Obituaries

A Celebration of Life for Verna Mugge, was held on October 17, 2019, at Grace Lutheran Church, in Spirit Lake, IA. Internment was at Liberty Cemetery near Calumet. Verna Mae (Matz) Mugge was born in Hartford, SD, on January 17, 1924.  She attended school there until the 5th grade when her family moved to Iowa. ...

Teresa Ann Mesenbrink, age 68 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2019, at her home in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Pastor Eric Wright will officiate. ...

MARLENE  A.  BEAZLEY, 81, of Sioux City, Iowa and formerly of Washta, Iowa, passed away Sunday evening, October 13, 2019 at Continental Springs Nursing Home in South Sioux City, Nebraska.   Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 16h, at 10:30 a.m. ...

  Memorial services for Rose Mary (Toody) Westphal will be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 10:30 A.M. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with Father Mark Stoll officiating. Inurnment will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., with the family present, at the Aurelia Community Center. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements...

TERRY E. LANGHOLDT Terry Langholdt, age 74 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at the Accura Health Care Center in Cherokee. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee. ...

Marcus, Iowa – Edith ‘Edy’ Mae Sand, of Marcus, Iowa went to her eternal rest October 12, 2019 at the age of 96 at the Heartland Care Center in Marcus.  Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus, Iowa.  Burial will follow at Holy Name Cemetery in Marcus.  Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. ...

CAROLYN  A.  MORROW, 67, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Tuesday morning, October 15, 2019 at her residence.   Memorial services will be held on Friday, October 18th at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jonathan Riggert will officiate. ...

Sandra Kay Schlenger, age 77 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Monday, October 7, 2019, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 11, 2019, at the Meriden Evangelical Free Church in Meriden. ...

Suzanne  P.  Prunty, 71, of rural Cherokee, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, surrounded by family.   A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held on Monday, October 14th, at 11 a.m. ...

LaDonna Swanson-Hughley (Adamson) Died September 27, 2019. Preceded in death by parents, Whitfield & Lola Adamson; Brother Darrell Adamson. Survived by sister, Twila Griffith of Scottsdale, AZ; Sister-in-law, Juanita Adamson, of Cherokee, IA; Daughters, Michele Hughley & Annette (Daniel) Youness; Son, John Hughley; Grandchildren, Jacob, Jackie, Lauren, & Jonathan; and special friend, Bernie Roby. ...

Phyllis E. Hammer, age 86, of Cherokee, passed away on Sunday, October 06, 2019 at her home.  A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, October 08, 2019 at 10:30 AM at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Cherokee with the Rev. Jonathan R. Riggert officiating.  A private family burial will be held at the Holstein Cemetery of Holstein.  There will be no visitation. The Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home of Holstein is in charge of the arrangements...

Kathryn  L.  Ludvigson
Kathryn  L.  Ludvigson, 77, of Paullina, Iowa, passed away Friday morning, October 4, 2019 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center.   Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 9th, at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

Marlene  M.  Witcombe, 80, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Friday evening, September 27, 2019 at Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s in Sioux City, Iowa.   Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, October 9th, at 11 a.m. at the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

John  J.   Hare  Jr. 71,  of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Wednesday evening, October 2, 2019 at Mercy One in Sioux City, Iowa.   Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 8th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa.  Pastor Jean Morse will officiate. ...

Virginia 'Ginny' M. (Derksen) Fenner, 82, died Monday, September 23rd, 2019, at Torrance Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was a resident of Vista, California at the time of her death. No services or memorials are planned. Ginny was born in Ida Grove, Iowa, on January 5, 1938 to John T. ...

Denise Eileen Theisen, age 62 of Spencer and formerly of Marcus, IA, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019, at the Heartland Care Center in Marcus. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 3, 2019 at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus. ...

Marcus, Iowa – Charlie Anne Nelson, 31, of Marcus, Iowa, passed to her heavenly home on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon, Iowa. Funeral services will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at Peace Lutheran Church in Marcus. ...

Dwayne  H.  Hempel, 78, of Quimby, Iowa passed away Friday morning, September 27, 2019 at Floyd Valley Healthcare in LeMars, Iowa.   Visitation was  held on Monday, September 30th from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Private family graveside services were held at the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee, Iowa. Dr. Robert Stout officiated. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Marcus, Iowa – Milton V. Delperdang, 96, of Marcus, Iowa passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2019 at the Heartland Care Center in Marcus.  Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus, Iowa.  Burial will follow at Holy Name Cemetery in Marcus with military honors conducted by F.I. ...

Howard Shear, age 67, of Cherokee, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at Mercy One Medical Center in Sioux City. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, September 16, 2019, at Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Garret Reeves will officiate. ...

Katie was born April 19, 1923, in Council Bluffs, IA. She was the third child of Louis A. and Margaret C. (Rief) Sales. Katie married Chuck Kelly in July of 1942 and to this union one daughter was born Patricia (Kelly) Riedemann. Katie attended beauty school to become a beautician. ...

Dana  G.  Williams, 63, of Ames, Iowa and formerly of Washta, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at his residence.   Memorial services will be held on Saturday, September 28th, at 2 p.m. at the Washta United Methodist Church. Pastor Barb Dinelli will officiate. ...