Obituaries

Connie L. Lietz

Jul 9, 2014

Connie Lou (Lichtenberg) Lietz was born at Alta Community Hospital in Alta, Iowa on July 20, 1942 to Earl and Lois Lichtenberg. She was baptized on August 23rd, 1942 and confirmed on March 25th, 1956 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Alta into the Christian faith. Following her high school graduation from Alta Community School she went on...

Georgie A. Myrtue

Jun 29, 2014

Georgie Myrtue was born April 11, 1927 at Sioux City, IA to Harry and Johanna (Brummond) Anderson. Georgie graduated from East High School, Sioux City, in 1945 and from Morningside College in 1949. She worked in offices in Sioux City and came to Holstein in 1950 as a business education teacher for the Holstein schools. Georgie taught...

Marvis L. Frahm

Jun 28, 2014

Marvis Frahm was born July 7, 1925 in Lismore, Minnesota to parents Mildred and Robert Madison. At the age of 5 her parents moved the family to Correctionville, Iowa where Marvis resided for the rest of her life.

Marvis attended the Correctionville Public School and graduated in 1942. After graduation she taught in a rural...

Irene M. Leonard

Jun 22, 2014

Irene, who lived nearly all of her life in Ida County, Iowa was born to John Grell Helkenn and Mary (Schubert) Helkenn on November 28, 1914 on a farm near Raymond, South Dakota. John and Mary Helkenn had moved to South Dakota after their marriage in Cherokee, Iowa in 1909. After seven years of drought and poor...

Howard J. Ehlers

Jun 12, 2014

Howard John Ehlers was born February 18, 1942, in Holstein, Iowa, the son of John and Esther Ehlers. He attended grade school in Cushing, Iowa and later graduated from Ida Grove High School in 1960.

On November 24, 1962, Howard was united in marriage to Sharon Bechen at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ida Grove,...

Gerald "Jerry" T. Hyler

Jun 12, 2014

He was born on December 20, 1949, in Bellevue, Iowa, to Mahlon Gerald Hyler and Mildred Wiedner Hyler of Bellevue. Gerald graduated from Bellevue High School as Salutatorian in 1968. He graduated with an Associate of Arts in Business in 1970 from Mesa (Arizona) Community College and from Arizona State University (ASU) in 1972 with a Bachelor...

Jane K. Carlson

Jun 8, 2014

Jane Katherine (Kirkholm) Carlson, daughter of Hans Soren Kirkholm and Violet Viola (Sharkey) Kirkholm was born October 28, 1934 and passed away on June 8, 2014.

Jane was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist faith and spent all of her life in the service of her church, the United Methodist Church of Alta. She taught...

Helen M. Johannsen

Jun 8, 2014

Helen Margaret Johannsen (Harder), 95, of Holstein passed away June 8, 2014. She had lived a full life in the blessings of God’s grace. She was a gentle woman who always had a kind word to say to everyone.

Helen was born December 9, 1918, to Peter and Johanna (Ketelsen) Harder in Correctionville, Iowa. She...

Harold H. Goettsch

Jun 8, 2014

Harold Harlan “Loafer” Goettsch went to be with Jesus on June 8, 2014. Harold was born on September 10, 1920 in Holstein, Iowa to Romey and Anna Goettsch. He graduated from Correctionville High School in 1938.

Harold was a member of the Navy in the Naval Air Corpes working as an airplane mechanic. He also...

Aloyus A. Anfinson

May 23, 2014

Al Anfinson was born on November 27, 1933 in Cushing, Iowa to Fred and Grace Anfinson. He graduated from Cushing High School in 1952.

Al married his love of 61 years, Hazel Johnson of Cherokee, Iowa on February 24, 1953. He was drafted into the Army in May 1953 and spent the next two years...

Darryl E. Frantz

May 13, 2014

Darryl E. Frantz, age 74, of Alta, passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center of Storm Lake. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 10:30 AM at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Alta with the Rev. Don E. Rothweiler officiating. Burial will be at the...

Susan J. Steele

May 9, 2014

Susan J. Steele, age 61, of Alta, passed away on Friday, May 09, 2014 at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center of Storm Lake. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, May 11, 2014 at 4:00 PM at the Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home of Alta with the Rev. Don E. Rothweiler officiating. Burial will be...

Kenneth M. Johnson

May 9, 2014

Kenneth M. Johnson, age 96, of Ankeny, formerly of Storm Lake, passed away on Friday, May 09, 2014 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center of Des Moines. A funeral service will be held on Monday, May 19, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home of Alta with the Rev. Don E. Rothweiler officiating....

Pat J. Johnson

May 3, 2014

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Stuart Johnson; one brother, Eugene Miller; and one sister, Sandra Boger.

Survivors include her husband, Delmar Johnson; daughter, Sonja Johnson; a brother, James Miller; three sisters, Armetta Dawson, Benadene Snyder and Tillie Staedtler; and many nieces, nephews and friends

Visitation: A visitation will be...

Milton G. Caboth

Apr 26, 2014

Milton Gene Caboth was born September 14, 1936 to Christian and Henrietta (Suling) Caboth in Aurelia, Iowa. He graduated from Alta High School in 1954.

On October 13, 1957, Milton was united in marriage to Darlene Fahr at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hanover, IA. They were blessed with two children, Mark and Michelle and...

Hubert L. Kessler

Apr 26, 2014

Hubert L. Kessler was born May 13, 1919 to Louie G. and Mabel M. (Thayer) Kessler in Odebolt, Iowa. He was a lifetime Iowa resident, living in the Odebolt and Galva area.

Hubert was united in marriage to Esther Lucille Young. To this union, six children were born. He was a member of the United...

Deloris L. Brisbois

Apr 22, 2014

Deloris L. Brisbois age 84 of rural Richland Center/ Ithaca passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at the Pine Valley Health Care & Rehabilitation Center. Deloris was united in marriage to husband, James Brisbois on August 24, 1951. Survivors include 3 children, James Brisbois Jr. of Prairie du Sac, DeeAnne (Tom) Roessler of Loganville and Ron...

Richard D. Hamlin

Apr 18, 2014

Richard Dale “Rich” Hamlin, the son of John and Viola (DeNeui) Hamlin was born on January 6, 1939, in Sibley, Iowa, and grew up in George, Iowa, where he graduated from high school in 1957. On January 7, 1961, he married the love of his life, Rosie Koster. His love of animals and adventure would become his...

Leslie E. Edwards

Apr 16, 2014

Leslie E. Edwards was born March 3, 1915 in Correctionville, Iowa to Lawrence and Zelma (McCleery) Edwards. He was born and raised on a farm and lived his entire life in Union Township. He went to country school for eight years, and then graduated from Correctionville High School in 1933.

He was married to Elizabeth...

Hazel Anfinson

Apr 15, 2014

Hazel Anfinson was born on May 30, 1937 in Cherokee, Iowa to Olaf Johnson and Flossie (Smith) Johnson. She was one of nine children. Hazel attended Cherokee Public Schools until her marriage at 15 years old. She earned her GED while living in Montana.

Hazel married Aloyus Anfinson of Cushing, IA on February 24, 1953...