Obituaries

Mary M. Woodle May 5, 1918 - Feb. 26, 2010 (03/10/10)
Mary M. Woodle, age 91, of Papillion, Neb. and formerly of Storm Lake, died Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 at Hillcrest Rehab Center in Papillion. Funeral mass was held on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Burial was in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake was in charge of the arrangements...

Lucille R. Olson Mar. 30, 1919 - Mar. 4, 2010 (03/10/10)
Lucille R. Olson, age 90, of Fonda, died on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Pleasant View Care Center in Albert City. Funeral services were Monday, March 8, 2010 at the United Church of Christ in Fonda, with Pastor Michael Harman officiating. Burial was in the Cedar Cemetery. The Mahaney Funeral Home in Fonda was in charge of the arrangements...

Evelyn North Evans May 26, 1914 - Mar. 3, 2010 (03/10/10)
Evelyn North Evans, age 95, of Storm Lake, died March 3, 2010 at the Buena Vista Manor in Storm Lake. Funeral services were Monday, March 8, 2010 at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Burial was in the Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake was in charge of the arrangements...

Doris A. Hornor (03/10/10)
Doris A. Hornor, age 93, of Fonda, died March 5, 2010 at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 11 a.m. at the United Church of Christ in Fonda. The Mahaney Funeral Home in Fonda is in charge of the arrangements...

Evelyn North Evans (03/08/10)
Evelyn North Evans, age 95, of Storm Lake, died March 3, 2010 at the Buena Vista Manor in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be Monday, March 8, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Sunday, March 7, 2010 from 4-8 p.m. ...

Darlene Aronson Mar. 20, 1930 - Mar. 3, 2010 (03/08/10)
Darlene I. Aronson, age 79, of Albert City, died on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at the Pleasant View Home in Albert City. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Albert City. Burial will be in the Fairfield Township Cemetery in Albert City. The Sliefert Funeral Home of Albert City is in charge of the arrangements...

Wayne M. Higley, Ph.D Aug. 28, 1931 - Feb. 28, 2010 (03/08/10)
Wayne M. Higley, Ph.D, age 78, of Storm Lake, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. He died from a brief illness caused by melanoma. Funeral services are Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. Inurnment will be at a later date at the Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery in Chapel Hill, N.C. A memorial fund to the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Wayne's honor has been established...

Ebal I. Brechler Nov. 1, 1926 - Feb. 21, 2010 (03/01/10)
Ebal I. Brechler, age 83, of Albert City, died on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, at the Solon Nursing Care Center at Solon, after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Albert City. Burial will be in the Rush Lake Cemetery in Curlew. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Albert City is in charge of the arrangements...

Frances Heusinkveld Aug. 12, 1926 - Feb. 22, 2010 (03/01/10)
Frances M. Heusinkveld, age 83 of Storm Lake died Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City. Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 26th at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake with Pastor Jerry E. Oakland officiating. Inurnment will be in the spring at Hope Cemetery in Hull. The Petersen Lund Funeral Home of Forest City is in charge of the arrangements...

Imogene M. Nixon Nov. 17, 1924 - Feb. 18, 2010 (02/25/10)
Funeral services for Imogene M. Nixon, 85, were held Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, at the First Baptist Church in Storm Lake with Pastor Tom Hinshaw officiating. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia was in charge of arrangements. Imogene died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake...

Derrell Lynch June 5, 1944 - Feb. 17, 2010 (02/25/10)
Derrell Lynch, age 65, of Sac City, passed away, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, with his family at his side. Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sac City, under the direction of the Christensen-Huffman Funeral Homes. The Reverend John J. McGuirk officiated, burial followed in Oakland Cemetery, Sac City. Online condolences may be directed to www.christensenhuffman.com...

Matilda Drey Feb. 22, 1917 - Feb. 17, 2010 (02/22/10)
Matilda Frances Drey, age 92, of Early, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Early. Burial will be at the Sacred Heart Cemetery...

John "Ralph" Flowers Aug. 24, 1956 - Feb. 15, 2010 (02/22/10)
John "Ralph" Flowers, age 53, of Storm Lake, died Feb. 15, 2010 at his home in Storm Lake. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. There will be no visitation. Burial will be at a later date in the St. Mary's Cemetery. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

Betty Woodke Feb. 24, 1925 - Feb. 8, 2009 (02/19/10)
Betty Woodke, age 84, of Schaller, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center, Storm Lake. Memorial service for Betty will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010 at the Schaller United Methodist Church. Honorary Bearers will be Scott Woodke, Tom Buck, Mark Murphy, John Woodke, Ryan Sawyer and Jake Sawyer...

Burdette G. Grieme Mar. 12, 1928 - Feb. 14, 2009 (02/19/10)
Burdette G. Grieme, age 81, of Galva, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Society of Holstein. A funeral service will be held on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 at 10:30 A.M. at the St. John's Lutheran Church of Galva with Rev. Paul D. Egger officiating. ...

Helen G. Pape Feb. 27, 1923 - Feb. 13, 2009 (02/19/10)
Helen G. Pape, age 86, of Storm Lake, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral services were Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 at St. John Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Burial was in the Staples Cemetery in Staples, Minn. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake was in charge of the arrangements. Those wishing to send on-line condolences may do so via: www.fratzkejensen.com...

Martha Buckendahl Jan. 25, 1918 - Feb. 7, 2009 (02/19/10)
Martha Buckendahl, age 92, died on Feb. 7 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Funeral services were held on Feb. 12, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Des Moines. Graveside services followed at Zion Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Martha was born on Jan. 25, 1918, to Mary and Rudolph Herzberg in Yorktown. ...

Colleen Vohs Sept. 14, 1929 - Feb. 13, 2010 (02/17/10)
Colleen Vohs, age 80, of Storm Lake, and formerly of Galva, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Holstein. Burial will be in the Holstein Cemetery. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements. Those wishing to send on-line condolences may do so via: www.fratzkejensen.com...

Helen G. Pape (02/17/10)
Helen G. Pape, age 86, of Storm Lake, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the St. John Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 from 4-6 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

Gerry Watts (02/15/10)
Gerry Watts, age 77, of Marathon, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 at the Knapp Medical Center in Hidalgo, Texas. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, at the Smith-Loterbour-Powers Funeral Home in Laurens, with Pastor John Messer officiating. A time of visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 15 at the Smith-Loterbour-Powers Funeral Home in Laurens. For online condolences, please visit www.PowersFH.net...

Violet Seagren Groth July 2, 1924 - Feb. 5, 2010 (02/10/10)
Violet Seagren Groth, age 85, of Newell, passed away on Feb. 5, 2010 at the Newell Good Samaritan Center in Newell. Funeral services were held on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 at the United Church of Christ in Newell. Burial was in the Elfsborg Lutheran Church Cemetery in rural Pomeroy. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Newell was in charge of the arrangements...

Mavis Peterson (02/10/10)
Mavis Peterson, age 82, of Storm Lake, died Feb. 6, 2010 at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake. Arrangements are under the direction of Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm Lake...

Meryl Punke (02/10/10)
Meryl Punke, age 83, of Storm Lake, died on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 at the First Baptist Church in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Storm Lake Cemetery with military honors by AMVETS Post 66. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

Keith E. Biggins (02/10/10)
Keith E. Biggins, age 64, of rural Storm Lake, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at the Faith United Assembly of God Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 from 4-7 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. There will be no burial. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...