All Obituaries

A celebration of life funeral service for James will be held on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at Nishna Valley Funeral Home at 11:00 AM.  The family will greet relatives and friends with visitation two hours prior to the service at the funeral home Thursday beginning at 9:00 AM.  Burial with military honors will take place in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Shenandoah.  Memorials in James' name are being directed to the family. James Warren Stewart, son of Warren...

A celebration of life funeral service for Ellen will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 10:30 am at Nishna Valley Funeral Home with Rev. Rick Sleyster officiating.  The family will greet relatives and friends with visitation and viewing from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Friday, February 1, 2019.  Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery next to her husband, Chester Stambaugh. Ellen Luetta (Phillis) Stambaugh was born October 11, 1933 in Villisca, Iowa, the daughter of James D Phillis and...

William V. Kruse peacefully passed away on January 23, 2019 at his Shenandoah home. Bill was born May  28. 1951, the son of William D. and Dolores M. (Maybe) Kruse in Mason City, Iowa.  He grew up on a dairy farm near Northwood, Iowa.  Bill graduated from Northwood High School and attended Iowa State University.  He accepted the position of manager at the Ames Earl May Store in 1972.  While managing the store he won seven district manager awards and many other...

Jay Lindburg, 58, of Shenandoah, Iowa peacefully entered into rest on Saturday, January 19, 2019 surrounded by family at his home following a courageous battle with cancer.   Celebration of Life Services following cremation for Jay will be held on Friday, January 25, 2019 at 10:30 am at the First Presbyterian Church in Shenandoah with Rev. Rick Sleyster officiating.  The family will greet relatives and friends with visitation from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Thursday at the funeral...

Marjorie (Marge) Spry of Essex, Iowa, died peacefully at the Garden View Nursing Home in Shenandoah, Iowa on January 16, 2019.  Marjorie Mattie Vernelle Spry was born on November 14, 1923, the fourth child of Selma Fridlund Whitney and Robert Fulton Whitney at the family home in Craig, Nebraska. She was always proud that she was from Craig, graduating in 1941 from high school.   She worked for a year in Craig at the post office before joining a friend in Moline, Illinois...

Marilyn Jeanne Anderson Gee, daughter of Merrill West and Florence (Holmberg) Anderson, was born on August 21, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska.   She entered into rest on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at the Shenandoah Medical Center at the age of 93 years, 4 months, 25 days. Her early life was spent growing up in Shenandoah where she attended the Shenandoah Community Schools, graduating from Shenandoah High School with the Class of 1942.  Jeanne then attended Nebraska Wesleyan receiving...

Jeremiah  (Jerry) Roy Maher, 65, of Shenandoah entered into peace on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Nebraska Medicine - Omaha.  A memorial mass for Jerry will be held on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Shenandoah with Father Raphael Assamah as celebrant.  The family will greet relatives and friends with visitation from 6:00 to 7:00 pm Wednesday evening at Nishna Valley Funeral and Cremation Service with Recitation of the Rosary to be...

Richard DeLong Henstorf, 72, of Corning, Iowa and formerly of Clarinda and Farragut, Iowa passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at CHI Health Mercy Corning.  Richard deeded his body to the Nebraska Antomical Board for the further advancement of medical education and research. A celebration of Richard's life will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Nishna Valley Funeral and Cremation Service in Shenandoah with Rev. Rick Sleyster officiating.  The family...

  Randy Lee Archer, son of Harold Everett and Doris Elaine (Campbell) Archer, was born on September 24, 1955 in Shenandoah, Iowa.  He entered into peace on December 24, 2018 at Nebraska Medicine – Omaha at the age of 63 years, 3 months. All of Randy’s life was spent in southwest Iowa.  At an early age, the family lived in the Randolph, Imogene, Farragut communities before settling in Shenandoah, where Randy attended the Shenandoah Community Schools. In 1973,...

Marjorie M. Fichter, 91, of Shenandoah and formerly of Farragut and Imogene, entered into peace on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Elm Heights/Parkcrest Care Center in Shenandoah.  Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 21, 2018 at 10:30 AM at the Nishna Valley Funeral Home in Shenandoah with Pastor Don Buttry officiating.  The family will greet relatives and friends with visitation and viewing from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday evening (12/20/18) at the funeral home. ...