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Mildred F. Groff
Jan 25, 2008
Mildred Frances Groff was born May 8, 1918 in Dickens, Iowa the daughter of Robert B. and Verna (Wilson) Taylor. She was raised and educated in rural Lake Park, graduating from Excelsior Consolidated School in 1934. Mildred worked as a bookkeeper at Glen Hall Chevrolet in Spirit Lake. On September 21, 1941, she was united in marriage to Leslie Groff....
Dewane Mesner
Jan 23, 2008
Dewane "Bud" Mesner was born May 12, 1933, the son of Erwin and Frieda (Tesch) Mesner in Paullina, Iowa. He was raised and educated in Germantown, Iowa, attending St. John's Lutheran School. He was confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church on May 25, 1947. Bud was united in marriage to Marjorie Ebel on January 14, 1951 at St. John's Lutheran...
Esther L. Gath
Jan 19, 2008
Esther Leona Gath was born in Jackson County, Minnesota on August 16, 1925 to Ernest and Anna Gath. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith on June 6, 1926 and confirmed at the age of fourteen. She moved with the family to Round Lake, Minnesota. In January of 1943, her family moved to a farm east of Lake Park, Iowa...
Ruth I. Busch
Jan 17, 2008
Ruth Irene Busch was born to Mervyn and Irene (Walker) McLennan in Earlham, Iowa on January 19, 1927. She graduated from Earlham High School in 1944. She attended Simpson College and graduated with a Bachelor of Music in 1948. Ruth taught music in Panora, Avoca, Sac City, and Auburn. While living in Sac City she taught many piano lessons. She...
Charles B. Simington
Jan 8, 2008
Charles Ben Simington was born May 7, 1932 in Ruthven, Iowa, the son of Charles and Clemmiesteenia Goldie (Smith) Simington. He was raised and educated in Milford, Iowa. Charles entered the US Army November 5, 1952, serving during the Korean War, until receiving an Honorable Discharge November 4, 1954. Charles moved back to Milford, where he worked for the Iowa...
Edward D. DeSpain
Jan 8, 2008
Edward Duncan DeSpain was born July 13, 1943, the son of Lloyde and Ruth (Duncan) DeSpain in Independence, Missouri. The family moved to Milford, Iowa in his youth, where he was raised and educated, graduating from Milford High School in 1961. Edward attended the University of Chicago, where he received a BA in Economics and a BA in Business Administration....
Donald L. Dodge
Jan 5, 2008
Donald L. Dodge was born on January 28, 1917 in Milford, Iowa, the son of Warren and Sadie (Phillips) Dodge. He graduated from Lake Center High School. On August 26, 1938, Don was united in marriage to Anna Harris in Spencer, Iowa. Most of his life was spent farming on the family farm near Terril. He started a seed sales...
George Single
Jan 3, 2008
George Single was born to George and Anna (Knapiek) Single on December 30, 1923 at Spangler, Pennsylvania. He graduated from high school in Gary, Indiana. He served in the Army Air Corp during World War II. He was a radioman and gunner on a B-29. On September 27, 1943 he married Mary Naber at Salinas, Kansas. After his discharge form...
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...
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