All Obituaries

On February 26, 2022, Claudette Marie Smith, age 65, passed away surrounded by family at Trinity Regional Medical Center. Claudette was a lifelong caregiver. Over the years, she cared for countless people in their home and at local facilities. She was a mentor to many, always displaying her gift of compassion and loving care. She spread her kindness community wide and spent many days baking for benefits, fundraisers, and families in need. Claudette was a proud member of the Wa Tan Ye, VFW...

Chad Simpson, 49, of Columbus, passed away on May 2, 2022. He was born on February 2, 1973 to the late Robert Simpson and Shirley Osborne. In addition to his parents, Chad was preceded by his grandparents, Elmer and Betty Krebs; and his cats, Adah and Esther. Chad grew up in Manson, IA. He attended Simpson College and then Bowling Green State University for his undergraduate and Master’s degree studies in German, Philosophy, and History. He studied overseas in Germany and Austria, and...

Rose Marie Junkman , age 90, passed away on May 3, 2022. Both of her daughters were there as she grew her angel wings (probably purple) as she decided her work here on earth was done. Rosie was born on June 9, 1931, in Manson, Iowa, the daughter of Lillian and George Krebs. She raised five kids in Manson and was kept busy going to all their sporting events. If there was an award for "Best (and loudest) Fan" she would have won it hands down. When her first husband,...

Marjorie Mae (Carlson) Post was born on a farm near Pocahontas, Iowa, on May 18, 1928, to Fred and Inez (Crouse) Carlson. Marjorie graduated from Pocahontas High School in 1946. On October 11, 1951, she married Arthur Post in Pomeroy, Iowa. After living in Havelock for a short time, they moved to the Albert Post farm in rural Gilmore City. There they lived, farmed and raised their four children. Art and Marge enjoyed travelling south, wintering in Texas for a few years and many years...

Mable June Krause was born on the home farm near Sherwood, Iowa, on December 22, 1934, to August and Lucille (Gilliland) Krause. Mable attended grade school near home and High School in Rockwell City. In 1954 she married Duaine Johnson and lived near Pocahontas. In 1957 she moved to Skagway, Alaska, and lived there until 1965, parted from her husband and came back to Iowa. Before going to Alaska their son Dwight was born. Another son, Wayne, and a daughter, Erleen, were born in...

On January 6, 2022, Paul Glenn Keller, 49, of Manson, IA (hometown, Portsmouth, VA), went home to the loving arms of our Lord and Savior.  He is predeceased by his grandparents, Gilmer and Edith Linton, and Paul and Lilly Keller.   Paul is survived by his children, Haylee Keller (Brandon), Sierra Keller (Austin), Sean Keller, and a grandson, Asher;  his mother Carolin Harris (and step-father Ken Harris);  his father, Paul Keller (Polly); a sister, Angela Jergens...

Wilfred Albert Nimke was born on April 23, 1922, on a farm west of Ft. Dodge in Webster County, Iowa, the son of William and Anna (Theen) Nimke. He graduated from High School, Johnson Township Consolidated School, Barnum, Iowa, on May 23, 1940. He was united in marriage with Eldora Caroline Hedman at her mother's home in Pomeroy, Iowa. During their married life Bill and Eldora farmed at Clare, Somers and Manson areas and raised their family. After retiring they moved into Manson. Bill...

Anthony (Tony) Benedict Hinners was born April 23rd, 1963. He was the 7th child of Kenneth and Katherine (Benedict) Hinners. Tony attended school in Pomeroy and graduated with the Class of 1981. After high school, he graduated from Iowa Central Community College and went straight to Worsham College of Mortuary Science. He also acquired special certification in eye enucleation through the Iowa Donor Network. From a young age, Tony had always wanted to be a funeral director and he held that...

Eldora Marie Poppen was born August 24, 1938, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Henry and Anna (Ricklefs) Poppen. She went to country school and then graduated in 1957 from Palmer High School, Palmer, Iowa.   On January 11, 1959, Eldora married Eldon Norman Janssen at St. John Lutheran Church, Palmer, Iowa. They started their dairy operation south of Palmer from 1956-1967.  Then they moved their dairy operation back to Eldora's family farm, dairying until 1996 when they...

Norman was born on October 21, 1931 at the family farm near Manson, Iowa, the son of George and Grace (Peters) Thoel.  He grew up riding horses on the farm and trained his favorite horse, Lady, to do tricks.  He graduated in 1949 from Manson High School and started to work on the family farm.  On June 18, 1950 he married his high school sweetheart, Betty, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Manson, Iowa.  Norman joined the Army in 1952 and was stationed at Fort Riley,...