Obituaries

Harlowe N. Wright

Harlowe N. Wright

Feb 16, 2020

Nels Wright, 83 of Jefferson, Wisconsin passed away at his home on Sunday, February 16, 2020 after courageously battling Alzheimer’s Disease for nine years. Harlowe Nels Wright was born at the family farm on January 11, 1937, at Bradgate, Iowa. He graduated from Bradgate High School and Eagle Grove College. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the Iowa...

Marvin F. Berhow

Marvin F. Berhow

Feb 15, 2020

Marvin F. Berhow, 90, of Dakota City, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Society in Estherville. He was born November 7, 1929 in Winnebago County. He attended schools and graduated from Scarville High School and enlisted in the United States Air Force. On March 21, 1950 he was united in marriage to Mavis Charlson. The...

Robert "Bob" Thomas Newton Ii

Robert "Bob" Thomas Newton Ii

Feb 10, 2020

Robert “Bob” Thomas Newton II, 77 of Humboldt, passed away on Monday, February 10, 2020 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Bob was born November 30, 1942 in Long Beach, California, the son of Robert Thomas and Bette (Wester) Newton. He attended Humboldt Schools, graduated from Humboldt High School and the School of Commerce in Omaha, Nebraska. He...

Roger G. Terwilliger

Roger G. Terwilliger

Feb 5, 2020

Roger G. Terwilliger, 89, of Humboldt passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Friendship Haven in Fort Dodge. Roger Grant Terwilliger, the son of Robert and Pearl (Gilliland) Terwilliger, was born May 25, 1930 on a farm in Corinth Township in Humboldt, he attended country school through the 8th grade. He then helped on the home farm and hired out...

David S. Petersen

David S. Petersen

Jan 21, 2020

David S. Petersen, 64, of Dakota City, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital. He was born January 3, 1956 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Norman and Joyce Petersen. Dave was raised and educated in Humboldt, graduating in 1974. After school he lived in Wyoming and Colorado returning to Iowa in 1987....

Donna May Carman

Donna May Carman

Jan 21, 2020

Donna May Carman, 81, of Spencer formerly of Humboldt, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the Spencer Hospital. She was born June 9, 1938 in rural Badger, Iowa, the daughter of George and Elsie (Zabel) Grebner. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1956. Donna was united in marriage to the love of her life, Dale Carman on...

Robert J. Campidilli

Robert J. Campidilli

Jan 17, 2020

Robert Joseph Campidilli, 80, of Humboldt, passed away Friday, January 17, 2020 at Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Robert was born in Fort Dodge on January 22, 1939. After graduating from Burnside High School in 1957, he moved to Havelock, Iowa to live with his family. In 1961 Robert was drafted into the U.S. Army; following basic...

Kenneth V. Ellgren

Kenneth V. Ellgren

Jan 16, 2020

Kenneth Vernon Ellgren was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 14, 1921 to Emil and Jennie Ellgren. He passed away on January 16, 2020 at Sunny View Care Center in Ankeny Iowa. He was united in marriage to Lorraine Ostlund on June 7, 1952 in Minneapolis and moved to Humboldt, Iowa in the early sixties. Kenny and Lorraine were long...

Esther "Jane" Thompson

Esther "Jane" Thompson

Jan 13, 2020

Esther “Jane” Thompson, 89, of Humboldt passed away on January 13, 2020 at the Humboldt South Care Center. She was born on October 22, 1930 to Harry and Gladys Randall in Dallas Center, Iowa. Jane grew up and graduated high school from Dallas Center. She later went to attend and graduate from Grand View Jr. College. After college, Jane worked...

Kenneth Vorland

Kenneth Vorland

Jan 13, 2020

Kenneth Arnold Vorland, Sr., son of Helge and Louise (Thompson) Vorland, was born May 31, 1934 in Eagle Grove, Iowa. He was the youngest of 9 children and graduated from Vernon High School in 1953. On May 6, 1956, he was united in marriage to Marlene Johnson at Lake Lutheran Church in rural Goldfield, Iowa. They made their home on...

Linda K. Venneman

Linda K. Venneman

Jan 12, 2020

Linda Kay (Carman) Venneman, age 72, of Humboldt, passed away peacefully January 12, 2020 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born on November 13, 1947 in Urbana, Iowa to Charles Carman and Anna Carman. After graduating from Center Point High school, she married Gary Venneman on June 24, 1967 at Walker, Iowa. She attended Iowa State University and...

Lorna Loraine Stellhorn

Lorna Loraine Stellhorn

Jan 12, 2020

Lorna Loraine Stellhorn, 94, of Humboldt, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Humboldt Care Center South in Humboldt. Lorna was the first of four daughters born to Ewald and Christine (Licht) Weiss. She was born September 4, 1925 on the family farm. She attended school in Beaver Township 4 till 8th grade. She did housework for many people in...

George Pomeroy

George Pomeroy

Jan 7, 2020

George Pomeroy, 85, of Humboldt passed away on January 7, 2020 at the Humboldt North Care Center. George was born on April 21, 1934 to George and Goldie (Perrigo) Pomeroy west of Laurens. He attended Laurens school until the 8th grade, he grew up on a farm and lived in the Laurens, Pocahontas and Humboldt area his entire life. George...

Janice L. Miller

Janice L. Miller

Jan 7, 2020

Janice Miller, 83, of Bode passed away January 7, 2020 in her home. Janice was born on May 6, 1936 in Iowa City to Oscar and Blanche (Gunderson) Christianson. She grew up and attended school in Bode. She had worked at Globe Union in Fort Dodge then went to La James beauty school. After beauty school she worked at a...

Betty J Graves

Betty J Graves

Jan 2, 2020

Betty Graves, 98, of Humboldt passed away January 2, 2020 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital. Betty Graves, daughter of Fred and Hazel (Pecaut) Griswold was born on September 28, 1921 in Sioux City, Iowa. She grew up in Sioux City and received her education there, graduating from Central High School in 1939. Betty married Burdette McNaughton in November of...

Wilma June Erdmann

Wilma June Erdmann

Dec 30, 2019

Wilma June Erdmann, 95, died December 30, 2019 at Colonial Manor in Amana, Iowa. She was born January 6, 1924 in rural Bradgate, the daughter of Herbert and Annie (Jolliffe) Blake. She graduated from high school at Vernon Township in 1942. On July 3, 1942 she married Edward Erdmann in Blue Earth, Minnesota. After marriage they lived in the rural...

Donna Jean Ober

Donna Jean Ober

Dec 27, 2019

Donna Jean Ober, peacefully passed away at Greene County Hospital Long Term Care in Jefferson Iowa on Friday, December 27th, 2019 at the age of 89. During her last few weeks, she reminisced with friends and family sharing the joys through the many years of her life. She had stated a number of times that "I have lived a good...

Marvin D. Grebner

Marvin D. Grebner

Dec 23, 2019

Marvin D. Grebner, 85 of Humboldt, passed away on Monday, December 23, 2019 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital’s Long Term Care. He was born August 11, 1934 in Badger, Iowa, the son of George and Elsie (Zabel) Grebner. He attended Weaver Elementary #6 and then later graduated from Humboldt High School in 1953. He was drafted into the Army...

Michelle Trejo

Michelle Trejo

Dec 20, 2019

Michelle Lee Myers Trejo was born in Webster City, Iowa on October 3, 1966 to Robert and Linda (Davenport) Myers. As a young child, she lived in Blairsburg, IA, Cherokee, IA and St. Cloud, MN with her family. She moved to Iowa Falls, IA in 1970 where she started elementary school, and attended school there through 5th grade. She moved...

Gordon D. Kirchhoff

Gordon D. Kirchhoff

Dec 20, 2019

Gordon D. Kirchhoff, 84, of Humboldt, passed away Friday, December 20, 2019 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital. Gordon was born February 27, 1935, son of Leonard and Ruth (Holst) Kirchhoff, in Fort Dodge, IA. He was raised in Beaver Township and attended school there. He graduated from Humboldt High School in 1953. He met the love of his life...

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