Obituaries

Feb 27, 2019

Jesse Ural Smith was born on December 11, 1975, to Midge Cadwell Carter and Roland Smith. Jesse was baptized at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison, and he took his first communion and confirmation at St. Mary’s in Portsmouth. Jesse attended school in Trinidad, Colorado, St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama, and he graduated from Harlan High...

Feb 25, 2019

Corinne Elaine (Norris) Tupper was born July 23, 1933, to Victor and Rosalie (Cross) Norris in Mondamin, Iowa. She was raised west of Magnolia and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1951 Corinne married Dwight Edwin Tupper on March 20, 1955, at the Magnolia Methodist Church. The couple farmed northeast of Magnolia and eventually purchased Dwight’s parents’ farm after...

Feb 25, 2019

Lois Mae Anderson was born on May 30, 1926, to Charlie and Dagmar Marie (Jensen) Winsor near Irwin, Iowa. Lois was raised near Irwin and attended country school and high school in Irwin. Lois   married Don Anderson on October 16, 1949, at the Methodist Church in Denison, Iowa. The couple was blessed with eight children. Lois worked as a...

Feb 18, 2019

Colton James Watkins was born October 4, 1993, to Melody (DuClos) Watkins in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was raised in Woodbine, Iowa and attended Woodbine Community School. Colton moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa and attended Thomas Jefferson High School. Colton worked for a company selling magazines.

Colton enjoyed many sports including: football, golf, and wrestling. He also...

Feb 17, 2019

Rodney Michael Block was born on January 14, 1954, to Herman and Marie (Kloewer) Block in  Manning, Iowa. He was raised near Dunlap and attended St. Joseph Catholic School and Dunlap Public School. Rod worked at several places including: for Larry Kimmen at the Fina Station, Burlington Northern Railroad, for Richard and Denny Grote, and Farmland in Denison (for...

Feb 16, 2019

Larry Lane Davis was born May 29, 1975, to Lawrence and Linda (Gray) Davis in Omaha, Nebraska. He was raised near Dunlap; graduating from Boyer Valley High School in 1993. While in school, he played the drums, played cards, and he loved to make people laugh and smile. After his high school graduation, Larry attended the University of Iowa...

Feb 13, 2019

Jean-Marie (Lawless) Gorham was born on December 19, 1954, to Patrick and Eleanor (Hyde) Lawless in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. She attended and graduated from Catholic School in Pittsburg. After high school, she waitressed at various restaurants in the Carolinas’. Jean-Marie married Robert Gorham on June 29, 1990, in Logan, Iowa.

Jean-Marie loved truck driving and traveling the country...

Feb 7, 2019

THERE WILL NOT BE ANY SERVICES AT THIS TIME.

Ardith Ann Girton was born April 9, 1937, on a family farm near Magnolia Iowa.  Ardith was born to Dean and Martha (Freymuller) Girton.  A couple of years after graduating from high school in 1955, she met and married Brian Crow on February 14, 1957.  The two of...

Jan 30, 2019

An additional Celebration of Life Service will be held in Minnesota at a later date.

William Frederick Snodgrass was born on March 5, 1938, to Frederick and Mae (Krauel) Snodgrass in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He was raised in Minnesota in the Twin Cities area and graduated from Murray High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Bill went on...

Jan 29, 2019

Betty Jean (Stewart) Barry was the fifth child born on August 22, 1925, to Joe and Clara Stewart on a farm just north of Magnolia, Iowa. At the age of 14, Betty met George Barry at the Logan 4th of July Celebration. They started dating soon after that, but they broke up when she got mad at him because...

Jan 24, 2019

Robert Merwin Hall was born on March 23, 1922, to Robert N. and Nettie Fay (Howe) Hall. Merwin was born and raised near Dunlap at the family farmhouse. He graduated from Dunlap High School. Merwin married Florence Belle Thompson on March 26, 1967. Merwin became a father to Florence Belle’s two girls and loved them like his own.

Jan 22, 2019

Zaida Lorene (Swain) Heistand was born on July 1, 1924, to Harry and Frances (Perrin) Swain in Pisgah, Iowa. Lorene attended elementary and junior high school in Pisgah. In 1939 her family moved to Woodbine when her father opened up the Ford Dealership. Lorene graduated from Woodbine High School with the class of 1942. She was the steward for...

Jan 18, 2019

Glenda Sue (McBride) Chatburn was born on January 16, 1941 in Waldron, Missouri to Roy and Arlie (Holsted) McBride. She grew up in Missouri and later moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa. She has lived in the Dunlap area for over 20 years. When she became ill she moved to a nursing home in Denison, Iowa.

She had...

Jan 17, 2019

Patricia Ann (Corwin) Taylor was born August 23, 1946, to Donald and Bertha (Shipman) Corwin, at home, in Woodbine, Iowa with Grandma Shipman and Granny Corwin in attendance. She was baptized at the First Christian Church in Woodbine and became a member.

Pat attended Woodbine schools, graduating in 1964. She graduated from the nursing program at Iowa...

Jan 16, 2019

Mark Allen Bernacchi was born on July 1, 1957, to Raymond and Mary (Schlensig) Bernacchi in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Dunlap, Iowa and moved to Council Bluffs as an adult.

Mark’s fondest memories were growing up in Dunlap. He loved to play baseball, especially with the Black Shirts. He was an awesome second baseman, as...

Jan 15, 2019

Gail Douglas Bridgeford was born on November 25, 1936, to Kenneth and Alvina (Nauroth) Bridgeford. He was raised in Dunlap and graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Dunlap. He then attended Iowa Western Community College and Iowa State University. Gail served 20 active years, collectively, in the United States Army, Air Force and Navy. He then served...

Jan 15, 2019

Harold Alvin Navrude was born on January 23, 1935, to Sigurd and Henrietta (Stoll) Navrude near Soldier, Iowa. He attended country school near Soldier and later near Woodbine. Harold went to live with his aunt in Onawa and attended Onawa High School for one year. Harold then began working as a farmhand. At the age of 13 he went...

Jan 15, 2019

Cody J. Grandmont was born June 6, 1990, to Laura (Schlensig) and Jeff Grandmont in Denison, Iowa. He was raised in Missouri Valley, Iowa and graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 2009. He enjoyed playing football while in school. After Cody’s graduation he worked as a truck driver and also did construction. He was also a heavy equipment...

Jan 9, 2019

Jeff David Higgins was born on June 15th, 1942, in Rockville Center, Long Island, New York. On January 9th, 2019, he died as a hospice resident at Longview Nursing Home in Missouri Valley, Iowa.

Dave is survived by his wife, Cecile, son, Tim, (wife Michele), son, Mike, (wife, Valerie), nephew, Ted, (wife, Candy) and niece, Holly. He...

Jan 4, 2019

Danny (Dan) K. Newland was born on January 11, 1947, in Harlan Iowa to Pat and Barb (Arkfeld) Newland. He grew up in Portsmouth, Iowa the second of seven    siblings. Dan married Marilyn Niedermyer on September 7, 1968. They lived their entire married life in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where they raised their three children. Dan joined the Army National...