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Harold Ford
May 23, 2011
Harold Guy Ford was born May 30, 1913 in Bayard, Iowa the son of Guy and Aleta (Neff) Ford. He was raised near Guthrie Center, graduating from Guthrie Center High School. From 1936 until entering the Service, he lived in Des Moines and worked for the Keck Company delivering groceries throughout Iowa. Harold was united in marriage to Josephine Albert...
Loren Tesch
May 20, 2011
Loren Harlen Tesch, 52 of Gordon Nebraska, died May 20th, 2011 at Chadron Community Hospital with his wife, children, grandchildren, and parents by his side. Loren was born July 19, 1957 in Primgar, Iowa, to Velma and Harlen Tesch of Milford, Iowa. Loren served in the United States Air Force as a military officer for 13 years. Then he was...
Dorothy Schilling
May 20, 2011
Mrs. Schilling passed away Friday, May 20, 2011 at the MIlford Care Center.
Jean Robbins
May 16, 2011
Jean Dolores Robbins was born December 15, 1928, the daughter of Dewey and Nelle (Hammer) Landeck. Jean was raised and educated in Sioux City. She attended Methodist Hospital Nursing School, graduating in 1950. Jean was united in marriage to Dale R. Robbins on September 16, 1950 in Sioux City. The couple made their home in Sioux City before moving to...
Marjorie Flatt
May 14, 2011
Marjorie La Mona (Peck) Flatt, 89, Martinsville, formerly of Spirit Lake, Iowa, passed away at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at The Waters of Martinsville. She was born on Friday, July 15, 1921 in Spirit Lake, Iowa to the late Delos and Bessie (Sanders) Peck. On September 9, 1946 she married Donald M. Flatt and he passed away...
Lloyd Butch Doss
May 11, 2011
Lloyd "Butch" Doss was born April 21, 1942, the son of Gayle and Esther (Wolf) Doss in Milford, Iowa. Butch was raised and educated in Arnolds Park, graduating from Arnolds Park High School. In 1964, Butch entered the US Army, serving during the Vietnam War, until receiving an honorable discharge in 1966. Butch enjoyed the outdoors, especially fishing and hunting....
Richard Martin
May 9, 2011
Richard Stancliff Martin was born February 6, 1923 in Venice, Illinois to Richard and Mildred (McMahan) Martin. Richard entered the US Navy on June 23, 1943, serving during WWII and receiving an Honorable Discharge on April 16, 1946. Richard married the love of his life, Doris M. Birtwhistle on May 6, 1946 in Mishawaka, Indiana. He received his BS in...
Wanda Dobberteen
May 7, 2011
Wanda Mae Dobberteen was born December 12, 1921 to LeRoy and Hazel Coulson. She was raised and educated in Storm Lake, graduating from Storm Lake High School in 1939. While attending school, she was well known for her musical abilities, both as a celloist and vocalist. She attended Buena Vista College, graduating in three years. Wanda immediately began her teaching...
Dustin Ladehoff
May 7, 2011
There will be a gathering for a time of remembrance from 10:00am-2:00pm on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at Johnny Jahn City Park in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Dustin passed away Saturday, May 7, 2011 as a result of a house fire.
Patricia Nielsen
May 6, 2011
Patricia Ann Nielsen was born January 13, 1936 in Scarville, Iowa, the daughter of Luther and Frieda (Jacobs) Larson. After graduating from Woden High School in 1954, she went to Iowa Teachers College for a year and transferred to Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa where she earned her teaching certificate and met her husband to be, James Nielsen....
Iris Koppen
May 3, 2011
Iris June (Feddersen) Koppen was born on June 22, 1931 in an Ida County farmhouse, the daughter of Franklin and Georgia Feddersen. An only child, Iris moved with her parents when she was six years old to Ida Grove, Iowa where her dad ran a gas station. The family moved again to Spirit Lake when she was 15. The Feddersens...
Delmer Woodley
May 2, 2011
Delmer Ronald Woodley was born May 24, 1925 to Floyd and Kathryn (Roth) Woodley in Spirit Lake, Iowa. He graduated from Arnolds Park High and married Joan Henry of Waukon, Iowa on May 2, 1951 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They celebrated 60 years of marriage, living in Fort Dodge, Spencer and the lakes area for the...
Lavina Dobson
Apr 30, 2011
Lavina Francis (Stolp) Dobson, born July 23, 1922 in Jackson County, Minnesota, to Frank and Elsie (Korht) Stolp. Lavina passed away at Spencer Hospital at the age of 88.Lavina lived in and around the Lake Park area with her family. She was educated in the Lake Park and Excelcior school systems, completing 8th grade.On March 9, 1948, Lavina married Everett...
Rhonda Guthrie
Apr 27, 2011
Rhonda Rae Schumacher Guthrie was born September 24, 1967, in Spencer, Iowa. She attended school in Spencer and Spirit Lake, furthering her education with a nursing degree from Iowa Lakes Community College, and was employed at Lakes Regional Healthcare. Her nursing experience took her from Labor & Delivery, Med/Surg, ER, Discharge Planning to Legal Nurse Consultant with Risk Management. Rhonda's...
Marvin Hamilton
Apr 25, 2011
Marvin Hamilton was born November 4, 1921 in Montgomery, Iowa, the son of E.J. (Ned) Hamilton and Hannah (Anderson) Hamilton. He graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1939. After graduation he worked for Berkley and Co. in Spirit Lake. In 1943, he started Hamilton's Radio Shop which his son, Steve, took over in 1984. Marvin's childhood home was on...
Charles Gould
Apr 22, 2011
Charles Roger Gould was born July 1, 1923, to Nathan B. Gould and Agnes Tweet in Fostoria, Iowa. He spent his childhood on their farm east of town and later moved to a farm southwest of Milford. Charles attended Okoboji Consolidated High School and graduated in 1941. On February 2, 1947, Charles married Charlotte Jespersen from Royal, Iowa, and together...
Richard Waldo Cook
Apr 21, 2011
Richard Lee Cook was born on August 5, 1945 in Spencer, Iowa, the son of LuVern Julius Cook and Laura Marie Thelen. He graduated from Milford High School in 1963 and enlisted in the United States Navy, serving in the Submarine Division of Nuclear Tactics. In 1966 he married Cheri O'Farrell from Arnolds Park, Iowa. To this union one son,...
Robert Graves
Apr 20, 2011
Robert "Bob" Dean Graves was born May 3, 1936 in George, Iowa, the son of Bert and Effie Graves. He spent his childhood in Larchwood and Sibley, Iowa and graduated from Sibley High School. He attended the University of South Dakota in Vermillion where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Education in 1958. He completed his Master...
Bonnie Bauer
Apr 19, 2011
Bonnie Mae (Fox) Bauer was born January 12, 1927 to Edward and Mary (Jorgensen) Fox in Sioux City, IA. Attended high school in Yankton, SD, graduated 1945. Bonnie married Frank Bauer November 11, 1946 in Spirit Lake where they resided for a time, and they later moved to Milford. Bonnie worked for Northwestern Bell, beginning as a telephone operator, first...
Bill Chaffin
Apr 13, 2011
William Edward Chaffin was born March 24, 1921 in rural Milford, Iowa, the son of Glen and Isa (Stinehart) Chaffin. He was educated in the Milford School. During his military service from 1941-1943, he married June England in Tacoma Washington on February 13, 1942. After returning to Milford, they made their home on a farm southwest of Milford where they...
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