All Obituaries

Linda Rae (Simmonds) Hietbrink, 74, of Shenandoah, Iowa, entered into rest on Sunday, September 20, 2020 at Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha.  Celebration of Life funeral services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020 at 10:30 am at Cornerstone Fellowship Church with Pastor Roy Nelson officiating.  Open visitation and viewing will take place from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Friday, Sept. 25, with the family greeting relatives and friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Nishna Valley...

Virgil Dean Delehant, son of Paul Delehant and Anetta (Babcock) Delehant, was born at the Clarinda Hospital, Clarinda, Iowa on September 7, 1933 and passed away at his home on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at the age of 86 years, 11 months, 8 days. Family graveside services will be held Saturday, September 19, 2020 at Union Grove Cemetery, rural Northboro with Pastor Jack Langley officiating.  Open visitation for Virgil at the funeral home will take place on Friday,...

     Sherry Dickerson, 80, of Boone formerly of Massena, died Saturday, September 12, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer.  Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 18, 2020 at Steen Funeral Home in Massena.  A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 19, 2020 at the Nishna Valley Funeral Home in Shenandoah with visitation one hour prior to the service.  Pastor Jack Langley will be officiating. ...

Dorothy Jean (McMullen) Looper, daughter of Harold and Ruth Ione (Verbeck) McMullen, was born on March 11, 1945 at Hamburg, Iowa.  She entered into eternal peace on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, Iowa following a brief illness at the age of 75 years, 5 months, 25 days. Her early life was spent growing up in rural Fremont County, Iowa near Farragut, Iowa.  Dorothy attended country school through the 5th grade.  After the...

Rosalee J. (Sunquist) Kinnison, 78, of Shenandoah, peacefully entered into rest on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at Nebraska Medicine - Omaha.  A celebration of life memorial service for Rosalee will be held on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 10:30 am at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Shenandoah with Pastor Kurt Hoover officiating.  Open visitation at the funeral home will take place Wednesday, September 16, 2020 beginning at  10:00 am with the family receiving relatives and...

Robert (Bob) Warren Jandreau, 73, of Council Bluffs, Iowa and formerly of Shenandoah, unexpectedly entered into eternal rest on Monday, July 13, 2020 in Council Bluffs.  Memorial graveside services will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 2:00 pm at Rose Hill Cemetery in Shenandoah with Pastor Luke Fillmore officiating.   Bob was a United States Army Vietnam veteran who received the Purple Heart. Military honors will be accorded by the Shenandoah American Legion...

James (Jim) Le Roy White, 81, of Shenandoah, Iowa passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020 of natural causes at Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah.   Jim was born to the late Jesse Lawrence White and Wanda Twila (Shook) White in Deer Creek Township (rural Strahan, Iowa) on December 30, 1938. He attended high school in Tabor, Iowa.  On July 19, 1959, Jim was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Glasgo.  They were blessed with three children, Christa L. White, James (Jay)...

Stanley Lee Carlson, son of Oscar Allen and Doris Elmina (Munsinger) Carlson, was born October 13, 1947 in Hamburg, Iowa. He entered into eternal rest on Friday, August 14, 2020 in Shenandoah, Iowa at the age of 72 years, 10 months, 1 day. An open visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at Nishna Valley Funeral and Cremation Service from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm (the family will not be present during these hours).  Family graveside services will be held on Wednesday,...

Patricia Ann (Michel) Hall, 87, of Farragut, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday morning, August 18, 2020 at the Perry Lutheran Home in Perry, Iowa.   Patricia Ann (Michel) Hall was born on May 2, 1933 at the Hand Hospital in Shenandoah, IA and graduated to heaven at Perry Lutheran Home in Perry, IA on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at the age of 87 years, 3 months, 16 days. Patricia was the daughter of Harry and Hazel Michel of Northboro, IA. She received her education at Hillsdale Country...

On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, Betty Jane Johnson - Diehl, longtime Essex Iowa resident, passed away peacefully at the age of 92 in Julesburg Colorado. A celebration of life graveside memorial service will be held on Sunday, August 16, 2020, at 1:00 pm at the Essex Cemetery with Lloyd Hauger officiating.  For those who are unable to attend, we will have the service on Facebook Live at 1:00 pm Sunday.  You can join the service or watch by going to the: Nishna Valley Funeral and...