Obituaries

Alyn  Thomas  Ritts, 73, of Washta, Iowa passed away suddenly, Thursday evening, November 15, 2018 at his home in Washta.   Funeral services were held on Monday, November 19th, at 2 p.m. at the Washta United Methodist Church. Pastor Barb Dinelli officiated. ...

Alyn  T.  Ritts, 73, of Washta, Iowa passed away suddenly, Thursday evening, November 15, 2018 at his home in Washta.   Funeral services were be held on Monday, November 19th, at 2 p.m. at the Washta United Methodist Church. Pastor Barb Dinelli will officiate. ...

Beverly Orthmann, age 91 of Sutherland, IA passed away at her home on Thursday, November 15th. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20th, at the United Methodist Church in Sutherland. Pastor Robin Thomas and David Orthmann will officiate. ...

Thomas Edward Stockebrand, Jr. died unexpectedly at the age of 69 on November 12, 2018 in Des Moines IA. Tom was born on November 14, 1948 in Independence, KS the eldest child of Nora Marie (Karthans) and Thomas Edward Stockebrand, Sr. He was active in Boy Scouts and church youth groups. Tom graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Business Administration and had remained a lifelong fan of the Jayhawk basketball team...

Mona  Gaylene  Booth, 83, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away peacefully, Tuesday evening, November 13, 2018 at Accura Healthcare in Cherokee.   Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 17th, at 11 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

Jerry  D.   Radle, 74, of Spencer, Iowa, formerly of Lancaster, California, and originally from Cherokee, Iowa, passed away October 17, 2018 in the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.   Memorial services will be held on Friday, November 16th, at 1 p.m. ...

Albert A. Alingh, 83, departed on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at his home in Emporia. He was born on September 8, 1935 in Cherokee, Iowa, to Albert and Laverne Alingh.
Al joined First National Bank in Pratt as Marketing Director in 1984 where he was responsible for new advertising and many public relation concepts.  In 2004, when he retired from the bank he was presented with a book signed by Dolly Parton and a letter from the Dollywood Foundation, Inc. ...

Darrell Lee Underwood, age 71 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Friday, November 2, 2018, at his residence in Cherokee, IA. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 9, 2018, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. ...

Donald  K.  Domina, 72, of Sioux City, Iowa, formerly of Washta, Iowa, passed away Monday evening, November 5, 2018 at Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s in Sioux City, Iowa.   Memorial services will be held on Saturday. November 10th, at 11 a.m. at the Washta United Methodist Church in Washta, Iowa. ...

Darrell Lee Underwood, age 71 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Friday, November 2, 2018, at his residence in Cherokee, IA. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 9, 2018, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. ...

Jim Bartlett, age 83, of Cherokee, IA passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, November 2, 2018. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 6th, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Pastor Jonathan Riggert will officiate. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. ...

Tom Midland, age 60 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2018, at his home in Cherokee. A celebration of life service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2018, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Burial will take place at a later date. ...

Hertha Klotz Saxton, age 92 of Cherokee, IA and formerly of Quimby, IA, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at a Sioux City hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 3, 2018, at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Quimby. Pastor John Riebhoff will officiate. ...

Phyllis  J.  Martin, 85, of Holstein, Iowa, formerly of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Tuesday afternoon, October 30, 2018 in the Good Samaritan Society of Holstein, Iowa.   Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, November 5th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

Stacey Ann Duncan, 59, was called home by our Heavenly Father on Saturday, October 20, 2018. 
Stacey Ann Blair came into this world in Cherokee, Iowa, on November 13, 1958, the second of three daughters born to the late Barbara Cole and John Blair. ...

Harold “Duane” Burns, age 90, of Washta, passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at his son’s residence of Sioux City.  A funeral service will be held on Monday, October 29, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Grace United Methodist Church of Correctionville with the Pastor Kim Crummer officiating.  A visitation will be held Sunday, October 28, 2018 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM with a prayer service at 7:00 PM at the Nicklas D. ...

Dale Edwin Anderson, age 61 of Remsen and formerly of Cherokee, IA, passed away Monday, October 22, 2018, at a Sioux City hospital. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 26, 2018, at the Gathering Place in Cherokee, IA. Pastor Jane Johnston will officiate. ...

Brett H. Phipps, age 34 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2018. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 23rd at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cherokee with Rev. Cris Decious officiating. Burial will be at Afton Cemetery near Cherokee. ...

Lucille  C.  Kledis, 100, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Sunday morning, October 21, 2018 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center.   Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 24th, at 1 p.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

Donald  E.  Green, 90, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Sunday afternoon, October 21, 2018 in Careage Hills.   Memorial services will be held on Thursday, October 25th, at 11 a.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

Keith W. Ballantyne, age 89 of Cherokee, IA passed away on Monday, October 22, 2018, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 27, 2018, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Pastor Jonathan Riggert will officiate. ...