Obituaries
The Funeral Service for Emery C. Christoffersen, was held on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Kimballton, Iowa with Reverend Tim White Officiating. Urn Bearer was Adam Forshier. Honorary Urn Bearers were Abbi Forshier and Aaron Forshier. Burial was at...
Susan Kay Greer, daughter of Edward and Edythe Schweiso, was born May 15, 1956 at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll, lowa. She attended grade school in Manilla and then in Irwin after the family moved.Susan graduated from Irwin-Kirkman High School in 1974. Shortly thereafter she met her soul mate...
Patricia Jean Christensen, the daughter of Walter and Margaret White Christensen, was born on December 16, 1934, on a small farm near Prairie Rose Lake in Shelby County, Iowa. She was the oldest of three children: John (deceased) and Mary Ellen (deceased). She enjoyed life on the farm and...
Irene “Granny” Hansen was born to Tenta (Christensen) and Carl Haferbier on August 13, 1923 in Sanborn, Minnesota. Irene attended grade school at the country school near Defiance, Iowa. She then attended Harlan High School where she graduated in 1942. She was a lifelong member of Immanuel...
Lyle Nelson, age 85, of Atlantic, IA, and formerly of Elk Horn, IA, passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at Cass Health in Atlantic, IA.Lyle Byriel Nelson, son of Manvel and Lydia (Marcusen) Nelson, was born March 6, 1938, in Audubon, Iowa. Went to High School in Elk Horn, Iowa. Lyle joined the...
Barbara Ellen Befort was born July 26th, 1940, to Alice Evelyn (McMichael) and Richard Glendon Morris in her parents’ rural Griswold, Iowa home. Barb attended elementary school in Oakland, Iowa and junior and high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, graduating in 1956.Barb brought 5 children...
Lorrell James, son of Albert and Anna (Bald) Borkowski, was born June 20, 1944, at home in Audubon County, Iowa. He grew up south of Manning near Gray and graduated from Manning High School in 1962. Lorrell served in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1967 and became a proud member of the American Legion...
Bessie Fern Langer, the daughter of Roscoe A. and Lillian K. (Matthiessen) Buck, was born on January 30, 1918, near Harlan, Iowa. She attended country school near Panama, Iowa, and graduated from Shelby (Iowa) High School in 1936. On June 21, 1937, Bessie married LeRoy J. Langer in Shelby, and the...
Benjamin Nicholas Stein was born on December 18, 1982 in Harlan, IA. In his early years he loved dressing up as a superhero, coining himself as Benji the Avenger Stein. He spent many years playing baseball for Portsmouth with his brother Nick as a teammate and dad Kenny and uncle Larry as coach....
Atlas Daniel-Joe Gittins was born on May 8, 2023 to Amelia Barron and Garrett Gittins in Omaha, Nebraska. Atlas was the sweetest baby boy with the most radiant smile and silliest giggle. In his short three months and fifteen days on Earth, he impacted his family greatly. He loved being talked to...