Mark Eugene Courtright
Jul 16, 2015
Mark was born on June 18, 1951 in Cherokee, Iowa to Floyd Lavern Courtright and Margaret Mary Kohn Courtright. Mark graduated from Willow Community High School in 1969 in Quimby, Iowa. Mark enlisted in the Iowa Air National Guard out of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa on January 22, 1970. He served six years and was discharged January 21, 1976. Mark married...
Patricia Maureen Keith
Jul 9, 2015
Patricia Maureen Keith was born November 29, 1937, in Des Moines, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Cherokee where she graduated from Wilson High School. After school she was united in marriage to Richard Keith. They moved to California for many years while Richard was serving in the military. Patricia worked from home raising her three children. In 1972...
Phillip Edwin Hartliep
Jul 8, 2015
Phillip Edwin Hartliep, 78, of Roxton, TX., passed away Wednesday July 8, 2015 in Paris, Texas. Phillip was born on January 4, 1937 in Spirit Lake, Iowa a son of Neil and Frieda Johnson Hartliep. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.S. in Political Science, served in the U.S. Air Force, and was a member of First...
Charlotte Siegel
Jul 7, 2015
CHARLOTTE SIEGEL, 93, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Tuesday morning, July 7, 2015 in the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center. Memorial services will be held on Friday, July 10th at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Cris Decious will officiate. Burial of the cremains will be in the Cherokee Memory Gardens. There...
Georgia Lee Gill
Jul 7, 2015
Georgia Lee Gill, was born January 16, 1951, the daughter of James and Mary Voneta (Gordon) Gill. She was baptized and confirmed at the Immaculate Conception Church in Cherokee. She graduated from Meriden - Cleghorn High School, class of 1969. She attended college at Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota. After college she made her home in Sioux Falls,...
Roxie Behn
Jul 4, 2015
Roxana (Holleran) (Christian) Behn, the daughter of Margaret (Hamilton) and Joseph Holleran, was born in Elmira, NY on May 10, 1935. She received her early education in Wellsboro, PA, and then attended Mt. Aloysius Catholic High School in Cresson, PA. She graduated with the class of 1953. On June 6, 1953, she was united in marriage to Ronald M. Christian...
Nancy L. Statler
Jun 30, 2015
NANCY L. STATLER, 75, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Tuesday evening, June 30, 2015 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 8th, at 10:30 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Pastor Jean Morse will officiate. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 2 p.m. until...
Ivan Theisen
Jun 25, 2015
Ivan C. Theisen was born on April 20, 1927 in Le Mars, IA to John and Anna (Ruden) Theisen. He grew up near Le Mars and Oyens, IA, where he received his education. He proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict from 1951-1953. On January 15, 1955, he was united in marriage to Yvonne Muller in Remsen,...
Melinda Vancenbrock
Jun 23, 2015
MELINDA (ELLIS) VANCENBROCK, 55, of Knoxville, Iowa and formerly of Des Moines and Cherokee, Iowa passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Graveside memorial services will be held on Monday, June 29th, at 11 a.m. at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee, Iowa. Deacon LeRoy Rupp will officiate. Melinda's remains were cremated and...
Sherri A. Clayton
Jun 23, 2015
SHERRI (HORTON) CLAYTON, 51, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Tuesday morning, June 23, 2015 at her residence in the Autumn Park Apartments. Sherri was born on July 20, 1963 at Oakland, California to Chester & Winifred (Ploof) Horton. She finished her education receiving her G.E.D. in 1995. She was a jack of all trades. She had lived in Cherokee, prior...
Floyd P. Reinert
Jun 17, 2015
Floyd was born on December 27, 1922 to Peter and Emma (Ament) Reinert in Cherokee County. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith. Floyd attended county school, one year at Meriden High School and graduated from Quimby High School in 1940. In World War II, he served in the Pacific theatre aboard a destroyer, the U.S.S. Stoddard. Floyd...
Gerald L. Goodburn
Jun 12, 2015
GERALD L. "JERRY" GOODBURN, 86, of Cherokee, Iowa and former rural Cleghorn, Iowa resident, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015 at Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 15th, at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in...
William 'Bill' Renken
Jun 11, 2015
William Henry Renken, the son of Gertrude (Seivert) and Alvin Renken, was born October 30, 1941, in Slayton, MN. He grew up in Wilmont, MN, and attended the local schools. On February 7, 1961, Bill was united in marriage to Barbara Johannes. The couple didn't let any grass grow under their feet, as they relocated several times between Nebraska, Texas...
John L. Perrett
Jun 5, 2015
JOHN L PERRETT, 82, of Quimby, Iowa passed away Friday, June 5, 2015 at Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 10th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Quimby United Methodist Church. Pastor Barb Dinelli will officiate. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery at Quimby, Iowa. There will be military rites by Lyle W. Barnes Post #398...
Sally Henke
Jun 1, 2015
Marcella Magdalene (Theisen) Henke, the daughter of John and Anna (Ruden) Theisen, was born January 29, 1925, in Farley, Iowa. The family moved to Le Mars, Iowa, and Sally attended St. Joseph School. She received her GED in 1974. On January 7, 1948, Sally was united in marriage to Richard Henke in Oyens, Iowa. The couple farmed west of Cherokee....
Ruth Evelyn Malcom
May 29, 2015
RUTH EVELYN MALCOM , 101, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Friday morning, May 29, 2015 in the Good Samaritan Society at Holstein, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 2nd, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee. There...
Serenity Lee Bumann
May 25, 2015
Serenity Lee Bumann, twenty-two month old daughter of Harlan and Erin (Rydgren) Bumann of Quimby, IA, was welcomed into this world, along with her twin sister, on July 22, 2013. Born prematurely, her first two weeks of life were spent in the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit in Sioux City, where she proved to be quite the little fighter. Serenity grew...
Richard "Butch" Vasquez
May 23, 2015
RICHARD M. "BUTCH" VASQUEZ, 51, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, and formerly of Washta and Pierson, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015 due to injuries received in a one vehicle accident in the Badlands National Park near Rapid City, South Dakota. Richard was born on June 9, 1963 at Puyallup, Washington to Richard & Sharon (Spencer) Vasquez. He was raised...
Betty A. Moser
May 15, 2015
Betty (Elizabeth Ann) (Alesch) Moser, the oldest of seven children, was born September 2, 1933, to Raymond and Mathilda (Schilmoeller) Alesch on the Alesch family farm near Marcus, Iowa. The family lived near Oyens, Iowa, and Betty attended Public School in Marcus and St. Catherine's Grade School in Oyens. In 1945, the family moved to a farm near Remsen, Iowa,...
Shirley Full
May 14, 2015
Shirley Maye Full, the daughter of John A. and Alvina (Michels) Cloos, was born in Spring Brook, Iowa, on September 11, 1933. She graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Sioux City, IA in 1951, and then attended Ellis Beauty School, graduating in 1953. On July 4, 1953, she was united in marriage to Leslie J. Full. The couple moved...
