Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Webster City, IA and surrounding areas

William Stephens

William Stephens

Feb 9, 2009

Williams wishes were to be cremated.

Lena Havinga

Lena Havinga

Feb 8, 2009

Lena Havinga, 102, of Webster City, died Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the Hamilton Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church, with Rev. John Wilson officiating. Burial will be in the Presbyterian Cemetery. Visitation will be at the church one hour before the service. Arrangements were made with the Foster Funeral and...

Robert Rubash

Robert Rubash

Feb 6, 2009

Robert A. Rubash, 77, of Webster City, died Friday, February 6, 2009 at the Hamilton Hospital. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, with Rev. Scott Boone presiding. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery. Recitation of the rosary will be at 6:45 p.m. Monday with a scripture service to follow...

Ruth Labs

Ruth Labs

Feb 6, 2009

Ruth E. Labs, 80, of Webster City, died Friday, February 6, 2009 at Crestview Senior Living in Webster City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Rev. Bill Van Nostrand officiating. Burial will follow in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00...

Dale Carlson

Dale Carlson

Feb 4, 2009

Dale E. Carlson, 80, of Vincent, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 9, 2009 at the South Marion United Methodist Church southeast of Stratford, with Rev's Remigio Panlaqui and Gina Spohnheimer officiating. Burial will follow in the South Marion Cemetery with graveside military rites conducted by the American...

Betti Mamminga

Betti Mamminga

Feb 1, 2009

Bettimae Mamminga, 81, of Story City, died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at the Bethany Life Community in Story City. Mrs. Mamminga's wishes were to be cremated. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements were made with the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center. Bettimae Arbaugh, daughter of Raymond and Helen Monroe Arbaugh, was born March 28, 1927...

Leslie Moland

Leslie Moland

Jan 23, 2009

Leslie H. Moland, 76, of Webster City, died Friday, January 23, 2009 at the Hamilton Hospital. Graveside memorial services will be held 12:00 p.m. Saturday, January 31, 2009 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Jewell with Rev. Robert A. Miller officiating. Graveside military rites will be conducted by the American Legion Post #191 of Webster City. Arrangements were made with the...

Florence Sweazey

Florence Sweazey

Jan 21, 2009

Florence Maxine Smith, daughter of Milton and Harriet Studley Smith was born on September 23, 1919 in Council Bluffs. She received her education and graduated from Webster City Lincoln High School in 1936. She attended Webster City Junior College, graduating with her business degree in 1938. Following her education, she taught rural school for almost 3 years. On February 12,...

William East

William East

Jan 21, 2009

William Roe East, son of Marvin and Rutha Schweppe East, was born June 18, 1926 at Webster City. His mother died one week after his birth and he was raised by his maternal grandparents on a farm in Hamilton township, north of Stanhope. He graduated from Stanhope Public School in 1944. On February 24, 1946, he married Frances Lundquist at...

Linda Minard

Linda Minard

Jan 20, 2009

Linda Susan Glawe, daughter of LaVern and Elnor Boswell Glawe was born July 11, 1951 in Webster City. She received her education and graduated from Webster City Senior High School in 1969. Linda worked for over 15 years at Electrolux Home Products as a quality control technician. She retired due to her failing health. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law,...

Craig Boyington

Craig Boyington

Jan 17, 2009

Craig Allyn Boyington, son of Allen and Maribeth Norris Boyington was born August 11, 1951 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He received his education and graduated from Dows High School in 1970. On July 22, 1983, he married Lynn T. Smith in Clarion. The couple resided in Dows. They moved to Williams in 1985. Mrs. Boyington died July 2, 2001. On...

John Manship

John Manship

Jan 14, 2009

John Robert Manship, son of Robert and Anna Perry Manship was born on November 6, 1938 in Farrar, Iowa. He received his education from the Colo, Collins, and Marshalltown Schools. John enlisted in the U.S. Navy, as a "kiddie Cruiser" in 1956, where he was an aviation electrician on aircraft carriers until his honorable discharge in 1959. In 1958, he...

Marcille Segar

Marcille Segar

Jan 12, 2009

Marcille D. Engels, daughter of Joseph and Elsie Danner Engels, was born on February 10, 1927 at the family home in Lehigh. She graduated from Eagle Grove High School in 1945. Marcy was united in marriage to Wilbur Segar on May 11, 1945 in Fort Dodge. The couple resided in Webster City. Survivors include her husband, Wilbur Segar of Webster...

Betty Olthoff

Betty Olthoff

Jan 11, 2009

Betty Olthoff, 83, of Webster City, died Sunday, January 11, 2009 with her family present. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Foster Chapel, with Rev. Linda Bibb officiating. Burial was in the Graceland Cemetery. Betty Lou Olthoff, daughter of Joe and Lena Mamminga Olthoff, was born December 14, 1925 at Kamrar. She was baptized at the...

Ernie Cupp

Ernie Cupp

Jan 10, 2009

Ernest Earl Cupp, son of Reuben and Grace Hubbell Cupp, was born April 1, 1926 at Dows. He graduated from Blairsburg Public School. In 1943, he joined the U.S. Navy and served on the L.S.T. 576 as a motor machinist mate. Following his discharge, he returned to Iowa and farmed with his father, north of Clarion. He moved to Webster...

Rodney Balsley

Rodney Balsley

Jan 7, 2009

Rodney Dean Balsley son of Arnold Jr. and Julie Nelson Balsley was born on September 13, 1957 in Webster City. He received his education from the Webster City Community Schools. In December of 1975, he married Vicki Kraft at the Trinity Lutheran Church. The couple resided in Eagle Grove. They later divorced. Rod's main vocation was in the construction and...

Ernest Lanken

Ernest Lanken

Jan 2, 2009

Ernest J. Lanken son of Christian and Anne Arps Lanken was born June 26, 1920 in Holstein, Germany. In September of 1929, he moved with his family to United States eventually residing in Webster City. He received his education from the Webster City Community Schools. Ernest had been a resident at Greenleaf Health Care Center since May of 1986. Ernest...

Loretta Thomas

Loretta Thomas

Jan 2, 2009

Loretta Ruth Kelly, the daughter of Ervin and Gertie Tuttle Kelly was born December 22, 1939 on a farm in Hamilton County Iowa. She was raised and educated in Blairsburg, graduating from Blairsburg High School in 1957. Soon there after she moved to Des Moines, where she worked for Look Magazine and Employers Mutual Life Insurance Company. She then moved...

Dolores Kloberdanz

Dolores Kloberdanz

Jan 1, 2009

Dolores Margaret Davis daughter of Frazier and Clara Smith Davis was born on March 14, 1924 in the Humboldt Township in Humboldt County, Iowa. She received her education from the Clarion High School, graduating in 1941. Following her graduation, she worked for Leatha and Jacks Café. In 1943, she attended the Civil Aeronautic Administration Communications Training Center in Kansas City,...

Gertrude Parker

Gertrude Parker

Dec 31, 2008

Gertrude Matilda Parker, daughter of Arthur and Agnes Kaping Gumtau, was born October 19, 1904 at Dixon, IL. She moved, with her parents to Iowa in 1910. They resided at Webster City. She received her education in Webster City schools, graduating from Lincoln High in 1921, at the age of 16. On June 3, 1923, she married William Dean Parker...