passed away on November 28, 2007 in Spirit Lake.
Augusta Leitch
Nov 26, 2007
Augusta Leitch was born on November 5, 1909 in Parker, South Dakota, the daughter of August and Augusta (Wieners) Vicarius. The family moved to a farm east of Milford when Augusta was four years old. She was raised and educated in Milford, graduating from Milford High School. Upon completing a summer teacher education course, Augusta became a country schoolteacher for...
John H. Van Iperen
Nov 21, 2007
John H. Van Iperen was born May 29, 1934 at home on the family farm near Alton, Iowa to Bastian and Tracy Hulst Van Iperen. On September 18, 1952 he was married to Shirley Schuller at Hawarden, Iowa. They farmed at Alton, then moved to Hospers, Iowa where he owned and operated Van Iperen Feed and Grain. In 1983 they...
Ethel B. Golla
Nov 15, 2007
On Christmas day, 1913 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, a little girl, Ethel Berndaine, was born to Lena and Benjamin Benson. Later the family of eight, three girls and three boys, moved to Minnesota where Ethel graduated from Morris High School in 1932. After high school Ethel moved back to Emmetsburg and while working in a café she met Jack Golla, the...
Fama Jones
Nov 15, 2007
Fama Jones was born on December 23, 1918 at Manes, Missouri the daughter of Daniel and Arizona Rowe. She was raised and educated in Manes, graduating as the Valedictorian from high school. She was united in marriage to Jack M. Jones on April 19, 1938 in Manes. The couple made their home in Ames, Iowa before moving to Milford, Iowa...
Bradly L. Larson
Nov 11, 2007
Bradly Lynn Larson was born on April 15, 1972 in Spirit Lake, Iowa, the son of Ann Larson Paige. He attended Arnolds Park Elementary and graduated from Okoboji High School. Eleven years ago, Brad moved to Carroll, Iowa where he was employed at the Pella Window plant. He loved to go fishing with his uncles, watch NASCAR racing and then...
Rose Knudtson
Nov 8, 2007
Rose Isabelle Jones was born to Edward and Ardellia Jones on March 30, 1905 in Nebraska. She worked in a grocery, dry goods store as a young lady. She married Knudt Knudtson on July 2, 1936. She nurtured and loved his six children as her own. They lived on the Knudtson century farm in Okoboji Township until 1952 when they...
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