Obituaries

Nancy J. (Clark) Nielsen, 69, of rural Quimby, Iowa, passed away Wednesday morning, November 13, 2019 at her residence and she has donated her body to the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City.   I would like everyone to know that my work here is done. ...

Cassie Renae Wiseman, age 29 of Cherokee, IA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake, IA. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, November 14, 2019, at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, IA. ...

Marcus, Iowa – Steve C. Strub, 92, of Marcus, Iowa passed away on Friday, November 8, 2019 at Heartland Care Center in Marcus. Funeral services will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Grace United Methodist Church in Marcus. Rev. ...

Wilma Wenck, age 92 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 5th at The Gardens Assisted Living in Cherokee. A memorial service was held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8th at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Cherokee, followed by committal at Oak Hill Cemetery. ...

Darrell E. Egger,  78, of Cleghorn, Iowa passed away Thursday afternoon, October 31, 2019 in the Heartland Care Center at Marcus, Iowa.   Memorial services will be held on Friday, November 8th, at 11 a.m. at the Cleghorn Presbyterian Church in Cleghorn, Iowa. ...

Ruth Iona Hausmann, age 96 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2019, at Accura Healthcare In Aurelia. Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee. ...

Patricia “Patti” K. Engle, 64, of Kingsley, Iowa , passed away Thursday, October 31, 2019 at her residence in Kingsley. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 4, 2019 at First Lutheran Church, Kingsley, IA., with Pastor Jason Letsche officiating. Visitation was Sunday, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. with the family present and a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley, IA. Online condolences may be sent to rohdefh.com...

Alice J. Anderson, 76, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Monday evening, October 28, 2019 at her residence. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 2nd, at 10:30 a.m. at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church at rural Meriden, Iowa. Rev. Jonathan Caldwell will officiate. ...

Peggy J. Grashoff, 83, of Aurelia, Iowa, passed away Monday morning, October 28, 2019 in Accura Healthcare in Aurelia, Iowa.   Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 1st at 2 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Cris Decious will officiate. ...

Lois Ann Hobson, age 90 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Careage Hills in Cherokee. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 26, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Pastor Jean Morse will officiate. ...

James Leo “Jim” Cates, 92 of Okoboji, Iowa, and formerly of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Tuesday afternoon, October 22, 2019 at his residence.   Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, October 28th, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford, Iowa. ...

Memorial services for Charles (CB) Benson, age 74, of Aurelia, will be Saturday, October 26, 2019 at the Aurelia Community Center.  All are invited to a short service from 3:00-3:15 with the family staying to share memories afterwards until 6:00 pm.  Wear a baseball cap and/or your favorite baseball team’s shirt or jersey.  The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is overseeing the arrangements...

Arlene Ruth Van Hemert passed away on October 23, 2019  in Des Moines, Iowa. She was born on March 27, 1925 in rural Buena Vista County, Iowa to Ernest C. and Augusta D. (Hasewinkel) Tuttle. Arlene is survived by her daughter Belinda (Roy) Stephenson, son Duane (LoAnn) Van Hemert, sister Deloris Rogers, brothers John (Liz) Tuttle and Ronald Tuttle, sisters-in-law Phyllis (John) Vander Wert, Florence Tuttle and Becky Tuttle; grandchildren Michelle Scroggins and Jason (Brianne) Van Hemert; and great-grandchildren Will Schupp, Lucas Schupp, Sarah Scroggins, Celia and Elise Van Hemert, and many nieces and nephews.. ...

               Funeral services for Sharon L. Miller, 51, of Winder, GA, will be Thursday, October 24, 2019, at 10:30 A.M., at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Derek Evans officiating. Burial will be at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 Wednesday, with the family present, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements...

On October 22, 2019, MYRNA  JANE  GOODWIN,  loving sister, mother, and grandmother, passed away at Careage Hills at the age of 81, after a courageous, decades-long battle with an illness.   Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 26th, at 10:30 a.m. ...