Obituaries

Anita (Guice) Hallquist was born at home in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 18, 1927, the youngest of six children born to James Walter Guice and Pearl (Jailette) Guice. She attended public schools in Atlanta, becoming the first member of her family to finish high school when she graduated from Commercial High School in 1945. She…

Funeral services for Cynthia “Cyndy” Kaskey, 97, of Aurelia, will be 11:00 Tuesday at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia with Pastor Bruce Lesemann officiating. Visitation will be Monday from 5:00 until 7:00 at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia. Burial will be in the Ida Grove Cemetery, rural Ida Grove. The Redig Funeral…

Funeral services for Eleanor V. Bruce, 96, will be held on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 1:00 P.M. at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia with Pastor Linda Morris officiating. Burial will be at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church, with the…

Funeral services for James “Jim” Tell, 86, of Aurelia, will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia with Pastor Linda Morris officiating. Interment will follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation will be from 1:00 P.M. until service time on Saturday, with the family present,…

Funeral services for Imagene Galvin, 91, of Aurelia will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia with Pastor Linda Morris officiating. Interment will follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M., with the family present, at the…

Graveside inurnment services for Steven Menefee will be held at 11.30 A.M. on Saturday, June 10, 2023, with Pastor Bruce Rapp officiating, at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia, IA. Following the service lunch will be served at “Aunt Betty’s” at 137 Main Street in Aurelia. Steve passed away on January 19, 2023, at the age…

Memorial services for Arliss A. Friedrich, 87, of Alta, formerly of Galva, will be Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Alta, with Pastor Christopher Harrison and Pastor Paul Egger officiating. Following the service lunch will be held at the church. Inurnment will follow for Arliss and Susan…

Private immediate family funeral services for Martha Swanson, 88, of Aurelia, will be held with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia, as Martha wished. There will be no visitation. Martha Ann Gerstandt, the youngest child of Hugo and Emma (Streufert) Gerstandt, was born on November 19, 1934 in the family farm home near Calumet,…

Funeral services for Kordell J. Kruse, 62, of Aurelia will be held 10:30 A.M. Friday, April 21, 2023 at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Michael Agnew officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation will be held Thursday from 4:00 until 7:00, with the family present, at…

Funeral services for Jessie J. McGuire, 81, of Cherokee, will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, April 3, 2023 at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Linda Morris officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 until 4:00, with the family present, at the First United Methodist Church. Burial will be at a later date…