Madeline R. (Aucoin) Vandale, 91, of Spencer, died peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 28. She leaves her husband of 66 years, Richard L. Vandale, her sons; Richard P. Vandale and his wife Marcy of Holden ...

SPENCER, Iowa | Madeleine (Collester) Greer, 93, of Spencer died suddenly and peacefully at home on Dec. 1, 2013.

The author Elizabeth Spencer in 1999. She was often compared to the Southern voices of William Faulkner and Eudora Welty. Adine Sagalyn/Akg-images ...

Elizabeth Spencer, a grande dame of Southern literature who bravely navigated between the Jim Crow past and open-ended present in her novels and stories including the celebrated novella "Light In the ...

The Light in the Piazza Feb. 13-18, Progress Energy Center, Raleigh Broadway Series South In 1998, Chapel Hill novelist Elizabeth Spencer was facing a tough decision: Who would she allow to adapt ...

Elizabeth Spencer, a celebrated author whose irony-laced novels and short stories explored family strife and buried histories, most indelibly with “ The Light in the Piazza,” and who was ...

Author Elizabeth Spencer, a grande dame of Southern literature whose 'Light in the Piazza' was adapted into an acclaimed Broadway musical, has died.

Spencer, who sometimes went by her married name Elizabeth Rusher, died Sunday night in Chapel Hill, N.C., according to playwright Craig Lucas, who adapted "Light In the Piazza" for the stage.

Spencer died Sunday night in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, according to playwright Craig Lucas, who adapted “Light In the Piazza” for the stage.

Elizabeth Spencer, a grande dame of Southern literature who bravely navigated between the Jim Crow past and open-ended present in her novels and stories including the celebrated novella “Light ...