Obituaries
Helen Monahan
Dec 30, 2015
Helen Marie (Miller) Monahan was born March 4, 1920, to Frank and Mary (Jurgensmier) Miller in Harlan, Iowa. She was raised in Shelby County and attended country school. Helen helped out at home and then worked for area families. She met her future husband, John J. Monahan, at a dance. The couple married on September 22, 1942, at St....
Carol Kelley
Dec 25, 2015
Carol Ann (Jacobsen) Livengood Kelley was born April 21, 1948, to Raymond and Doris (Young) Jacobsen in Logan, Iowa. She was raised in Logan and graduated from Logan High School in 1966. Carol was her dad's "right hand man." After high school Carol worked at Offutt as a personal assistant to the colonel in charge of the airman's assignments....
Lori Siebels
Dec 24, 2015
Lori Jean Siebels was born February 7, 1961, to Royce and Marjorie (Thomas) Siebels in Storm Lake, Iowa. She graduated from Storm Lake High School in 1979. Following her high school graduation she moved to Des Moines, Iowa. She worked for Northwestern Bell and Principal Financial Group for many years. Lori loved music, her dog Sofia, and was a loyal...
Michael Sneed
Dec 23, 2015
Michael Lewis Sneed was born September 15, 1957, to Jerry and Lois (Cornell) Sneed in Albany, Oregon. He was raised in Oregon. Michael held many jobs. In Albany, Oregon he worked at a frozen foods company. He worked at See's Masonry in California. On July 25, 1980, Michael married Sherry Belcastro in Albany, Oregon. The couple moved to Woodbine,...
Peggy Hardy
Dec 15, 2015
Peggy Joe (Pauley) Hardy was born September 14, 1955, to Merle and Carmelita (Lustgraff) Pauley in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was raised in Missouri Valley. Peggy married Larry Hardy on June 21, 1975, in Missouri Valley. The couple lived in Woodbine. Peggy worked at Rose Vista Nursing Home as the head cook. She also worked at Foodland, Energique and...
Florence Francis
Dec 14, 2015
Florence Irene (Roberts) Francis was born August 25, 1920, to Marion and Lizzie (Mustard) Roberts, the oldest of six children, in Davis County, Iowa. She lived her early life in the Bloomfield, Iowa area where she graduated from Troy High School and later Bloomfield Junior College with a teaching certificate. It was during her college days that she met...
Joan Johnson
Dec 8, 2015
Joan "Carolyn" (Rees) Johnson, 86 years old, was born May 20, 1929, on a farm near Dunlap, Iowa, where she spent her childhood and attended a one room school house. When her father was killed in an auto accident, her mother moved her and her sister to Woodbine, Iowa, where she was very active in her high school. She...
Cleadus Wakehouse
Dec 7, 2015
Cleadus Arlene (Peterson) Wakehouse was born January 12, 1926, to Dave and Cora (Towne) Peterson in Pisgah, Iowa. Cleadus attended country school north of Woodbine and then went to school in Pisgah through the 8th grade. Cleadus worked at the hospital in Onawa, Iowa. On November 20, 1943, Cleadus married John Wakehouse. The couple farmed near Pisgah until 1987...
Betty White
Nov 23, 2015
Betty Ann (Rock) White was born January 24, 1926, in Woodbine, Iowa to Daniel Joseph and Thelma (Donnelson) Rock. Betty graduated from Woodbine High School in 1944 and then taught country school for six years. She went to California to visit for the summer and decided to stay in California. Betty met her future husband in California, Charles "Whitey"...
Richard Tiffey
Nov 18, 2015
Richard "Dick" Eugene Tiffey, Sr. was born on June 4, 1931 near Woodbine, Iowa to parents John and Huldah (Tensmeyer) Tiffey. Dick grew up in Missouri Valley and attended school there. Due to his father's poor health, Dick went to work at an early age to help support his parents and siblings. Dick served in the U.S. Army during...
Alvin Blankenship
Nov 16, 2015
Alvin Leroy Blankenship was born on March 15, 1914, north of Logan, Iowa to Frank and Dora Anna (Plath) Blankenship. He attended country school and then started farming with his parents. Alvin attended a dance in Woodbine where he met Eula Adamson. The two were married on June 12, 1935, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Magnolia, Iowa. The...
Thelma Subramanian
Nov 14, 2015
Rev. Thelma Colorado Subramanian was born December 7, 1950 to Rev. Isaac N. Colorado and Marcelina M. Colorado in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. She graduated from Quirino High School in 1968, Union Theological Seminary with a Bachelor of Theology in 1975, Philippine Christian University with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work in 1977, and Perkins School of Theology, Southern...
Bill Martin
Nov 10, 2015
William Levi Martin was born January 17, 1925, in Pisgah, Iowa, to Edward and Maria (Butts) Martin. Bill was raised in Pisgah and attended Pisgah High School. Bill married his high school sweetheart, Bonnie Nuzum, on June 17, 1944. They farmed in the Pisgah area for a number of years and Bill was also a carpenter. The couple moved...
Burlette Lyman
Nov 8, 2015
Burlette Minnie (Leytham) Lyman was born July 16, 1925, to Harry and Winnie (Burch) Leytham near Dunlap, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1943. Burlette taught country school for a short time. On October 9, 1943, Burlette married Raymond Lyman in Logan, Iowa. The couple farmed the Lyman family farm south of Dunlap,...
Gary Cox
Nov 5, 2015
Gary LeRoy Cox, 79, of Dunlap, Iowa died on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at the Burgess Medical Center in Onawa, Iowa. Gary was born on June 17, 1936, in Pisgah, Iowa to Dewey and Bertha (Benson) Cox. He grew up in the Pisgah and Moorhead areas and attended country school. He then began farming with his father. Gary proudly...
Iona Haight-Gabel
Nov 4, 2015
Iona Fern (Ganzhorn) Haight-Gabel was born on February 1, 1921, to Elmer and Matie (Kucks) Ganzhorn in Pisgah, Iowa. She was raised west of Woodbine, attended country school, and she graduated from Woodbine High School. Iona taught country school until she married Harold "Bud" Haight. The couple lived in Fairbury, Nebraska for a short time and then Texas. After...
Mary O'Rourke
Oct 20, 2015
Mary Catherine (Kenealy) O'Rourke was born September 30, 1927, to Jerome and Florence (Schierbrock) Kenealy in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was raised in Council Bluffs. When Mary was in the 8th grade, her mother died. She then had to help her father with her brothers. Mary graduated from St. Francis Catholic School in Council Bluffs, and then attended Commercial...
Marilynn Schmitt
Oct 19, 2015
Marilynn Donelle Schmitt was born on September 30, 1958, to Harold and Margaret (Rogers) Schmitt in Denison, Iowa. She was raised on a farm south of Dow City and graduated from Dow City High School in 1977. Marilynn graduated from Creighton University with a degree in mathematics and physics. She worked at the Crawford County Hospital, on the farm,...
Vivian Moore
Oct 15, 2015
Vivian Narcissa (Becker) Moore was born on December 10, 1920, near Bagley, Iowa to Franklin Jacob and Margaret Dawson (Muir) Becker. She attended school in Bagley, Iowa graduating as the Valedictorian in 1938. In October of 1941, Vivian married Col. Rex E. Zepp in Ames, Iowa. Rex was killed in an airplane accident at Minot South Dakota Air Force...
Beulah Michel
Oct 12, 2015
Beulah Irene (Siler) Michel was born on February 25, 1922, to Orley and Mamie (Selleck) Siler in Woodbine, Iowa. She was raised in Woodbine and attended Woodbine Public School. Beulah married Bud Michel on April 28, 1942, at a Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska. The couple lived their entire lives in Woodbine. Beulah was baptized in the Christian Church....
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