Obituaries

Dennis Borchers of Brunsville, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at his home. Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 5, 2024 at Rock Solid Assembly in Le Mars. Vis…

Clark E. VanDonge 76, of Burleson, Texas, passed away March 10, 2024. He was born, February 10, 1948, in Le Mars, Iowa, to Edward and Mildred VanDonge. A Celebration of Life will be he…

Colleen Joyce Barwick, 96, of Akron, Iowa, passed away Monday, June 10, 2024, at the Akron Care Center in Akron, Iowa. A Celebration of Life will take place at a later date. Arrangemen…

Donald Allaway Jr, 72 of Akron, Iowa, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2024, at his home in Akron surrounded by his family. Memorial Service will be 7:00 p.m., Thursday, June 13, 2024, at…

John Ernest Lucken, long time Akron resident passed away peacefully on May 23, 2024, at the Akron Care Center. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at Immanue…

Tiffany Leigh McIlvenna of Gypsum, CO, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2024, after a courageous battle with cancer. Per Tiffany’s wishes an “Ice Cream Social Happy Celebration of Life” w…

May 9, 1938 - January 18, 2024 Beatrice Geraldine “Geri” Smith  passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at the Hawarden Regional Hospital in Hawarden, Iowa, on January 18, 2024…

Lois Heeren of Akron, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral Service will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Trinity Lu…

David Klemme of Akron, Iowa, passed away Friday, May 6, 2024, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. A time of Memory Sharing was held Thursday, May 9, 2024, …

Ilene Therma Cromwell, 90, of Richland, SD passed away at Sanford Vermillion Hospital on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Visitation will be held at Hansen Funeral Home, Vermillion on April 1…

Gene Waag, 84 of Akron, Iowa, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2024 at the Akron Care Center in Akron. Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, April 5, 2024 at St. Patrick’s…

Gene was united in marriage to Bonnie Ryan on July 15, 1966 in Alvord, Iowa and they made their home in Akron. Gene worked for ten years as a mechanic at the Ford Garage in Akron. In 1…

David Rozell of Akron, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD.  A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 22, 2…

Clayton L. Jacobson of Alcester, SD, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2024, at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Hawarden, Iowa. Memorial Service will be at noon, Saturday, March 9, 2024,…

Marjorie Ellen (Kreykes) Dykstra of Sibley (formerly of Akron and Sheldon) passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Sibley Specialty Care. Her funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on T…

Dan Lee Solberg passed away peacefully February 19, 2024. Funeral services will be held at Big Springs Baptist Church in rural Alcester, SD, at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 24, 2024. w…