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Margaret Sweisberger Boyle

May 19, 1999, Sioux City Journal, page B9

Jackson, Neb. - Margaret Boyle, 80, of Jackson died Tuesday, May 18, 1999, at Pender Community Hospital in Pender, Neb., following a brief illness.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Jackson, with the Rev. Michael Printy officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 to 3 p.m. today at Becker-Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City. Visitation will resume until 8:30 p.m., today with a parish rosary at 4 p.m. and a Scripture wake service at 7 p.m., at the church.

Mrs. Boyle was born July 16, 1918, in Watertown, S.D., the daughter of Charles and Henrietta (Young) Sweisberger.

She married Michael O. 'Mike' Boyle on February 14, 1939, in Jackson. The couple farmed in the Jackson area. He died March 25, 1991, in Jackson.

She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

Survivors include a son and his wife, Michael and Sheryl of Allan, Neb.; three daughters and their husbands, Berndine and Don Merical of Jackson, Patricia and Max Tomlinson of Moville, Iowa, and Margaret and Marrill Tomlinson of Sioux City; three sisters, Charlette Powell of Hornick, Iowa, Joyce Prescott of Sioux City and Helen Boyle of Worthington, Minn.; 23 grandchildren; 42 great grandchildren; and a great-great granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by three brothers, George, Bill and Charles; and two sisters, Dorothy DeRoin and Henrietta Gill.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Donnie and Pat Merical, Tim and Scott Tomlinson, Rick and Craig Boyle.

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Adelene Cathrine, Nelson, Bostwick

Saturday, May 19, 1978, South Sioux City Star

Services for Mrs. Hugh Bostwick, 60, Maskell, who died Saturday at a Sioux City Hospital after a lengthy illness, were held Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Maskell. The Rev. Denny Silk and student pastor Jon Gaul of SSC officiated. Burial was in the Maskell Cemetery.

Mrs. Bostwick, the former Adelene Cathrine Nelson, was born March 26, 1918, in Maskell, where she lived all her life. She was married June 23, 1937, in Elk Point, S.D.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Women’s Society of Christian Service and served for many years on Maskell’s homecoming committee.

Survivors include the widower; five sons, Garry, Lionel (Chris), Clyde and Roger, all of Ponca, and Clement of South Sioux City; two daughters, Mrs. Ray (Cleo) Waters of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mrs. Rick (Trudy) Pinkelman of Maskell; five brothers, Donald and Ronald, both of Maskell, Gordon and Gaylord, both of Ponca, and Dale of Pender; four sisters, Mrs. Ray (Myrna) Rahn, Mrs. Elmer (Ramona) Kamrath, Mrs. Bob (Leona) Bottorff and Mrs. Dick (Twila) Taylor, all of Ponca; 15 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

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April S. Blake
September 25, 2015, Sioux City Journal, page A5, col 4
South Sioux City – April S. Blake, 77, of Bellevue, Neb., formerly of South Sioux City, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Sept. 22, 2015, after a long battle with cancer.
Family, friends and others whose lives April touched are invited to attend a celebration of life service at 1 p.m. Monday at Bellevue Memorial Chapel in Bellevue. Interment will be in Bellevue Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
She is survived by her children, Jeff Blake, and Connie Wilson (Michael); her loyal dog, Peanut; grandson, Christopher Wilson; sister, Connie Lanagan; nephew, Troy Lanagan (Jennifer); nieces, Melany Obrien (Tim), and Lana Lanagan; and many grandnieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Bohn; parents, Ernest and Lylas Albertsen; and brothers, Ernest and Paul Albertsen.
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Derald E. Berggren
January 25, 1996, South Sioux City, Nebraska
Derald E. Berggren, 71, Sioux City, Iowa, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1996, at a Sioux City hospital.
Mr. Bergren was born May 3, 1924, at Wahoo, Neb. He graduated from Wahoo High School in 1941 and moved to Sioux City in 1947. He married JoAnn Parsons May 15, 1949, in Wahoo. He farmed; worked for Sioux City Excavating for 20 years; North American Manufacturing for 17 years and retired from Anderson Equipmnet Co. in 1984.
Mr. Berggren was a member of St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, where he served on the church council and property committee. He was a member of Morningside Lodge 615 AF& AM.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Susan Marie (Merlyn) Stecker of Sioux City and Deborah Kay (Gordon) Freed of South Sioux City, Neb.; a sister, Maxine Leatherwood of Austin, Texas; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his twin brother, Duane.
Pallbearers were Randy Behrends, Gordon Freed, Ronald ‘Corky’ Gallagher, Scott Hockenberry, Jim Jager, Doug Parsons and Merlyn Stecker.
Services were held Jan. 20 at St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. David L. Cline officiating. Burial was in Graceland Park Cemetery. The Christy, Smith & Hockenberry Morningside Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established in his name with the Lutheran Lakeside Camp at Spirit Lake, Iowa.
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Maurice P. Berg

Abt January 17, 1999 Sioux City Journal

Maurice P. Berg, 82, of South Sioux City, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999 in a Sioux City hospital after a brief illness.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, at First Lutheran Church in South Sioux City, with the Rev. Dale Jirousek officiating.  Graveside rites will be conducted by the South Sioux City ‘American Legion’ in the Memorial Park Cemetery.  Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. at the Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.  The family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m.  A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m.

Mr. Berg was born Feb. 3, 1917, in Dubuque, Iowa.  He grew up in Dubuque, graduating high school there.  He moved to Omaha, Neb. in 1950.  He married Rosetta Hensley, June 24, 1947 in South Dakota.  She died in 1981.  He married Bernice Olsen, Dec. 4, 1987, in South Sioux City.

He worked for the Omaha Towel Company for 20 years.  He then went to work for Midwest Brokerage in Omaha, later being transferred in Sioux City.  He was a member of the South Sioux City Eagles and was captain of pool tournaments with the South Sioux City Senior Center.  He was with the Army during WWII, serving with the military police in Japan.

He is survived by his wife: one son and one daughter, Dennis Berg of Omaha, and Paula and her husband, Donald Rech of Omaha; two stepsons, Ronald Olsen of South Sioux City; Dennis and his wife, Sandra Olsen of Omaha; two step-daughters; LaVon VanVors of Omaha, and Sharon and her husband Bruce Clawson also of Omaha; 16 grandchlidren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Harry and a step-son, Ronald VanVors.  Pallbearers will be Ronald Olsen, Dennis Olsen, Bruce Clawson, Donald Rech, David Rech and Larry Rech.  Memorials may be sent to the South Sioux City Senior Center or to the First Lutheran Church in South Sioux City.

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Derald E. Berggren
January 25, 1996, South Sioux City, Nebraska
Derald E. Berggren, 71, Sioux City, Iowa, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1996, at a Sioux City hospital.
Mr. Bergren was born May 3, 1924, at Wahoo, Neb. He graduated from Wahoo High School in 1941 and moved to Sioux City in 1947. He married JoAnn Parsons May 15, 1949, in Wahoo. He farmed; worked for Sioux City Excavating for 20 years; North American Manufacturing for 17 years and retired from Anderson Equipmnet Co. in 1984.
Mr. Berggren was a member of St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, where he served on the church council and property committee. He was a member of Morningside Lodge 615 AF& AM.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Susan Marie (Merlyn) Stecker of Sioux City and Deborah Kay (Gordon) Freed of South Sioux City, Neb.; a sister, Maxine Leatherwood of Austin, Texas; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his twin brother, Duane.
Pallbearers were Randy Behrends, Gordon Freed, Ronald ‘Corky’ Gallagher, Scott Hockenberry, Jim Jager, Doug Parsons and Merlyn Stecker.
Services were held Jan. 20 at St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. David L. Cline officiating. Burial was in Graceland Park Cemetery. The Christy, Smith & Hockenberry Morningside Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established in his name with the Lutheran Lakeside Camp at Spirit Lake, Iowa.
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Dale L. Beldin
January 1996, Sioux City Journal
Dakota City – Dale L. Beldin, 77, of Dakota City, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 1996, shortly after arrival at a Sioux City hospital. He was stricken at his home.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Becker-Hunt Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael Ring, pastor of Glad Tidings Lighthouse officiating. Visitation will be 1 to 9 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Omaha Valley Cemetery with military graveside services conducted by Hanson-Greenleaf American Legion Post 376.
Mr. Beldin was born Jan. 22, 1918 at Newcastle, Neb., the son of Fred and Pearl (Keane) Beldin. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He married Mary E. O’Dell march 26, 1946, in Ponca, Neb. He formerly lived in Maskell, Neb., and had been a resident of Dakota City since 1958. He worked on the Yankton Dam during its construction. He was employed at Hodges Lumber Company in South Sioux City and later at Lechner Lumber in Sioux City.
Survivors include his wife, a daughter Judith and her husband David Launsby of Homer, two sons, Thomas of South Sioux City and LeRoy and his wife Loretta of Sheldon, Iowa, a brother, Roy of Clinton, Ark., a sister, Lucille Trap of Sioux City, seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Paul Bobenmeier, Frank Barclay, Dave and Jason O’Dell, Phil Kirwan and Gary Trapp.
Courtesy of Peggy Weber Durand
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Charles David Beldin
March 5, 1992, Sioux City Journal, page C9
South Sioux City – Charles David Beldin, 2-month-old son of Missy Beldin of South Sioux City died unexpectedly Wednesday, march 4, 1992, at his home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Becker-Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City. The Rev. Patrick Henry, associate pastor of St. Michael’s Catholic Church of South Sioux City, will officiate. Burial will be in the Omaha Valley Cemetery at Homer, Neb. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Friday until service time at the funeral home.
Charles was born Jan. 10, 1992, in Sioux City.
Survivors include his mother; two brothers, Eric and Robert, both at home; his maternal grandparents, Charles and Mary Wallace of South Sioux City, Wilfred and Betty Satterfield of Hubbard, Neb., and Ethel Wallace of West Covina, Calif.
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Lester M. Bahr
April 2, 1989, Sioux City Journal

Lester M. Bahr, 65, of Springville, Utah, formerly of Sioux City, Thurston, Neb.,; and Dakota County died Thursday, March 30, 1989, at Springville due to accidental propane asphyxiation.

Services and burial will be Monday in Springville.

Mr. Bahr was born Aug. 7, 1923, near Walthill, Neb. He graduated near Walthill, Neb. He graduated from Rosalie High School in 1942. After his graduation, he enlisted the United States Air Force and was a bombardier during World War II. He was shot down over Austria and was listed as missing in action for several months. He married Gwen Londrosh in 1944. He retired as a colonel in the Air Force in 1974. Mrs. Bahr died in 1975 in South Sioux City. He then married his present wife, Delores Bahr in Utah, where they had made their home for the past several years.

Survivors include his wife, three sons, John, Damon and Nick; a daughter, Stephanie; three stepchildren; a brother, Leonard of Omaha; two sisters, Zazle Kerwin of Omaha and Evelyn King of Homer; and several grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Velma Bahr.

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Fred “Fritz” Beargeon
April 9, 1978 South Sioux City Star
Services for Fred “Fritz” Beargeon, 59, 3 Stanton Place, who died Sunday at his hone after a long illness, were held Wednesday at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in South Sioux.
The Rev. James E. Fitzgerald, the pastor, officiated. Burial was in St. Michael’s Cemetery. Pallbearers, all nephews, were Harlan Mast, Larry Welch, Ralph Beargeon Jr., Dale Beargeon Jr., and Orville and Alvin Paulsen.
Mr. Beargeon was born July 29, 1918, at Pender. He married Luella Boots Huggenberger, Feb. 17, 1943, at Dakota City.
He lived at Emerson before moving to Sioux City in 1948. He moved to Dakota City in 1957 and to South Sioux City in 1964. He worked at Nutrena Woertz Feed Products Co. and for 12 years for the A. C. Dohrman Construction Co. He retired in 1975 because of ill health.
He was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in South Sioux City and Local 427 of the Laborers’ International Union.
Survivor’s include his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Arden (Kay) Nilson of Hawarden, Iowa; two sons, Rodney of Kansas City, Mo., and Roger of South Sioux City; nine grandchildren; four sisters , Mrs. Ed (Edna) Welch of Winnebago, Neb., Mrs. John (Virginia) Paulsen and Mrs. Joe (Alice) Jackson, both of Emerson, Neb. and Mrs. Odella Mast of San Jose., Calif., and three brothers, Dale and Ralph, both of Sioux City, and Lee of Mesa, Ariz.

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Adelene Cathrine, Nelson, Bostwick

Saturday, May 19, 1978, South Sioux City Star

Services for Mrs. Hugh Bostwick, 60, Maskell, who died Saturday at a Sioux City Hospital after a lengthy illness, were held Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Maskell. The Rev. Denny Silk and student pastor Jon Gaul of SSC officiated. Burial was in the Maskell Cemetery.

Mrs. Bostwick, the former Adelene Cathrine Nelson, was born March 26, 1918, in Maskell, where she lived all her life. She was married June 23, 1937, in Elk Point, S.D.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Women’s Society of Christian Service and served for many years on Maskell’s homecoming committee.

Survivors include the widower; five sons, Garry, Lionel (Chris), Clyde and Roger, all of Ponca, and Clement of South Sioux City; two daughters, Mrs. Ray (Cleo) Waters of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mrs. Rick (Trudy) Pinkelman of Maskell; five brothers, Donald and Ronald, both of Maskell, Gordon and Gaylord, both of Ponca, and Dale of Pender; four sisters, Mrs. Ray (Myrna) Rahn, Mrs. Elmer (Ramona) Kamrath, Mrs. Bob (Leona) Bottorff and Mrs. Dick (Twila) Taylor, all of Ponca; 15 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

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John Francis Boyle

February, 1954, Article and obit appeared Dakota County Star

Hubbard Farmer, Father of Eight Killed in Accident

Funeral services were held for John Boyle, 40, a farmer near Hubbard, Dakota County's second fatality of the year, who was killed when the truck he was driving left the road Thursday night on the Jackson-Hubbard bluff road.

Rev. S. Zukowski officiated at the services at St. Patrick's Catholic church at Jackson Monday with burial at St. John's cemetery, under the direction of Becker's Funeral Service.

Pallbearers were John Ryan, Jake Sullivan, Donald Hartnett, Ralpph Erickson, Rene Bousquet and Bill O'Gara.

Boyle was the father of eight children, the oldest in the eighth grade.

County Sheriff Tilden Goodsell said Boyle was driving a flat-bed truck enroute home from a brother's farm where he had helped haul hay.

About a mile and one-half south of Jackson near the old Merchant farm, Boyle missed a right hand curve, hit a culvert on the left side of the road and went into a ditch. Goodsell said Boyle was thrown from the truck by the impact and the rear wheels of the vehicle passed over his body.

Boyle was found shortly after the accident by Lloyd Benson, who lives at the Merchant place, Goodsell said. Benson saw the truck's lights and went to investigate, Goodsell said.

Mr. Boyle was born October 20, 1913, at Allen. He was a lifelong resident of Dakota County, where he had farmed for himself since 1938.

He married Dorothy Sweisberger, February 1, 1939, at Jackson. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic church and at the Holy Name society.

Survivors include the widow: seven sons, John C., Bill, Bernard, Robert, Thomas, Paul and Raymond, and a daughter, Dorothy, all of Hubbard; the mother, Mrs. Lena Boyle, the father, James, Sr; seven brothers, James, Jr., George, Mike, Gregory and Richard, all of Jackson, Orin of Rock Island, Ill., and Charles of Temple, Texas.

Courtesy of Shawn Hoffman Sibley, typed by Peggy Mayberry Powell

Charles Belt

February 20, 1949, Sioux City Journal

Funeral services for Charles Belt, 76, 109 Kansas street, who died Friday at a hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran church instead of at Perasso Bros. funeral home as previously announced. Rev. Arthur H. Janke will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial park cemetery.

Survivors in addition to those previously listed are a sister, Mrs. Charles Phitts of Decatur, Neb., and a brother, Frank Belt, of South Sioux City.

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Philip Boyle
February 18, 1910, Dakota County Herald, page 4
Word was received here Tuesday of the death of Philip Boyle at Kingsley, Ia, from an operation performed some weeks ago for appendicitis. The deceased is a son-in-law of T B Jones and wife, of Vista, and was well and favorably known here. He is survived by a wife and six little children. Mrs. T B Jones and son, Thomas, Mrs. J A Hall, and M R Boler and sister Mae, attended the funeral which was held from the Catholic church at Kingsley, Thursday morning, The many relatives and friends here of the bereaved family join in extending sympathy in this their deepest sorrow over the loss of a kind and loving husband and fther.
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Neil Boyle
May 11, 1916, Dakota County Herald, p 4 c 3
Jackson: The remains of Neil Boyle who died at Atkinson, Neb., were interred in St John’s cemetery here Sunday afternoon. Two deceased formerly lived at Waterbury.
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W.A. Bliven
Dakota County Herald, February 6, 1904, image 5, col
Albuquerque, N.M. Feb. 1 – W.A. Bliven, of Sioux City, committed suicide here by throwing himself in front of a switch engine in th4 Santa Fe yards.
Bliven came to Albuquerque last Thursday, registering from Sioux City. He was suffering from stomach trouble and excessive nervousness.
A cashier’s check on the First National bank, of this city, was found on him, together with some reports, showing him to be a Mason in good standing in the Dakota City, Neb., lodge.
Up to six months ago, W.A. Bliven had been engaged in farming at Dakota City, Neb. At the time of his death he was making a trip through the southwest in search of a location for a ranch. The deceased man leaves, besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis B. Bliven, four brothers, Charles, George, Harold and Leslie, and two sisters, Emma Bliven and Mrs. Tilla Graham. News of the accident came in a telegram to Judge Evans, of Dakota City. Judge Evans is connected with the Masonic lodge of that city, of which the deceased was a member. A receipt from the Masonic lodge in Dakota City was on his person. Judge Evans notified Oscar J. Hoberg, secretary of landmark lodge of Sioux City, of which lodge also Bliven had been a member. George Bliven will leave tonight to bring back the remains. The Masonic order will have charge of the funeral. Deceased was 32 years of age and unmarried. He had been away only about two weeks. He prospered in Dakota county and said to have sold out there for about $20,000. News of the manner of his death shocked his friends and many of them were of the belief that his death had been accidental. Sioux City Daily Journal, Feb. 2, 1904.
Later – George Bliven went to Albuquerque on Monday for the remains and after arriving sent the following telegram to John H. Ream, which we copy from the Eagle: “Have made partial inquiries regarding Will’s death; at present am unable to confirm or deny report; he had been under doctor’s care for three preceeding days, had taken grips to depot saying he was going on west, party witnessing death has left the city.”
The funeral will take place at Salem Lutheran church at 11 o’clock Sunday. Rev. Lesher will preach the sermon and the exercises will be in charge of the Masonic lodge of this place.
Story continued in the following week’s edition, February 13, 1904, image 5, col 3.
The remains of W.A. Bliven, who was killed by a switch engine at Albuquerque, N.M., last week, were interred Sunday at Dakota City. The funeral was held at 11 o’clock at the Salem Lutheran church, under the direction of the Masonic fraternity. Interment was in Taylor cemetery.
George A. Bliven, a brother of the deceased, who brought the remains from Albuquerque, can neither affirm nor deny the report of suicide. While in Albuquerque he made some investigation as to his brother’s death. There were but two eyewitnesses – the engineer and a man named White, who was stopping at the Hotel Sturgis and had met Bliven there. Bliven and White were at the Santa Fe depot. Bliven expected to leave for the west on the 5 o’clock train. White had accompanied him to arrange for his own departure at a later hour. They were standing between the first and second tracks, engaged in conversation and neither noticed the approach of the engine until it was very close. Starteled, White jumped back, while Bliven attempted to cross in front of the approaching engine, which struck him and threw him to the track.
The engineer’s story is brief. As soon as he saw Bliven start across the track he knew he would never be able to reach the other side without being struck. He immediately reversed but to no avail. The engine was without a pilot and had only a footboard at the front. This turned the body over and over. The left leg was entirely severed and the body was otherwise mangled. The engine was moving were slowly at the time.
White left the same nigh so Mr. Bliven learned very little about the matter. – Sioux City Daily Journal, 9th Feb. 1904.
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