Stories from Thursday, August 17, 2006

Jessica Bennett and Caleb Short of Sutherland announce the birth of a son born on August 12, 2006 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center at 2:40 a.m. Nicolas John weighed eight pounds and six ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Rich and Becky Bedsaul of Sutherland and Cheryl Jensen and Jerry Jensen of Sutherland and Leslie Bennett of Texas...

Dot Mott died at Willows in The Village Retirement Community in Indianola on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006. A memorial service was held at the Maple Crest Lounge at The Village on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 at 10 a.m. A second memorial service is at the Friends Meeting House, rural Paullina, on Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 7 p.m...

Eleanor R. Martin, 86, of rural Aurelia, died Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006 at 2:55 a.m. in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 15, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Pastor Michael Hyde officiated. Burial is in the Afton Township Cemetery, rural Cherokee...