Obituaries
Jodie Ellen Bevans

Marci Jo Meyocks

Carol Jean Goodchild

Richard Ellsworth Sisco

Ronnie Dean Schoeberl

Helen Mason

William G. "Bill" Beyer

Amelia Ann Brandt

Shirley Jeanne (Siefken) Beneke
Shirley Jeanne (Siefken) Beneke died Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at Scottish Rite Park in Des Moines . She was born June 20, 1925 in Rembrandt, Iowa to R.J. and Emma (Rosene) Siefken. After earning her elementary teaching certification from Iowa State Teachers’ College (now University of Northern Iowa), Shirley taught fourth grade in Laurens, Iowa. In 1947 she married Leland Beneke and they operated the family farm in Laurens for several years before his career change moved the family to Grinnell and then to Vinton.
Earl James DeJong
