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Pauline Carlson
Aug 21, 2013
Services for Pauline Carlson, age 93, of Crystal Lake, Illinois and formerly of Spirit Lake will be 10:30 am, Thursday, August 29, 2013 at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Interment will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Spirit Lake. Pauline Carlson was born on March 6th, 1920 in Worthington, MN. Before she was school age her parents,...
Edward Lloyd
Aug 20, 2013
Edward David Lloyd, Jr., the son of Bernice (Myrick) and Edward David Lloyd, Sr. was born August 24, 1935 in Milford, Iowa. Ed was educated at the North Superior School. On June 30, 1956, Ed was united in marriage to Rose Belle Pieper in Spirit Lake, Iowa. He lived and farmed in Spirit Lake, Terril, Superior and in Minnesota before...
Doug Carlson
Aug 20, 2013
A visitation and celebration of life for Douglas Carlson, 69, of Spirit lake, Iowa will be Saturday, August 24, 2013 from 2:00-4:00pm at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Burial will be at a later date. Doug passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake. Douglas Harold Carlson was born March 21,...
Milbert Krohn
Aug 16, 2013
Milbert H. Krohn, III, the son of Norma Jean Corlett and Milbert H. Krohn, II, was born February 1, 1955 in Spencer, Iowa. He graduated from high school and continued his education at the Oregon Institute of Technology. On September 28, 1986, Milbert was married to Lori Ann Krohn in Salt Lake City, Utah. He moved to Cheyenne Wyoming and...
Maria Berry
Aug 14, 2013
Maria Caecilie Berry, the daughter of Margarete (Magin) and Valentin Gehlert, was born November 1, 1926 in Frankenthal, Rheinphals, Germany. She was educated in Germany and became a naturalized United States citizen on April 12, 1957. On October 3, 1953, Maria was married to Schuyler Donald Berry in Cherokee, IA. They moved to Estherville, Iowa where they raised their family....
Kenneth Sloan
Aug 13, 2013
Funeral services for Mr. Kenneth Sloan, 65, of Milford will be 10:30 am Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Good News Community Church in Okoboji, Iowa. Interment will be at Silver Lake Cemetery in Lake Park, Iowa. Visitation will begin after 4 pm Friday, August 16, 2013 with the family present from 5-7 pm at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Milford....
Gary Ralph Griffith
Aug 12, 2013
Mr. Griffith passed away August 12, 2013 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, at seventy eight years old. Service: Friday, August 16, 2013, at 1:30 pm at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Milford, Iowa Interment: Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, Iowa Gary Ralph Griffith was born August 23, 1934, at Woodbine, Iowa. He attended grade school in Woodbine until the family moved to...
Leanne Brink
Aug 3, 2013
Leanne Brink was born on January 4, 1949 to LeRoy Graves and Darlene (Bucholz) Graves. Leanne passed away August 3, 2013 after a VERY long battle with cancer. Leanne graduated from Arnolds Park High School in 1968 and married Wayne Brink in August of 1984. They made their home in Arnolds Park and later moved to Milford. Leanne ENJOYED doing...
Doris Hemphill
Aug 2, 2013
Doris Hemphill, longtime resident of Dickinson County, died peacefully with family members at her side on August 2, 2013, in Spencer, Iowa She was born in Milford, Iowa, on March 11, 1918, to Orville and Edna (O' Farrell) Donaldson, descendents of pioneer families of the community. Doris was a community leader, loving spouse, mother and grandmother, tireless volunteer and loyal...
Ruth M. Oleson
Aug 2, 2013
Ruth Marilyn Oleson was born May 30, 1923, to Walter and Amy Anderson at Milford, Iowa and attended school and graduated high school in Milford in 1941. Ruth's father started the Terrace Park Dairy, processing and delivering milk, and also owned a coal and feed business and also manufactured cement products in Milford. After graduating high school Ruth attended business...
George Garloff
Jul 26, 2013
George Wesley Garloff, son of Norma Louise Garloff, was born September 19, 1939, in Lake Park, Iowa. He attended Excelsior School and then worked in the construction business around the Lake Park area. In 1959, he was married to Carol (Johnson) Rasmussen. Three children were born to this union, Allan, Ranae and Shane. George farmed his entire life in the...
Gary Van Otterloo
Jul 18, 2013
Gary Harlan Van Otterloo was born February 12, 1944 in Hull, Iowa to Gerrit and Gertrude (VanWyhe) Van Otterloo. He enlisted into the United States Navy on July 12, 1962 and served as a Fire Control Technician until his discharge on August 11, 1966. Gary married Fern Carolyn Lorenzen on September 20, 1968 in Sheldon, Iowa. They moved to Milford,...
Joan Woodley
Jul 18, 2013
Joan Mae Woodley was born February 5, 1929 in Waukon, Iowa to Joseph and Julia (Colsch) Henry. She graduated from high school and married Delmer Woodley on May 2, 1951 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They lived in Fort Dodge, Spencer and Arnolds Park since 1966. Joan worked at their summer mobile home resort. She was a...
Wilma Anderson
Jul 18, 2013
Wilma Marie Anderson was born in Walcott, Iowa on May 15, 1920 to John and Dorothy (Ibes) Seims. At an early age, her parents passed away and she resided in the Iowa Soldiers Home in Davenport, Iowa for a short time. In September of 1928, at the age of eight, she came to live with William and Sophia Wiese in...
Nancy Blair
Jul 11, 2013
Mrs. Nancy Blair, 91, of Lake Park, Iowa passed away July 11, 2013 in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Memorial services will be Thursday, September 12, 2013 at United Methodist Church in Lake Park. Interment will be at Silver Lake Cemetery in Lake Park.Nancy Nilsen Blair was born in Bergen, Norway on May 29, 1922 to Agnes and Ingval Nilsen. She lived...
Roger E. Smith
Jul 9, 2013
Roger Eugene Smith was born August 7, 1929 to Russell Smith and Marian Johnson Smith in Spencer, Iowa. He grew up in Cedar Falls and Spencer, Iowa. Roger graduated from Spencer High School in 1948. As a young boy Roger spent most of his time as a farm hand working first for his Uncle Gus and Aunt Marge Johanson. Later...
C E Skeeter Lawrence
Jul 9, 2013
Charles Eldon Lawrence, better known to his many friends as Skeeter, was born May 9, 1927 to Paul and Mary (Nicholas) Lawrence on the family farm four miles northwest of Lake Park, Iowa. He graduated from Lake Park High School in 1944. In 1946, he married the love of his life, Marcella (Sally) Lenz. Skeeter made his living as a...
Lorene Sawyer
Jul 8, 2013
Lorene Faye Sawyer was born December 7, 1925 in Dickinson County to Clarence Owen (C.O.) and Ella Belle (Robinson) Schultz. She graduated from Superior High School in 1943. After graduation Lorene worked for a time in Washington D.C.. Lorene married Carroll Don Sawyer on January 29, 1944 in Jackson, Minnesota. She enjoyed being a homemaker and farm wife. She lived...
Cleo Hauge
Jul 3, 2013
Cleo Blanche (Simington)Hauge was raised on her family's farm near Ruthven, Iowa. Upon graduating high school from Ruthven in 1948, she worked in Spencer as a waitress at the North Y. Soon after, she moved to Spokane, Washington, with her Uncle Rav and Aunt Stena. Later, she ventured to Seattle, Washington, where she met Roy. The two of them married...
Clyde Weaver
Jun 29, 2013
Clyde Alex Weaver, first child of Claude Allen Weaver and Lottie Farquhar Weaver, was born February 16, 1916 at their farm home near Lake Benton, Minnesota. When he was two years old, his mother died in childbirth when his sister, Marguerite, was born. Their Grandmother Farquhar cared for the children at her home near Sutherland, Iowa, while his father prepared...
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