Obituaries

James “Jim” Habben, age 71, of Ashton, Iowa, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2012 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Funeral Services will be Friday, January 11, 2013 at 10:30 A.M. at the First Christian Reformed Church in Sheldon. Rev. Luke Wynja officiating. Burial in East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon.

Visitation will be Thursday, January 10 from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. at the Andringa Funeral Home Sheldon Funeral Service in Sheldon.

Online Expressions of Sympathy can be sent to www.andringafuneralhome.com

The Andringa Funeral Home Sheldon Funeral Service of Sheldon in charge of arrangements for James Habben.

Thelma Hatting age 82 of Ashton, IA died Friday, January 4, 2013 at the Osceola Community Hospital in Sibley, IA.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ashton, with Father John Vakulskas as celebrant. Burial will follow in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Ashton.

Visitation will be Tuesday, January 8th from 4-8 PM with family present from 6-8 PM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ashton. There will be a rosary at 4:00 PM and a vigil service at 7:00 PM Tuesday evening at the church.

Thelma Jane (Kruger) Hatting was born April 8, 1930 in Ashton, Iowa, the daughter of Helmer H. and Lydia (Christians) Kruger. She grew up in the Ashton area and attended country school. On June 5, 1951 she was united in marriage to Charles B. Hatting at Ashton. Thelma worked as a cook at the Ashton Public School and St. Joseph’s School along with raising her four children. She also babysat for many years. After her husband’s death in 1980 she was employed as a cook at the Cedar Cabin, until her retirement in 2008.

In 2009 Thelma entered the Sibley Nursing & Rehab Center where she remained until her death on January 4, 2013 at the Osceola Community Hospital in Sibley at the age of eighty-two.

She is survived by her daughter, Janice (Tony) Majerus of Des Moines, IA; three sons, Mike (Deb) Hatting and Dennis (Doreen) Hatting, both of Ashton, IA; and Vince (Cindy) Hatting of Sheldon, IA; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Helmer (Joyce) Kruger of Westminster, CO and Lyle (Gale) Kruger of Cherokee, IA; four sisters, Marlys Osburn of Las Vegas, NV, Virginia (Burt) Meinerts of George, IA, Beatrice (Don) Moore of Las Vegas, NV and Delores (Lloyd) Krull of George, IA; and other extended family.

She was preceded in death by her husband of twenty-nine years, Charles Hatting; her parents, Helmer and Lydia Kruger; step-mother, Lena Kruger; brother, Eugene (Bob) Kruger; and a great-grandson, Matthew Anderson.

In lieu of flowers memorial are preferred.

Kenneth Elmer Muyskens, 79, formerly of Kanawha, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City.

Funeral services for Kenneth Muyskens will be held on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the Kanawha Christian Reformed Church, 129 East 3^rd Street, in Kanawha with Pastor Steve Schulz officiating.  Burial will be at West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City at 4:00 PM on Monday.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, January 6, 2013 from 4:00-6:00 PM at Ewing Funeral Home, 118 East 2^nd Street, in Kanawha and continue one hour prior to services at the church in Kanawha on Monday.

There will also be a brief visitation and prayer service on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM at First Reformed Church in Orange City.

A full obituary is available at www.ewingfh.com.