Obituaries

Harold Kroon
Nov 8, 2013
The Kroon family is deeply saddened by the death of Harold B. Kroon, who passed away on Friday, November 8, 2013 at the age of 88. Harold B. Kroon was born November 15, 1924 in Minnesota, the son of Bert and Josephine (Van Grevenhof) Kroon. He served in the United States Navy from 1941-1964, serving in Korea and Vietnam. During...
Martina Kragt
Nov 7, 2013
Rock Valley, Iowa: Martina Kragt, age 89 of Rock Valley, died Thursday, November 07, 2013 at Whispering Heights. A memorial service will be held at 2 pm Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at First Christian Reformed Church, Rock Valley. Burial will be prior at 1 pm at the Valley View Cemetery. Visitation with family will be 6-7:30 pm Tuesday, November 12,...
Walter Huebner
Nov 4, 2013
Hawarden, Iowa: Walter C. 'Pete' Huebner, age 96, of Hawarden, Iowa died Monday, November 4, 2013 at the Hillcrest Health Care Center. A funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the Hawarden American Lutheran Church in Hawarden, Iowa with Rev. Erma Wolf officiating. Burial will follow at the Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin at...
Leonard Marienau
Nov 4, 2013
Ireton, Iowa: Leonard Marienau, 86 of Ireton, Iowa died Monday, November 4, 2013 at his residence. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 9, 2013 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Rev. Andrew Carlson officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Friday, November 8, 2013 with the family present from...
Ila Sanderson
Nov 2, 2013
Ireton, Iowa: Ila Sanderson, age 97, passed away at the Hillcrest Care Center in Hawarden, Iowa on Friday, November 1, 2013. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 16, 2013 at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ireton, Iowa with Rev. Andrew Carlson officiating. Burial will follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Condolences for the family...
Patricia Olsen
Nov 1, 2013
Hawarden, IA: Patricia 'Pat' Olsen, 94, of Hawarden, Iowa died Friday, November 1, 2013 at the Morningside Manor in Alcester, South Dakota. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, November 7, 2013 at the Associated Church in Hawarden with Rev. Dan Lozer officiating. Burial will follow at the Grace Hill Cemetery. Please direct memorials to the Associated...
George Burgers
Oct 20, 2013
Inwood, IA: George W. Burgers, 83, of Inwood, died Sunday, October 20, 2013 at Fellowship Village. A funeral service will be 10:30 am Thursday, October 24, 2013 at the Christian Reformed Church in Inwood, IA with Rev. Sam Krikke officiating. Burial will follow the luncheon at Valley View Cemetery in Rock Valley. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 pm...
Grace Jacobsma
Oct 19, 2013
Inwood, Iowa: Grace Jacobsma, 86, of Inwood, died Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Sanford Canton-Inwood Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Inwood Christian Reformed Church with Rev. Sam Krikke officiating. Burial will follow at Richland Cemetery. Visitation with family will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at Inwood Christian Reformed Church....

Agnes Rasmussen
Oct 16, 2013
Hull, IA: Agnes (Attema) Rasmussen, 90, died Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at the Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull, Iowa. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 19, 2013 in Obert, Nebraska. Condolences may be left online for the family at www.porterfuneralhomes.com. Mrs. Rasmussen was born on April 16, 1923 on a farm southeast of Rock...
Marie Cole
Oct 15, 2013
Hudson, SD: Marie Cole, 92, of Hudson, SD died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at the Fellowship Village in Inwood, IA. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 19, 2013 at the Hudson Lutheran Church with Rev. Lori Marty officiating. Private family inurnment will be at the Eden Cemetery in Hudson. Online condolences may be left for the...
Elmer McMillan
Oct 15, 2013
Elmer W. McMillan, 93, of Hawarden, IA, passed away, Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Oakhill Assisted Living in Hawarden. Services will be held 10:30 am, Saturday, October 19 at The United Methodist Church, 1304 Avenue H, in Hawarden with Rev. Barbara Joy officiating. Visitation will be held from noon to 8 pm with family present from 6-8pm Friday, October 18...

Stanley Olson
Oct 13, 2013
Stanley Olson, 94, of Canton, South Dakota, formerly of Inwood, Iowa, died Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, October16, 2013 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church Northwest of Inwood, Iowa. Burial will follow at Our Saviors Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation with family will be held one...
Arlo Kircher
Oct 11, 2013
Arlo D. Kircher, 88, of Hawarden, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 11, 2013, at Unity Point Health St. Luke's in Sioux City. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 15, at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hawarden, with the Rev. Todd Bunge officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Monday, October 14, with a prayer service at 7 p.m....
Janet Wallace
Oct 8, 2013
Rock Valley, IA: Janet Wallace, 89, of Rock Valley, died Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at Whispering Heights, Rock Valley. Visitation with family will be 1-2 pm Saturday at Porter Funeral Home followed by Burial Service at 2:30 pm at Valley View Cemetery, Rock Valley. Condolences may be left online for the family at www.porterfuneralhomes.com. Janet was born March 15, 1924...
Joane Taylor
Oct 7, 2013
Ireton, IA: Joane Taylor, 63, of Ireton, died Monday October 7, 2013 at the Hawarden Regional Healthcare Hospital. A funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 10, 2013 at the Netherlands Reformed Congregation at Rock Valley with Rev. E.C. Adams officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday,...
Margaret de Haas
Oct 6, 2013
Wichita, KS: Margaret de Haas, age 98, formerly of Rock Valley, IA died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 at the Family Health and Rehabilitation in Wichita, KS. A funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 11, 2013 at the Pioneer United Methodist Church with Rev. Todd Schlitter officiating. Burial will follow at the Valley View Cemetery. Visitation with the family...
Charles Doty
Oct 6, 2013
Hawarden, Iowa- Charles Doty 75, of Ajo, Arizona, formerly of Hawarden, Iowa, passed away peacefully Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Banner Estrella Hospital in Phoenix, AZ after a lengthy battle with COPD. Charles was born December 9, 1937 in Hawarden, Iowa to Ralph and Viola (Fleshman) Doty. He graduated from Hawarden High School and married Linda Hodgson July, 15th 1957....
Leon Rus
Oct 5, 2013
IRETON, IOWA- Leon Rus, 73, of Ireton, died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the Hawarden Regional Healthcare Hospital, following a month long battle with cancer. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Sioux Center, Iowa with Rev. G.J. Baan officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Ireton. Visitation will begin at...

Bernice Warner
Sep 30, 2013
Hudson, South Dakota: Bernice (Rohlfs) Warner, 90, of Hudson, died Monday, September 30, 2013 at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral service will be held at 1:30 pm Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Porter Funeral Home, Hudson. Burial will follow at Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden, Iowa. Visitation with the family will be held from 6:30-7:30 pm Wednesday,...
Evonne Graf
Sep 29, 2013
HAWARDEN, IOWA- Evonne B. (Kane) Graf, 87, of Hawarden, died Sunday, September 29, 2013, surrounded by all of her children, at the Hawarden Regional Healthcare Hospital in Hawarden. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hawarden with Father Doug Klein and Father Roger Linnan concelebrating. Burial will follow in the Grace...