Obituary Listing

Mar 31, 2023

Jerry Dean Daffer, age 62, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away unexpectedly at his home after an extended illness, on Friday, March 31, 2023. Jerry was born December 6, 1960 in Nebraska City, Nebraska, the son of Gary and Sharon (Goings) Daffer. His parents were divorced and he was raised by his step-father, Robert Wilson. Jerry graduated from Red...

Mar 23, 2023

Kenneth Edwin "Kenny" Gage, age 70, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Kenny was born November 11, 1952, in Clarinda, Iowa, the son of Lyall and Nickie (Larson) Gage. He was raised in rural Villisca, Iowa, graduating from Villisca High School in 1970. He started...

Mar 23, 2023

Rodney William Courtier, age 72, of Hastings, Iowa, passed away March 23, 2023 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Rodney was born July 13, 1950 at Murphy Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Lyle and Margaret Courtier. He attended Hastings elementary school before Strahan elementary school and Nishna Valley Jr./Sr. High School. Rod joined the United States Army...

Mar 23, 2023

Jody Germar Rock, age 81, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023, at the Red Oak Rehab and Care Center. Jody was born December 3, 1941, the daughter of Cal and Mona Allen.

Preceding her in death were her grandmother: Betty McCary; her parents; and her husband: Gene Rock. Survivors include her son: Rick...

Mar 21, 2023

Charlotte Ann Lee, age 88, of Red Oak, Iowa, formerly of Emerson, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at the Good Samaritan Society. Charlotte was born October 15, 1934, in Centerville, Iowa, the daughter of Charlie and Erma (Frazee) Phillips. She was raised in Centerville, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Donald Lee on January 6, 1951,...

Mar 13, 2023

Donald Dean "Don" Paul, age 81, of LaVista, Nebraska, formerly of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away at Homestead Assisted Living in LaVista. Don was born Febraury 22, 1942, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Donald Theodore and Thelma Alice (Gorman) Paul. Donald's father died during WWII when Don was 16 months old. He was raised by his step-father,...

Mar 13, 2023

William Arthur "Bill" Douglas, age 86, of Emerson, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023, at Glen Haven Cottages in Glenwood, Iowa. Bill was born May 30, 1936 in Montgomery County, Iowa, the son of William Henry and Jessie Lanore (Smith) Douglas. He was raised in Mills County, Iowa, and graduated from Emerson High School in 1953. He then...

Mar 12, 2023

Curtis Lynn Franzen age 68, of Elliott, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2023 at the Red Oak Rehab and Care Center in Red Oak, Iowa. Curtis was born November 9, 1954 in Clarinda, Iowa, the son of Dean and Wilma (Chubbick) Franzen. He was raised in Wales and Stanton, Iowa and graduated from Stanton High School in 1973....

Mar 11, 2023

Joanne Belle "Jody" Adams, age 85, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Arlington Place. Jody was born February 11, 1938 in Red Oak, Iowa, the daughter of Dean and Nettie Belle (Davis) Rockwell. She graduated from Red Oak High School in 1955 and was united in marriage to Richard "Dick" Adams on June 17,...

Mar 11, 2023

Harold Wesley Hall, age 83, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023, at the Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha. Harold was born January 14, 1940, in Villisca, Iowa, the son of Herman and Helen (Northrup) Hall. He was raised near Villisca and Nodaway graduating from the Nodaway High School in 1957. He later attended Commercial Extension...

Mar 5, 2023

Marilyn Jean "Jeanie" Nippert, age 87, of Villisca, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023, at her home. Marilyn was born June 4, 1935, at the family home in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of James Donald and Rose D. (Cron) Nelson. She was baptized into the Christian faith at the Methodist Church in Atlantic, Iowa. Jeanie graduated from Atlantic...

Mar 5, 2023

Albert Lee Newlon, age 64, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023, at his home after an extended illness. Albert was born January 10, 1959, in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Harry and Margaret (Fuller) Newlon. He was raised in Red Oak graduating from Red Oak High School in 1977. Over the years, Albert worked...

Mar 3, 2023

Ruth Ellen Dunbar, age 88, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023, at the Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa. Ruth was born August 22, 1934, in Cherokee, Iowa, the daughter of Almo and Lena Brownmiller. She was raised in Marcus, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Orville Miller and 7 children were born...

Mar 1, 2023

Garth Leon Haer, age 88, of Villisca, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at the Villisca Good Samaritan Society. Garth was born September 24, 1934, in Corning, Missouri, the son of George and Verla Faye (Hecker) Haer. He was raised in Craig, Missouri, graduating from Craig High School in 1952. After high school, Garth worked the wheat fields...

Feb 23, 2023

Merle Woods, 89, passed away peacefully on February 23, 2023 at Tabor Manor Care Center in Tabor, IA.

Merle was born October 26, 1933 in Imogene, IA to Eugene and Mable Woods. He and his twin brother Earl were the youngest of 9 children.

He joined the Navy in 1954 and was Air Traffic Controlman,...

Feb 19, 2023

Martha F. Dahlstrom, age 89, of Clive, Iowa formerly of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2023, at Arbor Springs Nursing Home. Martha was born March 17, 1933, in Griswold, Iowa, the daughter of Roy and Sadie (Leonard) McGrew. She graduated from high school in Elliott, Iowa, and Commercial Extension Business School in Omaha, Nebraska. Martha was...

Feb 9, 2023

Gordon "Wayne" Bailey, age 85, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2023, at the Good Samaritan Society. Wayne was born November 16, 1937, on the Bailey family farm, the son of Clarke and Maxine (Chrisman) Bailey. Wayne's father, Clark and Wayne's siblings, Darwin and Mary were also born on the farm that has been in their...

Jan 23, 2023

Evelyn (Evie) Sowers, age 97, formerly of Emerson, Iowa, passed away January 23, 2023, at the Avalon Care Home in Fairfield, California. She had been living in both daughters' homes until she fell on December 18, 2022. She declined rapidly and received hospice care the last three weeks of her life.

Evie was born, January 18, 1926,...

Jan 21, 2023

Steven Godbout, age 33, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, passed away January 21, 2023, after suffering a stroke. Steven was born February 13, 1989, in Garner, North Carolina, the son of Jeff Godbout and Peggy Adkins. He joined the United States Army at age nineteen and served as a Satellite Transportable Terminal Operator, deployed to Iraq twice, once in 2008 and...

Jan 20, 2023

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith"

2 Timothy 4:7.

Michael Nelson Mead, age 80, was called Home after an extended illness on January 20, 2023. Mike was born in Charles City, Iowa, on March 28, 1942, to James and Cleo Detra Mead of Greene, Iowa....