Debra "Deb" K. Comstock

Debra "Deb" K. Comstock

Jan 5, 2019

Debra Kay was the first born to Clayton and Mary (Nelson) Johnson on December 21, 1953. She was born in St. Louis, MO while Clayton was stationed there in the Coast Guard. She grew up in Essex, Iowa and became the big sister of Randy and Vicki. She attended Fremont Lutheran Church all of her life. While attending Essex Community...

Helen L Thompson

Helen L Thompson

Dec 27, 2018

Helen passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at the Elm Heights Care Center. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, January 4, 2018 at the Veterans Chapel in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the First Christian Church. Helen Lucille Thompson was born on January 20, 1925 in Shenandoah, Iowa, the daughter of...

Mista L. Harms

Mista L. Harms

Dec 27, 2018

Mista L. Harms, 101 of Rock Port, Missouri passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at the Fairfax Community Hospital. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home in Shenandoah with Pastor Rick Sleyster officiating. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. There will be open visitation at the...

Edward "Ned" B. Dermody

Edward "Ned" B. Dermody

Dec 25, 2018

Edward Barnes Dermody, son of Robert V. and Rita (Barnes) Dermody, was born on December 28, 1939, in Mexico, Missouri. He passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at the Shenandoah Medical Center in Shenandoah, Iowa. He was three days from celebrating his 79th birthday. He was better known as "Ned" to his friends, family, and radio listeners. Ned grew...

Michelle "Shelley" K. Armstrong

Michelle "Shelley" K. Armstrong

Dec 24, 2018

Michelle Kay "Shelley" (Perkins) Armstrong, daughter of Russell Ward and Helen Grace (Baucom) Perkins was born on August 22, 1955. She passed away, after a brief illness, early on December 24, 2018 at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 63. With her father being in the military, Shelley lived in several different places during her early...

Jeffrey "Jeff" W. Skinner

Jeffrey "Jeff" W. Skinner

Dec 20, 2018

Jeffrey William Skinner was born on August 9, 1970 in Portsmouth, VA to William Kenneth and Dianne Edelle (Moore) Skinner. Jeff departed this life at his home in Waterloo, IA on Thursday, December 20, 2018. Jeff spent most of his childhood in Southwest Iowa and graduated from South Page High School in 1989. After high school, he joined the Army...

H. Jon Miller

H. Jon Miller

Dec 19, 2018

H. Jon Miller, son of Hiram and Pearl (Lage) Miller was born November 28, 1943 in Austin Minnesota. Passed away peacefully on December 19, 2018 in Brookfield, Wisconsin at age 75. Loving husband of Betty Boylan for 53 years, dedicated father of Chris (Angie Schmidt) Miller and Anne (Matt) Hartley and proud grandfather of Christina and Eli Hartley. Preceded in...

Harold J. Anderson

Harold J. Anderson

Dec 10, 2018

Harold passed away on Monday evening, December 10, 2018 at the Westridge Care Center in Clarinda, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, December 14, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the Faith Covenant Church. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will greet friends on Thursday evening at the funeral home from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m....

Janice Leigh Henderson

Janice Leigh Henderson

Nov 30, 2018

On January 30, 1970 in Valparaiso, Indiana William and Nancy (Osborn) Ingram welcomed a daughter, Janice Leigh into the world. On November 30, 2018 Janice departed this life in Maplewood, Missouri Janice grew up in Hebron, Indiana. She graduated from Hebron High School with the Class of 1988. She later enlisted in the United State Army in 1990 and was...

Deborah K. Gray

Deborah K. Gray

Nov 15, 2018

Deborah passed away on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Celebration of Life Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at the Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home. Burial will be held in the Rose Hill Cemetery at a later date. Memorials in lieu of flowers may be directed to the family. On...

Nancy L. Parkins

Nancy L. Parkins

Nov 13, 2018

Nancy Lee (Murph) Parkins 82, daughter of Charles Russell Murph Sr. and Regina Helen (Patterson) Murph passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 13 2018 at Accura Healthcare in Stanton, Iowa. Nancy was born in Montgomery County Ohio and grew-up in Ohio along with seven of her siblings. She moved to California in the mid 1950's where she raised two daughters....

Deloris "Dee" M. Christie

Deloris "Dee" M. Christie

Nov 12, 2018

Deloris "Dee" Marie Christie, daughter of Alfred and Louise (Dahmke) Laschansky, was born on August 18, 1924 in Chalco, Nebraska. She passed away on Monday, November 12, 2018 at the Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa at the age of 94. Dee's early life was spent on a farm near Papillion and Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated from Papillion High...

Scott R. Johnson

Scott R. Johnson

Nov 6, 2018

Scott Randall Johnson, the son of Gary M. and Peggy A. (Bryant) Johnson was born February 2, 1965 in Shenandoah, Iowa. He passed away on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, Iowa. Scott grew up in Essex, Iowa and attended school in Essex for two years. Then at the age of seven he...

Monica J. Regan

Monica J. Regan

Oct 22, 2018

Monica Joyce (Martin) Regan was born on September 15, 1928 in Oakdale, Nebraska, daughter of Edward and Mary (Ramaekers) Martin. She was the fifth of eight children including 2 sisters and 5 brothers. Monica "went home" and entered into eternal peace on October 22, 2018 at Good Samaritan's in Red Oak, Iowa. Growing up in rural Nebraska on a farm,...

Earl Leroy Workman

Earl Leroy Workman

Oct 19, 2018

Earl Leroy Workman 72, of Shenandoah, IA died on Friday, October 19, 2018, at Bryan East Hospital in Lincoln, NE. Earl was born in Omaha, NE on July 19, 1946, to Earl and Ruth Workman. Earl spent most of his early years between Omaha, David City, and the Nebraska Panhandle. Earl graduated high school in 1963 from David City High...

Diane Davidson

Diane Davidson

Oct 17, 2018

On November 16, 1944, Ross Wesley and Doris Deane (DeWitt) Sandquist welcomed their first daughter, Diane Marie. Diane was later joined by siblings Dale, Darlene and Debbie. The family lived on a farm near Elliott before moving to Emerson in 1957. Diane graduated from Nishna Valley High School in 1962. Following graduation she worked for Thomas D. Murphy Calendar Company...

Gerald "Jerry" Havener

Gerald "Jerry" Havener

Oct 16, 2018

On May 12, 1933 Doc Bradford and Connie (Miller) Havener welcomed a son, Gerald Dean Havener. Jerry's early years were spent in Missouri in the following towns; Sikeston, Lenox and Morely where he graduated from high school. Jerry enlisted in the United States Air Force and served his country with pride from 1950-1973. In 1953, Jerry was united in marriage...

Richard "Dick" L. Youngberg

Richard "Dick" L. Youngberg

Sep 30, 2018

Richard Youngberg passed away on September 30, 2018 at his home on the family farm near Essex, Iowa, in the company of his children DeWayne, Suzanne and Kenneth. Richard was preceded in death by his beloved wife Wilma (Sickman) Youngberg, who passed away at the family home on September 8, 2000. Richard ("Dick") Lee Youngberg was born on January 19,...

Ethel F. (Perdew) Hummel

Ethel F. (Perdew) Hummel

Sep 29, 2018

Ethel Florence Perdew Hummel, daughter of the late Ellis and Blanche (Wolf) May, was born on December 7, 1941 in Shambaugh, Iowa. She passed away on September 29, 2018 at CHI Lakeside Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Ethel grew up in Shenandoah and graduated from Shenandoah High School with the class of 1959. Ethel was united in marriage to William "Bill"...

Marjorie D Swanson

Marjorie D Swanson

Sep 25, 2018

Celebration of Life Services will be held on Friday, October 19, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Essex, Iowa. The family will privately hold a graveside inurnment in the Essex Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the St. John's Lutheran Church. Marjorie Dean (Jurchen) Swanson was born on August 23, 1928 in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter...