Richard J. Henke, Sr.
Feb 17, 2018
Richard J. Henke, Sr., the son of Frank and Eva (Kohn) Henke, was born on a farm in rural Cherokee, Iowa, on March 13, 1921. He attended country school until the 8th grade, and then stayed home to help with the family farming operation.
Richard married Marcella “Sally” Theisen on January 7, 1948. They made their home on a farm...
Lola Kay Paeper
Feb 8, 2018
Lola Kay Paeper, the daughter of Gale and Helen (Wright) Henson was born September 1, 1951, in Sac City, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Sac City where she attended school and graduated from Sac Community High School.
On September 14, 1968, Lola was united in marriage to Russell Paeper in Nemaha, IA. They lived in Storm Lake...
Barbara Ann Boatman
Feb 7, 2018
SERVICES
Memorial services will be held at a later date in the spring.
Mary Lue Kuhrts
Feb 3, 2018
Mary Lue (Regennitter) Kuhrts went home to Our Lord February 3rd, 2018. She fought bravely against respiratory illness for most of her life. Mary was born near Washta, Iowa July 29, 1937, the 14th of 19 children born to Albert and Mae (Coon) Regennitter. She was close with many of her siblings and had many friends while at school. She...
Jean Heinen
Jan 30, 2018
Dorothy Jean (Glover) Heinen, the daughter of Ralph and Marcella (Rupp) Glover, was born April 18, 1944, in Cherokee, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Cherokee and Quimby, where she graduated from Willow High School. On November 24, 1972, she was united in marriage to Ed Heinen at St. John’s Catholic Church in Quimby, IA. Jean primarily...
Lawrence Jaggie
Jan 28, 2018
Lawrence David Jaggie, the son of Edward Walter and Colleen (Hancock) Jaggie was born December 27, 1947, in St. Louis, MO. His childhood years were spent in St. Louis where he received his education.
In 1975, he moved to Iowa looking for work. It is there that he met Rhonda Bjorklund. They were united in marriage on May 21, 1978....
Velma A. Martin
Jan 22, 2018
Velma Alberta Martin, the daughter of Deforest and Mabel (French) Steward was born August 13, 1923, in Cherokee, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Cherokee where she attended school. Following school, she was united in marriage to Lyle Martin in 1953. Velma lived in Cherokee all her life. In 1952, she went to work for J.C. Penney’s and remained...
Martin Luke Zauhar
Jan 21, 2018
Martin “Marty” the son of Nicholas and Katherine (Polich) Zauhar, was born and grew up in Floodwood, MN. He then served in the U.S. Army. Marty married Sheila Maki on June 20, 1964. They moved to Cherokee, IA in 1967 where they raised two daughters. Marty worked for Allied Mills and also for Wilson Foods for 19 years. He...
Shirley Ann Zembsch
Jan 18, 2018
Shirley Ann (Oentrich) Zembsch, was born in O'Brien County, IA, January 26, 1937 to Elda (Kuehl) and Fritz Oentrich. As a child, she lived in the Paullina, Sutherland and Gaza areas. She was baptized May 5, 1948, and confirmed on March 18, 1951. She graduated from Gaza High School. Shirley married the love of her life, Robert Zembsch, and together...
Thomas Phillip Dushinske
Jan 18, 2018
Thomas Phillip Dushinske was born September 22, 1934, in Cherokee, IA, to William and Florence (Jenkins) Dushinske. Tom attended Immaculate Conception School until high school, graduating from Wilson High School in 1952. On November 21, 1953, Tom married Audrey Howard and raised their family in Cherokee. He spent over 20 years as a purchasing agent and salesman for Lundell Manufacturing...
Margaret M. Roethler
Jan 17, 2018
Margaret Marcella (Wentworth) Roethler was born October 20, 1923 to Grace (Campbell) and Earl Wentworth. She grew up in the Cherokee area, and graduated from I. C. Catholic High School in Cherokee. She married Kenneth Roethler in 1946 and the couple made their home in Larrabee.
Their family eventually grew to include eight children, so for many years, Margaret...
Pamela A. Rus
Jan 12, 2018
Pamela Ann Rus, the daughter of Charles and Norma (Catlett) Schutte was born December 21, 1955 in Nebraska City, NE. Her childhood years were spent in Auburn, NE where she attended school. She was united in marriage to Robert Rus in Auburn. Following marriage, they moved to Washington State where she worked at home raising their three children; Sarah, Zach,...
Dr. John Cyrus Gregg
Jan 9, 2018
SERVICES
No services will be held at this time, and burial will be at a later date.
Robert Kenneth Radcliffe
Jan 6, 2018
Robert Kenneth Radcliffe, the son of Lawrance and Lucille (Palmer) Radcliffe was born January 25, 1964 in Le Mars, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Marcus where he attended school. He then attended school in Sheldon where he became a heavy equipment operator.
After school he moved to Harlan, IA with his high school sweetheart, Vicki Boyd. They lived...
Paulette Kay Herrmann
Jan 3, 2018
Paulette Kay Herrmann, the daughter of Lorraine (Harty) and Paul Herrmann, was born March 23, 1947, in Sioux Falls, SD. She moved to Cherokee with her family in the early 1950’s. She attended Immaculate Conception Schools in Cherokee, and graduated in 1965. She worked at Sioux Valley Hospital for a few years. She then spent the next 45 years working...
Delora Jean Mitchell
Dec 20, 2017
Delora Jean Mitchell, lovingly known as DJ or Lorge, was born February 8th, 1933 in rural Woodbury County, the oldest child of Marion and Ida Mae (Schieuer) Hackett. She attended elementary school in Moville until 8th grade when they moved to a farm southeast of Moville where she attended country school. She graduated from Climbing Hill High School in 1951,...
Tracy Jo Gravenish
Nov 24, 2017
Tracy Jo Gravenish, 58, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away on November 24, 2017 Born October 24, 1959 in Sioux City, Iowa, she was the daughter of Rodney and Margaret (Roepke) Maffin. Tracy graduated in 1978 at Cherokee Washington High School. She was united in marriage to Duane Gravenish, September 25, 1981. Together they had four children. Tracy worked at Cherokee...
John M. Patterson
Nov 23, 2017
John Merrick Patterson, the son of Andrew and Mary (Eischen) Patterson was born March 15, 1920, in Rock Township in Cherokee, Iowa. He grew up on the family farm and attended the rural school there. He graduated from Wilson High School in Cherokee in 1937. John entered the U.S. Army in 1942 and served 3 1/2 years in Australia and...
Delbert William Biberdorf
Nov 23, 2017
Delbert William Biberdorf, 70, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away on November 23, 2017 surrounded by family. A memorial service will take place at Greenwood Schbert Funeral Home, December 9th, 2017 at 2:00 PM in Cherokee, IA. Delbert William Biberdorf was born on December 12, 1946, a child of Oscar and Vera Biberdorf of Quimby. He attended school at Quimby, IA...
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