Obituaries
Helen M. Comstock
October 4, 2011
Helen Marie Comstock was born March 18, 1919, the daughter of Martin and Bertha Brodersen Harm of Denison. She died on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at the Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 92. Helen attended country school in Crawford County and was a life-long member of Zion Lutheran Church in Denison where she was baptized...
Don Hansman
September 30, 2011
Douglas Donald Hansman was born at St Anthonys Hospital in Carroll, Iowa, on December 2, 1935. The son of Carl Fredrick and Hazel Elizabeth (Dixon) Hansman. He died on Friday, September 30, 2011, at St Anthonys Hospital in Carroll, Iowa, at the age of 75 years, 9 months and 28 days. He was raised on the family farm north of...
Edna E. Christensen
September 20, 2011
Edna Elvera Christensen was born August 23, 1919, the daughter of Aaron and Sigrid Schorling Segerhammar. She passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa, at the age of ninety-two. Edna was born in Burdick, Kansas, and baptized in Christ on October 30, 1919, at Hebron Lutheran Church in Burdick, Kansas, and confirmed in 8th...
Darlene Kolln
September 16, 2011
Darlene Elizabeth Kolln was born February 27, 1929, the daughter of George and Wilhelmina Detlefsen Christiansen. She passed away at the Alegent Health Missouri Valley Hospital in Missouri Valley, Iowa on Friday, September 16, 2011, at the age of eighty-two. Darlene was born in Denison, Iowa, attending rural school in her early education and received her GED. On December 18,...
Valgene Kruse
September 14, 2011
Valgene Fred Kruse was born July 6, 1941, the son of Fred and Esther Kuhlmann Kruse. He died Wednesday, September 14, 2011, at the Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove, Iowa, at the age of seventy. Valgene was born in Hanover Township, Crawford County, Iowa. He was baptized on August 3, 1941, at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison, Iowa, and...
Mary V. Van Arsdol
September 9, 2011
Mary Veronica Van Arsdol was born March 13, 1918, the daughter of Jas and Delia Mulligan Forrest. She passed away on Friday, September 9, 2011, at the Golden Living Center - Clarkson, Nebraska, at the age of ninety-three. Mary was born in Dunlap, Iowa, and attended rural country school. She was united in marriage to Leonard Van Arsdol on September...
Paul J. Christiansen
August 26, 2011
Paul Jurgen Christiansen was born March 12, 1922, the son of Paul C. and Martha Koch Christiansen. He passed away on Friday, August 26, 2011, at the Quail Creek Nursing Home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of eighty-nine. Paul was born in Charter Oak, Iowa, and received his education in the Charter Oak Community Schools. He attended the...
Norma Kraus
August 13, 2011
Norma Mae Kraus was born July 29, 1929, the daughter of Vernet, Sr. and Mary Lou Samuelson Tech. She passed away Saturday, August 13, 2011, at the Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 82. Norma was born in Charter Oak, Iowa. She attended the Charter Oak Community Schools graduating with the class of 1947. She taught...
Ruth Ossenkop
July 30, 2011
Ruth Mae Ossenkop was born September 21, 1919, the daughter of Amandus and Agnes Shelldorf Kracht. She passed away Saturday, July 30, 2011, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan, Iowa, at the age of ninety-one. Ruth was born in Westside, Iowa. She attended Westside Community Schools, graduating with the class of 1936. She was united in marriage to...
Ronald Thornhill
July 26, 2011
Ronald Ivan Thornhill was born May 13, 1947, in Ida Grove, Iowa, the son of Ivan and Irene Bubke Thornhill. He passed away at his home in Denison, Iowa, on July 26, 2011, at the age of sixty-four. Ron was born with Cerebral Palsy that affected his legs, but that never stopped him. He was incredibly active as a boy,...
Denise Miller
July 20, 2011
Denise Marie Miller was born November 9, 1950, the daughter of Maurice and Alvena Kubec Miller. She passed away at the Manning Health Care Center in Manning, Iowa, on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at the age of sixty. Denise was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She attended Benton Community Schools graduating with the class of 1968. She attended Iowa Lakes...
Russell Hast
July 17, 2011
Russell Louis Hast was born April 5, 1945, the son of Albert and Dorothy Nance Hast. He passed away Sunday, July 17, 2011, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 66. Russell was born in Denison, Iowa. He grew up in the Buck Grove area, attending country school. He attended Denison High School in Denison,...
Matt Grell
July 15, 2011
Mathaus "Matt" Joseph Grell was born September 12, 1954, the son of Arnold and Velma Carter Grell. He passed away Friday July, 12, 2011, at his home in Solider, Iowa, at the age of 56, following a short illness. Matt was born in Mapleton, Iowa and graduated from Maple Valley High School. After graduation he worked for his parents and...
Jerry Ferris
July 15, 2011
Gerald "Jerry" Christopher Ferris was born May 30, 1922, the son of Clyde L. and Mathilda Gabel Ferris. He passed away Friday, July 15, 2011, at Eventide Nursing Home, at the age of 89. Jerry was born in Keokuk, Iowa, and graduated from the Keokuk High School in the class of 1940. After graduation he served his country in the...
Eileen Auen
July 13, 2011
Eileen May Auen was born May 15, 1928, the daughter of Theodore and Alverta Scheer Hauschildt. She passed away at her home on Tuesday, July 11, 2011, in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 83. Eileen was born in Ute, Iowa, attending Danbury and Mapleton schools in her early education and high school in Ida Grove, Iowa. She managed the...
Opal Bockelmann
July 13, 2011
Opal Bockelmann was born December 19, 1920, the daughter of Bernard and Leone Wieck Kahler. She passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa, at the age ninety. Opal was born in Greenbush, Minnesota and later moved to Denison, Iowa. She graduated from Denison High School in the class of 1939 and went on...
Florence Griffin
July 12, 2011
Florence Edith Griffin was born on August 15, 1919, the daughter of George and Ella Erickson Riesssen. She passed away Tuesday, July, 12, 2011, at the Littleton Adventist Hospital in Littleton, Colorado, at the age of ninety-one. Florence was born in Schleswig, Iowa, and attended rural school near her home. She worked as a housekeeper before meeting the love of...
William "Bill" Meredith
July 12, 2011
William R. Meredith was born August 17, 1929, the son of William and Eilene Meredith. He passed away at his home on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, near Westside, Iowa, at the age of 81. William was born in Wales on August 17, 1929. As a young man, he came with his mother and brother to Canada in the late 40s....
Patricia Quackenbush
July 12, 2011
Patricia Rose Anne Quackenbush was born August 13, 1947, in New York State. She passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 64. She and her family moved to the Midwest when Patty was 1 years old. Patty spent several years at Glenwood State School in Glenwood, Iowa. She came to...
Richard Boeck
July 10, 2011
Richard Oliver Boeck was born February 3, 1929, the adopted son of Oliver (Ike) and Else Petersen Boeck. He passed away Sunday, July 10, 2011, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa, at the age of eighty two. Richard was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and baptized February 5, 1929. He began school at Carroll Public Schools in Carroll, Iowa,...