MOVILLE, Iowa -- Deanna J. Spink, 58, of Willmar, Minn., formerly of Moville, died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, after battling cancer for two years.
Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Moville United Methodist Church in Moville. Burial will be in Correctionville Cemetery, Correctionville, Iowa. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Local arrangements are under the direction of McCulloch Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Homes in Moville. Online condolences may be sent to
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. Additional services will be held in Willmar. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 4:30 p.m., at Harvey Anderson Funeral Home in Willmar.
Deanna Jean Spink was born Feb. 22, 1950, in Sioux City, the daughter of Arthur Henry and Dorothea Fern (Shever) Deming. She grew up in Correctionville, Iowa, where she graduated from high school in 1968.
On Jan. 30, 1971, Deanna was united in marriage to Delbert Spink at United Methodist Church in Correctionville. To this union, three children were born. Following their marriage, they lived in Sioux City, Moville and Le Mars, Iowa. Deanna worked as a pharmacy technician in Moville and Le Mars. She moved to Willmar in 2005, and worked at the Willmar Surgery Center.
Deanna was baptized in 1950, and confirmed in 1964, at Correctionville United Methodist Church. She was a member of Moville United Methodist Church, where she played piano, served as a Sunday school teacher and Christmas program coordinator. After moving to Willmar, she became a member of Eagle Lutheran Church, rural Willmar. Through the years, Deanna had been active with the Methodist Youth Fellowship, 4-H and the Woodbury Central Booster Club.
Surviving are her children, Holly and Adam Gibson, Chad and Michelle Spink of Papillion, Neb., and Rick Spink of Dakota Dunes; three grandchildren, Blake, Kaleb and Kylie Gibson; and a brother, Doug and Barb Deming of Kimberling City, Mo.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, Terry.