SIOUX CITY - Corinne Fae Down blessed this earth for 99 years before she took her Lord and Savior’s hand on May 7, 2023, at the MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center of Sioux City, Iowa.
A Memorial Service will be held at 2:30 p.m., on Friday, May 12, 2023, at the United Methodist Church of Odebolt, Iowa. Rev. Ken C. Miller will officiate. Private Family Committal Services will be held in the Odebolt Cemetery of Odebolt, Iowa.
SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO - Penny Schulke passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, one month short of 85 years old.
A Memorial Service will be held for Penny on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at 11 a.m. at Messiah Luther Church in Silver City, New Mexico. Rev. Joseph Pellegrino will preside.
DENISON - Shirley Ann Puck passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, April 24, 2023, at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison at the age of 85 years, three months and 12 days.
HOLSTEIN - Janice Ann Mary Cooper, 86, of Holstein, Iowa (formerly of Odebolt, Iowa), passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2023, surrounded by her family and caregivers at the Holstein Senior Assisted Living of Holstein, Iowa.
Private graveside services were held at the Ida Grove Cemetery with Father Richard D. Ball officiating.
LANDER, WYOMING - Douglas Kent Vickery, 75 of Lander, Wyoming, died on April 1, 2023, at his home in Lander, Wyoming.
Doug was born on April 1, 1948, in Ida Grove, Iowa. He attended Ida Grove High School and went on to Wayne State College in Nebraska. He joined the U.S. Navy from 1970-74. Doug married Kathy Hammer (Vickery) in 1975 and Moved to Lander in 1987.
BATTLE CREEK - Wanda Faye Van Houten Cooper, 95, of Battle Creek, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at the Willow Dale Wellness Village of Battle Creek, Iowa.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 1 p.m., on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Ida Grove, Iowa. Father Richard D. Ball officiated. Committal Services followed in the Mount Hope Cemetery of Battle Creek, Iowa.
Danel Simonson, age 66, of Arthur, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at the Horn Memorial Hospital of Ida Grove, Iowa.
A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 3, 2023, at the United Methodist Church of Odebolt, Iowa. Rev. Ken Miller will officiate. Committal Services will follow in the Odebolt Cemetery of Odebolt, Iowa. A Visitation will be held from 3-5 p.m., on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at the Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home of Ida Grove, Iowa.
IDA GROVE - Kenneth Roger Thornhill, 82, oldest son and third born child of Vernon “Pete” Thornhill and Esther (Stamp) Thornhill, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at the Cherokee Specialty Care of Cherokee, Iowa.
