Obituaries

Mar 19, 2020

BRUCE W.  CHRISTENSEN , 86, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, March 19, 2020 at The Gardens Assisted Living in Cherokee.

Private family memorial services will be held at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Burial of the cremains will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee, Iowa. There will...

Mar 19, 2020

Ronald James Peters, the son of Carl E. and Sophie C. (Schneider) Peters was born October 21, 1940, in Hawarden, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Hawarden where he attended school and graduated from Hawarden High School in 1957. Ron served in the Army stationed at Ellsworth AFB in Rapid City from 1962 until his honorable discharge in 1965.

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Mar 18, 2020

Don A. Royer, the son of Oscar and Lula (Marsh) Royer was born on December 23, 1929, in Cherokee, IA. His childhood years were spent in Cherokee, where he attended school and graduated from Wilson High School in 1948, and then attended the University of Iowa. After college, he joined Royer & Son Jewelry in 1951.

 On March 1, 1953,...

Mar 17, 2020

WADE D.  TOLLE , 55, of Meriden, Iowa, formerly of Marcus and Sioux City, Iowa, passed away Tuesday morning, March 17, 2020 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center.

Funeral arrangements are currently pending at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Wade was born...

Mar 16, 2020

LARRY L.  NIEMEIER , 68, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Monday evening, March 16, 2020 in Unity Point Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa.

Funeral arrangements are currently pending at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Larry was born on July 16,...

Mar 3, 2020

RUTH I.  HAYES , 73, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Tuesday morning, March 3, 2020 at Unity Point Health-St. Luke's in Sioux City, Iowa.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 7 th , at 1:30 p.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jean Morse will officiate. Burial will...

Mar 1, 2020

Clarence Richard Hohbach , 83, of Marcus, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020, at the Heartland Care Center in Marcus, surrounded by his family.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 4th at 10:30 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Marcus. Pastor Kevin Roop and Pastor Don Meyer will officiate. Burial...

Mar 1, 2020

Christopher David Wester was born in Cherokee, Iowa on February 17, 1997. He lived most of his life in Cleghorn with his mom and dad, Eric and Sara (Ouderkirk) Wester, and siblings Kyle and Annie before the family moved to the farm located north of Cleghorn. He graduated from Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn High School. He continued his schooling at South Dakota State...

Mar 1, 2020

SERVICES No services are planned at this time.

Feb 29, 2020

LEE B.  NELSON , 82, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Saturday morning, February 29, 2020 at his home in Cherokee.

Memorial services will be held on Thursday, March 5 th , at 1:30 p.m. at the St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Cris Decious will officiate. Burial will be in...

Feb 28, 2020

Robert Scott Manning was born in Le Mars, Iowa on August 22, 1956, to Jean (Dennler) and Milo F. Manning. His childhood years were spent in Le Mars, and he graduated from Le Mars Community High School in 1974. He attended a few semesters at NWICC in Sheldon, where he studied drafting.   Bob spent several years working for Wells...

Feb 27, 2020

Gerald Alan Peterson, son of Mabel (Nelson) and Walter Peterson, was born February 6, 1930 on the family farm southwest of Aurelia, IA.  He attended the local schools and graduated from Aurelia High School in 1948.  He married Phyllis Lau in June of 1950 and they were parents to three children, Pamela, Kelley, and Brent.  His family was expanded to...

Feb 26, 2020

Judith Lee Ferrin, the daughter of Lewis (Peck) Lawrence and Lovedy Conklin was born on July 14, 1935, in Cherokee, IA and graduated from Wilson High School in 1953. Following graduation, she worked secretarial jobs and met the love of her life, Harold Ferrin, when he helped her up after she had fallen down at the local skating rink.

 Harold...

Feb 23, 2020

Beryl Elmer Schubert, the son of Reuben and Dellav (Morrice) Schubert, was born on October 3, 1925, on a farm near Battle Creek, IA. His childhood years were spent on the farm where he attended country school and a graduate of Ida Grove High School in 1943. After graduation, Beryl enlisted in the Air Corp where he served two years...

Feb 18, 2020

SERVICES Funeral services will be held at a later date.

Feb 16, 2020

Tyson R. Stevenson, 44 of Quimby, IA passed away Sunday evening, February 16, 2020 at Unity Point Health-St. Luke's in Sioux City, Iowa due to an unexpected heart attack.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday February 22nd, at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, IA. Pastor David Doellinger and...

Feb 16, 2020

HOWARD A.  TVEITNES , 91, of rural Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Sunday evening, February 16, 2020 at his farm home.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 21 st , at 11 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Cris Decious will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak...

Feb 14, 2020

LeRoy William Miller, 73, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Friday evening, February 14, 2020 at Accura Care Center in Aurelia, Iowa surrounded by his loving family.

LeRoy was born on March 26, 1946 in Ida Grove, Iowa. He was one of 8 children born to Royal and Betty (Nellist) Miller. He graduated from high school in 1964 in Toledo, Iowa. ...

Feb 13, 2020

ALEXA LEE  BREWSTER , 25, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020 due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, February 22 nd at 11 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Eric Wright will officiate. Visitation will be...