OBITUARIES
Dennis Carl Johnson
Nov 22, 2017
Dennis Carl Johnson, the son of Jared E. and Pearl W. (Parker) Johnson, was born September 10, 1942, in Oakland, IA. He died November 22, 2017, at Bergen Mercy Hospital in Omaha, NE, at the age of 75 years, 2 months, and 12 days. Dennis attended school at Oakland, graduating from Oakland High School with the class of 1960. After...
Mervin Leonard Kearney
Nov 19, 2017
Mervin Leonard Kearney, son of William and Mona (Bates) Kearney was born on August, 21, 1916 in Oakland, Iowa. He died on November 19, 2017 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home at the age of 101 years, 2 months and 29 days.
Mervin attended country school and graduated from Oakland High School in 1935. He was married...
Barbara Walker
Nov 10, 2017
Barbara Bain Walker, the daughter of John Ora Bain and Pauline Anna (Hirni) Miller, was born July 15, 1927, in Rockville, MO. She died November 10, 2017, at her home in Oakland, IA, at the age of 90 years.
Barb attended school in Rockville until her senior year. She moved to Topeka, where she graduated from high...
Sharon Elaine "Sherry" Dobernecker
Nov 8, 2017
Sharon "Sherry" Elaine Dobernecker, the daughter of Manley B. and Mable V. (Rarey) McCullough, was born September 6, 1938, in Griswold, IA. She died November 8, 2017 at her home in Griswold, at the age of 79 years, 2 months, and 2 days. Sherry attended school at Griswold. On February 23, 1955, she was united in marriage to Chester "Chet"...
Dora Mae Bourrette
Oct 28, 2017
Dora Mae Bourrette, the 14 th child of John and Louise (Perret) McCulloch, was born April 1, 1927, in Stanton, NE. She died October 28, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society in Villisca, IA, at the age of 90 years, 6 months, and 27 days.
On May 20, 1950, Dora was united in marriage to Harold Ernest...
Delbert Fredrick Rieken
Oct 14, 2017
Delbert Fredrick Rieken, the son of George Ecke and Carrie Eve (Michaels) Rieken, was born July 24, 1920 in Cushing, NE. He died October 14, 2017 at the Griswold Care Center, in Griswold, IA, at the age of 97 years, 2 months, and 20 days.
Delbert attended country school near Cushing and Belgrade until the 10 th...
Junellyn Pierce
Sep 30, 2017
Junellyn Pierce, the daughter of Herman and Olga Jacobsen Scheffler, was born June 30, 1924, in rural Hancock, Iowa. She died on September 30, 2017 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, Iowa, having attained the age of 93 years and 3 months. Junellyn graduated from Hancock High School. During her high school years, she played six-girl basketball. She...
Bernice Ida Carr
Aug 21, 2017
Bernice "Bernie" Ida Carr, the daughter of John and Myra (Killion) Eckert, was born in Oakland on November 3, 1930. She died August 21, 2017 at Midlands Living Center in Council Bluffs, IA, at the age of 86 years, 9 months, and 18 days. Bernie graduated from Oakland High School in 1948. On August 22, 1950, she was united in...
Burton Keith Burkhalter
Aug 11, 2017
Burton Keith Burkhalter, born August 14, 1924, died August 11, 2017 at the age of 92 years, 11 months and 18 days. Graveside services for Burton will be held on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the Oak Wood Cemetery at 1:00 PM. Rieken Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Virginia Rossell
Jul 18, 2017
Virginia Mueller Rossell, the daughter of August and Mamie (Mueller) Mueller, was born June 13 th , 1921 at Cumberland, IA. She died July 18, 2017, at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA, at the age of 96 years, 1 months, and 5 days. Virginia attended Pringey School in the Cumberland area, until her family moved to a...
Barbara "Bobbie" Lee Morse
Jul 14, 2017
Barbara Lee "Bobbie" Morse of Oakland, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Edna (Brandes) Grobe, was born on August 2, 1937. She died on July 14, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of on 79 years, 11 months, and 12 days. The Funeral Service for Barbara will be Friday, July 28, 2017, at the United...
Sara Rayne Venatta
Jun 23, 2017
Sara Rayne Venatta, the daughter of Timothy Wayne Venatta and Angelic Renee Reed, was born September 3, 1997 in Southaven, MS. She died June 23, 2017 near Villisca, IA, at the age of 19 years, 9 months, and 20 days.
Sara lived in St. Louis, MO, Sarasota, FL, Humboldt, AZ and Naples, FL, before moving to Lewis,...
Dorothy Florence Brandes
Jun 20, 2017
Dorothy Florence Brandes, the daughter of Archie and Anna (Laursen) McCrory, was born at Anita, Iowa on October 19, 1933 and died on June 20, 2017 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home, at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 11 days.
Dorothy attended country schools in Shelby and Cass counties. She graduated from Anita High...
Charles Wynn Pierce
Jun 3, 2017
Charles Wynn Pierce, the son of Orval and LaVila (Clark) Pierce, was born May 24, 1933, in Council Bluffs, IA. He died June 3, 2017 in Oakland, IA, at the age of 84 years and 10 days. Charlie graduated from Oakland High School with the class of 1951. On June 7, 1953, he was united in marriage to Dona Joan...
Hilda J. Beedle
May 25, 2017
Josephine Hilda Beedle, of Oakland,IA, was born September 20, 1927, on a farm near Minden, IA, the daughter of Anton and Maria Elizabeth (Strauss)Feigenbutz. She died May 25, 2017, at Brookstone Meadows Plaza in Elk Horn, NE, at the age of 89 years, 8 months, and 5 days. Hilda graduated from Minden High School. After graduating, she worked for Union...
James Leo Freund
May 17, 2017
James Leo Freund, the son of Mathew Leonard and Mary Ann (Gross) Freund, was born April 11, 1938 on the family farm near Earling, IA. He died May 17, 2017, at Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling, IA, at the age of 79 years, 1 month, and 6 days. James attended school at Earling, graduating from Earling High School....
William "Bill" J. Waggoner, Sr.
May 16, 2017
William "Bill" James Waggoner, Sr., the son of Cecil and Wilda (McGuire) Waggoner, was born November 26, 1936, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He died May 16, 2017, at his home in Oakland, Iowa, at the age of 80 years, 5 months, and 20 days.
Bill attended Fort Dodge Community Schools in Fort Dodge graduating with the High...
Gordon Leroy Nilan
Apr 27, 2017
Gordon LeRoy Nilan, the son of Boyd and Norma (Brown) Nilan, was born December 23, 1937 in Oakland, IA. He died April 27, 2017 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA, at the age of 79 years, 4 months, and 4 days.
Gordon attended school at Oakland and Carson. He then enlisted in the United...
Lucille Marie Bentley
Apr 23, 2017
Lucille Marie Bentley, the daughter of Alexander and Jennie (Rucker) Blanchard, was born in Twin Buttes, South Dakota on August 27, 1918. She died at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home on April 23, 2017, at the age of 98 years, 7 months, and 27 days. Lucille grew up in South Dakota, living in a sod house that her father built...
Judith Ann Scheffler
Apr 21, 2017
Judith Ann Scheffler, the daughter of Wayne Cecil and Maxine Louise (Rank) Brandes, was born January 20, 1950 in Council Bluffs, IA. She died April 21, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, IA, at the age of 67 years, 3 months, and 1 day. Judy was baptized and confirmed at the Silver Creek United Methodist Church. She attended school...
