Obituaries
Burnita Kortman
November 7, 2010
Burnita Baa' Burnita was born in Mapleton, Iowa, and was baptized into faith and confirmed at St. Peters United Church of Christ in Mapleton. Growing up in the church she developed a love for music. Burnita loved to play the pump organ while her aunt pumped the pedals, as she was too small to reach them. At a very young...
Leona Vrana
November 2, 2010
Leona Irene Vrana was born April 9, 1939, the daughter of Reece and Jerushia Wilson Redmond. She passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2010, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the age of seventy-one. Irene was born in Belmond, Iowa, where she received her education and graduated from Belmond Community High School. She worked for the Trojan Seed...
Dale Jensen
October 25, 2010
Dale Eugene Jensen was born August 12, 1935, the son of Walter B. and Laverna Hansen Jensen. He passed away Monday, October 25, 2010, at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of seventy-five. Dale was born on the family farm near Schleswig, Iowa, and received his education at a rural school near his home. He...
Larry Strandburg
October 22, 2010
Larry Dean Strandburg was born July 22, 1940, the son of Eldon and Corrine Fett Strandburg. He died Friday, October 22, 2010, at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of seventy. Larry was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and received his formal education at East High School. He was baptized April 13, 1941, at the...
Melroy Christiansen
October 20, 2010
Melroy Addison Christiansen was born April 23, 1938, the son of Henry and Adeline Wiese Christiansen. He died Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of seventy-two. Melroy was born in Vail, Iowa. He was baptized in Christ on February 8, 1944, and then confirmed on March 29, 1953, at Faith...
Katherine Beck
October 19, 2010
Katherine Elsie "Sunny" Beck was born on August 11, 1918, the daughter of Henry and Mary Muffelman. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Los Angeles, California, and confirmed there on May 8, 1932. She attended school at Trinity for her elementary school years, and graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles. It was at Trinity that Katherine...
Dennis Potts
October 16, 2010
Dennis Clyde Potts was born August 29, 1949, the son of Clyde and Doris Mallison Potts. He died Saturday, October 16, 2010, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa, at the age of sixty-one. Dennis was born in Storm Lake, Iowa. He was baptized in Christ April 3, 1955, and confirmed May 22, 1977, at the United Methodist Church...
Edna Mae Kremin
October 16, 2010
Edna Mae Helen Kremin was born May 6, 1930, the daughter of Louis and Malinda Krayenhagen Retman. She passed away at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, October 16, 2010 at the age of eighty. Edna Mae was born in Denison and graduated from Denison Community Schools in 1949. While in high school, she began working at...
Joyce Blizzard
October 14, 2010
Joyce Eileen Blizzard was born April 11, 1942, the daughter of Alfred and Katherine Didier Hast. She passed away Thursday, October 14, 2010, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of sixty-eight. Joyce was born in Buck Grove, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and then became Catholic after she...
Howard Kelly
October 13, 2010
Howard Edward Kelly was born February 7, 1917, the son of Clarence and Grace Dieter Kelly. He died Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of ninety-three. Howard was born in Odebolt, Iowa. He received his education in Vail, Iowa, and graduated from Vail High School with the class of 1935. He...
John Jensen
October 7, 2010
John Raymond Jensen was born December 10, 1929, the son of John and Marie Meyer Jensen. He died Thursday, October 7, 2010, at his home near Dow City, Iowa, at the age of eighty. John was born on a farm near Dow City. He grew up and received his education in Dow City schools, graduating from Dow City High School...
Leilla Streck
October 7, 2010
Leilla Lemar Streck was born May 25, 1928, the daughter of Erland and Ruth Dunbar Larson. She passed away Thursday, October 7, 2010, at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of eighty-two. Leilla was born in Deloit, Iowa. She grew up and received her education in the Deloit Community Schools, graduating from the Deloit High School....
Mearl Perrien
October 6, 2010
Mearl Kenneth Mark Perrien was born February 27, 1952, the son of Roy Perrien and Leone Fineran Perrien. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, after battling ALS in the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, at the age of fifty-eight. Mearl was born in Denison, Iowa. He received his education at St....
Rev. Kenneth Baughman
October 5, 2010
Rev. Kenneth Ray Baughman was born July 18, 1944, the son of Harry and Veda Edmonds Baughman. He passed away October 5, 2010, at the Veterans Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of sixty-six. Kenneth was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, where he received his education, graduating from Ponca City High School with the class of 1963. When he...
Arlene Baak
October 4, 2010
Arlene Anna Emma Baak was born on July 10, 1927, the daughter of Christ and Anna Determan Luecker. She passed away Monday, October 4, 2010, at the Omaha Nursing Home in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of eighty-three. Arlene was born in Granite City, Illinois. She was baptized in Christ on July 24, 1927, and confirmed on April 6, 1941,...
Kenneth Hinze
October 2, 2010
Kenneth George Hinze was born February 9. 1918, to George and Emma (Bredehoft) Hinze on a farm near Gresham, Nebraska. He was baptized at the Zion Lutheran Church, Thayer, Nebraska on February 24, 1918. He was also confirmed at this church on May 1, 1932. He attended country school near his home for a few years and finished his elementary...