Obituaries
Ellie Murphy
Sep 24, 2017
Ellie Ruth (Arthur) Murphy was born May 19, 1934, to Ambrose and Ida Mae (Jarrett) Arthur in Flintstone, Georgia. Ellie's parents died before she was 11 years old so her brother, Charlie, raised her. Charlie served over 30 years in the U.S. Army. While they were stationed in Fort Mammoth, New Jersey, Ellie met Gene Murphy. One week after...
John Kahre
Sep 19, 2017
John Dean Kahre was born December 27, 1941, to John and Annabelle (Boyd) Kahre in Council Bluffs, Iowa. John was raised in Logan, Iowa and graduated from Logan High School in 1959. John proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy from January 15, 1960 to January 14, 1964. After his honorable discharge, John returned to Logan and went...
Ed Handke
Sep 18, 2017
Edward Walter Handke was born March 30, 1935, to Walter and Martha (Roggatz) Handke in Dunlap, Iowa. Ed attended school in the Dunlap area. He enjoyed his career of farming in the Dunlap and Ute, Iowa areas. When Ed wasn't farming, he enjoyed tractors, friends, country music, and dancing. Ed married Joyce Jambrosic on January 20, 1991, in Missouri....
Eula Blankenship
Sep 16, 2017
Eula Vendetta (Adamson) Blankenship was born January 8, 1914, near Panama, Iowa to William G. and Eva Rae (Smith) Adamson. The family moved closer to Woodbine and she attended Douglas Hill, Sunny Glenn, Meadowbrook and Pleasant Valley Schools before entering Woodbine High School and graduating in 1931. Eula stayed at home following graduation to help her mother with the...
Ruth Casperson
Sep 11, 2017
Ruth Ann (Kirk) Casperson was born March 21, 1923, to Carol and Hazel (Judd) Kirk in Dow City, Iowa. She attended school in Omaha, Nebraska until the age of seven. The family then returned to the family farm west of Dunlap, Iowa. Ruth Ann then attended school in Dunlap and graduated with honors in 1941. She was in the...
Suzuko Thomas
Sep 11, 2017
Suzuko "Suzie" (Matvso) Thomas was born January 10, 1933, to Toshiro and Yoshi (Nakavro) Matvso in Nagasaki City, Japan. She was raised in Nagasaki City and attended public school until she was 15 and later attended night school for three years. Suzie worked for the local post office when she meet Russell Thomas and later married him in December...
Dwaine Hack
Aug 30, 2017
Earl Dwaine Hack was born May 17, 1926, to Perry and Juliette (Baldwin) Hack in Dunlap, Iowa. Dwaine attended Kellogg Country School for eight years and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1943. Dwaine worked for Ryde and Company and the Karl Worrell Movie Theater. In July of 1945 he started working as a bookkeeper at the Dunlap Savings...
Murlyn Ronk
Aug 20, 2017
Murlyn Sylvester Ronk was born on November 30, 1916, to Glen and Adella (Pokett) Ronk near Hartington, Nebraska. The family moved to Woodbine in 1920 and then to Dunlap in 1928. Murlyn remained in the Dunlap area his entire life. Murlyn married Lillian Probasco on June 3, 1941. They began their married life on a rented farm east of...
Eula Roberts
Aug 15, 2017
Eula Jeane (Rannells) Roberts was born April 8, 1927, to James Arthur and Leeta F. (Calhoon) Rannells near Dunlap, Iowa. She was raised near Dunlap and graduated from Dunlap High School. After graduation Eula Jeane worked at the Martin Bomber Plant in Omaha, Nebraska. On January 21, 1949, Eula Jeane married Frank Roberts at the Methodist parsonage in Dunlap....
Wally Brummer
Aug 4, 2017
Walter Edward Brummer lived his life with faith, hard work, compassion, love of family, and good times. His midwife grandmother, Magdalina (Schaben) Feser delivered Wally into this world at her home in Defiance, Iowa on February 9, 1947, to Edward & Mary (Feser) Brummer. Wally grew up on a farm in rural Dow City, Iowa. He excelled in sports and...
Jim Boustead
Aug 4, 2017
James Kenneth Boustead was born August 22, 1930, to Harry H. and Banie Marie (O'Banion) Boustead in Woodbine, Iowa. He attended country school and Woodbine High School graduating in 1948. Jim began working at the Harrison County REC trimming trees. He enlisted in the US Army and after a physical, he was not accepted. He took care of his...
Bump Assmann
Jul 30, 2017
Bernard "Bump" Leonard Assmann was born March 24, 1934, in Dunlap, Iowa to Joseph and Deloris (Egan) Assmann. He was raised in the Dunlap area and attended St. Joseph Catholic School graduating in 1952. Bump worked for Union Pacific Railroad for three years. Bump proudly served his country in the United States Army. While in the service, Bump married...
Quentin Heistand
Jul 28, 2017
Quentin David Heistand was born February 11, 1975, to David and Beth (Bremser) Heistand in Denison, Iowa. He was raised near Dow City and Dunlap and graduated from Boyer Valley High School in 1993. He enjoyed Little League Baseball and High School Golf. Quentin attended Iowa State University in Ames and Western Iowa Technical in Sioux City. He studied...
Alice Landon
Jul 16, 2017
Alice Martha (Girton) Landon was born September 17, 1931, to Dean and Martha (Freymuller) Girton near Magnolia, Iowa. She attended Magnolia School and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1949. She went onto the Iowa State Teachers' College in Cedar Falls to receive her teaching degree. She taught in country schools near Honey Creek and Pisgah. Alice married Richard...
Bertha Corwin
Jul 13, 2017
Bertha Lucille (Shipman) Corwin was born March 13, 1923, to Guy and Louvenia (Rogers) Shipman in Woodbine, Iowa. She attended country school and Woodbine High School; graduating in 1941. After her graduation, Bertha enlisted in the armed forces and was stationed at Fort Kearney, Nebraska working on B17 bomber instrument panels. She enjoyed her time in the service and...
Gary Gorham
Jul 11, 2017
Gary Edward Gorham was born June 27, 1944, to Kenneth and Lucille (Knutson) Gorham near Dunlap, Iowa. He was raised near Dunlap and attended Clover Country School and Dunlap High School graduating in 1962. He then attended the University of Denver for two years and studied accounting. On October 17, 1964, Gary married Audrey Kline at St. John Lutheran...
Jerrold Foutch
Jul 4, 2017
Jerrold Wayne Foutch was born December 24, 1937, to Wayne and Lois (Wharton) Foutch in Dunlap, Iowa. He was baptized in the Methodist Church, attended school at the Old Douglas Hill School east of Woodbine and then Woodbine High School graduating in 1955. Jerry attended Iowa State University and graduated in 1959 with a degree in Vocational Education and...
Howard Johnson
Jun 30, 2017
Howard George Johnson was born July 10, 1918, to William and Sophia (Jensen) Johnson in Weston, Iowa. Over the years Howard worked in farming, bulldozing, manufacturing, and tire refurbishing. He will be remembered for his singing, poetry, sense of humor and love of Jesus Christ. Howard met Phyllis Plath through singing, and he made her his wife on June...
Leo Hull
Jun 29, 2017
Leo Arnold Hull was born February 15, 1978, to Ronald and Suzan (Ludwig) Hull in Onawa, Iowa. He was raised near Moorhead and graduated from East Monona High School in 1996. Leo attended Iowa Western Community College and received his degree in diesel mechanics. He worked as a mechanic for Cummins and International in Omaha. In 2007 he started...
Gerald Petersen
Jun 26, 2017
Gerald "Jerry" Charles Petersen, 84, of Boulder, Colorado died on Monday, June 26, 2017, at his home. Jerry was born March 25, 1933, to Lloyd and Lucille (Ferrell) Petersen in Logan, Iowa. Jerry attended several schools in Colorado and Iowa and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1951 as the salutatorian of his class. On July 1, 1951, Gerald...
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