Obituaries

James L. Schmidt

May 15, 2013

James Laverne Schmidt was born July 28, 1937 to Minnie and LuVerne Schmidt in Holstein. He graduated from Holstein High School in 1956. On March 30, 1958, he married Elaine Manker. To this union three children were born. He lived and worked most of his life in and around Holstein working various jobs. Jim retired in 2001 from the...

Jean Strom

May 10, 2013

Jean was born February 13, 1919, the daughter of James G. and Amanda (Lemons) Duckworth on a farm 1.5 miles south of Hanover. They moved to a farm close to Highview school when Jean was three years old. She attended school at Highview until she was in third grade. They moved near Alta and she attended Alta Consolidated School...

Ammon A. "Al" Swartzentruber

May 6, 2013

Ammon A "Al" Swartzentruber was born to Andrew (Andy) Swartzentruber and Amanda C.Wengerd Swartzentruber, members of the Old Order Amish Community near Fredericksburg, Ohio on March 18, 1930. He was the third of six children. On June 1, 1958 he was united in marriage with Erdine Fay Hochstetler of Millersburg, Ohio. They adopted a daughter in 1968, Brooke Renee...

Doris E. Boettcher

May 1, 2013

Doris Elaine Ostermann was born on May 19, 1925, to George and Amalia (Wassman) Ostermann in Ocheyedan, IA. She was baptized and attended Christian day school at Zion Lutheran, Ocheyedan, and completed two years of high school in Ocheyedan. She graduated from Concordia High School in Seward, Nebraska, then continued her education at Concordia Teacher's College in Seward. She...

Wilbert H. Vohs

Apr 28, 2013

Wilbert H. Vohs was born September 15, 1922 in Ida County on a farm northeast of Holstein to Herbert and Viola (Stofferahn) Vohs. He attended country school and graduated from Holstein High School in 1941. Will worked for several farmers and the Art Meyer dairy. On October 6, 1943, he was united in marriage to Frieda Volkert. To this...

Winifred Kuchel

Apr 10, 2013

Winnie was born on June 16, 1925 in Cherokee, IA, the daughter of Edward and Anna (Peters) Rohlk. She was raised in the Holstein area and received her education in the Holstein Community School District. After graduation, Winnie moved to Los Angeles, CA and worked for two years at the phone company as a telephone operator. After two years,...

Lola L. Radke

Apr 4, 2013

Lola Lucille (Huseman) Radke was born October 4, 1919 at rural Alta, IA to William and Ida (Oatman) Huseman. Lola was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith. She attended grade school in Schaller and later graduated from Alta High School. Lola was united in marriage to Orville Radke on February 4, 1940 at St. John Lutheran Church, Hanover...

Ruth Lemke

Mar 31, 2013

Ruth Belle Lemke was born August 21, 1916, the ninth child of Louis and Nellie (Whitney) Weis. Ruth was a very warm, loving, daughter, sister, mother and grandmother, and a devoted wife and friend. She graduated from Brooke Consolidated School in Peterson with many basketball awards and softball awards, which helped her get her nickname, Babe Ruth. After graduating,...

Phyllis V. Still

Mar 30, 2013

Phyllis was born on May 30, 1926 to Hugo and Lydia (Schwenk) Ehler in Logan Township, Ida Grove, IA. She was the third of five children. She attended Logan No. 6 school and graduated from Ida Grove High School in May 1943. After graduation, she taught three years in the rural schools in Logan Township. On June 8, 1947,...

Donna M. Else

Mar 24, 2013

Donna Mae Else (Sorensen) was born on May 29, 1934 in Galva, IA to Raymond and Leona (Schmoldt) Sorensen. She was baptized at the United Methodist Church in Galva, IA, where she was a member. She attended Galva Consolidated School, graduating with the class of 1951. She met the love of her life, William Eugene Else Sr., and they...

Delmer D. Bruns

Mar 24, 2013

Delmer D. Bruns was born February 21, 1926 in Galva, Iowa, to George H. and Sylvia (Kretzmeir) Bruns. He had two older brothers, Leslie and Orin and two younger brothers, George Jr. and Waldo. Delmer attended school at Fairview to the north of Alta, where he graduated in 1943. He was a coxswain in the Navy’s Seabees in the...

Leona M. Gibbons

Mar 23, 2013

Leona Mathilda Gibbons was born March 18, 1923 to Justus and Ida (Anderson) Gustafson in Laurens, Iowa on the home place. She was baptized at Mission Covenant Church in Albert City, Iowa and confirmed at the same church on August 2, 1936. She attended and graduated from Laurens High School. Leona was united in marriage to Donald Lee Gibbons...

Luella M. Cipperley

Mar 21, 2013

Luella M. Cipperley was born February 15, 1924 to Otto and Hattie Olson in Cherokee, Iowa. She graduated from Cherokee High School. Luella was united in marriage to Marlin Cipperley on November 23, 1943. To this union three children were born.

Luella worked at Abbott lab in North Chicago during WWII while her husband was...

John G. "Bud" Ehler

Mar 14, 2013

John G. (Bud) Ehler, 91 passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at his home in Holstein, Iowa.

John was born February 22, 1922 in Ida Grove, Iowa. He was the son of John A. and Lillian (Johannsen) Ehler. After attending the Ida Gove school, he joined the National Guard Unit...

Eugene F. Willems

Mar 11, 2013

Eugene F. Willems was born September 17, 1938 to parents, Mathew and Clementine (Huebner) Willems. He had two brothers and three sisters. Gene graduated from Anthon High School. Gene served in the U.S. Army and later returned home to farm. Gene was married to Gloria Martin August 21, 1965. Gene loved to trap and he was one...

Jean C. Nelson

Mar 10, 2013

Jean Carol Warme Nelson was born June 25, 1931 in Alta, Iowa to Eric J. Warme and Edith R. Lindberg Warme. She received her education at Fairview Country School near Alta, Iowa.

Jean married Arnold “Bub” Nelson on Jan. 29, 1950 in a little chapel north of Alta, Iowa. They made their home in Alta...

Robert H. Johnson

Mar 3, 2013

Funeral services for Robert H. Johnson, age 82, of Holstein, are pending at the Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home of Holstein.

Robert passed away on Sunday, March 03, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society of Holstein.

Della F. Grieme

Mar 1, 2013

Della Frieda Grieme, the daughter of William and Martha (Radke) Menke, was born July 29, 1918 in Galva, Iowa. She was baptized August 4, 1918 at St. John Lutheran Church, Hanover, and confirmed on March 20, 1932 at St. John Lutheran Church, Hanover. Della also attended the Hanover Parochial School.

On February 23, 1939, she...

Vernon H. Dau

Feb 25, 2013

Vernon Herman Dau was born October 19, 1924 on a farm north of Holstein, Iowa, the son of Herman and Emma (Hansel) Dau. He was baptized on May 1925 and confirmed in April 1943 at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Holstein. He attended country school and high school in Holstein. On October 19, 1944, he married Deloris...

William A. Rouse

Feb 24, 2013

William Alan Rouse was born in Searcy, AR to Dorothy Fay (Hardin) Rouse and Herschel Wayne Rouse. He was raised in Cabot, AR and graduated from Cabot High School. It was there that he met his future wife Brooke Stratten in 1984. The couple was married in 1987 and moved to Alta, Iowa in 1989. He accepted...