Obituaries
STERLING, IL -- The Rev. Donald Matthiessen, 87, Sterling, IL, died Friday, Feb. 3 at Regency Care in Sterling. Services will be held Thursday, Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls, IL. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 at the Elk Horn Lutheran...
HARLAN -- Elmer Wageman, 92, Harlan, died February 3 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance. A wake service will be held Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at...
HARLAN -- Christian Frederick Johannsen, 46, Harlan, died February 2 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services were held Monday, Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Johannsen is survived by his mother, Cathy (Maxwell) Johannsen of...
HARLAN -- John L. Watts, Jr., 55, Harlan, died Wednesday, Jan. 25 in Harlan. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. at Altamont Baptist Church in rural Harlan with burial of ashes at a later date at the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery at Jacksonville. Watts is survived by his wife...
HARLAN -- Edward G. John, 94, Harlan, died Sunday, Jan. 29 in Harlan. Services will be held Friday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Friends were asked to call Thursday, Feb. 2 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from...
BRECKENDRIDGE, MN -- Bernice A. (Olsen) Ericksen Hooge, 93, Breckenridge, MN, formerly of Council Bluffs, died January 25 at CHI St. Francis Health Center in Breckenridge. She is survived by her husband, Lowell Hooge, of Breckenridge; daughters Cindy Ericksen of Harlan and Bonnie (Marty)...
HAMLIN -- Michel Charles Carter, 57, Hamlin, died January 26 at Audubon County Hospital. Services were held Monday, Jan. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at Methodist Church in Irwin with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin. Carter is survived by his mother, Ruby Kathryn (Michel) Carter of Irwin;...
HARLAN -- Services are pending for Edward John, 94, Harlan, at the Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan. John died Sunday, Jan. 29 in Harlan. He is survived by his wife, Donnabelle John, of Harlan, and daughter Deborah John of Timnath, CO.
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Todd Randall Kay, 57, Council Bluffs, died January 23 at Creighton University Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at a later date. Kay is survived by mother Judy (Leslie) Knight of El Dorado Springs, MO; father Leonard (Celine) Kay of Council Bluffs; son...
HARLAN -- Theodore Lambert Rietveld, 77, Harlan, died January 26 at Myrtue Medical Center. No services are planned. Rietveld is survived by daughters Carolyn “Carrie” (Rollyn) Lee of Amery, WI; sons Christopher (Joanne) Rietveld of Northfield, MN, Charles (Cori) Rietveld of Mellen, WI,...