Gale Shira Evans
Mar 21, 2013
GALE S. EVANS, 92, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Graveside Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 30th, at 10 a.m. at the Cedar Cemetery, rural Larrabee, Iowa. Rev. Ethan Sayler will officiate. There will be military rites by L.A. Wescott Post #2253 of the V.F.W. It was Gale's wishes...
James Bush
Mar 20, 2013
Jim Bush, the son of Jacob and Lillian (Kirchoff) Bush, was born on December 3, 1929, in Cherokee, Iowa, and was the youngest of four children. He attended elementary school first at Rock Township Country School, and then at Visitation Maryhill, where he graduated from the 8th grade. He worked with his brothers on the family farm after graduation. During...
Erma Saner Johnson
Mar 20, 2013
ERMA SANER JOHNSON, 101, of Marcus, Iowa and former Cherokee resident, passed away Wednesday morning, March 20, 2013 at Heartland Care Center in Marcus, Iowa. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 23rd, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be in the Marcus-Amherst Cemetery. Visitation will be on...
Erma M. Woltman
Mar 14, 2013
ERMA M. WOLTMAN, 94, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Cherokee Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Visitation open to the public will be held on Friday, March 15th from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee with the family present from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Private burial will...
Vurnace 'Bud' O. Slechta
Mar 13, 2013
Vurnace "Bud" Oliver Slechta was born on December 14, 1921 to Jerome and Ernestine Slechta in Denison, IA. He attended Denison Public School and then served three years in the US Army. He served in World War II in Asiatic Pacific Theatre. On August 16, 1946 Bud was united in marriage to Virginia Brown in Deloit, IA. To this union,...
Pearl Rose Frangenberg
Mar 11, 2013
Pearl Frangenberg was born on May 30, 1919 to Ambrose and Elizabeth (Flugel) Heinis in Morris, MN. At an early age, her family moved to Marcus, IA where she attended school and graduated in 1937. On June 6, 1938, Pearl was united in marriage to Otto Frangenberg at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus, IA. To this union were two...
Lillian Violet Johnson
Mar 10, 2013
LILLIAN V. JOHNSON, 94, of Cherokee and former Storm Lake resident passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 14th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jeff Harris will officiate. Burial will be in the Good Hope Cemetery, rural Cherokee. There will be a...
Hilda W. Carstens
Mar 8, 2013
Hilda W. Carstens was born on December 12, 1922 to Andrew and Veronica (Cook) Reinert on a farm near Maryhill. She attended school in Maryhill through the 8th grade. On April 4, 1940 Hilda was united in marriage to Ernest Carstens; they were married for 65 years. They raised 10 children on a farm one and a half miles south...
Judy A. Meikle
Mar 3, 2013
JUDY A. MEIKLE, 70, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Sunday morning, March 3, 2013 in the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 6th, 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 a later...
Gerald 'Jerry' Vernon Britt
Mar 1, 2013
Gerald (Jerry) Vernon Britt, age 65, passed away on March 1, 2013 at the VA Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD after a lengthy illness. Gerald was born to Vernon and Marie (Roeser) Britt on February 19, 1948 in LeMars, IA. After graduation, he joined the United States Air Force where he spent eight years and two tours of duty in...
Phyllis Mae Elliott
Feb 28, 2013
PHYLLIS M. ELLIOTT, 91, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Thursday morning, February 28, 2013 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee after a long illness. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 2nd, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be in the Afton Township Cemetery at rural Cherokee, Iowa. There...
Jean Hogue
Feb 22, 2013
Jean DeMeris (Bass) Hogue, the daughter of William W. and Blanche O. (Ulstead) Bass, was born in Marcus, Iowa on March 11, 1923. Her early childhood years were spent in Marcus, and she graduated from Marcus High School in 1940. She then attended the National Business Technical School in Sioux City. Following her schooling, Jean worked as a secretary for...
Frances 'Charlene' Mongan
Feb 22, 2013
Frances Charlene (Sechler) Mongan, daughter of LeRoy and Frances (Dunn) Sechler, was born on August 22, 1927 in Cherokee, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in the Meriden area where she graduated from Meriden High School in 1945. Charlene was united in marriage to Donald Mongan on June 6, 1950 at Immaculate Conception Church in Cherokee, Iowa. To this union...
Edith Ehrich Holler
Feb 22, 2013
Edith E. Ehrich Holler, 94, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away on Friday, February 22, 2013, at Char-Mac Assisted Living Center in Lawton, Iowa. A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted by Rev. Magrey deVega at 10:30 AM on Monday, March 4, 2013, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee under the direction of Boothby Funeral Home with interment...
Zoe Ann Madsen
Feb 22, 2013
Zoe Ann E. (Stubbe) Madsen, 62, passed away Friday, February 22, 2013, after battling breast cancer for more than a year.� Zoe was born May 22, 1950 in Rock Rapids, Iowa, to Chas H. and Jean Stubbe.� Zoe earned her bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Northern Iowa in 1971, and married her high school sweetheart, Bob, just...
Frances Reinert
Feb 21, 2013
Frances (Kirchoff) Reinert was born on August 10, 1927, to Louis and Elsie (Weber) Kirchoff at Cleghorn, IA. She attended a rural school in Amherst Township, as well as high schools in Cherokee and Marcus, Mesa, AZ, and finally returned to Cleghorn where she graduated in 1946. Most of France's life was spent on farms in Cherokee County. Prior to...
Stephanie Ann Meadows
Feb 20, 2013
Stephanie was born April 4, 1973, in Cherokee, Iowa. She was baptized at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Her childhood years were spent in Cherokee where she attended Lincoln School. She graduated from Fairview High School in Chico, CA and then attended Butte College. She was very artistic and made jewelry which she sold at the Farmer's Market in Chico....
Caleb Goodburn
Feb 19, 2013
Caleb Allen Goodburn, the son of Robert and Susan (Combs) Goodburn, was born in Sioux City, Iowa on October 2, 1985. His childhood years were spent mostly in the Marcus, IA area, where he attended school. He was active in sports, excelling in both football and wrestling. Caleb enlisted in the Army National Guard during his junior year in high...
David L. Means
Feb 17, 2013
David L. Means, the son of Vernon and Gladys (Geringer) Means was born February 7, 1950, at Le Mars, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Marcus, IA where he attended school and graduated from Marcus High School in 1968. After graduation, David worked at Lubeck's in Cherokee. Through the years, he also worked for the Burlington Northern Railroad, Love...
Colene F. Green
Feb 13, 2013
Colene Frances Green, 91, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away peacefully on February 13, 2013 at a care center in Eureka, Illinois. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 23rd at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Cherokee. Rev. Ethan Sayler will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee, Iowa. There will be a...
