Gwendolyn Halstrom
Dec 11, 2009
GWENDOLYN HALSTROM, 84, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Friday, December 11, 2009 at the home of her son in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 17th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, rural Meriden, Iowa. Pastor Clint Hogrefe will officiate. Burial will be in the Liberty Cemetery, rural Meriden, Iowa. There...
D. Duane Hackett
Dec 10, 2009
Duane was born June 20, 1934 in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Marion and Ida Mae (Schieuer) Hackett. He married Joanne Mary Weber on June 17, 1957 and to this union two children were born, Renee Mary and Kenneth Duane. After graduating from Climbing Hill High School in 1952, Duane worked with his father on their family farm. Later...
Audrey M. Sieh
Dec 3, 2009
AUDREY M. SIEH, 82, formerly of Paullina, Iowa, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2009 at her home in Ames, Iowa where she had lived since 2000 with her son Barry. Audrey died from complication of her lungs. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 11th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Ethan Sayler...
Roger D. Jackson
Nov 27, 2009
ROGER D. JACKSON, 58, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Friday, November 27, 2009 at Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 30th, at 2 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Bob Stout will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee, Iowa. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until...
Larry D. Wheeler
Nov 26, 2009
Larry Wheeler, the son of Carl and Julia (Logue) Wheeler, was born July 22, 1938, in Knoxville, IA. At age three, his family moved to Aurelia and eventually to Cherokee where he attended school and graduated from Washington High School in 1957. Following graduation, he attended Mankato State College for two years and then attended Wayne State College. On June...
Earl F. Jacobson
Nov 26, 2009
EARL JACOBSON, 85, of Larrabee, Iowa passed away Thursday, November 26, 2009 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 30th, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Tom Lewis will officiate. Burial will be in the Cedar Cemetery at Larrabee, Iowa. There will be...
Gladys Martha Rupp
Nov 24, 2009
Gladys Martha Rupp was born August 5, 1920 in Holstein, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Hilda (Schliinz) Kuhrts. She graduated as valedictorian of her high school class in Quimby, Iowa in 1937 and attended the National Business Training School in Sioux City. She was employed at the AAA office in Cherokee until her marriage to Robert Rupp on Aug....
Mary E. Johnson
Nov 23, 2009
Mary was born on August 3, 1912 in Cherokee, IA to William and Ella (Mongan) Dreyer. Mary grew up in the Cherokee and Aurelia area graduating from Aurelia. She worked at Kruses Mercantile Store while living in Aurelia. Mary married LeRoy Johnson February 21, 1940 in Storm Lake, IA. They farmed in the Cherokee area until LeRoy's retirement. During their...
Merritt L. Jenness
Nov 23, 2009
MERRITT L. JENNESS, 84, of Marcus, Iowa passed away Monday, November 23, 2009 at his home in Marcus. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 28th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Darrell Webb will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. There will be a family prayer...
Amos A. Leonard, Sr.
Nov 20, 2009
Amos was born May 2, 1929 in Cherokee, Iowa to Herbert A. and Marvel (Filer) Leonard. He was educated in the Quimby area, graduating from Quimby Consolidated School in 1948. On July 16, 1950 he married Alma Wilmot in Cherokee, Iowa. For many years, Amos farmed and also worked for Smith Feed Yard. Following a move to Cherokee he worked...
Betty (Reznikov) Tymeson
Nov 18, 2009
Betty (Reznikov) Tymeson, 83, of Alta, Iowa, and formerly of Cherokee, passed away November 18, 2009, at Sunset Knoll in Aurelia, Iowa following a lengthy illness. Betty (Reznikov) Tymeson, the daughter of Lemuel and Amelia (Rameburg) Lewis was born July 4, 1926, in Charleston, West Virginia. On July 28, 1951 she married Charles Reznikov in Hagerstown, Maryland. They moved to...
Betty Lou Massmann
Nov 15, 2009
Betty Lou Massmann was born to Wiley and Marie Hopkins on May 13, 1927 in Deloit, Iowa. Betty's early childhood was spent at various railroad depot's where she would love to watch the trains come in. Her family eventually settled in Primghar, IA where she was raise and attended school. Betty was a 1944 graduate of Primghar High School. At...
Marjorie J. Pritts
Nov 11, 2009
MARJORIE J. PRITTS, 84, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2009 in the Cherokee Villa Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 14th, at 10 a.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be in the Meriden Cemetery. There will be a family prayer service...
James Anthony Schallau
Nov 10, 2009
Jim was born April 15, 1938, the seventh of ten children of Irvin and Joye (Tripplet) Schallau in Sutherland, Iowa. He attended Quimby grade school, transferred to Meriden in 8th grade, and graduated from there in 1956. He married his lifetime sweetheart Lois Ann Rupp on September 12, 1959 at Visitation Church, Maryhill. Jim worked in the auto and agricultural...
Evart 'Tony' Fulton Peterson
Nov 5, 2009
Evart "Tony" Fulton Peterson, the son of Evart and Birdlyn (Fulton) Peterson was born December 21, 1931, in Cherokee, IA. His childhood years were spent in Cherokee where he attended school and graduated from Washington High School in 1950. Tony attended one year of college at Buena Vista College before transferring to Iowa State where he earned a Bachelors Degree...
Jean E. Peterson
Nov 3, 2009
JEAN E. PETERSON, 88, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Tuesday evening, November 3, 2009 in the Careage Hills. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 7th, at 10:30 at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Ray Kruger will officiate and burial will be in the Afton Township Cemetery at rural Cherokee, Iowa. There will be a family...
Nancy Jo Farrington
Nov 1, 2009
NANCY JO (GANGER) FARRINGTON, 62, of Sioux City and Cherokee, Iowa, originally from Peterson, Iowa, passed away Sunday morning, November 1, 2009 in the St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Sioux City. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 6th, at 11 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Valerie Heller will officiate. Following the service...
M. Louise Droegmiller
Nov 1, 2009
M. Louise Droegmiller 83, of Strawberry Point, Iowa, Formerly of Cushing, Iowa passed away Sunday November 1, 2009 at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa of a sudden illness. Funeral services for Louise will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Cushing, Iowa First United Methodist Church at 10:30 am. Rev. Sheryl K. Ashley will officiate. Burial will...
Arlene J. Pinkerton
Oct 30, 2009
ARLENE J. PINKERTON, 90, of Cherokee, Iowa, formerly of Quimby, Iowa, passed away Friday morning, October 30, 2009 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, November 4th, at 11 a.m. at the St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee. Rev. Missy Brown will officiate. Burial will be at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday at the...
Paul Kohns
Oct 27, 2009
Paul Kohns, the son of Peter P. and Elizabeth (Heller) Kohns was born November 4, 1910, in rural Cherokee, IA. His childhood years were spent in Cherokee where he received his education. On July 8, 1933 Paul was united in marriage to Austrid Carlson at Maryhill Catholic Church. Following their marriage they farmed in Cherokee County for many years. Paul...
