Stories from Friday, May 10, 2019

Cherokee community schools is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Free for all children 1-18 and $3.50 for adults...

ALICE  J.  HOEPPNER, 92,  of rural Washta, Iowa passed away Thursday, morning, May 9, 2019, at her farm home.   Funeral arrangements are currently pending at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

KYLE  J.  WOLTMAN, 56, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Sunday evening, May 5, 2019, unexpectedly at his residence.   Funeral arrangements are currently pending at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Mark Murphy, age 56 of Cherokee, IA, passed away at Unity Point St. Luke’s Medical Center in Sioux City, IA on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Pastor Gregg Johnson will officiate. ...

Jane Ann Steele Bigbee, age 88, of Marengo, died Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Renton, WA while visiting her daughter. Funeral Services: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2019, at First Presbyterian Church, Marengo, with Pastor Anni Thorn officiating. Visitation: 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. ...

ROBERT  M.  MAHNKE, 86, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Thursday morning, May 9, 2019 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center.   Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 13th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jonathan Riggert will officiate. ...

Donna Lucille (Waugh) Hansen1 831 of Pahrump, Nevada, formerly of Correctionville and Washta Iowa, entered into rest on January 2, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada after a long illness. Donna was born on March 29, 1935, to Fred and Goldie (Bronson) Waugh. She was one of 11 children. ...

DuWayne Pauling, age 87 of Paullina, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at his home in Paullina. Memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 11th at Zion Lutheran Church in Paullina. Rev. Daniel Wagner will officiate. Burial will be at Prairie View Cemetery in Paullina. ...

Cheryl (Sherri) J. Ehrich, 73, of Green Valley, AZ, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Thursday May 2, 2019.  She was born on her grandparents’ farm in Correctionville, IA, on August 3, 1945, the oldest daughter to John and Marjorie (Cobb) Nelson.  She graduated from Washington High School in Cherokee, IA. ...