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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...
Wayne Wiese
Jun 26, 2013
Wayne Alvin Wiese was born to Alvin and Evelyn on October 26, 1947 in Lake Park, IA. He grew up on the family farm in Lake Park and attended school in Lake Park. Wayne helped on the family farm most of his life and also worked for several local businesses driving trucks. He enjoyed playing pool with friends and was...
Betty Krebs
Jun 25, 2013
Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Krebs Rehder was born January 8, 1926 to Paul Vernon Jones and Mary Ellen (Richey) Jones in Mitchell, South Dakota. She grew up in Huron, South Dakota with her mother and with the loving care of the Van Dykes, who became like family. She was introduced to the love of the Lord in the Van Dyke living...
Helen Gamble
Jun 19, 2013
Helen Marie Fishburn Gamble, daughter of Jesse Marshall Fishburn and Minerva Mae Manwarren Fishburn, was born October 2, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a 1942 graduate of Spencer High School. On February 12, 1945, Helen was united in marriage to Russell Rex Gamble in Spencer, Iowa. They lived in Spirit Lake, Arnolds Park and Humboldt before returning to Spirit...
Lura Cable
Jun 18, 2013
Lura Elizabeth Williamson Cable was born May 19, 1925 in Spirit Lake, Iowa, the daughter of Glen Williamson and Amy Elizabeth McIntyre Williamson. Lura enjoyed her childhood days in Spirit Lake and graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1943. Lura resided one mile north and ¾ mile east of Fostoria on the Cable Family Farm. After a life-changing event,...
Delores Hanneman
Jun 17, 2013
Delores Dorothy Hanneman was born April 19, 1929, the daughter of Carl and Hildegard (Henning) Bartels at Hanover Township, Crawford County, Iowa. Delores was raised and educated in Charter Oak, Iowa, where she graduated high school. Delores was united in marriage to Byron Palmer Hanneman on August 31, 1947 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Charter Oak. The couple lived...
Margaret Fairbanks
Jun 12, 2013
Mrs. Margaret Fairbanks, 78, of Crescent, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at her home in Crescent. Mass of Christian Burial: 10:30 Monday, June 17, 2013 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. Interment: Calvary Cemetery in Milford. Visitation: 9 am Monday until service time at the church Margaret Fairbanks of Crescent, IA went home to be with the...
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