Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Cherokee, Iowa
Serving Cherokee
Opal M. Crippen
Mar 10, 2009
OPAL M. CRIPPEN, 85, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 13th, at 10 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jim Steen will officiate. Burial will be in the Pilot Township Cemetery, rural Cherokee. Visitation will be on Thursday...
Robert Henry Schroeder
Mar 9, 2009
ROBERT H. SCHROEDER, 87, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Monday afternoon, March 9, 2009 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center following lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14th, at 11 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Larry Lemke will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. There will be...
Hilma W. Artz
Mar 7, 2009
HILMA W. ARTZ, 92, of rural Cherokee, Iowa passed away Saturday evening, March 7, 2009 in the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 12th, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee. The Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be in the Kingsley Cemetery. There will be a...
Opal L. Freed
Feb 25, 2009
OPAL L. FREED, 87, of rural Calumet, Iowa passed away Wednesday morning, February 25, 2009 at her farm home south of Calumet. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 28th, at 2 p.m. at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, rural Meriden, Iowa. Pastor Clint Hogrefe will officiate and burial will be in the Liberty Cemetery, north of Meriden. There...
Clifford W. Ferrin
Feb 24, 2009
CLIFFORD W. FERRIN, 81, formerly of Marcus and LeMars, Iowa, passed away Tuesday morning, February 24, 2009 in the Heritage Pointe Assisted Living in Omaha, Nebraska following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 28th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Liz Pfeifle will officiate and burial will be in...
Emma Hodge
Feb 21, 2009
EMMA HODGE, 84, of New Brighton, Minnesota, formerly of Pierson, Iowa passed away Saturday afternoon, February 21, 2009. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 25th, at 10 a.m. at the Meadow Star United Methodist Church at rural Washta, Iowa. Pastor Bill Cotten will officiate and burial will be in the Grand Meadow Cemetery. There will be a family...
Mark W. Draper
Feb 21, 2009
MARK W. DRAPER, 39, of Quimby, Iowa, formerly of Holstein and Cherokee, passed away Saturday evening, February 21, 2009, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident southwest of Cherokee. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, February 26th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Jean Jenness will officiate. Burial of the cremains will be in...
Mary Frances Brickson
Feb 11, 2009
MARY FRANCES BRICKSON, 97, formerly of Alta and Aurelia, Iowa, passed away Wednesday afternoon, February 11, 2009 in the Buena Vista Manor in Storm Lake, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 3rd at 2 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Chrokee. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Alta, Iowa. Visitation will be on Monday...
Lloyd F. Gronemeyer
Feb 7, 2009
LLOYD F. GRONEMEYER, 81, of Milford, Iowa, formerly of Arnolds Park, and former longtime Cherokee resident passed away Saturday, February 7, 2009 at his home in Milford. Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 9th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee Rev. Ethan D. Sayler will officiate. There will be military rites at the funeral home...
Marjorie C. Hicks
Feb 6, 2009
MARJORIE C. HICKS, 92, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Friday evening, February 6, 2009, in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 11th, at 11 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee, Iowa at a later date. There...
Henry E. Johnson
Jan 27, 2009
HENRY E. JOHNSON, 82, of Washta, Iowa and former rural Aurelia area resident, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Sunrise Retirement Community. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 30th, at 1:30 p.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jim Steen will officiate. Burial will be in the Sunset View Cemetery at Washta, Iowa. There...
Alice L. Cedar
Jan 27, 2009
ALICE L. CEDAR, 76, of Cherokee, Iowa and former Aurelia, Iowa resident passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 27, 2009, in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 31st, at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Pastor Larry Nilson will officiate. Burial will be in the Liberty Cemetery at rural Meriden, Iowa....
Wilbur F. Haley
Jan 23, 2009
WILBUR F. HALEY, 89, of St Joseph, Missouri, formerly of Cherokee & Mechanicsville, Iowa, died Friday, January 23, 2009 following a lengthy illness in St. Joseph, Mo. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday January 27th, at 2 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Ethan D. Sayler will officiate. Visitation will be on Monday January 26th...
Cecil M. Pannell
Jan 21, 2009
CECIL M. PANNELL, 77, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Wednesday evening, January 21, 2009 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, January 27th, at 11 a.m. at the First Congregational Church in Aurelia, Iowa. Pastor Bruce Rapp will officiate. It was Cecil's wishes to be cremated and there will be no visitation. Online condolences...
Lucille Ryden
Jan 21, 2009
LUCILLE RYDEN, 89, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at Careage Hills in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 24th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jim Steen will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. There will be a family prayer service at 10:15...
Helga A. Lundquist
Jan 19, 2009
HELGA A. LUNDQUIST, 93, of rural Washta and former long time Meriden area resident, passed away Monday, January 19, 2009 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 22nd, at 1:30 p.m. at the Meriden Evangelical Free Church. Pastor Larry Ostercamp will officiate. Burial will be in the Liberty Cemetery, rural Meriden, Iowa. There will be...
Robert W. Booth
Jan 14, 2009
ROBERT W. "BOB" BOOTH, 85 of rural Aurelia, Iowa passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 17th, at 2 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Alan Dean of Living Word Outreach Ministries of Spencer will officiate. Burial will be in the Pleasant...
Edwin C. Maddox
Jan 14, 2009
EDWIN V. MADDOX, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, and great grandfather was peacefully released to our loving God, on January 14, 2009, at the age of 96. Memorial services will be held on Sunday, May 24, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Bruce Rapp will officiate. Burial of the cremains will be in...
Daniel H. Raymond
Jan 10, 2009
DANIEL H. RAYMOND, 51, of Denver, Colorado and former Storm Lake and Cherokee resident passed away Saturday, January 10, 2009 at the Hospice Center of North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa following a battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 15th, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Tom Lewis will...
Ronald G. Igou
Jan 7, 2009
RONALD G. IGOU, 71, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Wednesday afternoon, January 7, 2009 at the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center following a several month illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday , January 10th, at 11 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Richard Arndt will officiate. There will be military rites by L. A....


