All Obituaries

Marjorie (Bergman) Fichter, 91, of Shenandoah and formerly of Farragut and Imogene, IA, entered into peace on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at the Elm Heights/Parkcrest Care Center in Shenandoah.   Funeral services are pending. Burial will take place in the Randolph Cemetery at Randolph. Preceded in death by her husband, Allen (Al) Fichter.  Survivors include her four children, Richard Fichter, David Fichter, Holly Benedict and Tom Fichter. 

Claude Lewis Perkins, the son of James L. and Maude B. (Shaffer) Perkins, was born on September 4, 1936 in Shenandoah, Iowa. He passed away on November 20, 2018 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, Iowa, at the age of 82 years, 3 months, and 16 days. Claude attended one room schools and graduated in 1956 from the Strahan Consolidated School in Strahan, Iowa. His childhood was spent helping his father on the farm. It was in this environment that he developed a...

Bonnie Jane (Nance) Jackson, daughter of John Wesley and Enda Mae (Welch) Nance, was born on August 19, 1921 at Blanchard, Iowa. She entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa, at the age of 97 years, 2 months, 26 days.Her early life was spent growing up in the Blanchard, Iowa area before moving to Corning, Missouri for one year and then the family moved to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for short time, eventually returning back to...

Etta Marie (Swift) Swanson, daughter of John Clifton and Susie Marie (Erickson) Swift, was born on December 7, 1935 on the family farm southeast of Yorktown, Iowa in Page County. She entered into rest on Monday, October 29, 2018 at Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 10 months, 22 days.At the age of two, her family moved to a farm south of Shenandoah. At age seven, they moved into Shenandoah where Etta attended the Shenandoah Community Schools,...

Larry Lee Dumler, son of Jacob and Hanna (Kies) Dumler, was born on August 6, 1951 at Red Oak, Iowa. He entered into rest on Sunday, October 28, 2018 at CHI Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa following a brief illness at the age of 67 years, 2 months, 12 days.His early life was spent growing up in Red Oak, where he attended the Red Oak Community Schools. On April 1, 1972, Larry was united in marriage to Vera Irene Grubb in Shenandoah. Following their marriage they made their...

Rhonda Jean Whitehill, daughter of James Edward and Nancy Rae (Keele) Whitehill, was born on November 10, 1961 in Shenandoah, Iowa. She entered into rest on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah at the age of 56 years, 11 months, 15 days.Growing up Rhonda attended the Shenandoah Community Schools until the family moved to Nebraska City, Nebraska. She graduated from Nebraska City High School with the Class of 1980.After graduating, Rhonda moved back to...

Ember Dean Jones, infant daughter of Tucker and Andi (Kemper) Jones, was born on March 20, 2018 in Shenandoah, Iowa. She was welcomed into Heaven on October 23, 2018 at Omaha, Nebraska at the age of seven months, three days.From the day her parents knew she was going to be a little girl, her name had been decided as Ember, meaning 'Fire of God'. Her mother, Andi and father, Tucker, love fire. And the most beautiful and strongest part of a fire are the embers. If you try to throw...

Carol Ann (Bang) Cline, daughter of Villium Emil Christian and Helena Clara (Horstman) Bang, was born on March 22, 1940 at Hand Hospital in Shenandoah, Iowa. She entered into rest on Sunday morning, October 21, 2018 surrounded by family at her daughter and son-in-law's home in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 78 years, 6 months, 29 days.Her early life was spent growing up in Shenandoah where she attended the Shenandoah Community Schools, graduating from Shenandoah High School with the...

Larry Wesley Diehl, son of Harvey Wesley and Betty Jane (Johnson) Diehl, was born on October 23, 1948 at Moline, Illinois. He entered into rest on Friday, October 19, 2018 at Nebraska Medicine - Omaha at the age of 69 years, 11 months, 26 days.Growing up in Essex, Larry attended the Essex Community Schools. He graduated from Essex High School with the Class of 1967. In his teens, Larry worked for his uncle, Gus Alm, on the farm during the summer. From November 13, 1974 to August...

Louise Marie (Rumley) Simpson was born on September 11, 1918 in Brush, Colorado to L. Bena (Yountz) and Melvin Rumley. Louise went to her heavenly home on Sunday, October 14, 2018 at Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah at the age of 100 years and 33 days.When she was five, she moved to Sidney, Iowa with her parents, two brothers and one sister. She attended and graduated from school in Sidney.On March 15, 1939, Louise married Gilbert Simpson of Shenandoah and became the mother of...