Delores Westhoff, 85, of Le Mars, Iowa, passed away on Monday, March 16, 2026, at the Akron Care Center in Akron, Iowa.

Terry Morehead, 79, of Akron, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at his home surrounded by his family.

Alta Johnson, 97 of Akron, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at the Akron Care Center.
Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 20, 2026 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Akron. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Akron. Arrangements are with Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Akron. Expressions of sympathy may be expressed to the family through www.rexwinkelfh.com.

Helen Buchholz, 73, of Akron, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, February 22, 2026, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 
Celebration of Life will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at the Westfield Community Center in Westfield, Iowa. Arrangements are with the Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Akron, Iowa. Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.rexwinkelfh.com. 

Marion Utesch, 95, of Akron, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at her home.

Virgil L. Willer, 97 of Akron, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at the Akron Care Center in Akron.

Shirley Ann (Horton) Nelson, 84, Akron, Iowa passed away Saturday February 7, 2026, at Akron Care Center Akron, Iowa. 
Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, February 16, 2026 at Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Akron, Iowa. Visitation with the family present will begin at 1:00 P.M. and continue until service time at the funeral home.

Donna Marie Jones, 93, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, formerly of Westfield, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at Ava’s Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Matthew Thomas Kenny, 51, died peacefully at home in the suburbs of Akron, Iowa, on December 27,  2025, surrounded by loved ones. 

Philip Jerel Schroeder, 76, of Remsen, IA, passed away December 13, 2025 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.

David Scott Olson, 55 of Akron, Iowa, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2025 at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s-Downtown in Sioux City, Iowa.

Gloria Jean Siemers, age 80, of Buffalo, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at Park View Care Center.

Born on March 30, 1945, in Sioux City, Iowa, Gloria was the beloved daughter of Clifford and Betty (Wilson) Groon. On September 1, 1963, she married the love of her life, Ronald W. Siemers, at Union Creek Lutheran Church in rural Union County, South Dakota. Together, they shared 62 years of devotion, laughter, and family.

Janet Lea Grimsley, 91, of Sioux City passed away on Monday, December 8, 2025, at a Sioux City Hospital with family present.

A funeral Mass will be at 10:00 A.M. Friday, December 12, 2025, at Mater Dei Parish - Church of the Nativity in Sioux City IA. Visitation will be Thursday evening December 11, 2025, from 5-7 PM, with a Vigil Service at 7 P.M. at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel. A private family burial will take place later Friday afternoon.

Dennis Wilken, 86, of Akron, Iowa, died on Friday, November 14, 2025, at his home in Akron.

Else Svanholm Host Englund, age 93, of Beresford, SD, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at Ava’s House, Sioux Falls, SD.

Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Friday, October 24, at Dalesburg Lutheran Church, rural Vermillion, with Pastor Kwen Sanderson and Pastor Martha Atkins officiating.  Burial will be in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion.  Visitation will be from 5 until 7 PM Thursday, October 23, with a prayer service at 7 PM at Hansen Funeral Home in Vermillion.