Obituaries
George Earl Karwal, 64, died at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, with his family by his side.George Karwal, the son of Paul and Vivian (Negly) Karwal, was born Aug. 13, 1958, in Council Bluffs. George lived his whole life on a farm near Grant. He went...
Fr. Don Bruck, 80, Harlan, died Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.Survivors include his brothers, Allen (Bev) Bruck of Panama; Marvin (Jan) Bruck of Des Moines; nieces and nephews, Denny (Kari) Bruck, Sarah (Rob) Lambertsen, Jennifer (Jack) Theulen, Nathan (Kalli) Bruck, and Paul (Ashley) Bruck; other family...
Mrs. Patricia Louise Rains, 92, daughter of the late Walter VanDaele and Evelyn Shackett VanDaele, was born Aug. 30, 1930 in Los Angeles, Calif. She was a graduate of Whittier College and taught with the public schools in California for many years as a physical education and home economics teacher....
Steven Godbout, 33, Fredericksburg, Va., passed away Jan. 21, 2023, after suffering a stroke.Steven was born Feb. 13, 1989, in Garner, N.C., the son of Jeff Godbout and Peggy Adkins. He joined the U.S. Army at age 19 and served as a Satellite Transportable Terminal Operator, deployed to Iraq twice...
Gordon “Wayne” Bailey, 85, Red Oak, passed away Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at the Good Samaritan Society.Wayne was born Nov. 16, 1937, on the Bailey family farm, the son of Clarke and Maxine (Chrisman) Bailey. Wayne’s father, Clark, and Wayne’s siblings, Darwin and Mary, were also born on the farm...
Gregory Freeman, 64, Cape Coral, Fla., passed away from a rare aggressive cancer on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at the Gulf Coast Medical Center, Fort Myers, Fla.Gregory Joel Freeman, the son of Joel and Patricia (Halbert) Freeman, was born Jan. 4, 1959, in Corning. Greg was raised in Red Oak and...
Evelyn (Evie) Sowers, 97, formerly of Emerson, passed away Jan. 23, 2023, at the Avalon Care Home in Fairfield, Calif.Evie was born Jan, 18, 1926, in Fremont County, the youngest child of David and Althea Norton.Evie is survived by her daughters, Marilyn Schreiner and Barbara Rebhan; two...
Joseph R. Smith, Sr., 79, Castle Rock, Colo., passed away unexpectedly at his home.Joseph Russell Smith, Sr., the son of Russell and Ruby (Peterson) Smith was born Sept. 8, 1943, at Aurora, Ill. Joseph was raised in Red Oak and graduated from Red Oak High School. In Red Oak he worked at Red Oak...
Linda Hultquist, 75, Creston, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at Southern Hills Specialty Care in Osceola.Linda Sue Hultquist, daughter of Vincent Carl Adel Hultquist and Laverne Josephine (Swanson) Hultquist, was born on Sept. 13, 1947, in Red Oak. Linda and her family moved to Creston when she was...
Curtis (Curt) Merrill Dean Lundberg, 93, youngest son of Charles Adrian and Ada Botilda Swanson Lundberg, passed away Jan. 7, 2023, in Denver, Colo.He was the youngest of six boys, along with one older sister and one younger, all born and reared on a farm south of Red Oak. After one year of college...