Minnie Pauline Zerke Spoo 1890-1976

SPOO, ZERKE, HELDT, SIMPSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 12/27/2010 at 19:04:41

Mrs. Minnie Spoo
Estherville – Services for Mrs. Minnie Pauline Spoo, 86, Estherville, will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church with the Rev. Ronald Flentgen officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Henry Funeral Home, Estherville, is in charge of services with visitation after 1 p.m. Thursday.

Mrs. Spoo died Tuesday at Holy Family Hospital, Estherville.

Born March 30, 1890, at Lone Tree, Mrs. Spoo is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Zerke. She received her education in rural Emmet County Schools and was married to William Spoo March 10, 1915, at Estherville. They moved to Estherville in 1947. She was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Spoo is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harry (Laverna) Heldt Sr., Estherville, and Mrs. Donald (Mildred) Simpson, Milford; three sons, Clifford Spoo, Estherville, Harold Spoo, Lakefield, Minn., and Everett Spoo, Kansas; 22 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren; and one brother, Herman Zerke, Estherville.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one son, two brothers and four sisters. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 19, 1976)