Obituaries

Earl Charles Heilman

Oct 5, 2016

Earl C. Heilman, age 79, of Holstein, passed away on Wednesday, October 05, 2016 at the Horn Memorial Hospital of Ida Grove.  A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church of Holstein with the Rev. Doresa K. Collogan officiating.  Burial will be at the Cushing Cemetery of Cushing...

Robert F. Croxell

Oct 2, 2016

Robert F. Croxell, age 89, of Holstein, passed away on Sunday, October 02, 2016 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center of Cherokee.  A funeral service will be held on Friday, October 07, 2016 at 10:30 AM at the St. John Lutheran Church of Cushing with the Rev. Melba E. Smith officiating.  Burial will be at the Cushing Cemetery of...

Dean Francis Vollmar

Oct 1, 2016

Dean F. Vollmar, age 84, of Holstein, passed away on Saturday, October 01, 2016 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center of Cherokee.  A funeral service will be held on Monday, October 03, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the United Methodist Church of Holstein with the Rev. Doresa K. Collogan officiating.  Burial will be at the Holstein Cemetery of Holstein...

Jeffrey Dean Kolb

Sep 29, 2016

Jeffrey D. Kolb, age 56, of Colorado Springs, CO, formerly of Holstein, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at the Penrose – St. Francis Hospital of Colorado Springs, CO.  A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church of Holstein with the Rev. Doresa K. Collogan officiating. ...

Delores M. Hoaglund

Sep 2, 2016

Delores M. Hoaglund, age 86, of Holstein, passed away on Friday, September 2, 2016 at the Community Memorial Health Center of Hartley.  A funeral service will be held on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church with the Rev. Doresa K. Collogan officiating.  Burial will be at the Holstein Cemetery of Holstein.  A visitation...

Darwin Shever

Sep 2, 2016

Darwin D. Shever, age 92, of Correctionville, passed away on Friday, September 2, 2016 at the Cherokee Villa Nursing and Rehab Center of Cherokee.  A memorial service will be held on Friday, September 9, 2016 at 7:00 PM at the Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home of Correctionville.  Burial will be on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 10:00 AM at...

Michael W. O'Neill

Aug 31, 2016

Michael W. O’Neill, age 80, of Holstein, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at his residence of Holstein.  A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, September 5, 2016 at 10:30 AM at the Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church of Holstein with the Fr. Richard D. Ball officiating.  Burial will be at the...

Russell Benning

Aug 31, 2016

Russell Benning, age 93, of Holstein, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center of Cherokee.  Memorial Services will be at a later date.

Harry C. Endrulat

Aug 31, 2016

Harry C. Endrulat, age 90, of Holstein, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at the Horn Memorial Hospital of Ida Grove.  A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 10:30 AM at the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Holstein with the Rev. Matthew Martens officiating.  Burial will be at the Holstein Cemetery of...

Ralph M. Kalin

Aug 26, 2016

Ralph M. Kalin, age 87, of Holstein, formerly of Galva, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society of Holstein. A funeral mass will be held on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 10:30 AM at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church of Schaller with the Fr. Timothy A. Friedrichsen officiating.  Burial will be at the St....

Harold K. Stange

Aug 24, 2016

Harold was born October 9, 1938, at Cherokee, Iowa, the son of Harry and Mabel (Ludvigson) Stange. He attended school at Cushing and graduated from there in 1957.  He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran church in Holstein.

Upon graduation, he farmed until 1961, when he entered the Army and served until 1963.  He then...

Robert F. Dittmer

Aug 20, 2016

Robert was born on January 29, 1928, to Frank and Alma (Miller) Dittmer on the family farm northwest of Holstein, Iowa.  Robert was the third of seven children, five sisters and one brother. He attended country school and graduated from Holstein High School in May, 1946.

Robert was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951 and served...

Robert E. Mohr

Aug 11, 2016

Robert E. Mohr, 90, of Cushing, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at his home in Cushing.  Robert was born on November 9, 1925, to Albert and Rena (Anfinson) Mohr.  During his youth and first two years of marriage, he lived on the Mohr family farm north of Holstein.  He was united in marriage on December 27,...

Hilma Wittrock

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...

Stanley R. Reiff

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...

Geraldine C. Fitch

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...

James H. "Jim" Clausen

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...

Elizabeth E. Jarvis

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...

Alice J. Heitmann

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...

Roberta A. Small

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...