Obituaries

Jul 12, 2016

Hilma Louise Alvena (Hogrefe) Wittrock was born on the Hogrefe farm south of Holstein on May 10, 1917. She was the third child of Herman and Charlotte Marie (Broderson) Hogrefe. She was baptized in July of 1917 and confirmed on July 19, 1931 at the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church. Hilma went to school at Logan Country...

Jul 10, 2016

Stanley Robert Reiff was born May 8, 1926, in Ida Grove, Iowa to George and Katharine (Roepke) Reiff. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and was a graduate of Ida Grove High School in 1943. After helping his father farm for a year, he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1944. He received...

Jul 5, 2016

Geraldine Catherine (Earnest) Fitch was born in Jamestown, North Dakota to Blanch (Christopherson) and Raymond Earnest. She attended grade school in Danbury and graduated from Cushing High School.

She was united in marriage to Cyril Fitch and they made their home in Correctionville. To this union three children were born.

Geraldine worked as...

Jul 4, 2016

James Howard Clausen was born December 12, 1936 on the farm three miles northwest of Holstein. He was the first son of Raymond (Bud) Clausen and Alice (Nickelsen) Clausen. Jim attended country school in both Douglas and Griggs before going to Holstein in the 5th grade and graduating from Holstein High School in 1955.

Jim...

Jun 22, 2016

Elizabeth Eleanor Robinson Jarvis was born in Schaller, Iowa on March 7, 1912. Her parents were Mary Bailey Robinson and James Duncan Robinson. Her five siblings preceded her in death. Schaller was Elizabeth's home town where she graduated high school in 1930. She attended and graduated Iowa State Teacher's College (now UNI). During 1932-1934, she taught grade...

Jun 19, 2016

Alice J. Heitmann was born April 12, 1921 to Clarence and Hilda (Schrunk) Otto.

On May 20, 1941, she married Eldon Jurgen Heitmann. To this union five children were born. Alice and Eldon farmed north of Holstein for 25 years.

After they moved to town, she worked many places serving the public: Helen...

Jun 10, 2016

Roberta Ann Hegstrom was born to Jay L. and Anna M. (Bierma) Hegstrom on March 22, 1926 and God called her home on June 10, 2016. Roberta grew up on the dairy farm with her parents near Lawton, Iowa. She graduated from Lawton Schools in 1943 and attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake. She graduated in...

Jun 1, 2016

May 26, 2016

Betty was born on August 1, 1930 near Kingsley, Iowa to Ray and Fern (Robbins) Warner. Betty graduated from Pierson, Iowa High School in 1948.

Betty married her high school sweetheart, Joe Frank, on March 24, 1951. She lived in Salem, OR while Joe was in the service. They made Galva their home for almost...

May 23, 2016

Geneva Mae (Stines) Pocock was born January 24, 1953 in Mapleton, Iowa to Lloyd and Arlene (Birtwell) Stines. She grew up in Correctionville and attended school there.

After high school, Geneva was married and lived in the area until she divorced and moved to Arizona with her two oldest children. She was married again and...

May 18, 2016

Dorothy Dutler was born April 18, 1926 on a farm north of Holstein, Iowa, the daughter of John and Elsie (Dittmer) Wiese. Dorothy attended Griggs #3 country school, graduating from Holstein Public Schools in 1943 as valedictorian of her class. After graduating she worked as a typist for the U.S. Corps of Engineers at Clock Tower in...

May 2, 2016

Howard E. Banks was born October 21, 1928 in Tiffin, Ohio to Voris and Ida (Lumis) Banks. In 1945 he joined the United States Navy for two years, then joined the United States Army in 1947 for three years. After the service he tried out for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Howard was an ambulance driver...

May 2, 2016

Virginia Caroline Segne (Pedersen) Schlinz was born January 2, 1932, to Rudolph and Emma (Reincke) Pedersen in Battle Creek, Iowa. She was raised on a farm near Battle Creek, Iowa for most of her childhood until her folks moved to Galva, Iowa where she attended high school. On January 16, 1949, Virginia married Lloyd Schlinz. Together they...

Apr 24, 2016

Roger Lee Dreeszen was born March 19, 1947 to Elvie and Norma (Crane) Dreeszen in Holstein. He grew up on the family farm four miles north of Cushing, becoming part of the 3rd generation of Dreeszens at “Rolling Acres.” Roger attended elementary school in Cushing until the 5th grade when the family transferred to Holstein and he...

Apr 23, 2016

Morris Richard Satter was born January 20, 1929 to Oscar and Violet (Jacobson) Satter in Sioux City, Iowa. He grew up on a farm west and south of Sloan and graduated from Sloan High School in 1948. Upon graduation he joined the Air Force for four years and was stationed in Bangor, Maine at Dow Air Force...

Apr 20, 2016

Marjorie Irene Peterson was born to Alfred and Elsie (Partridge) Peterson on September 10, 1930 at Alta, Iowa. She graduated from Alta High School in 1948 and was employed at The Peterson Store in Alta. She later worked and lived in Storm Lake, Des Moines Arizona & Mason City.

Her mother died when Marjorie was...

Apr 15, 2016

Floyd E. Binder, age 81, of Alta, Iowa passed away Friday, April 15, 2016, at his favorite place, his family farm, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born in Oak Hill, Kansas on November 27, 1934 to Lawrence and Anna (Malcolm) Binder, Floyd was the youngest of three siblings.

At the age of 9,...

Mar 30, 2016

Grace N. Groszkrueger was born on March 14, 1933 at her parent’s farm in rural Correctionville. Grace was one of eight children born to Leslie and Lola Fitch. She attended school in Correctionville and graduated in 1951.

Grace married Henry G. Groszkrueger on October 13, 1951 at the Methodist Church in Council Bluffs, attended by...

Mar 25, 2016

Wanda Ruth Weber was born December 28, 1924 in Oto, Iowa to John C. and Jennie V. (Coon) Pierce. She graduated from Oto High School in 1943. On May 19, 1943 she was united in marriage to Clifton W. Weber at St. John Church near Holly Springs, IA. They were married for 65 years.

The...

Mar 23, 2016

Marjorie Ruth (Hunt) Gray was born on November 16, 1924 to Frank Abraham and Lillie Pearl Hunt in Shell Rock, Iowa. She graduated from Shell Rock High School and Iowa State Teacher College, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Ruth worked as an elementary grade school teacher at Luther, Iowa Springdale, Iowa, Monticello, Iowa. She held a Citizen’s...