Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Cherokee, Iowa
Serving Cherokee
Lori J. Sokolowski
Mar 7, 2011
LORI J. SOKOLOWSKI, 55, of rural Holstein, Iowa passed away Monday morning, March 7, 2011 due to injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 14th at 10:30 a.m. at the Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus, Iowa. Father Armand Bertrand will officiate. Visitation will be held on Sunday at the Boothby Funeral...
Dorothy Theidel
Mar 7, 2011
DOROTHY M. THEIDEL, 94, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 12 noon. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church small chapel in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jim Steen will officiate. Burial will be at Clarendon Hills Cemetery in Darien, Illinois at a later...
Adam Daniel Craig
Mar 4, 2011
Adam Craig, the son of Pam (Kolpin) Craig and Dan Craig, was born October 23, 1987, in Storm Lake, IA. His childhood years were spent in Cherokee where he attended school and graduated from Washington High School in 2006. Craig enlisted in the Iowa Army National Guard's Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry, Le Mars, Iowa...
Adeline Warren Uhl
Feb 27, 2011
Adeline Lucille Uhl, the daughter of Joseph and Emmah (Davis) Stanislov was born on March 27, 1923, in Castana, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Castana where she attended school and graduated from Castana High School. Following her schooling, Adeline was united in marriage to Warren Uhl in Blencoe, Iowa in 1946. The couple farmed in the Onawa, Castana,...
Lucille M. Samuelson
Feb 25, 2011
LUCILLE M. SAMUELSON, 98, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Friday, February 25, 2011 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be held Monday, February 28th, at 3 p.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in Oak Hill Cemetery. There will be a family prayer...
Shirley (Stokes) Prunchunas
Feb 24, 2011
Shirley Jean Prunchunas, the daughter of Leroy and Irma Fae (Cipperly) Goettsch was born October 10, 1933, in Holstein, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Cushing, Holstein, and Quimby where she attended school. On August of 1953, Shirley was united in marriage to Harold L. Stokes. They resided in Sioux City for 20 years with their six children. Throughout...
Fern L. Sleezer
Feb 21, 2011
FERN L. SLEEZER, 91, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Monday evening, February 21, 2011 at Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee. Memorial services will be on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Pastor Ethan Sayler will officiate. Burial will be at a later date. There will be a family prayer service at...
Thomas Earl Flanigan
Feb 20, 2011
Earl Flanigan, the son of Thomas and Mary (King) Flanigan was born October 24, 1915, in Cherokee, IA. His childhood years were spent on the family farm five miles south of Cherokee. He attended country school and following his schooling he enrolled at a Diesel Engineering School in Des Moines, IA. He later returned to Cherokee during the war to...
Neta M. Leonard
Feb 15, 2011
SERVICES Memorial graveside services will be held at a later date in the spring. OFFICIATING Rev. Magrey R. deVega CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT Oak Hill Cemetery Cherokee, Iowa
Arlene Mann
Feb 14, 2011
ARLENE MANN, 91, of Aurelia, Iowa passed away Monday, February 14, 2011 at the Sunset Knoll Retirement Home in Aurelia. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 18th at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Pastor Jeff Harris will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. There will be a family prayer service...
Ruth Lawler
Feb 12, 2011
Ruth M. (Ebel) Lawler was a wonderful person who assumed many roles in life: wife, mother, grandmother, nurse and friend, to name a few. She was born in Lincoln, Illinois, to Rudy and Nita Ebel on February 25, 1928, growing up among the cornfields of rural Illinois while attending Lincoln Public Schools. Upon graduating from Lincoln Community High School in...
Celestine Eischen
Feb 12, 2011
Celestine Eischen, the daughter of John and Josephine (Hecket) Corzilius was born on July 30, 1915 in Cherokee, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent near Maryhill where she attended school and graduated from Maryhill in 1928. After high school, she attended and graduated from Mount St. Mary's in May of 1932. She worked at the AAA Office prior to her...
Charlotte "Lottie" Davis
Feb 11, 2011
CHARLOTTE "LOTTIE" DAVIS, 97, of Sheldon, Iowa and former long time Cherokee, Iowa resident, passed away Friday morning, February 11, 2011 at the Sanford Hospital in Sheldon, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 16th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery...
Mary Ellen Fox
Feb 9, 2011
MARY ELLEN FOX, 68, of Quimby, Iowa passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Funeral services will be Tuesday, February 15th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Quimby Baptist Church in Quimby, Iowa. Dr. Robert Stout will officiate. Burial will be in the Quimby Cemetery. Visitation will be held 11 a.m. until 8 p.m....
Emogene Clover
Feb 6, 2011
EMOGENE CLOVER, 92, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Sunday morning February 6, 2011 in the Country Side Estates in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 9th, at 2 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Ethan Sayler will officiate. Burial will be in the Afton Township Cemetery, rural Cherokee. There will be a family prayer...
Betty Medick
Feb 6, 2011
SERVICES Memorial services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee. OFFICIATING Pastor Jon Riggert CASKET BEARERS HONORARY BEARERS Jennifer Borkenhagen Rev. Daniel Borkenhagen Kim Medick Katie Medick Adam Medick VISITATION A public gathering will start at Noon on Wednesday with the family present from 6:00-8:00 P.M. Wednesday night at Greenwood Funeral...
Floriene Delma Sangwin
Jan 31, 2011
Floriene Delma Sangwin, age 93 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 at Careage Hills Care Center in Cherokee, IA. She was born on July 28, 1917 in Rochester, Minnesota. She was the eldest of 9 children of Edward and Nola Quiggle DeMars. Her childhood years were spent in Rochester, Minnesota, Jackson, Minnesota, and Meriden, Iowa. She graduated...
Janice Schmillen
Jan 29, 2011
Jan Schmillen, the daughter of Harold and Margaret (Smith) Aringdale, was born March 14, 1947, in Sioux Falls SD. Much of her childhood years were spent in Marathon Iowa. On January 24, 1982, Jan was united in marriage to Dick Schmillen in Cherokee, Iowa. Following their marriage they remained in Cherokee where she diligently worked to help support her family....
Lucille L. Borrink
Jan 28, 2011
Lucille was born December 23, 1920, to Mr. and Mrs. William Hantsbarger in Cherokee, IA. She graduated from Cherokee High School in 1939 and also graduated from Samuelson Beauty School. She worked many years as a beautician and always cared how her hair looked even when she was in the nursing home. Lucille married Ray Borrink on February 28, 1942....
Margaret M. Tilton
Jan 27, 2011
MARGARET M. "MARGE" TILTON, 89, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 1st at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Gregg Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in the Afton Township Cemetery, rural Cherokee. There will be a family prayer service...


