Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Webster City, IA and surrounding areas
Mary Hanna
Sep 6, 2008
Mary Margaret Melson, daughter of Randall and Fern Beers Melson, was born October 17, 1913 in Garfield Township, Pocahontas County and grew up on Highland Farm outside of Bradgate. She graduated from Rolfe High School in 1930 and Morningside College in 1934. During her school years she spent her summers working as a waitress in Estes Park, CO and was...
Avenelle Koop
Sep 2, 2008
Avenelle Kathryn Stoll, daughter of George and Kathryn Happel Stoll, was born August 7, 1925 on a farm northeast of Boone,Iowa. She attended a rural school in Harrison Township of Boone county and high school at Story City. Following her mother's death, she stayed home to care for her father. On March 8, 1945, she married John A. Koop at...
Roberta Trees
Aug 29, 2008
Roberta R. Trees, 92, of Webster City, was promoted to glory on August 29, 2008 at Crestview Senior Living. A Celebration of her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, at Foster Funeral and Cremation Center with Rev. Ray Block officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Hill Cemetery southeast of Stanhope. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00...
Judith Naber
Aug 28, 2008
Judith Hansel, daughter of Lewis and Janne Elleflaadt Hansel, was born November 1, 1909 on a farm north of Ellsworth. She received her education in a Rose Grove rural school. On February 14, 1930, she married Oltman C. Naber at Williams. The couple farmed northeast of Kamrar for 2 years, then west of Webster City for 13 years. In 1945,...
Recksta Davis
Aug 25, 2008
Recksta Ubben daughter of Ben and Carrie Honken Ubben was born on August 24, 1910 on the family farm in Liberty Township. She received her education from Liberty #5 rural school. Recksta worked for several farm families prior to her marriage. On October 18, 1928 she married Harry Bartel Hanson at Kamrar. The couple resided at Galt for one year...
Betty Sweet
Aug 22, 2008
Betty Sweet, 85, of Garrison, Minnesota, died August 22, 2008 at the Riverwood Health Care Center at Aitkin, MN. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 28 at the Foster Chapel, with Rev. Gerald Caquelin officiating. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5:00 p.m. to...
Weldon Jensen
Aug 20, 2008
Weldon Eugene Jensen, son of Elias and Elizabeth Woods Jensen, was born June 23, 1913 on a farm in Fremont Township. He received his education in a rural school in Fremont Township. He started farming with his father. He had farmed in Webster and Hamilton counties. He is survived by brothers, Wallace and Woodrow Jensen, both of Webster City; brother-in-law,...
Kirk Brownell
Aug 16, 2008
Kirk Brownell, son of Francis and Paula Gravina Brownell, was born November 10, 1965 at Duluth, Minnesota. The family move to Webster City in September of 1974. He attended Webster City schools and graduated, with his twin brother, Eric from Kemper Military Academy at Booneville, MO. He moved to Texas in 1984. On September 21, 1991, He married Kim Sloan...
Dorothy Donahue
Jul 28, 2008
Dorothy Louise Welp, daughter of Eppo and Bertha Mechaelsen Welp, was born November 11, 1933 on a farm near Kamrar. She graduated from Kamrar High School in 1951. She earned a teaching certificate from Iowa Wesleyan College at Mount Pleasant and received a B.A. in Education from Drake University in 1968. The Iowa Girls Athletic Association named her "Legandary". She...
Clarence Hilpipre
Jul 27, 2008
Clarence Hilpipre, son of August and Fanny Emmenderfor Hilpipre, was born May 7, 1927 at Blairsburg. He received his education in rural schools near Blairsburg. He started farming with his father and had farmed east of Woolstock for over 60 years. During the Korean War, he served with the U.S. Army. He moved to Webster City in 2002. He is...
Eva Bloomquist
Jul 24, 2008
Eva Marie Halliday, daughter of James and Hazel Russell Halliday, was born July 24, 1922 at Highview. She attended rural schools in the Highview area and graduated from Lincoln High at Webster City in 1940. On February 14, 1945, she married Norman Albert Bloomquist at the Little Brown Church at Nashua. The couple farmed near Flugstad. In 1973, they moved...
Maurine Baird
Jul 17, 2008
Maurine Baird Webster City, died Thursday, July 17, 2008 at the Hamilton Hospital. Funeral services were be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday at Asbury United Methodist Church, with Rev. Linda Hansen Bibb officiating. Burial was in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation was at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center. Maurine Lundby Benz, daughter of Martin and Marguerette Lundby Benz, was born...
Emmett Clay
Jul 16, 2008
Emmett W. Clay, 79, of Duncombe, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at the Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge. Graveside Memorial services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Graceland Cemetery in Webster City with Dennis Thompson officiating. There will be no visitation. Arrangements were made with the Foster Funeral & Cremation Center in Webster...
Charles Andrew
Jul 15, 2008
Charles "Curly" Andrew, 80, of Webster City, died Tuesday July 15, 2008 at the Southfield Wellness Community. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 19, 2008 at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center with Rev. Mike Willer officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery with Graveside Military Rites conducted by the American Legion Post #191 of Webster...
Helen Harris
Jul 11, 2008
Helen Gordon Harris daughter of Steven and Eva Butrum Gordon was born October 18, 1921 in Little Falls, Minnesota. She received her education from the Webster City Community Schools. On June 9, 1938 she married Robert H. Harris in Webster City. Helen worked for over thirty years at Hahne printing in Webster City until their closure. She also worked at...
Bernhard Huisinga
Jul 6, 2008
Bernhard Huisinga, son of Jacob and Tillie Huisinga Huisinga was born September 15, 1917 on the family farm near Kamrar. He received his education in rural schools near Kamrar. On March 27, 1954, he married Marjorie L. Jondal in Fort Dodge. The couple resided at Webster City. Ben worked primarily as a farmer and carpenter in the Webster City -...
Lorraine Smith
Jul 2, 2008
Lorraine Delores Butrum daughter of Oscar and Hermina Zones Butrum was born November 16, 1939 in Brainard, Minnesota. She received her education and graduated from Webster City Lincoln High School in 1959. On February 20, 1967, she married Jack Smith in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The couple resided in Mountainview, California. Lorraine’s main vocation was in the restaurant business where she had...
William Lavender
Jun 30, 2008
William L. Lavender, son of Genevieve Lavender, was born march 15, 1945 at Webster City. He attended Webster City schools. In 1963, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He served in the National Securities Division and was stationed in the Philippines. On March 27, 1970, he married Sandra Helton at South Dakota. The couple resided at Webster City, where he...
Mary Smith
Jun 29, 2008
Mary Helen Rea, daughter of Edward and Agatha McCoy Rea, was born October 4, 1933 at Boone, Iowa. She attended Sacred Heart School in Boone, graduating in 1951. On May 16, 1953, she married Billy D. Smith in Boone. Throughout her lifetime she taught dance in Boone, Clarion, Fort Dodge and Nevada and for over 25 years, she owned and...
Dean Olson
Jun 26, 2008
Dean Sylvester Olson, son of Albert and Jessie Davis Olson, was born June 10, 1928 at Hayfield, Iowa. He graduated from Algona high school in 1946 then attended Gustavus Adolphus College. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Following his discharge, he attended Drake University College of Pharmacy graduating in 1952. On August 15, 1948, he married Lucy Etta Light...
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