NORTH JUDSON, IN - Valerie Kay “KK” Simpson, age 57 of Sac City, IA, passed away on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at MercyOne Siouxland Regional Medical Center in Sioux City, IA.
HOLSTEIN - Robert Clarence Watters did not go gentle into the good night. After being diagnosed with advanced cancer, he left on his own terms and on his own time schedule, just the way he lived his life. He died on the morning of Oct. 21, 2021, twenty-two days after his beloved wife Phyllis.
MAPLETON - Robert E. “Bob” Jochims, Sr., age 80, of Ida Grove, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at the Horn Memorial Hospital of Ida Grove, Iowa.
IDA GROVE - Richard E. “Rich” Smith, age 74, of Ida Grove, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, at the Mercy One Siouxland Medical Center of Sioux City, Iowa.
AMES and SIBLEY - Michael A. Schafer, age 79, formerly of Ames and Sibley, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, at the Care Haven Homes of Overland Park, Kan.
BATTLE CREEK - Mary J. Jensen, age 89, of Battle Creek, Iowa, passed away on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at the Willow Dale Wellness Village of Battle Creek, Iowa.
IDA GROVE - La Wayne Roger Wessel, the son of Lloyd and Lorraine (Schultz) Wessel, was born on September 8, 1951. He grew up in the Denison and Ida Grove, Iowa areas where he graduated from Ida Grove High School with the class of 1970.
