All Obituaries

CLICK HERE TO WATCH MYRNA'S FUNERAL SERVICE      Myrna Kay Hunt of was born on October 2, 1940, in Iowa City, Iowa to Kenneth and Helen (Maguire) Alvis. She grew up in Harrison County, starting her schooling in Orson, Iowa. She attended school in Omaha, Nebraska for a short time before her family moved to Woodbine, where she graduated in 1958. After graduation, Myrna worked as a secretary for Mutual of Omaha. Myrna was united in marriage to LaVerne Hunt on June 21, 1959,...

         Gale Kenneth Argotsinger was born December 10, 1954, to Kenneth and Betty (Riddle) Argotsinger in Denison, Iowa and passed away on July 29, 2022, in Kansas City, Missouri. Gale grew up on the family farm and attended school in Woodbine, Iowa. He graduated from Woodbine High School in 1973. He attended one year of college at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. Gale was known for his dry sense of humor and loved to share a new story to get a...

  Johanna Helen (Wilson) Horstmeyer December 13, 1934 – July 16th, 2022   Johanna (Hanna) Horstmeyer, age 87, went peacefully to her next journey on July 16th, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. She is finally together with her love, Elmer (Fuddy). She is survived by her sister, Bonnie Shideler, whom she often jokingly called “mom”; her two daughters: Caren and her husband Gary Alton; Lynne and her husband Milo Ruffcorn; her two sons: Eric and his wife...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH RALPH'S FUNERAL SERVICE      Ralph Barry was born on September 21, 1932, to Orville and Olga (Johnson) Barry on the Barry Farm in Allen Township. Ralph graduated from Woodbine High School in 1950. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington. Ralph met Jeanelle Peterson while he was there and the couple married September 9, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. They lived in the Seattle area for a...

  CLICK HERE TO WATCH CARMELLA'S FUNERAL MASS       Carmella Frances Ayres was born on February 10, 1926, in Omaha, Nebraska to Joseph and Salvatrice (Italia) Corritore. She grew up in Omaha and graduated from Omaha South High School. After school she worked as a bookkeeper at various businesses. On September 27, 1952, Carmella was united in marriage to Jack Ayres. They were blessed with three children, PatriciaJack Jr. and Terrance. Carmella stayed...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH BEN'S FUNERAL SERVICE     Benjamin Jeffery Dolan was born on June 7, 1979, in Omaha, Nebraska to Ronald and Patricia (Golden) Dolan. The family moved and Ben started kindergarten in Woodbine. He graduated from Woodbine High School in 1997. While in school he was involved in football, basketball, soccer and baseball, helped with the year book and was in National Honor Society. Ben attended Kirkwood College and he wrote sports articles for the Woodbine...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH EVELYN'S MEMORIAL SERVICE      Evelyn Ruth Sherer was born on July 16, 1926, to William and Esther (Goeke) Behrends in Diller, Nebraska. She was the youngest of 11 children. She went to school and graduated from Diller. On December 15, 1946, in the middle of a blizzard, Evelyn was united in marriage to Paul Sherer. They lost a daughter, Jeanette Kay at birth, and then had three boys, Michael, Daniel and Robert. Evelyn was an amazing wife and...

CLICK HERE TO VIEW LAVONNA'S FUNERAL SERVICE     LaVonna Marie (Ellison) Clark was born on July 26, 1931, to Elmer and Nellie (Flaharty) Ellison in Logan, Iowa. She attended Jedo Country School and other country schools before graduating from Woodbine High School in 1949. LaVonna lived with Mrs. Guyett while in high school and did housekeeping for Mrs. Guyett for her room and board. LaVonna married Donald Clark at the First Christian Church in Woodbine on August 10,...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH ANITA'S MEMORIAL SERVICE         Anita Louise Gress was born on October 3, 1944, to Howard and Sarah Jane (Utman) Phillips in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She grew up in Modale, Iowa and moved to Logan, Iowa at the age of 17. She graduated in 1962. Anita worked as a nurse’s aide in Missouri Valley, at the Logan Headstart and at Martin Luther Home. She married Frances Archer in March of 1962 and they were blessed with four children, Timothy,...

     CLICK HERE TO WATCH ARDITH'S FUNERAL SERVICE      Ardith Yvonne (Benson) Cox was born October 2, 1940, to Lloyd and Edna (Gray) Benson in Pipestone, Minnesota. The family moved to Iowa where she grew up on various farms in the Onawa, Iowa area. She graduated from the Onawa High School in 1959. After graduating, she worked at Toy National Bank, Securities Acceptance Finance Corporation and Siouxland Credit in Sioux City, Iowa. Ardith married Thomas...