Obituaries

May 21, 2011

May 21, 2011

Earl Carl Ossenkop was born February 15, 1916, the son of Walter and Henrietta Strathmann Ossenkop. He died Friday, May 20, 2011, at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of ninety-five. Earl was born in Manning, Iowa. He was baptized in Christ on December 12, 1925, at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning and later confirmed...

May 15, 2011

Bonnie Kay Brandt-Messick was born October 1, 1953, the daughter of Charles and Leona Hagedorn Beerman. She died at her home in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Sunday, May 15, 2011 at the age of fifty-seven. Bonnie was born in Manning, Iowa and while still young, she moved with her parents to Omaha, Nebraska were she was raised. She received her education in...

May 14, 2011

Keith Lee Burgess was born April 26, 1957, the son of Walter and Frances Miller Burgess. He died Saturday, May 14, 2011 at the Crawford County Hospital in Denison, Iowa at the age of 54. Keith was born in Onawa, Iowa. He moved to Denison in 1980, and began working at WESCO Industries, a career lasting more than 31 years....

May 11, 2011

Donna Mae Creese was born August 26, 1917, the daughter of Thomas and Barbara Freml Abbott. She passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of ninety-three. Donna was born on a farm near Vail, Iowa. She attended the Vail and Charter Oak Community Schools, graduating from Charter Oak High...

May 9, 2011

Leo Alphonse Henkelman, was born December 24, 1934, the son of George and Cunnegunda Schechinger Henkelman. He passed away on Monday, May 9, 2011, at his home in Laverne, Oklahoma. He was born in Defiance, Iowa. He worked for his father on the farm before entering the U.S. Army on February 9, 1954, serving as a Parts Specialist. He received...

May 6, 2011

DeLaine Edward Blunk was born May 4, 1931, the son of Edward and Edna Mae Carlson Blunk. He died at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, Friday, May 6, 2011, at the age of eighty. DeLaine received his education in a rural school near his home in Hanover Township near Charter Oak, Iowa. After completing his education, he...

May 5, 2011

Douglas Eugene Sorensen was born April 29, 1965, the son of Maurice and Opal Powers Sorensen. He passed away at his home in Denison, Iowa, on May 5, 2011, at the age of forty-six. He was born in Sac City, Iowa. He received his education in the Le Mars Community Schools in Le Mars, Iowa. He was employed by Rowes...

May 5, 2011

Allan Ray Brotherson was born November 14, 1940, the son of Ray and Clara Dierenfeld Brotherson. He passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2011, at the Loring Hospital in Sac City, Iowa, at the age of seventy. He was born in Carroll, Iowa, and baptized in Christ on February 2, 1941, at Peace Lutheran Church in Wall Lake, Iowa, by...

May 4, 2011

Phyllis Arlene Hoffman Bluml was born August 31, 1920, the daughter of Lawrence and Clara Zitzlsperger Hoffman. She passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at the Crawford County Memorial in Denison, Iowa, at the age of ninety. She was born in Glidden, Iowa, and attended St. Augustines Catholic School in Halbur, Iowa, through the eighth grade. She helped on the...

April 30, 2011

Scott Richard Brotherson was born July 1, 1974, the son of Richard and Donna Martens Brotherson. He passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2011, at his home near Vail, Iowa. Scott was born in Carroll, Iowa, and baptized in Christ on July 28,1974, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Carroll by Rev. Timothy Koenig. He was confirmed into the Lutheran...

April 29, 2011

Elizabeth Arlene TenEyck was born March 22, 1929, the daughter of Ernest and Lela Martin Daugherty. She died at the Denison Care Center in Denison, Iowa, on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the age of eighty-two. Arlene was born on a farm in Harrison County near Logan, Iowa. She began her education in a rural school near her home and...

April 24, 2011

Emaline Marie Ossenkop was born May 3, 1917, the daughter of Louie and Ella Hansen Thiede. She passed away Sunday, April 24, 2011, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 93. Emaline was born in Wheeler Township near Kiron, Iowa. She was baptized in Christ on June 24, 1917, at St. John Lutheran Church, Stockholm Township,...

April 20, 2011

Inez Helen Wilken was born March 19, 1917, the daughter of Henry and Margaret Erdman Kroeger. She passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Regency Park Nursing and Rehab Center in Jefferson, Iowa, at the age of ninety-four. Inez was born in Arcadia, Iowa. She received her education in the Arcadia schools. On March 19, 1938, she was united in...

April 15, 2011

Darryl Charles Petersen was born August 20, 1945, the son of Harry and Nellie Gremonprez Petersen. He died Friday, April 15, 2011, at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison at the age of 65. Darryl was born in Denison, Iowa, and was baptized and confirmed at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison. He received his education in...

April 14, 2011

Susan Kay Ipsen was born in Ida Grove, Iowa, on October 29, 1951, the daughter of Werner and Cathrine Iversen Ipsen. She was baptized at the Friedens Evangelical and Reformed Church in Schleswig, Iowa on April 27, 1952. She passed away on April 14, 2011, at the Maple Crest Care Center in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 59. Susie...

April 13, 2011

Lulu Vivian Schau was born April 13, 1913, the daughter of Alfred and Catherine Enos Henderson. She passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at the Denison Care Center in Denison, Iowa, at the age of ninety-eight. She was born in Blairstown, Iowa. She attended several Iowa schools in her early education and graduated from Redfield High School in Redfield, South...

April 11, 2011

Shirley Faye Hollrah was born February 9, 1937, the daughter of August and Emma Nollen Hast. She passed away at her home, while in Hospice care, in Fairfield, Iowa, on Monday, April 11, 2011, at the age of seventy-four. She was born in Arion, Iowa. She was baptized in Christ at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Buck Grove, Iowa, on...

April 11, 2011

Kathryn Ann Farrell was born April 17, 1929, in Valley Junction, Iowa, the fifth child of John Francis and Monica Williams Begley. She passed away at her home in Vail, Iowa, on Monday, April 11, 2011, at the age of eighty one. She attended West Des Moines public schools where she had an early exposure to the music world, winning...

April 9, 2011

Earl James Infanger, son of Jim Bob and Sharon Infanger, died on April 9, 2011, in Denison, Iowa, at the age of twenty-eight. E.J. was born in Salmon, Idaho, on September 22, 1982, the first of seven children. He was raised on the banks of the Salmon River and loved to explore the mountains. E.J. was active in church and...