Obituaries

Caneel E. Gaffney, age 24, passed away on Jan. 31, 2014 at her home in West Des Moines.

Caneel from a young age dealt with many medical issues related to a brain tumor diagnosed in 2003. Through this experience she drew strength and developed tremendous faith in God.

Linda L. Bethune, age 70, of Storm Lake died Feb. 2, 2014 at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center.

Memorial services were held Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home with burial in Storm Lake Cemetery.

Dale Wheat, age 80, died Feb. 2, 2014 at his home in Storm Lake.

Memorial services were at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 at Church of Christ in Storm Lake. Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Marie A. Siebrecht, age 89, of Alta passed away on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake.

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home of Alta with the Rev. James W. Roland officiating.  Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery of Alta. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Funeral services for Doris J. Carlson, 83, of Aurelia will be Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Larry Lemke officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Cherokee. Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements.

Doris died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 at Cherokee Regional Medical Center.

Jim “JJ” Julius, age 69, of Storm Lake died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.

Bonijo G. Schreier, age 70, of Storm Lake died Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.

Funeral services were Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Marguerite J. “Rickie” Johnson, age 86, of Storm Lake died Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 at Methodist Manor Retirement Community.

Memorial services were Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake.

Lucille K. Hartman, age 95, of Storm Lake died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 at Methodist Manor Retirement Community.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Bernard H. “Bernie” Veehoff, age 83, of Storm Lake died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 at North Lake Manor.

Funeral services were at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery with military rites by Alta VFW Post 6172. Memorials may be made to St. Mary’s Catholic School. Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.