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Jean Nelson
1/24/1924-5/31/2010

 Jean Nelson was born in Omaha, Nebraska, January 24, 1924, the daughter of Frederick and Daisy Chandler Rupp. Raised in Omaha, she was baptized and confirmed at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church and graduated from South High School with the c...

 
LaVerne A. Slechta
3/7/1913-5/23/2010

LaVerne A. Slechta was born at Burns City, Indiana, March 7, 1913, the daughter of Joseph Belden and Rose Swayze Crane. In January of 1914, the family moved to Iowa and settled in Vail area. She received her elementary ...

 
Regenia "Jean" Kregness
2/7/1915-5/18/2010

Regenia “Jean” Kregness was born in Sioux City, Iowa, February 7, 1915, the daughter of Henry and Goldie Williams Brandt. She was raised there graduating from Central High School and Briar Cliff College.

 
Hazel Olson
9/3/1920-5/7/2010

Hazel Henrietta Buchanan Olson, 89, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho passed away Friday, May 7, 2010 at the Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Hazel was born on September 3, 1920 at home in Crawford County, Iowa, the daughter of H...

 
Keith Blake Koch
5/30/1952-5/2/2010

Keith Blake Koch, 57, of Plymouth, Minnesota, died Sunday, May 2, 2010. Keith, formerly of Denison, Iowa, was the son of Kenath B. Koch and Annabelle Blake Koch.
He is survived by three brothers, Thomas Koch of Atlanta, Georgia, Robert Koc...

 
Anna M. Dethmann
11/4/1913-4/30/2010

     Anna Marie Dethmann was born on the farm south of Denison, Iowa, November 4, 1913, the daughter of William and Christina Atler Kruthoff. She was received into God’s Kingdom through the Sac...

 
Marguerite  Lengeling
3/29/1918-4/16/2010

Marguerite Mary Lengeling was born in Carroll, Iowa, March 29, 1918, the daughter of Charles A. and Amelia Mueller Neumayer. She was raised on the farm and received her education at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School. She then attended Cosmetology Scho...

 
Mildred Hutchinson
8/16/1920-4/4/2010

       Mildred Ruth Hutchinson was born on the family farm in Milford Township, Denison, Iowa, August 16, 1920, the daughter of Eathen and Ollie Turpin Crane. She was raised on the farm and...

 
Mary Louise Olerich
5/16/1934-3/24/2010

     Mary Louise Olerich was born in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, May 16, 1934, the daughter of Jesse and Dorothy Ware Parker. When she was nine years old the family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she ...

 
Darrell Ward Fryar
12/22/1924-2/24/2010

Darrell Ward Fryar was born at Marathon, Iowa, December 22, 1924, the son of Louis Vern and Muriel Wittmer Fryar. He was raised on the farm east of Rockwell City, Iowa, and graduated from the Rockwell City High School.
From March of 1946 u...

 
Deloris M. Hedstrom
10/23/1931-2/17/2010

DeLoris Hedstrom was born at Arion, Iowa, October 23, 1931, the daughter of Alva and Millie Anderson Davis. She was raised at Arion and received her elementary education there. During her high school years she made her home with an aunt and uncle ...

 
Leo Joseph Clinton
12/9/1924-2/16/2010

Leo J. Clinton, the son of Charles and Ellen Sullivan Clinton was born in Denver, Colorado, December 9, 1924. The family made their home at Buck Grove, Iowa, where he attended the country school before graduating from the Denison High School with ...

 
Donald Marion  Lutz
4/25/1928-2/14/2010


Donald Marion Lutz was born on the farm in Goodrich Township, Denison, Iowa, April 25, 1928, the son of Paul Carl and Hulda Hantelmann Lutz. He was raised on the farm and received his education in the rural schools and Denison High School....

 
Margaret Kuhl
3/27/1915-2/6/2010


Margaret Kuhl was born on the farm at Manning, Iowa, March 27, 1915, the daughter of Emil and Pearl Esycheck Jennings. She was raised at Manning where she graduated from high school with the class of 1933. She furthered her education at Si...

 
Richard H. Beatty
5/22/1932-2/3/2010

Richard H. Beatty was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, May 22, 1932, the son of Frank C. and Mabel Owen Beatty. He was raised there and graduated from Ottumwa High School. Following high school he began his college studies at Drake University in Des Moines,...

 
Gerald R. Crichton
12/23/1931-1/26/2010

Gerald Robert Crichton was born December 23, 1931, in Ravinia, South Dakota, the son of James and Alberta Branaugh Crichton. He was raised in Ravinia, receiving his education there. From June of 1952 until his honorable discharge in May of 1954, ...

 
Anna May Klinker
5/3/1915-1/25/2010

Anna May Klinker was born in Denison, Iowa, May 3, 1915, the daughter of Peter John and Garnet Lucille Norman Klinker. She was raised in Denison where she graduated from Denison High School with the class of 1933. She then attended Francis Shim...

 
James R. Gustafson
11/24/1943-12/18/2009

James R. Gustafson was born in Odebolt, Iowa, November 24, 1943, the son of Russell and Ellen Nelson Gustafson. He was raised on the farm in Wheeler Township, four miles north of Kiron, Iowa, with his sister, Mari, two years his senior, and consi...

 
Lillian Athey Lass Luvaas
1/22/1927-12/15/2009

Lillian Athey Lass Luvaas was born in Exeter, Missouri, January 22, 1927, the daughter of Frank and Selma Watke Athey. At age three she moved to Denison where she received her education, graduating from the Denison High School with Normal Training w...

 
Fred H. McClellan, Jr.
7/7/1939-11/25/2009

Fred H. McClellan, Jr. was born in Denison, Iowa, July 7, 1930, the son of Fred H. and Janetta Hamilton McClellan, Sr. He was raised in Denison where he graduated from the Denison High School with the class of 1949. Following high school he was emp...

 
Carl E. Evilsizer
8/12/1923-10/28/2009

Survivors include a nephew, Ron Evilsizer and wife Carol of Denison....

 
Larry Burl Webb
11/14/1945-10/15/2009

Larry Burl Webb was born at Macy, Nebraska, November 14, 1945, the son of Albert and Frances L. Ueding Webb. He was raised at Macy where he received his education. Following his education Larry served his country in the United States Army from Jun...

 
Besse E. Guhl
11/3/1918-10/13/2009

Besse Evelyn Guhl, daughter of William and Besse (McClellan) Stueart was born at Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada, November 3, 1918, and died Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 90 years,...

 
Albert F. Stehr
10/24/1905-9/19/2009

Albert F. Stehr was born in Stockholm Township, rural Kiron, Iowa, October 24, 1905, the son of William F. and Elsie Katherine Koch Stehr. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism and confirmed in Christian F...

 
Cecil M. Walker
7/31/1915-9/1/2009

Cecil M. Walker was born in Talmage, Nebraska, July 31, 1915, the daughter of Clifford and Elizabeth Mehaffey Cade. When she was two months old the family moved to Griswald, Iowa. At Age 4, Cecil moved to Harlan, Iowa, and made her home with a gre...

 
James Mearl Bral
11/16/1933-8/31/2009

James Mearl Bral was born August, 11, 1924, in Vail, Iowa, the son of Frank Oscar and Bess Ione Crampton Bral. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism in Vail, Iowa, July 10, 1938 and confirmed in his Chris...

 
Merlin D. Olbertz
11/16/1933-8/23/2009

Merlin D. Olbertz was born in Denison, Iowa, November 16, 1933, the son of Frank Herman and Mabel Hertha Pithan Olbertz. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism in December of 1933 at St. John’s Lutheran Chu...

 
Mildred Lydia Joachim
9/10/1925-8/10/2009

Mildred Lydia Schoenfeldt was born on September 10, 1925 in Elma, IA, to Ben and Laura Schoenfeldt. She was the youngest of three; her older brother was Harold, and her older sister Aleatha. Mildred was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Luthera...

 
Daniel Altamirano
1/7/1965-8/10/2009

Daniel Altamirano was born in Juarez, Mexico, January 7, 1965, the son of Ignacio and Francisca Lujan Altamirano. He was baptized in San Miguel, Juarez and resided in Mexico until age 2 when the family moved to El Paso, Texas. When he was 9 years o...

 
Lois E. Dorfler
7/24/1939-8/3/2009

Lois Eileen (Carothers) Dorfler was born on July 24, 1939 to Andrew and Marjorie (Gessmann) Carothers in Manilla, IA. She was baptized and confirmed in the First Presbyterian Church in Manilla. She married John Milo Dorfler on July 12, 1964 in the ...

 
Maurice Adelbert "Delbert" Sjogren
4/2/1916-7/24/2009

Maurice Adelbert “Delbert” Sjogren was born in Kiron, Iowa, April 2, 1916, the son of Swan Maurice and Emma Mathilda Miller Sjogren. He was raised at Kiron where he graduated from the Kiron High School. Following high school he was employed as a ca...

 
Lillian R. Beatty
4/5/1931-7/18/2009

Lillian R. Beatty was born in Corning, Iowa, April 5, 1931, the daughter of William and Grace Hoskinson Ray. She was raised in the Corning area where she received her education. Following high school she attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iow...

 
Ruth Mae Fleming
2/26/1917-7/7/2009

Ruth Mae Fleming was born in Denison, Iowa, February 16, 1917, the daughter of James D. and Lillie I. Carlson Fleming. She spent her early years in Denison before being graduated from the Odebolt High School. She then attended the University of Min...

 
Deloris (Tootie) Knowles
4/22/1926-7/3/2009

Deloris A. K. Knowles Denison, Iowa Deloris "Tootie" Arlene Kern Knowles, 83, died Friday, July 3 at her home in Denison of multiple organ failure after a long illness. She was born April 22, 1926 to Anthony and Susan “Kitty” Kern in Oelwein, I...

 
Bertha  Sanchez Moreno
5/9/1951-6/12/2009

Bertha Sanchez Moreno nació en San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, el 9 de mayo 1951, la hija de Jose Dolores Sanchez. Se crió y se educó en Mexico donde en su vida adulta era duena de un restaurante. En 1996 se mudó a Minnesota antes de mud...

 
Maria de Jesus Araujo Sanchez
3/10/1981-6/12/2009

Maria de Jesús Araujo Sanchez nació en Queretero, Mexico el 10 de marzo 1981 la hija de Jose Antonio Araujo Vasquez y Bertha Sanchez Moreno. Vivía de niña en Mexico hasta que mudarse a los Estados Unidos en 1996. Llegó a Denison en 1998 y se graduó...

 
Daniel Alejandro Resendiz Araujo
10/6/1996-6/12/2009

Daniel Alejandro Resendiz Araujo nació en Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico el 6 de octubre 1996 el hijo de Juan Resendiz y Catalina Araujo Sanchez. La familia se mudó a Denison en 1996 donde Daniel se crió y acababa de terminar el sexto grado en Denison Com...

 
Eunice A. Friedrichsen
7/5/1918-5/14/2009

Eunice Anna Friedrichsen was born on a farm near Aspinwall, Iowa, July 5, 1918, the daughter of Louis and Christina Lorenzen Ranniger. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism in 1918 at Zion Lutheran Church...

 
Larry Walter Anderson
8/21/1945-4/12/2009

Larry W. Anderson was born August 21, 1945 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, IA, the son of Wayne B. and Helen Shirley Boerner Anderson. He attended Kiron Public Schools in Kiron, Crawford County, IA, where he was active in band and acting i...

 
Donald "Butch"  Kluver
6/27/1959-4/1/2009

Donald Lee “Butch” Kluver was born in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, June 27, 1959, the son Everett and Phyllis Workmeister Kluver. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism September 6, 1959, at Grace Lutheran Church in...

 
Vera Lucille Smith
8/7/1918-3/30/2009

Vera Lucille Smith was born in Allen, Nebraska, August 7, 1918, the daughter of Felix and Nina Weston Patefield. She was raised on the farm in rural Laurel, Nebraska, receiving her education in the rural schools. Following her education she was emp...

 
Courtney "Corky" Knutson
12/8/1952-3/30/2009

Courtney “Corky” Knutson was born December 8, 1952, at Mitchell, South Dakota, the son of Delbert and Charlotte Barker Knutson. He was raised at Letcher, South Dakota, where he received his education. Following his education he was employed in co...

 
Harris John  Maas
9/13/1924-3/25/2009

Harris John Maas was born on the farm north of Schleswig, Iowa, September 13, 1924, the son of Emil and Clara Ehler Maas. He was raised on the farm and received his education in the Schleswig Schools from which he graduated with the class of 19...

 
Kathryn D. Wulf
6/11/1933-3/22/2009

Kathryn Delores Wulf was born in Denison, Iowa, June 11, 1933, the daughter of John and Florence Lewis Whited. She was raised in Denison where she received her education. She was united in marriage with Virgil Hartmann and they made their home Deni...

 
Cecilia Fineran
8/30/1952-3/14/2009

Survivors include her daughter, Alexis Fineran of Denison, two brothers, Vincent and Harry Boldin of Coppell, Texas, one sister, Elizabeth and husband, Roby Armstrong of Bedford, Texas, six nieces and nephews, Heather Boldin, Kristin Steinhaus, Trevo...

 
Judith Susan Stokesbary
6/14/1948-3/12/2009

Judith Susan Stokesbary was born at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, June 14, 1948, the daughter of Anton and Henrietta Stenklyft Popelka. She was raised at Elkhart Lake where she graduated from high school. Judith was united in marriage with David Stokes...

 
Velma Winquist
3/7/1921-2/28/2009

Velma Elayne Winquist was born on her grandparents’ farm south of Kiron, Iowa, March 7, 1921, the daughter of Edner G. and Pearl R. Beaumont Larson. When she was nearly four years of age she was overjoyed with the birth of her brother, Warren. Velm...

 
Ellen Peterson
3/9/1919-2/19/2009

Ellen Aline Peterson was born March 9, 1919, the daughter of Fred and Elizabeth Wangler, on a farm near Kiron, IA. She attended a rural school near her home and graduated from Odebolt High School in 1936. She taught in rural schools for many years....

 
Richard Radbourne Knowles
5/8/1927-2/14/2009

Richard Knowles, 81, long-time newspaper publisher and community developer, died Saturday, February 14, 2009 of pulmonary fibrosis at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. He was born May 8, 1927 at Oelwein to Clarke and Violet (Peters) Knowles. He marr...

 
Luella "Lou" Hamann
10/24/1916-1/17/2009

Luella “Lou” Hamann was born on the farm at Manning, Iowa, October 24, 1916, the daughter of John and Ida Fischer Dammann. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Lou was raised on the farm receiving her education in the ...

 
Elaine M. Larson
9/19/1925-1/10/2009

Elaine Marjorie Larson was born September 19, 1925 at her Kiron farm home to Clifford and Ethel (Turin) Larson. She began country school at the age of four and graduated from the Kiron High School with the class of 1941. Elaine always loved listeni...

 
John Edward Rhyan
2/15/1927-1/7/2009

John Edward Rhyan was born at Underwood, Iowa, February 15, 1927, the son of Joseph Daniel and Josie Mae Sexton Rhyan. The family resided at Underwood where John received his elementary education before being graduated from the Persia, Iowa High Sch...

 
Alice Jean Crane
3/1/1936-1/6/2009

Survivors include her husband, Donald Crane of Denison, two brothers, Walter Skogsberg of South Carolina and Albert Skogsberg of Wyoming, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends....

 
Raymond Beymer
6/8/1935-12/29/2008

Raymond Harry Beymer was born at Denison, Iowa, June 8, 1935, the son of Carl A. and Isabel M. Storjohann Beymer. He was raised in Denison, receiving his education in the Denison Community Schools. As a teenager he was employed as a pin setter at t...

 
Andrew "Andy" Gustafson
7/1/1975-12/11/2008

Andrew (Andy) Thomas Gustafson, 33, of North Liberty, Iowa and formerly of Denison, Iowa died on December 11, 2008 In Iowa City after a lifelong battle with a rare congenital vascular syndrome. Visitation will be from 4-7PM on Sunday, Decem...

 
Kevin W. Brannon
10/21/1943-12/9/2008

Kevin W. (“Judge”) Brannon, 65, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at Denison Hospital. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, December 27, 2008, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison, Iowa. Kevin was born on October 21, 1943, in De...

 
JoAnn Thompson
10/21/1910-11/22/2008

Survivors include a daughter, Connie Yirkovsky of Schleswig, Iowa....

 
Berniece M. Kahler
10/21/1910-11/14/2008

Berniece Marie Kahler was born in rural Otter Creek Township south of Kiron, Iowa, October 21, 1910 the daughter of Otto J. and Anna W. (Lindberg) Larson. She was one of seven children in the family. She received her early education in the rural sc...

 
Jean L. Steinkuehler
2/10/1924-11/7/2008

Jean L. Steinkuehler was born at Odebolt, Iowa, September 28, 1939, the daughter of Carl and Elsie Wunschel Druivenga. She was raised at Arthur where she received her education. On February 24, 1957, Jean was united in marriage with Wayne Steinkueh...

 
Derald C. Cose
2/10/1924-10/23/2008

Derald C. Cose was born February 10, 1924, the son of Clyde and Ruby Riggleman Cose at the farm home of his grandparents, Linc and Beatrice Riggleman, east of Deloit, Iowa. He was raised in the Deloit area where he received his education graduating ...

 
Hilda Krueger
7/24/1912-10/15/2008

Hilda Krueger was born at Charter Oak, Iowa, July 24, 1912, the daughter of Louis and Emma Martens Kelm. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism August 18, 1912 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Charter Oak ...

 
Barbara Molash
12/27/1923-10/6/2008

Barbara J. Molash was born at Decatur, Illinois, December 27, 1923, the daughter of Maynard and Louise Bowman Harvell. She was raised at Decatur where she graduated from high school with the class of 1941. She then attended Business College in St. ...

 
Kenneth Peterson
12/28/1917-10/6/2008

Kenneth Peterson was born at Kiron, Iowa, December 28, 1917, the son of Carl Albert and Britta Axelina Lundgren Peterson. He was raised on the farm, receiving his early education in the rural schools before graduating from the Odebolt High School wi...

 
Marian  McCord
8/5/1917-10/2/2008

Marian Elizabeth McCord was born at Sanborn, Iowa, August 5, 1917, the daughter of Forrest and Frances Horn Chandler. The family moved to Sheldon, Iowa where she was raised and graduated from high school. She furthered her education at Iowa State U...

 
Barbara Kitt
7/22/1942-9/29/2008

Survivors include her husband, Dennis E. Kitt of Denison, three children, Michelle Kitt of Marshfield, Wisconsin, Greg Kitt of Omaha, Nebraska and Jennifer Kitt and husband, Dane Dammen of Denison, six grandchildren, Lauren and Jessica Boone and Chri...

 
Lola J. Smith
3/10/1917-9/22/2008

Lola Jane Smith was born at Coal Creek, Iowa, March 10, 1917, the daughter of Alonzo and Sina Sydney Heild Briggs. At age 7 the family moved to Gibson, Iowa where she was graduated from high school. She then attended Thompson’s Beauty School in Des...

 
Barbara Peters
4/29/1947-9/10/2008

Barbara Peters was born at Denison, Iowa, April 29, 1947, the daughter of Elmer and Luella “Lou” Dammann Hamann. She was raised in Denison, graduating from the Denison High School. Following high school she furthered her education for two years...

 
Bud Barnes
9/14/1918-9/1/2008

Bud Barnes was born September 14, 1918 in Manning, Iowa to Nathaniel and Rose Hagedorn Barnes. He died Monday, September 1, 2008 at Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 89 years, 11 months and 17 days. He spent his childhood in Ma...

 
Sam R. Beam
7/31/1967-8/28/2008

Sam R. Beam was born at Denison, Iowa, July 31, 1967, the son of Ray and Mildred Wiegel Beam. The family resided at Berne, Iowa until moving to Dow City in 1978 where Sam graduated from the Dow City-Arion High School with the class of 1985. Follow...

 
Leslie Joseph Slechta
10/12/1918-8/28/2008

Leslie J. Slechta was born on a farm south of Vail, Iowa, October 12, 1918, the son of Joseph and Agnes Starek Slechta. The family moved to a farm north of Vail where he was raised, receiving his education in the Stockholm # 7 rural school. On Octo...

 
Richard Adams
7/14/1946-8/5/2008

On August 5, 2008, Richard Dale Adams of Ricketts, departed this life unto Eternity, entering into the loving embrace of his Heavenly Father, succumbing after a long battle with cancer. Born on July 14, 1946 in Storm Lake, Iowa, Richard lived the ...

 
George A. Slater
4/15/1935-7/20/2008

George Alan Slater was born at Denison, Iowa, April 15, 1935, the son of Carl and Hattie Groth Slater. He was raised at Denison and received his education in the rural schools. He spent his life in the Denison area and was employed as a farmhand ...

 
Donald Kuehnhold
4/1/1935-7/4/2008

DONALD DEAN KUEHNHOLD On July 2, 2008, Don Kuehnhold sustained fatal injuries when he fell from a tree while clearing storm damage. He died on July 4, 2008 at the age of 73 years young surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 1st (...

 
Jessie R. (Sorensen) Nesbitt
10/26/1935-6/26/2008

Jessie R. (Sorensen) Nesbitt Jessie R. (Sorensen) Nesbitt was born at Haskell, Texas, October 26, 1935, the daughter of Jesse and Annie Curry Jones. She was raised there, graduating from high school in 1954. Jessie was united in marriage with Jame...

 
Junabell Rosinda Katherine Maak
1/12/1922-6/13/2008

Junabell Rosinda Katherine Maak was born January 12, 1922, the daughter of Edward and Hermina Voss Paulsen. She died June 13, 2008, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa at the age of eighty-six. Junabell was born in Cushing, Iowa. ...

 
Irene Bohlmann
7/6/1916-6/13/2008

Irene Bohlmann was born July 6, 1916, daughter of Fred W. and Christine M. (Bielfeldt) Kruse in Hanover Township, Crawford County, Iowa. She died Friday evening, June 13, 2008, at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison at the age of 91. Iren...

 
Gordon Erkel Young
11/27/1919-6/11/2008

Gordon Erkel Young was born on a farm at Bertha, Minnesota, November 27, 1919, the third of four children of Irvin F. and Emma Erkel Young. At the age of 13, his family moved to LeCenter, Minnesota, where he graduated from McKinley High School with ...

 
Elizabeth Price West
11/1/1917-6/11/2008

Elizabeth Marie (Price) West was born October 1, 1917 in Pisgah, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph Curtis and Dora (Kline) Price. As an infant the family moved to a small farm, inherited by her mother, near Dow City. She attended grade school in Dow Cit...

 
Alan Disburg
5/18/1940-6/10/2008

Alan “Al” Disburg was born at Manilla, Iowa, May 18, 1940, the son of Gilbert and Helen Anita Sievers Disburg. He was raised at Manilla, graduating from high school there. Following four years of college he returned to Manilla to make his home. ...

 
Donald L. Green
1/4/1951-6/8/2008

Donald L. Green was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, January 4, 1951, the son of Charles E. and Lillian Borgmann Green. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism February 4, 1951 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in...

 
William F. Blair
12/13/1929-6/6/2008

William F. Blair was born at Vail, Iowa, December 13, 1929, the son Arista and Ella Reese Blair. He was raised there and received his education in the Vail Public School graduating with the class of 1949. From June of 1952, until his discharge in...

 
Clarence W. Bartlett
9/22/1910-5/27/2008

Clarence William Bartlett On May 27, 2008, Clarence W. Bartlett went to his Heavenly home to be with the Lord Jesus. He passed away with his loving family at his side at the home of Jerilyn and Kenny Ekstrom near Odebolt, where he had made his...

 
Donald Eugene Fink
8/30/1917-5/19/2008

Donald Eugene Fink was born August 30, 1917 and went to his heavenly home May 19, 2008 at the age of 90 years, 8 months and 19 days. Donald, the eldest of four sons of Eugene and Mildred (Riddle) Fink, was born and grew up on the Fink family farm n...

 
Ruby Johannsen
6/15/1916-5/16/2008

Ruby Margaretha (Jurgensen) Johannsen was born on a farm near Charter Oak, Iowa, June 15, 1916, the daughter of Edlef and Rose Voss Jurgensen. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism August 18, 1916, at Zio...

 
MarvelAnn Fryar
5/14/1933-4/24/2008

MarvelAnn Fryar was born at Rinard, Iowa, May 14, 1933, the daughter of Clyde and Fern McPhearson Goodwin. She received her education at Rockwell City where she was graduated from high school with the class of 1951. Following graduation she was emp...

 
Lewellyn Larson
4/25/1927-4/24/2008

Lewellyn C. Larson was born on the farm near Kiron, Iowa, April 25, 1927, the son of Clifford and Ethel Turin Larson. He was raised on the farm and was graduated from the Kiron High School with the class of 1944. He served his country in the Unit...

 
Esther Christiansen
3/8/1919-4/22/2008

Esther Catharine Christiansen was born in Charter Oak Township, Crawford County, Iowa, March 8, 1919, the daughter of Fritz and Louise Timm Brandenburg. She was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Charter Oak by Pastor A. Amstein on Marc...

 
Harvey Schrum
9/30/1919-4/5/2008

Harvey L. Schrum was born on a farm in Hayes Township, Crawford County, Iowa, September 30, 1919, the son of Gustav and Elsie Wegner Schrum. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at Eagan, South Dakota, Au...

 
Maybelle L. Kammeyer
5/2/1918-3/31/2008

Maybelle Kammeyer gave her whole self to everything she did. Because she was curious, she approached life with optimism and delight and found the world a marvelous place. Her smile was her trademark. She was a woman of great faith, in...

 
Thomas Christiansen
11/2/1928-3/24/2008

Thomas A. Christiansen was born on a farm in rural Vail, Iowa, November 2, 1928, the son of Ludwig and Agnes Brogan Christiansen. He was raised in Crawford County receiving his early education in the rural schools before being graduated from t...

 
Ralph J. Kruse
10/11/1926-3/23/2008

Ralph John Kruse was born at Mapleton, Iowa, October 11, 1926, the son of Henry and Freda Meyer Kruse. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at St. Mathew Lutheran Church in Mapleton October 31, 1926 and c...

 
Alvin L. Wiese
12/13/1926-3/22/2008

Alvin L. Wiese, son of Albert and Lillie Pagel Wiese, was born December 13, 1926 in Scott County, Iowa. He passed away March 22, 2008 at the age of 81 years at the Odebolt Nursing and Rehab Center in Odebolt, Iowa. He received his education in the...

 
Leonard Riessen
7/3/1922-3/15/2008

Leonard Riessen was born on a farm in Morgan Township, Schleswig, Iowa, July 3, 1922, the son of George and Ella Ericksen Riessen. He was baptized and confirmed in his youth at Friedens Evangelical Church in Schleswig. He was raised on the farm at ...

 
Evelyn B. Whiteing
10/27/1925-3/13/2008

Evelyn “Bern” Whiteing was born at Dunlap, Iowa, October 27, 1925, the daughter of William Noel and Elizabeth Lucille Pearl McCoid. The family resided at Dunlap until Evelyn was age 11 when they moved to Arion, Iowa. She received her early educatio...

 
Peter McAlpin
5/11/1936-3/1/2008

Peter F. McAlpin, 71, of Park Rapids, Minnesota, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2008, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. He was born May 11, 1936, in Coronado, California to Gladys (Templer) and Vincent McAlpin. He was raised in Sout...

 
Lawrence "Pete" Coyle
2/27/1945-2/16/2008

Pete Coyle was born at Piggott, Arkansas, February 27, 1945, the son of Clarence and Nina Marie Harden Coyle. He was baptized in Martin’s Creek at Hardy, Arkansas by the New Hope Baptist minister in his youth. He was raised in Arkansas where he rec...

 
Horace Westcott
-2/14/2008

Survivors: Wife-Mare Westcott-Stockton, California Daugher-Coleen Allen-Goodwin and husband, Howard of California Daughter-Donna Baugh and husband, Dale of Virginia Four grandchildren, Three great grandchildren. ...

 
Irene Sharp
6/21/1921-2/11/2008

Irene M. Sharp was born on a farm at Dow City, Iowa, June 21, 1921, the daughter of Hans and Jessie Wendt Flagmann. She was raised on the farm and received her education in the Paradise Township rural school. On May 6, 1938, Irene was united in m...

 
James R. Schroeder
6/21/1932-2/10/2008

James R. Schroeder was born at Arcadia, Iowa, June 21, 1932, the son of John and Stella Muenchow Schroeder. He was raised on the farm there and was graduated from St. John’s Catholic High School with the class of 1950. Following high school James w...

 
Sue Kelly
7/14/1949-2/8/2008

Sue Kelly was born in Bellflower, California, July 14, 1949, the daughter of Marlin and Betty Bales Herbert. She was raised in Chino, California where she received her education. In 1966, Sue was united in marriage with John Kelly at Chino, Califo...

 
Rachel C. Lilleholm
10/16/1915-1/23/2008

Rachel Caroline Anderson Lilleholm was born on a farm in Goodrich Township, near Deloit, Iowa, October 16, 1915, the daughter of Samuel and Tabitha Winey Anderson. She was raised on the farm and graduated from the Deloit High School with the class o...

 
Alvin Beck
10/27/2026-1/20/2008

Alvin R. Beck was born October 27, 1926, to Chris and Gertrude Hutchison Beck, in Swea City, Iowa. Alvin had a great love for flying and at age 16 he received his pilot’s license. He graduated from Swea City High School two years later. Alvin ser...

 
Doris Sorensen
7/3/1916-1/13/2008

Doris E. Schelldorf Sorensen was born on a farm in Hayes Township, Ida County, Iowa, July 3, 1916, the daughter of Axel and Selma Carlson Bloom. She was raised on the farm attending the rural schools before being graduated from the Kiron High School...

 
Louis Popp
8/7/1928-1/12/2008

Louis Popp was born at Carroll, Iowa, August 7, 1928, the son of Louis Adam and Blanche Robinson Popp. He was raised at Vail where he received his education being graduated from the Vail High School with the class of 1947. On December 28, 1947, Lou...

 
Noi Lovan
1/14/1931-12/27/2007

Noi Lovan was born January 14, 1931 in Sonla, North Vietnam, the daughter of Neuy and Da Luong. She was raised there until moving to Laos. In 1950 she was married to Mouane Lovan and resided in Laos until moving to Keokuk, Iowa in 1980. Due to...

 
Donald L. Yankey
4/12/1921-12/17/2007

Donald L. Yankey was born on the farm at Denison, Iowa, April 12, 1921, the son of Ira J. and Mabel Shives Yankey. He was raised on the farm receiving his elementary education in the rural schools before being graduated from the Denison High School ...

 
Alice Gallagher
12/3/1919-12/15/2007

Alice Speck Gallagher was born at Lexington, Nebraska, December 3, 1919, the daughter of Eugene P. and Lula Dillman Speck. She was raised at Kearney, Nebraska where she was graduated from the A. O. Thomas High School with the class of 1938. Follow...

 
Louis Osterlund
9/1/1926-12/2/2007

Louis L. Osterlund was born at Vail, Iowa, September 1, 1926, the son of Louis and Leta Mae Westcott Osterlund. He was raised there where he received his education, graduating from the Vail High School. In 1945 Louis was united in marriage with Ma...

 
Kathryn E. Fink
2/8/1921-11/26/2007

Kathryn E. Fink was born on a farm near Vail, Iowa, February 8, 1921, the daughter of Jess C. and Cora E. Chapman Nielsen. She was raised at Deloit, Iowa, where she received her education graduating from the Deloit High School with the class of 1939...

 
LeRoy James "Jim" Rose
4/23/1933-11/26/2007

LeRoy James Rose was born at North Grove in Crawford County, Iowa, on April 23, 1933, the son of LeRoy E. and Catherine (Kline) Rose. When Jim was 4 years old the family moved to a farm in the Gallands Grove area where he was raised and attended a c...

 
Dorothy Boldin
5/9/1920-11/14/2007

Dorothy Mae Boldin was born on a farm near Fairfield, Iowa, May 9, 1920, the daughter of Harry and Launa Eagle Riley. In 1931 the family moved to Deloit, Iowa where she was raised, receiving her education in the Stockholm Township #8 rural school...

 
Paul Blume
7/13/1939-11/12/2007

Paul Arnold Blume was born at Ames, Iowa, July 13, 1939, the son of Arnold J. and Martha Stoltz Blume. When he was young the family moved to the Dow City and Dunlap areas where he was raised and received his education being graduated from the Dow Ci...

 
Norma Sommer
5/20/1924-10/15/2007

Norma Elizabeth Sommer was born on the farm north of Wall Lake, Iowa, May 20, 1924, the daughter of Edward J. and Ella Kowalke Albrecht. She was raised there and received her education in the Wall Lake Schools from which she graduated with the class...

 
Alice Stedman Longnecker
8/24/1923-10/13/2007

daughter of George and Rose Leiting Maneman. She spent her early years there until the family moved to Varina, Iowa, in the late 1930’s where Alice was graduated from St. Columbkille Catholic High School. Following high school Alice and her sister ...

 
Margaret Selander
7/15/1917-10/11/2007

Margaret Edith Selander was born at Denison, Iowa, July 15, 1917, the daughter of George W. and Anna Jacobson Selander. With the exception of a few years spent in Dayton, Iowa, Margaret was raised in Denison where she was graduated from high school....

 
Lucy Huldeen
8/30/1924-10/2/2007

Lucy Huldeen was born at Boone, Iowa, August 30, 1924, the daughter of John Howard and Ruth Canfield Wayne. When she was five years of age the family moved to Sac City before moving to Odebolt where she was raised and graduated from high school with...