Stories from Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Funeral services for Bertha Swanson Carlson, 88, of Cherokee, formerly of Aurelia and Alta, will be today at 11 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Jean Morse officiating. Visitation was held today from 10 a.m. until service time at the church. Burial will be at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements...

Lorraine N. McDermott, 86, of Kingsley, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2014, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, lovingly surrounded by her family. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m., today at St. Michael Catholic Church, Kingsley, with Rev. ...

Pamela Simonsen, 63, originally of Quimby, passed away suddenly at her home in Tucson, Arizona on September 16, 2014. She was born on August 6, 1951 to Dean and Betty (Gabrielson) Simonsen. Pam was a 1969 graduate of Willow Community High School in Quimby,she went on to study at Drake University in Des Moines, and finished her Bachelor of Arts Degree at the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1975...

Freddy J. Conley, 82, of rural Marcus passed away Sunday morning, October 19, 2014 in the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, and services will be held on Thursday, October 23rd from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, with the family present from 6 p.m. ...