Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Cherokee, Iowa
Serving Cherokee
Phyllis A. Bahr
May 13, 2014
PHYLLIS A. BAHR, 74, of Quimby, Iowa, passed away Tuesday evening, May 13, 2014, at her home in Quimby. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 20th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Quimby, Iowa. Pastor Don Meyer will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee, Iowa. There will be a family...
Larry M. Small Sr.
May 11, 2014
LARRY M. SMALL SR., 75, of Cherokee, Iowa and formerly of rural Spirit Lake and Rembrandt, Iowa passed away Sunday evening, May 11, 2014 at Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Larry was born November 6, 1938 in Cherokee, Iowa to Ira and Iva (Stier) Small. He was raised on a farm in rural Peterson area, graduating from Brooke Consolidated High School...
Doris L. Watson
May 11, 2014
DORIS L. WATSON, 85, of Sioux City, Iowa passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014 at Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 15th, at 11 a.m. at Augustana Lutheran Church in Sioux City, Iowa. Rev. Del Olivier will officiate. Burial will be at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Aurelia, Iowa at 3 p.m. on Thursday with...
Alice Faye Fuhrman
May 7, 2014
ALICE F. FUHRMAN, 101, of Cleghorn,Iowa passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Heartland Care Center in Marcus, Iowa. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 10th, at 2 p.m. at the Cleghorn Presbyterian Church in Cleghorn. Rev. Peggy Hegeman and Pastor Bob Blair will officiate. Burial will be prior to the funeral service at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday at...
Gayle Ann Gore
May 4, 2014
GAYLEÂ ANNÂ GORE , 61, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Sunday afternoon, May 4, 2014 at her residence in Autumn Park.
Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, May 7 th , at 2 p.m. at the Meriden Evangelical Free Church in Meriden, Iowa. Pastor Larry Ostercamp will officiate. It was Gayle's wish to be...
John Dean, Jr.
Apr 28, 2014
John Dean, Jr., the son of John and Agnes (Schiewe) Dean, Sr. was born November 27, 1947, in Cherokee, IA. In 1948, John was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and several other medical conditions that required him to reside at various medical facilities and hospitals. John had lived at Woodward State Hospital School, Gregg's Hilltop Care Center, in Cherokee, IA, and...
Verena Eileen Hughes
Apr 24, 2014
VERENA E. HUGHES, 90, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jon Riggert will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. There will be a...
Hazel I. Moore
Apr 19, 2014
HAZEL I. MOORE , 85, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away, Saturday morning, April 19, 2014 in the Countryside Estates.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 23 rd , 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 Good Hope Cemetery,...
Lisa Ann Wilson
Apr 19, 2014
LISA ANN HUNTER WILSON , 37, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Saturday, April 19, 2014 in the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Funeral services will be held Friday, April 25 th , at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be at...
Sylvia E. Kerns
Apr 18, 2014
SYLVIA E. KERNS , 94, of Cherokee, Iowa and formerly of Quimby, passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, Friday afternoon, April 18, 2014, in the Countryside Estates.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 22nd, at 11 a.m. at the Quimby United Methodist Church. Pastor Barb Dinelli will officiate. There will...
Bertha Darlene Weiland
Apr 12, 2014
BERTHA "TEENY" WEILAND , 75, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Cherokee Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 16 th , at 2 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be in the Sunset View Cemetery at Washta,...
Wesley E. Hirschman
Apr 11, 2014
WESLEY E. HIRSCHMAN , 98, of Marcus, Iowa and former long-time Fielding and Cherokee Iowa resident, passed away Friday April 11, 2014 at Heartland Care Center in Marcus, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 16 th , at 10:30 a.m. at the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Ethan Sayler and Bob...
Paul G. Fischer
Apr 1, 2014
PAUL G. FISCHER , 82, of Cherokee, Iowa, formerly of Marcus, Iowa, passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 1, 2014 in the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 5 th at 11 a.m. at the Meriden Evangelical Free Church....
Michael Waters
Mar 31, 2014
Michael Francis Waters, the son of Francis and Leone (Carr) Waters, was born in Sioux City, IA on September 6, 1926. When he was 3 years old the family moved from their home in Anthon, IA, to Cherokee, IA, where he received his early education. He graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in Cherokee, and later studied Liberal Arts for...
Janet Marlene Larsen
Mar 31, 2014
Janet Marlene Larsen , 70, Cherokee, passed away at the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center on Monday morning, March 31, 2014 following a six month battle with cancer.
Memorial services will be held Friday, April 4 th , at 11 a.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jean Morse will officiate. Visitation will...
Nicole S. Bunkers
Mar 30, 2014
Nicole (Nicki) Sue Bunkers was born in Mitchell, SD to Richard and Judy Kayser on July 15, 1967. She went to school at Hanson School in Alexandria, SD and graduated in 1987. She married Jim Bunkers on May 1, 1992 in Mitchell. She graduated from Mitchell Technical Institute for Early Childhood Development in 1988. She worked as an Owner/Operator along...
Richard 'Dick' Hirschman
Mar 28, 2014
Richard 'Dick' J. Hirschman, the son of Ivo John 'Nick' and Irene (Davies) Hirschman, was born May 31, 1932, in Hartington, NE. He graduated from Holy Trinity High School in Hartington, NE in 1949. From 1949 - 1953, he worked at the Ford garage in Hartington. He was drafted and served in the United States Army in 1953. His tour...
Rosemary T. Lux
Mar 27, 2014
Rosemary (Rose) Theresa Steichen Lux was born in 1924 on a farm near Alton, IA to Nichols and Mary (Henricy) Steichen. Rose grew up on the farm with 9 half and 11 full brothers and sisters. Rose met her spouse, Orman Lux at the Avalon Ballroom in Remsen, IA, dancing to Lawrence Welk during the turmoil's of WW II. Rose...
Donald M. Johnson
Mar 24, 2014
DONALD M. JOHNSON , 90, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Monday evening, March 24, 2014, in the Countryside Estates at Cherokee, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 29 th , at 10:30 a.m. at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, rural Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jeff Harris will officiate. Burial will be in the...
Richard "Rick" Stevenson Jr.
Mar 23, 2014
RICHARD D. "RICK" STEVENSON JR. , 65, of Quimby, Iowa, passed away Sunday morning, March 23, 2014 in Bryan Medical Center West in Lincoln, Nebraska
Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 28 th , at 10:30 a.m. at Boothby Funeral Home Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Don Meyer and Vicar Scott Strohkirch will officiate. Burial...


