Obituaries
Spring play is May 1-2
West Fork School will present its Spring play, Into the Woods, on Saturday, May 1 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 2 at 2 p.m. in the West Fork Gymatorium on the Sheffield campus. Admission will be by free will donation at the door. Social distancing will be enforced, as well as a mandatory mask […]
West Fork Prom will be held April 24
SHEFFIELD — West Fork High School will host the 2021 Prom on Saturday, April 24. The theme for the Prom will be Enchanted Forest. Festivities get underway at 5 p.m. with the Grand March in the West Fork Gymnasium. That event is open to the public, with masks required and social distancing in the bleachers […]
Richard Norman Kottman, 88
Dr. Richard Norman Kottman, age 88, of Ames, died on Friday, January 1, 2021 at the Israel Family Hospice House. A private Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Monday, January 11, 2021 at the Adams Funeral Home. The service will be livestreamed, and a link will be provided on the Tribute Wall […]
Lary Wayne Sheriff, 81
Larry Wayne Sheriff of Collinsville, Texas, formerly of Sheffield, IA, passed away at Carrus Rehabilitation Hospital, Sherman, Texas on Thursday, January 7, 2021. Larry was born on June 22, 1939 in Belmond, IA to Elmer and Florence (Lent) Sheriff. He moved with his family from Latimer to the family farm west of Sheffield in […]
Kay Davis Cunningham, 80
Kay Davis Cunningham, 80, of Mason City, died peacefully on Sunday, December 13, 2020, at The Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 11:00 am until 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 19th, at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St. NE, Mason City, where a service will be held […]
Delbert Duane Schroeder, 86
Delbert Duane Schroeder passed away peacefully on January 19, 2021 at Madrid Home Communities Nursing Home (hospice care), Madrid, Iowa. Prior to his move to Madrid last year Del lived in Sheffield, Iowa for the past 10 years. He was born September 19, 1934 in Sheffield, Iowa to Carl and Florence (Dannen) Schroeder. He […]
Audrey Verla Heldt, 95
Audrey Verla Heldt was born in Terril, Iowa to Rudolph and Dortha (Baker) Heldt on August 26, 1925. She attended school in Terril until the family moved to Spirit Lake, Iowa where she graduated from high school in 1942. Following graduation, Audrey worked at Osborne Insurance Agency and Gambles in Spirit Lake. On January 13, […]
Dale earl Greimann, 66
Dale Earl Greimann June 2, 1954 – December 28, 2020 Dale Earl Greimann, 66, of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, passed away in his home on December 28, 2020 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Dale was born in Hampton, Iowa on June 2, 1954 to Milo and Burnice (Petheram) Greimann. He graduated from Sheffield-Chapin High […]
Virginia M. Lease, 99
Virginia M. Lease, 99, of Davenport, Iowa, passed away on December 16, 2020, at Senior Star Memory Care Center. Funeral services was at Zion St. John Lutheran Church, Sheffield, Iowa at 1:00 on December 21. Graveside services will be at the family burial plot in Coulter, Iowa. Due to Iowa COVID-19 restrictions, all who attended […]
James Andrew Polsdofer, 104
James Andrew Polsdofer, one of Rockwell, Iowa’s oldest living residents, left this earthly life to enter his heavenly home on December 27, 2020. There will be a Committal Service at 10:00 a.m. in the Rockwell Cemetery on Sunday, January 3, 2021. Due to Covid, there will not be a funeral service at this time […]