Obituary Listing

Jan 5, 2025

Mary Ellen Godbout, age 86, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, formerly Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2025, at The Heritage at Fox Run in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mary Ellen was born February 28, 1938, in Irving, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph and Lucille (Mandele) Williams. She graduated from the Seneca Public High School in Seneca, Kansas. She...

Dec 31, 2024

Kelly Jon Stites, age 49, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at the Nebraska Methodist Hospital following a long courageous battle with cancer. Kelly was born July 29, 1975, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Jon and Linda (Rider) Stites. He was raised in Omaha and graduated from Millard South High School. He worked as...

Dec 27, 2024

Doris Marie Palmquist, age 90, of Red Oak, Iowa passed away on Friday, December 27, 2024, at Accura Healthcare in Stanton, Iowa. Doris was born on February 15, 1934, on a farm southwest of Oakland, Nebraska, the daughter of Fritz and Olga (Anderson) Englund. Doris received her early education in a one-room schoolhouse. The family moved to Omaha, Nebraska...

Dec 24, 2024

Benjamin Eugene "Benji" Maxell, age 48, of Omaha, Nebraska, formerly of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away at his home on December 24, 2024. Benji was born December 31, 1975, in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Lisa Maxell and Roger "Chip" Hudson. He was raised in Red Oak and graduated from Red Oak Community High School in 1994. He...

Dec 19, 2024

Mark Thomas Raney, age 70, of Clarinda, Iowa, formerly of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2024, at his home. Mark was born April 25, 1954, in Clarinda, Iowa, the son of James and LaDonna (Carlson) Raney. He graduated from Villisca High School in 1972 and served in the United States Army stationed in Korea. Upon his...

Dec 16, 2024

Beverly Ann Hubbard, age 82, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 16, 2024, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. Beverly was born May 8, 1942, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Dale and Marguerite (Dodson) Miller. She graduated from Wales-Lincoln High School in 1960. Beverly was united in marriage to Vernon Porter in 1960 and 5...

Dec 15, 2024

Jean Carson, age 97, of Elliott, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2024, at her home. Jean was born on September 17, 1927, in Villisca, Iowa, the daughter of Dewey and Lillian (Doggett) Johnson. She graduated from Villisca High School and worked for the Tyler sisters and later Union Carbide before being united in marriage to Donald Carson in...

Dec 10, 2024

Randy John Wagner, 68, of Red Oak, Iowa passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, on December 10th, 2024, after a battle with cancer.

Randy, the son of Charles P. and Eloise M. (Josephson) Wagner, was born on July 11, 1956, in Painesville, Ohio. His family relocated to Coburg, Iowa when...

Dec 6, 2024

Richard Leo Bruning, age 83, of Villisca, Iowa, passed away peacefully Friday, December 6, 2024, surrounded by family. Richard was born January 24, 1941, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Leo and Mildred (Gaston) Bruning. He graduated from Millard High School and farmed near Louisville and Springfield, Nebraska. Richard was united in marriage to Sharon Kneisel on July 3,...

Dec 5, 2024

Wendell Byron Harold, age 96, of Omaha, Nebraska formerly of Red Oak, Iowa passed away Thursday, December 5, 2024, at his home.

He was the son of Burl and Mary Harold. He was born in an Iowa farmhouse in the Henderson/Emerson area on May 22, 1928. Wendell attended Henderson High School. After high school, he helped on...

Dec 2, 2024

Dorothy Wells, age 87 of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 2, 2024, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Dorothy was born August 1, 1937, in Ottumwa, Iowa, the daughter of Clyde Carter and Doris Ruth (McMickle) Carter. She was raised in the Eldon and Agency, Iowa area. She graduated from Eldon High School....

Nov 29, 2024

Jeanne Marguerite Ord Garcia, aged 80, passed away peacefully on November 29, 2024, after a valiant four-year battle with cancer, at her home in San Diego, California.

She was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, and friend. The lives she touched during her life are immeasurable.

Jeanne was born on September 29, 1944, in...

Nov 10, 2024

Laura J. Greggs, age 77, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2024, at the Good Samaritan Society. Laura was born on February 16, 1947, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Fred and Erma (Kysar) Wyckoff. She was raised in Red Oak and lived most of her life in Red Oak. She provided home care for...

Nov 4, 2024

Stephen Michael Kling, age 74, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 4, 2024, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Steve was born November 5, 1949, in Shenandoah, Iowa, the son of Elder and Florence (Franzen) Kling. He was raised in Stanton and Red Oak graduating from Red Oak High School in 1968. After high school,...

Oct 30, 2024

Rylie Dean Toepfer, the infant son of Kaleb Toepfer and Jessica Andrea Nunez, was born and passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at the Methodist Women's Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Survivors include his parents; grandparents: Scott Toepfer and wife Sharon of Red Oak and Joyce Nunez and husband Pelon of Red Oak; great grandparents: Susan...

Oct 30, 2024

Betty Ebert Lochbrunner, age 100, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at the Good Samaritan Society. Betty was born September 1, 1924, in rural Montgomery County, Iowa, the daughter of Harlan H. and Mary (Dumler) Ebert. In 1939, Betty moved to Louisiana and graduated high school in 1942 in Tallulah. Betty was united in marriage...

Oct 28, 2024

Scott Jackson Aughe, age 61, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 28, 2024, at his home. Scott was born September 13, 1963, in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Clarence and Muriel (Greenwood) Aughe. He graduated from Red Oak High School in 1981 and started farming on the family farm. He farmed for many years...

Oct 23, 2024

Dawn Laurren Frink-McFarland, age 41, of Shenandoah, Iowa, formerly of the Emerson and Henderson area, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. Dawn was born August 10, 1983, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Craig and Sherry (Frink) McCall. She was raised in Emerson, Iowa, moved to Avoca, Iowa, and graduated from Glidden High...

Oct 18, 2024

Mary Marie Holloway was born June 29, 1972, in Creston, Iowa to Betty Pederson and Joseph Sidney Holloway. Mary passed away on October 18, 2024, in Shenandoah, Iowa. Mary was 52

years young.

Mary is survived by her mother Betty Pederson of Winterset, Iowa, a brother Jim Holloway (wife Christy) of Winterset, Iowa, sister Stephanie...

Oct 16, 2024

Sandra Kay "Sandy" Berriman, age 83, of Houston, Texas, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at Clear Lake Hospital in Webster, Texas. Born on January 20, 1943, Sandy's life was marked by her loving and joyful spirit, dependable nature, and a great sense of humor that endeared her to all who knew her.

Sandy graduated from Red...