Obituaries

Obituaries for Turner Jenness Funeral Home

Gary Ader

Gary Ader

Nov 23, 2011

Gary B. Ader was born to Francis and Bonnie (Jensen) Ader May 13, 1938 at home on a farm in Weston, Wisconsin. As a child he moved to Menomonie, Wisconsin with his family where he attended elementary, high school and later Stout University. Gary began his working career with Western Electric and Thermal King. In 1961, Gary and his young...

Dale VanKleek

Dale VanKleek

Nov 21, 2011

Dale Leslie Van Kleek was born October 5, 1925 in Alpha, Minnesota, the son of Arthur and Rose (Ross) Van Kleek. He attended Clay County country school #4 southwest of Royal. During WWII, Dale served in the Army Air Corps. He was Honorably Discharged in 1946. In 1947, he was united in marriage to Jennie Hunt in South Dakota. Together...

Sharon Franke

Sharon Franke

Nov 17, 2011

Sharon Franke was born January 5, 1966 in Creston, Iowa. Sharon was the daughter of Wayne and Dorothy (Edwards) Franke. Sharon lived in Creston and Atlantic before moving to Lake Park, Iowa in 2006. She enjoyed word searches, WWE wrestling, computer games and watching NASCAR, especially Tony Stewart. Sharon passed away November 17, 2011 at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit...

Maxine Grisham

Maxine Grisham

Nov 17, 2011

Cathryn Maxine Grisham was born to Jesse and Laura (Johnson) Beeler at Cabool, Missouri on December 18, 1914. She was proud to have graduated in 1971 by attaining her G.E.D. On September 15, 1932 she married Gordon Richard Grisham at Elk Creek, Missouri where they made their home and farmed. In 1946 they moved to Cylinder and farmed for two...

Mary Aldridge

Mary Aldridge

Nov 8, 2011

Mary Kay (Johnson) Aldridge was born May 21, 1944 in Jackson, Minnesota, the daughter of Harold and Evelyn (Schmitz) Johnson. Mary was raised and educated in both Jackson, Minnesota and Spirit Lake, Iowa, graduating from Jackson High School. Mary was united in marriage to Herbert Leroy Aldridge on April 6, 1962 in Jackson. The couple made their home in Spirit...

David Quance

David Quance

Nov 6, 2011

David Holmes Quance, 66, of Spirit Lake died Sunday after suffering a heart attack. Dave was born in Des Moines to Duane and Mary Ellen Quance. He graduated from Dowling High School in 1963 and married Marilyn Sharp in 1966. He and Marilyn lived in Ames and Eldora before moving to Spirit Lake in 1994. During that time, Dave worked...

Robert Smith

Robert Smith

Nov 5, 2011

Robert (Bob) Lyle Smith was born January 13, 1933 in Churdan, Iowa to Verle and Ruby (Shriver) Smith. He graduated from Scranton High School in Scranton, Iowa in 1952. Robert joined the U.S. Army on July 9, 1953 and was honorably discharged on June 4, 1955. He attended the U.S. Army Engineer School where he earned the National Defense Service...

Robert Stewart

Robert Stewart

Nov 3, 2011

Roger Duane Stewart was born February 3, 1921 in Jefferson, Iowa, the son of Irvin and Maude (Hinton) Stewart. Roger served in the United States Army during WWII. On October 26, 1948, Roger was united in marriage to Lucia Adams. He farmed for several years at Jamaica, Iowa in Greene County before moving to Arnolds Park in 1954. Roger worked...

Elwin Clark

Elwin Clark

Nov 3, 2011

Elwin Eugene Clark was born December 26, 1943 in Spirit Lake, Iowa, the son of Ralph Elbert Clark and Donna Marie Trunnell. He attended the Lake Park School. Elwin served in the United States Air Force. On March 1, 1964, Elwin was united in marriage to Doris Gunderson in Terril, Iowa. The family made their home in Terril while Elwin...

Dwain Olson

Dwain Olson

Nov 2, 2011

Dwain Vernon (Ole) Olson was born February 13, 1924, in Alcester, South Dakota, the son of Myrtle and Cecil Olson. He starred in basketball at Alcester High School - where the team won the state championship in 1941. Following his graduation in 1942, he enrolled at the University of South Dakota until he entered the U.S. Marine Corp in April...

David Reiman

David Reiman

Oct 26, 2011

David John Reiman was born May 28, 1945, the son of Clarence and Vivian (Meyer) Reiman in Spirit Lake, Iowa. David was raised and educated in Milford, graduating from Milford High School He entered the US Army, serving his country in Vietnam, until receiving an Honorable Discharge. David worked as an over-the-road truck driver while living in Milford and Chula...

John McCann

John McCann

Oct 24, 2011

John Allen McCann was born April 13, 1936 in Spirit Lake, Iowa, the son of Royal F. McCann and Edith M. Partlow. John graduated from Arnolds Park High School in 1954. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War from December 15, 1954 until receiving an Honorable Discharge on October 14, 1958. On September 3, 1959...

Gwendolyn Jean Beard

Gwendolyn Jean Beard

Oct 22, 2011

Gwendolyn Jean Beard was born March 23, 1926 to Frank Upchurch and Etoy (Barker) Upchurch in Apex, North Carolina Jean graduated from high school in 1944. She married James O. Beard and they spent their married life in Spirit Lake, Iowa and Raleigh, North Carolina. Four children were born to this union. Jean was a member of the Baptist Church....

Velda Joens

Velda Joens

Oct 21, 2011

Velda Pearl Noble Joens was born February 22, 1916 to Ray and Christina Noble in Ocheyedan, Iowa. She grew up on the family farm with her sister and four brothers. Velda was united in marriage to Frank Joens on March 9, 1938. They were married thirty-two years until his death in 1970. The couple farmed north of Lake Park for...

Millie Minor

Millie Minor

Oct 20, 2011

Mildred Ruth (Millie) Minor was born to Sherman and Lena (Frye) Shugart at Laddonia, Missouri. About a year after Millie's birth her mother died and she was raised by her father and six older sisters. Later the family moved to Iowa and she attended school at Tama and Lake Park. On August 26, 1937 she was married to Thorvald Severtson...

Emery Brandt

Emery Brandt

Oct 18, 2011

Emery Clause Brandt passed away October 18, 2011. Emery was born July 28, 1924 to Edward and Marie (Wiebener) Brandt on his grandfather Clause Wiebener's farm in Sioux Valley, Jackson County, Minnesota. In 1940 he was confirmed in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Sioux Valley, Minnesota by Pastor Martin Lieske. There were nine class members. Emery loved his Lord and...

Rosella Pixler

Rosella Pixler

Oct 16, 2011

Rosella Pixler was born November 20, 1914 in Crofton, Nebraska, the daughter of Edward and Rose Feldhacker. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Pixler on May 2, 1934 in Menaminee, Nebraska. Ken and Rosella moved to Spencer in 1935. Rosella was a member of the Senior Center and Catholic Daughters. She enjoyed cooking, dancing, walking, bingo and playing cards....

Norma Dykstra

Norma Dykstra

Oct 13, 2011

Norma Eileen Dykstra passed away, Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Hospice of the Valley patient care unit in Mesa, Arizona. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on September 2nd and wanted to spend her remaining days in the Arizona sunshine that she loved. Norma, daughter of Lewis Edward Veverka and Wanda Maxine Saunders, was born March 8, 1931, in Grinnell,...

Kade A Longelin

Kade A Longelin

Oct 11, 2011

Kade Alexander Longelin was born December 4, 2003 to Christina and Travis Longelin in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Kade passed away October 11, 2011 at Sanford Children's Hospital. Kade was our courageous little one who had many surgeries. He became the love of all of his family, and he showed his love with his big smile. Kade loved to hear...

Ryan Bush

Ryan Bush

Oct 3, 2011

Ryan Lee Bush was born June 12, 1975 in Spirit Lake, Iowa, the son of Shane and Bette (Soat) Bush. He graduated from George Little Rock High School and then attended South Dakota State University. Ryan served in the United States Army. He was a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and served in Iraq and Kuwait. Ryan's greatest joy was...