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Obituaries Virginia G. Jepsen EMERSON, Neb. Vir- ginia G. Jepsen, 85, of em- erson passed away thurs- a Fe 21, 2013, at Heritage of Care Center. i i 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday at st. Lutheran Church in emer- son, with the rev. Gretchen ritola officiating. inter- ment will be in rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the church.

arrangements are under the direction of Munderloh-smith Funeral Home in Pender, Neb. Virginia was born on May 10, 1927, in Wakefield, the daughter of ben- jamin and Viney (strivens) bokemper. she attended a country school through the eighth grade near emerson. she married albert Jep- sen on May 7, 1942. she had worked for for 35 years.

Virginia was a mem- ber of st. Lutheran Church. Virginia is survived by a daughter, Peggy Chapman and her husband tom of emerson; a daughter-in- law, trudy Jepsen of Hub- bard, sisters, Maxine Peters of emerson, Doloris McGuire of Pender, shir- ley Carder of emerson, Joann Flammang and her husband ed of bronson, iowa, bonnie steecker and her husband bill of emer- son, and Diane Lorensen and her husband Larry of Newcastle, brothers, Myron bokem- per and his wife sandra of sioux City, and anton (tony) bokemper of emer- son; a sister-in-law, Doro- thy Linafelter of Oakland, nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, albert; a son, Jimmy; an infant grand- daughter, stacey Jepsen; brothers, Carl, and bill; a sister, Lois black; and an infant sister, Linda bokem- per. Arlene McNamara SIOUX CITY Lois McNamara, 87, of sioux City passed away Friday, Feb.

22, 2013, at Holy spirit retirement Home. i i be 10 a.m. Wednesday at st. Michael Catholic Church. burial will be in Memorial Park Cem- etery.

Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the fam- ily present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Meyer brothers Colonial Chapel. Condolences may be sent online at www. meyerbroschapels.com.

arlene was born on May 11, 1925, to ray bertrand and effie Pearl (spence) Denlinger, in Washta, iowa. she graduated from Grand Meadow High school. she received her business de- gree from the National business institute. she was married to ray- mond William McNamara on Feb. 5, 1934, in Kings- ley, iowa.

He preceded her in death in september 1990 in sioux City. arlene was self-employed doing house cleaning and painting. she was a parts manager for 15 years with iseman Mobile Homes and managed Little King restaurant for several years. arlene enjoyed going to the senior Center and at- tending their dances and being with family. she was a huge supporter of briar Cliff basketball.

she went to all of their home and away games until her health declined. she then had to turn to the radio to be apart of their game. she was a member of st. Mi- chael Catholic Church and was very dedicated to help- ing out at the annual Lenten fish fry for more than 17 years. she also was a volun- teer for the Naia National basketball tour- nament for several years.

she is survived by her two sons, Joseph (Vicki) McNa- mara, and edwin (Louann) McNamara; five daughters, sharon Levenhagen, rae Marie Pendergast, Mary Russell H. Williams SIOUX CITY rus- sell H. Williams, 61, of sioux City passed away satur- day, Feb. 23, 2013, at his residence. i i a tion will be 4 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a time of sharing at 7 p.m., at Meyer brothers Colonial Chapel. burial will be at a later date in Logan Park Cemetery. Condo- lences may be sent online to www.meyerbroschapels. com.

russell was born on Feb. 18, 1952, in sioux City, the son of Donald and Mari- lyn (Clark) Williams. He received his education at Central High school. he had been a lifelong sioux City resident. He drove truck for many years.

He enjoyed working on and painting cars, fish- ing, and putting together model semis. He liked hav- ing coffee with his bud- dies everyday at Horizon restaurant. He was a busy person who always had to be on the go. rusty is survived by five sons, russell Williams Jr. of Le Mars, iowa, randy Williams, ricky Williams, Clayton Lillie and Michael Williams, all of sioux City; three daughters, tracey Williams, shanna Nygaard and amanda Williams, all of sioux City; a brother, Donald Williams of arling- ton, texas; three sisters, Victoria Hoffer of sioux City, Marsha Nelson of spencer, iowa, and rhon- da German of Watertown, s.D.; and 15 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents. Scott R. Lambert SIOUX CITY scott richard Lambert, 46, of sioux City died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at a sioux City hospital form injuries sustained in a automobile accident. arrangements are pend- ing with Morningside Cha- pel, Christy-smith Funeral Home.

Michael R. Schechinger WESTPHALIA, Iowa Michael raymond schech- inger, 74, of Westphalia died saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at his residence. services will be 10 a.m. thursday at st.

boniface Catholic Church in West- phalia. burial will be in st. boniface Cemetery. Visita- tion will be noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday, with the fam- ily present 4 to 8 p.m.

and a wake service at 5:30 p.m., at the church. arrange- ments are under the direc- tion of Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan, iowa. i a a schechinger was born on aug. 10, 1938, in Westpha- lia. survivors include his wife, Mary (Holler) schechinger of Westphalia; his children, Michael (Karen) schech- inger of Grimes, iowa, su- san schechinger and ron Yockey of Kirkman, iowa, bonnie (tony) Cairney of Westphalia, bob (Carol) schechinger of treynor, iowa, roger schechinger of Menifee, and sherie (steve) Hollander of Glen- wood, iowa; a stepdaugh- ter, Linda (Kevin) Gaul of Waterloo, iowa; a stepson, John (Vicki) Holler of Wa- terloo; 24 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; three sisters, agnes Wehr of Westphalia, Jane ragsdall of Hiram, and Joyce (stan) ulmer of Harlan, iowa; and two sisters-in-law, Marga- ret schechinger of Harlan, and Kay schechinger of Westphalia.

He wa re ce i death by his parents, an- nabel t. (Weihs) and Mi- chael schechinger; and his siblings, alice schomers, elmer schechinger, arlene schwery, Jim schechinger and Jerry schechinger. Gerald Jacobson SIOUX CITY Gerald Jacobson, 82, of sioux City passed away a a 2 3 2 0 13 a a sioux City i a following a brief illness. a celebra- tion of life service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mey- er brothers Morningside Chapel.

burial will be in Cedar Cemetery, Fonda, iowa. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the funeral home. Online condolences can be sent to www.meyer broschapels.com. Jerry was born on sept. 12, 1930, in Fonda, the son of Herbert and Viv- ian (Prange) Jacobson.

He grew up in the Fonda area and graduated from Fonda High school in 1948. Jerry then attended Nbt (Na- tional business training) in sioux City. Jerry married Delores D. snow on May 6, 1950 in sioux City. they raised eight daughters in sioux City.

He sold insurance for Joe Morton insurance and then operated his own painting business for many years. Jerry founded the south Dakota trappers associa- tion. He enjoyed hunting, trapping and fishing. He had written many mini editorials to the sioux City Journal and enjoyed writing poetry. survivors include his wife, Delores Jacobson of sioux City; eight daugh- ters, Judy schwinck and her husband, Ken of Federal Way, Marian John- son and her husband, alvin of stratford, iowa, Vickie Jacobson and her signifi- cant other, Kip Hellman of tenino, Vivian Currie and her husband, Kevin of seattle, Jerri McKeown and her husband, Mark of Graham, Jackie Matthey and her husband, Mike of ser- geant bluff, Lisa beauchene and her husband, Matt of round rock, texas, and Lori McLeod and her husband, Dave of span- away, 18 grandchil- dren; and 10 great-grand- children.

Jerry was preceded in death by his parents; a sis- ter, roleen; and his dog, skippy. (Mike) Nearman, MaDonna (rusty) Giffrow, and alicia (Dave) Johnson; 24 grand- children; and 31 great- grandchildren. she was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and three chil- dren, Merlin McNama- ra, theresa McNamara Grosenheider and robert McNamara. Pallbearers will be rob borcherts, Lisa elsten, Krista Johnson, Mike Pen- dergast, Jaden McNamara, Maranda McNamara, Mel- anie McNamara and Misty McNamara. Honorary pall- bearers will be briar Cliff coach Mike Powers and the briar Cliff boys and girls basketball teams.

Winnifred E. Mansour SOUTH SIOUX CITY Winnifred e. (High) Man- sour, 73, of south sioux City died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at a sioux City hospital. Memorial services will be 11 a.m.

Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in south sioux City. Grave- side services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Memo- rial Park Cemetery. there will be no visitation. ar- rangements are under the direction of becker-Hunt Funeral Home.

Myron Kruger NORTH SIOUX CITY Myron Kruger, 81, of North sioux City died sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at a sioux City hospital. services will be 10:30 a.m. thursday at berkemier Chapel, Christy-smith Fu- neral Home. burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. until service time thursday at the funeral home. Virginia Rager SOUTH SIOUX CITY Virginia slabaugh rager, 61, of south sioux City died sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at her residence fol- lowing a lengthy illness. Memorial services will be 11 a.m.

thursday at Cor- nerstone World Outreach. Visitation with the family will be 4 to 7 p.m. Wednes- day at Meyer brothers Morningside Chapel. MoRE obituARiES, pAGE A4, 5 DESIGNER: jEff.koSzut@NwI.com A6 TuesdAy, FebruAry 26, 2013 siouxciTyjournAl.com.