OBITUARY: Dorothe Eleanor Sponheim, 1925-1926, Mitchell County, Iowa Dorothe Eleanor Sponheim Dorothe Eleanor, daughter of Arthur and Gertie Maakestad Sponheim, was born on October 4, 1925. After a few days of suffering, she was called to her heavenly home on May 30, 1926. The cause of her death was appendicitis. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. O.C. Myhre in the Rock Creek Lutheran Church on June 1, 1926. Interment was mad in the Rock Creek Lutheran cemetery. Copyright 2004, Steve Norby