All Obituaries

Kathleen Evelyn George was born November 27, 1936, in Pomeroy, IA.  She graduated 8th grade from Immanuel Lutheran School, Pomeroy, and Pomeroy High School in the class of 1954.  On February 1, 1959, she was united in marriage to Donald Lee Birkey at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Pomeroy.  The couple established their home in Manson.             Katie worked as a bank teller at the State Bank in Fort Dodge for 25...

Harlan Henry Neumann, born March 6, 1942, passed away January 17, 2020 surrounded by family at Good Samaritan Society-Manson. Harlan grew up on a farm outside of Manson, attending country school before transferring to Manson High School where he graduated in 1961. He joined the Army National Guard in 1961 and served six months active duty and four years in the Guard. He married Claudia Chipman in April of 1962 and together they had five children.  He worked as a Class-A welder for New...

Eldora J Reil, formerly of Manson, went to be with her Lord on January 3, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Center Nursing home in Forest City where she had resided for the last 6 years following a stroke. Eldora requested no funeral service so there will be a visitation on Saturday January 11, 2020 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm at the Larson-Weishaar funeral home, Manson, IA with a committal service and internment following at the St Paul cemetery. Eldora was born on March 22, 1923 to William and Anna...

Gary Wayne Kramer was born on May 26, 1936, at Ft. Dodge, Iowa, the son of Charles R. and Frances (Reiter) Kramer. He graduated from Palmer High School in 1954, and then served in the United States Army from 1955 until his honorable discharge in 1957. From 1957 until 1963 he farmed in the Gilmore City area. It was during this time that he was united in marriage with Marjorie Vierow on March 15, 1959, at Laurens, Iowa. They moved to Storm Lake in 1963 and stayed there until he received his...

Carol E. Quade passed away peacefully on December 14, 2019. Carol was born in Waterloo, Iowa to Edwin and Edna Frueh. Carol had two sisters, Loretta Dugdale and Geraldine Ollie. Carol was a 1953 graduate of Fort Dodge Senior High School. Carol was married several times, with her first husband Edward Parle she had three children, Carol Sigwalt (deceased), Debbie Peterson, and Eddie Day. In 1994 Carol married Dean Quade, they lived in Barnum, Iowa. Carol had many friends that held a special...

Alice Elizabeth Hively, the daughter of Earl and May Spear Hively, was born July 15, 1928 in Lyon County, Minnesota. She was called to heaven Thursday, December 5, 2019 from her home at Ruthven Community Care Center in Ruthven, Iowa. She grew up on a farm in Lyon County and learned to operate a linotype at the Balaton (Minn.) Press-Tribune. Soon, she started work at the Tyler Journal-Herald as a linotype operator working there while the men were off to war. She worked...

Irma Jean Cirks, daughter of Christian and Emma Reiter Cirks, was born on January 25,1934 outside of Gilmore City. She passed away on Monday, November 25, 2019 at the Humboldt North Care Center at the age of 85. Irma grew up on a farm north of Manson. She received her elementary education at a country school. While in high school in Manson, she fell in love with upperclassman Ronald Walstrom. In February 1951 Ron enlisted in the US Navy. That summer Irma followed him to Florida and they...

Dale Deimel was born west of Knierim, Iowa, on June 25, 1926, the son of August John and Mary (Consier) Deimel. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1944 and served until being honorably discharged in 1947. He returned home to farm, and then became plant supervisor at Land-O-Lakes  where he was employed for 30 years. He was united in marriage with Bessie Louth on April 19, 1963, in Vermillion, South Dakota. Dale is survived by his wife of 56 years, Bessie; sons Larry (Deb) of Battle Creek,...

Betty Jean Buske was born on March 3, 1953, near Rolfe, Iowa, the daughter of William A. and Adeline E. (Engel) Buske. She graduated from Rolfe High School in 1971, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Iowa. She taught K-12 art class in central and northeast Iowa. In 1986 she was united in marriage with Gary Pillman. Their marriage was blessed with two children, Sarah (Derek) Amundson of Raleigh, NC and Derek (Mary) Pillman of Tuscon, AZ. She was preceded...

 Glenn R Westphal passed away August 3, 2019 in the home of his son Larry Westphal in Lakeland, Florida. Glenn, a life-long resident of Palmer, Iowa, was born in Bellville Township, Pocahontas, County, Iowa, on April 13, 1918 to Mr. and Mrs. August Westphal. A WW II veteran, he entered the U.S.  Army in May of 1944 and was discharged in January of 1946. Upon release from the Army, he joined his family in Palmer, Iowa and returned to work with the Buhs Produce Company. From there...