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Sue Wodka
Feb 13, 2011
Sue Ann Wodka was born on June 21, 1962 in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Basil and Kay (Streit) Monkelien. She graduated from Spencer High School, in Spencer, Iowa and Iowa State University. Sue was united in marriage to Jeffry Jon Wodka on September 26, 1987 at the St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Ames, Iowa. Sue worked as a flight attendant for...
Al Foxhoven
Feb 11, 2011
Al Foxhoven was born October 14, 1928 in Crofton, Nebraska, the son of Edward and Theresa Foxhoven. He graduated from Onawa High School. Al served in the United States Signal Corp from 1950-1952. On November 24, 1953, Al was united in marriage to Mary Denise Boyles in Spencer, Iowa. They owned and operated Pizza Que Inn and Dairy Treat while...
Marvin Odegaard
Feb 9, 2011
Marvin B. Odegaard was born to Anton Bennet and Rosina (Hesla) Odegaard on January 27, 1923 in Rembrandt, Iowa. He was the middle child with an older brother and a younger brother. When he was 13, his family moved to Ceylon, Minnesota where he later graduated from high school. He served in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in...
Alma Osborne
Feb 8, 2011
Alma Otelia Osborne was born December 8, 1911 in Estherville, Iowa, to Norwegian immigrant parents, William and Olga (Nielsen) Vagle. She attended grade school in Estherville. Alma moved to Spirit Lake and lived with the Harry Narey family while she attended and graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1929. She went on to Coe College in Cedar Rapids where...
Ila Powell
Jan 30, 2011
Illa Violet Powell was born December 20, 1913 near Graettinger, Iowa, the daughter of Carrie and Albert Thu. She graduated from the Lake Township Consolidated School. On February 2, 1933, Illa was united in marriage to Guy "Mike" Powell in Jackson, Minnesota. Illa passed away January 30, 2011 at the Ruthven Care Center in Ruthven, Iowa at ninety-seven years of...
Thomas Moore
Jan 28, 2011
Thomas Lee Moore was born March 4, 1965 in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Curtis Moore and Diane and Dan Brumley. Tom attended Milford Elementary and continued his education in Lake Park. He then attended Jackson Vo-Tech College. He lived in Seattle Washington for a short time before moving to Harris, Iowa until 2000. He then began building his...
Nadine Brosh
Jan 27, 2011
We celebrate the life of Beaner (Nadine Studer) Brosh who passed away unexpectantly at her home on January 27, 2011. On May 4, 1950, she was the third daughter born to the late Leo Studer and Thressia (Monson) Studer and lived the first few years of her life in Estherville, Iowa. Beaner was a 1968 graduate of Milford High School....
Elizabeth Bolt
Jan 23, 2011
Elizabeth Teale Bolt was born September 19, 1918 in Spirit Lake, Iowa, the daughter of Sara and Chet Teale. She received her bachelors degree at the University of Northern Iowa. On January 27, 1942, Elizabeth was united in marriage to William Bolt in Zion, Illinois. The family lived in Great Lakes, Illinois, Iowa and Germany before moving to California in...
Fredabelle Curtis
Jan 21, 2011
Fredabelle Good Beard Curtis was born to Clarence T. and Edna (Brown) Good on January 1, 1914, in Walnut Township, West Des Moines, Iowa. The Good farm, Maplenol, was on the land that is presently Valley High School at the intersection of 39th Street and Ashworth Road in West Des Moines. Fredabelle's great-grandfather Charles C. Good built and gave to...
Esther Cooper
Jan 19, 2011
Esther Schwerin Cooper, of Homewood, AL died January 19, 2011. She was born in 1912 at Echo, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry and Amalia Horsch Schwerin. She graduated from Echo High School, then from Asbury Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis. She did graduate study at the University of Minnesota and at Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital in Jersey City, NJ....
Gail Enderson
Jan 6, 2011
Gail Enderson, 54, of Arnolds Park, passed away January 6, 2011 at her home in Arnolds Park. Gail was born on February 4, 1956 in Estherville, Iowa, the daughter of Don and Shirley (Kruse) Enderson. She attended school in Estherville, graduating from Esterville High School in 1974. Gail lived a very happy life. She was a dedicated mother and proud...
Marjorie Anderson
Jan 5, 2011
Marjorie Elaine Anderson was born April 20, 1928 in Grand Meadow, Minnesota, the daughter of Lowell Leslie Ross and Edith Van Gundy Ross. After graduating from Algona High School in 1946, Marjorie attended community college in both Des Moines, Iowa and Portland Oregon. On August 17, 1948, Marjorie married Wallace Anderson at the Methodist Church in Algona, Iowa. After a...
Jerry Carpenter
Jan 3, 2011
Jerry Joe Carpenter was born September 14, 1941 in Spencer, Iowa, the son of J. Russell and Loucille Carpenter. He attended Spencer schools and graduated from Milford High School. The family moved to the Milford area in 1959. On September 17, 1961, Jerry was united in marriage to Jean Forbes in Jackson, Minnesota. Jerry worked as a general contractor and...
James Rumbaugh
Jan 1, 2011
James T. Rumbaugh was born to Wayne R. Rumbaugh and Margaret (Tyler) Rumbaugh on September 12, 1938, in Des Moines, Iowa. The family later located to Spirit Lake, Iowa, where he spent the remaining years of his life. After graduating high school in 1956, Jim moved to St. Louis Park, Minnesota for a short period of time. This is where...
Gwen Noble
Dec 29, 2010
Gwen Noble, daughter of Hugh and Matilda (Neilly) Anderson, was born in Estherville on July 27, 1925. She graduated from Terril High School and AIB College in Des Moines. Gwen married the love of her life, Bob Noble, on February 17, 1946, and they made their home on a farm west of Milford. Bob and Gwen raised their five children,...
Ray Yaw
Dec 28, 2010
Ray Dean Yaw was born June 8, 1932 in Alta, Iowa, the son of Russell and Evelyn (Carlson) Yaw. He served in the United States Air Force from 1952-1956 and was based at Travis Air Force Base in Vacaville, California. He then served in the reserves from 1956-1960. Ray was the recipient of the Good Conduct Medal and the National...
Evelyn Wiese
Dec 27, 2010
Evelyn June Walker Wiese was born June 23, 1924 to Charles and Ethel Walker in Lake Park, Iowa. On January 27, 1946, she was united in marriage to Alvin Wiese. They farmed for forty-three years before moving to Lake Park in 1975 where they bought a home on Silver Lake. Evelyn loved her family, her flowers, her life on the...
Harold Campney
Dec 27, 2010
Harold Henry Campney was born December 3, 1920 in Plover, Iowa, the son of Oliver and Mabel (Thompson) Campney. Harold enlisted in the United States Army and served his country in Cannon Company, 12th Infantry, during WWII and was discharged on October 12, 1945. He was united in marriage to Opal Fern Sabin on July 5, 1942 in Algona, Iowa....
Dale Allen Lundstrom
Dec 23, 2010
Dale Allen Lundstrom was born in the Loon Lake area of Jackson County, Minnesota on January 3, 1915 to Alfred and Mable Lundstrom. He received his early education in a rural school in Jackson County, Minnesota and graduated from the Spirit Lake High School in 1933. Upon graduation, he owned and operated two grocery stores in Spirit Lake and Arnolds...
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