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Raymond Glover

Raymond Glover

Nov 3, 2015

Raymond Glover, the son of Ralph and Marcella (Rupp) Glover, was born October 3, 1950, in Cherokee, IA. His childhood years were spent in Quimby, IA. In 1979, he moved with his parents to Cherokee until 1999 when he moved to Carriage Hills Nursing Home until the time of his death. Raymond may have had many struggles during his life...

Mary E. Dunn

Mary E. Dunn

Nov 2, 2015

Mary Elizabeth Dunn, the daughter of James and Ardythe (Schaller) Dunn, was born in Cherokee, IA, on October 2, 1959. She grew up on the family farm, and graduated from Meriden-Cleghorn High School. She then attended Iowa Lakes Community College. She spent the majority of her working career as a pharmacy technician at Valley Pharmacy in Cherokee. She was most...

Bibs Schmillen

Bibs Schmillen

Sep 30, 2015

Bibiana 'Bibs', the 11th of 13 children born to Vincent and Julia (Pekarek) Vanis, was born on a farm near Ulysses, NE on December 2, 1928. She attended country school in grades K-8, and graduated from High School in David City, NE. She attended Nebraska University School of Nursing in Omaha, NE, and worked as Head Nurse there. She married...

Ivan Louis Bobolz

Ivan Louis Bobolz

Sep 28, 2015

Ivan Louis Bobolz was born June 4, 1942 in Cherokee to Arthur and Elsie (Fagerlund) Bobolz. He grew up on a farm east of Quimby and graduated from Quimby High School in 1960. Upon graduation he farmed and worked as a carpenter with his father and brother. Ivan was a member of the Iowa National Guard and was called to...

Geneva Emily Buenger

Geneva Emily Buenger

Sep 26, 2015

Geneva Emily Buenger, was born on a cold and snowy morning on January 21, 1924 to Bernhard C. and Emma W. (Schwartz) Buenger, the second oldest of children on the farm near Mapleton, IA. In 1940 they moved to farm near Aurelia, IA. She was baptized at St. Matthew in Mapleton on February 10, 1924. She was confirmed May 22,...

Darwin Paeper

Darwin Paeper

Sep 26, 2015

Darwin Dean Paeper, the son of Chris and Leone (Spencer) Paeper, was born on November 3, 1943, in Sioux City, IA. He grew up in Newell, IA, and graduated from Newell High School in 1962. On October 11, 1963, he was united in marriage to Beverly Waterman at the Methodist Church in Newell. They lived in Storm Lake, Newell and...

Betty June Goodburn

Betty June Goodburn

Sep 24, 2015

Betty June Goodburn, the daughter of Frank and Margaret (Hammond) Shove, was born February 24, 1928, in Cherokee, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Cherokee where she attended school and graduated from high school. Following graduation, Betty worked for Royer's Jewelry and the local drugstore. On August 21, 1949, she was united in marriage to Elmer Goodburn in Cherokee....

Jimmie Dean Ulrich

Jimmie Dean Ulrich

Sep 21, 2015

Jimmy Dean Ulrich, the son of Anton and Margret (Nelson) Ulrich, was born February 19, 1933, in Norfolk, NE. His childhood years were spent in Norfolk where he received his education. On April 2, 1953, Jimmy joined the U.S. Army and served for two years during Korea until his honorable discharge on February 2, 1955. In 1957, Jimmie was united...

Alice L. Todd

Alice L. Todd

Sep 19, 2015

Alice L. Todd, the daughter of Eli and Luvia Heath, was born October 30, 1927, in Correctionville, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Correctionville where she received her education. On November 27, 1944, Alice was united in marriage to John G. Todd at Dakota City, NE. In 1957, they moved to Quimby where they farmed for many years. Alice...

Ray Hanson

Ray Hanson

Sep 17, 2015

Raymond Kenneth Hanson of Marcus, IA, age 70, passed away on the 17th of September, 2015 peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He had battled COPD and heart failure since 1999. Ray was born in Cherokee, IA on the 21st of April, 1945. He was the son of Kenneth and Mary (Delperdang) Hanson of Cherokee. On the 16th of...

Joseph Neal Wood

Joseph Neal Wood

Sep 12, 2015

Joseph Neal Wood, the son of Eugene and Dolores (Addudell) Wood was born on December 21, 1953, in Ida Grove, Iowa. His childhood years were spent in Ida Grove where he attended and graduated from school. Joe was a religious man who loved to read the Bible and lead prayer services at Careage Hills Nursing Home. He was an avid...

Manfred W. Smith Sr.

Manfred W. Smith Sr.

Sep 6, 2015

Manfred W. Smith, Sr. the son of Bessie Omaha and Johnson Smith was born January 22, 1926, in Greenwood, South Dakota. On April 29, 1949 Manfred was united into marriage to Hildegard Shove. Following their marriage Manfred worked in the construction and maintenance field for many years. For a brief time they owned and� operated the Smith's Grocery Store in...

William 'Bill' John Foley

William 'Bill' John Foley

Sep 5, 2015

William 'Bill' John Foley was born, April 27, 1921 to John S. Foley and Sarah Esther (Mann) Foley in Anthon, Iowa. Bill attended St. Joseph's Catholic School from kindergarten to eighth grade in Anthon and graduated from Anthon High School in 1939. While in High School, Bill worked at the local grocery store in Anthon, and after high school he...

Merle Spieler

Merle Spieler

Sep 3, 2015

Merle Peter Spieler, the son of Martin "Abe" and Loretta (Schneider) Spieler was born July 1, 1940, on the family farm near Remsen, IA. Merle attended school in Marcus and graduated from Holy Name Catholic School in 1958. After high school, he worked for a couple years and then joined the Iowa Army National Guard where he served until his...

Bruce Oentrich

Bruce Oentrich

Aug 25, 2015

Bruce Edward Oentrich, the son of Elda (Kuehl) and Fritz Oentrich, was born in Cherokee, IA on October 6, 1957. He received his early education in Pipestone, MN and Larrabee, IA, and completed his schooling in the Cherokee Public School. He was employed at the Cherokee Work Activity Center for 39 years. Bruce took great pride in his work, and...

Helen Monica Struck

Helen Monica Struck

Aug 22, 2015

Helen Monica Thompson Struck, daughter of Alice and James Thompson was born on May 19, 1915 in Ayrshire, Iowa. She attended Aryshire Sacred Heart School before her folks moved to a farm near Webb, Iowa. She finished her education at Garfield Township School, graduating in 1933. She was employed at O'Brien's Grocery store previous to her marriage to Raymond Leroy...

Mary Lu Wolf

Mary Lu Wolf

Aug 20, 2015

Mary Lu (Schrank) Wolf was born June 8, 1929 in Battle Creek, IA, the daughter of Gertrude 'Gert' (Sexton) and Simon 'Simp' Schrank. She was raised on a farm in Danbury, IA. She graduated from Danbury Public School in 1947, and was a proud member of the cheerleading squad that cheered at the State Basketball Tournament in 1947 when their...

Ellen Elizabeth Tallman

Ellen Elizabeth Tallman

Aug 12, 2015

Ellen Elizabeth Tallman, 75, passed away at her home in Granger, Iowa on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Ellen, daughter of the late Joseph Tallman and wife Marian, nee Shellenberger was born: October 26, 1940 in Storm Lake, Iowa. Ellen is survived by six brothers and sisters, Joseph and his wife Sue, of Newark, DE, Anne Johnston and her husband Richard,...

Marvin Wampler

Marvin Wampler

Aug 11, 2015

Marvin Wayne Wampler, the son of Howard and Maude (Stuart) Wampler was born June 7, 1927 in Savannah, MO. His childhood years were spent in Floyd County where he attended school. He graduated from Stanberry High School in 1946. After school, Marvin served with the military for two years. He then attended Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, MO where he...

Thad M. Moller

Thad M. Moller

Aug 9, 2015

Thad Michael Moller, the son of Darrel and Wanda Moller, was born February 1, 1971, in Cherokee, IA. His childhood years were spent in Cherokee and Arnolds Park where he received his education. Thad had worked various jobs throughout his life in Cherokee and the surrounding area. Thad enjoyed mud bogging, making BBQ, and camping. Most of all, he loved...

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