The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in HER Stories 2025, an annual special section that features Eastern Iowa ...

Optimism, Patience, Kindness, Dignity and Grace define Mary Beth’s strength of character in her battle to overcome ovarian cancer. She was a role model of perseverance and positive mental fortitude.

Mary Beth Miller Bach, PhD., died on Monday, June 16, 2025 after a several year battle with Ovarian, Kidney, and Breast Cancer, and finally Liver Cirrhosis. She died at home in her sleep, next to her ...

Mary Beth Spiker (88) passed away peacefully on November 26 in Mill Valley. Mary Beth was born on June 14, 1936, and raised in Spirit Lake, Iowa by Gib and Pearl Mouritsen. She married David Spiker on ...