Obituaries

Obituaries for Turner Jenness Funeral Home

Nadine Brosh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Lois Reinders

Lois Reinders

Dec 25, 2010

obituary will be posted late

Dale Allen Lundstrom

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...

Allan Willard McCain

Allan Willard McCain

Dec 23, 2010

Allan Willard McClain was born July 10, 1919 in Parkston, South Dakota. His mother was Margaret Lingscheit McClain, and his father was Harvey Smith McClain. The family moved to Spirit Lake, Iowa in 1920, then Harris, Iowa in 1925. Allan attended school for one year in Spirit Lake and then completed school and graduated from Harris High School in Harris,...

Jerry Francis Hentges

Jerry Francis Hentges

Dec 22, 2010

Jerome Francis Hentges was born October 1, 1951 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Francis Jerome Hentges and Myrna Mae Costigan. He attended St. Mary's Catholic Grade School in New Hampton and graduated in 1969 from New Hampton Community High School. Jerry attended Ellsworth Community College and then graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 1976 with a teaching...

Joel Skaar

Joel Skaar

Dec 20, 2010

Joel Evan Skaar, 70, a former Ironworker and Boilermaker who was a member of Spirit Life Fellowship Church in Spirit Lake, Iowa since moving to the area in 1993, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2010 at Lakes Regional Hospital. Joel was born March 14, 1940 in Stoughton, Wisconsin and graduated from Rio High School in 1959. In 1989, he...

Casey Dean Clark

Casey Dean Clark

Dec 15, 2010

Casey Dean Clark was born on July 18, 1981 in Spirit Lake, Iowa to Bill and Teresa (Dean) Clark. Casey grew up in Spirit Lake all of his life except when he briefly lived in Princeton, Minnesota. He graduated high school in Spirit Lake as a member of the Class of 2000. He attended Iowa Lakes Community College in Emmetsburg...

Sheri Ann Best

Sheri Ann Best

Dec 14, 2010

Sheri Ann Best was born July 25, 1949 in Carroll, Iowa, the daughter of William Best and Erma Ridgeway. In 1967, she graduated from Boone High School where she was a cheerleader . On February 10, 1968, Sheri was united in marriage to Terry Lee Lass in Boone, Iowa. The family resided in Boone until moving to Ogden, Iowa in...

Duane Ellsworth Martinson

Duane Ellsworth Martinson

Dec 9, 2010

"Marty" Duane Ellsworth Martinson was born August 26, 1930 in Lisbon Township, the son of Oscar and Olga (Anderson) Martinson. Marty graduated in 1949 in Boyd, Minnesota. Marty served his county in the United States Army during the Korean War. On May 21, 1960, Marty was united in marriage to Ruth Ann Barck in Watertown, South Dakota. He worked as...

Share by: