Obituaries
Luise passed away peacefully at her home in Harlan, Iowa on March 19, 2024.Born Luise Gier in Baasem, Germany on February 23, 1933, to Aloysius and Maria (Keop) Anna Gier. She met her husband, Robert Brockhoff Sr, while he was in the US Air Force stationed in Germany. They were married on February...
Lisa Shafer, age 56 of Stillwell, KS, entered into Heaven on April 1, 2024 surrounded by her family.On October 18, 1967 a beautiful baby girl, Lisa Renee Claussen, was born to Hilton and Mary Claussen in Seneca, KS.Lisa grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa with her mom raising her three children in the...
Alfred J. Pauley was born December 13, 1935 in Panama, Iowa. He was the fifth child of Leo & Louise (Schmitz) Pauley. Alfred was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic church. He attended St. Mary’s elementary school through high school. After schooling he joined the...
John Raymond McKeighan, 91, died on Friday, March 1, 2024, at the Community Memorial Hospital in Missouri Valley. He was born on October 11, 1932, in Tennant, Iowa to George and Elsa (Davis) McKeighan. John grew up in the Portsmouth area and attended school in Portsmouth. On May 6, 1953, John...
Joyce Ann Kenkel, daughter of Odelia (Gaul) and Lavern Foxhoven, was born June 20, 1945 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Boniface Catholic Church. She made her first communion at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa and was confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling...
Melvin Bruck, son of Tony & Marie (Mary Bissen) Bruck, was born on February 11,1945 in Earling, Iowa. He was one of 10 children with 4 brothers and 5 sisters. Melvin was baptized, had first communion, and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa, where he remained a lifelong...
Jane Ellen Wilwerding was one of eleven children born to Irene and Carl Wilwerding. She was born in Earling, Iowa along with her twin sister Judy Thraen. Jane attended several different elementary schools as a child and eventually graduated from Woodbine High School.In 1961, Jane chose to enter...
Judy L Thurston, born February 8, 1944, in Longmont, Colorado, passed away on February 11, 2024, in Harlan, Iowa. A beloved Nana to four grandkids and nine great-grandkids, she was also known as Aunt Missy to many nieces and nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. When she was six years old, their...
Bonnie Lea Buman was born on June 7, 1942, the daughter of Fabian and Delores (Coven) Brada in Elyria, Ohio. She was baptized and later confirmed into the Catholic faith. Bonnie received her education from Widefield High School in Security, Colorado. She graduated from Regis University in Denver,...
Margaret “Marg” Ann Olson was born to Peter and Esther (Nelsen) Nelson on April 6, 1930, on the farm near Goldfield, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Eagle Grove, Iowa. When Marg was a young girl, her family moved to a farm west of Eagle Grove. She attended...