Obituaries
Mindy Pape
May 29, 2015
Mindy Allison Pape was born on June 23, 1979, in Omaha, Nebraska to Marilyn Pape. She grew up in Dunlap and graduated from the Boyer Valley School in 1998. She was very active with the Girl Scouts. Mindy has worked at Casey's in Denison and the Dollar Store in Ida Grove. She was a stay at home mother; she...
Debbie Petersen
May 28, 2015
Debra Dianne (McCord) Petersen was born December 2, 1957, to Harold R. and Elaine (Dai) McCord in Denison, Iowa. She grew up in Dunlap and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1976. On June 11, 1982, she married Ronald Jurgen Petersen in Lake View, Iowa. The couple moved to Kiron, Iowa. In 1989 they moved to Austin, Texas and...
Bette Leonard
May 19, 2015
Bette Jane (Bonsall) Leonard was born August 8, 1930, to Joseph and Hilda Karolina (Backlund) Bonsall in Indianola, Iowa. The family moved many times in Bette's younger years before settling in Dunlap, Iowa. Bette started her schooling in Dunlap, and then the family moved to Logan and Bette graduated from the Logan High School in 1948. Bette taught country...
Jack Lowrey
May 19, 2015
John "Jack" Barney Lowrey was born February 21, 1945, to John and Rosina (Jones) Lowrey in Woodbine, Iowa. He was raised near Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1963. John married Lynellen Dahm and the couple was blessed with three children. Jack has farmed his entire life. In 1974 there was a trailer fire that claimed the...
Alan Frazier
May 15, 2015
Alan Jerome Frazier was born October 16, 1956, to Clarence and Eileen (Keuter) Frazier in Dunlap, Iowa. Alan attended school in Dunlap. He proudly served his country in the United States Army for 23 years. Alan married Kerry Grosz on February 14, 1976. In 1984 Alan married Edna "Edie" Malcom at Dick Wood's Barber Shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa....
Mike Murphy
May 12, 2015
Michael Patrick Murphy was born June 4, 1954, the second child of Eugene B. and Ellie R. (Arthur) Murphy in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mike graduated Ralston High School in Ralston, Nebraska in 1972. He then proudly served his country in the Marines for four years and the Iowa National Guard for nine years. On April 15, 1978, Mike married...
Louise Thomas
May 7, 2015
Louise Helen (Hunt) Thomas was born April 9, 1927, to Clarence and Louisa "Lula" (Chamberlain) Hunt near Mondamin, Iowa. She was raised near Mondamin and graduated from the Mondamin High School in 1944. After her graduation she worked as a telephone operator. Louise married Lloyd Thomas on March 17, 1949, at the Christian Church in Logan, Iowa. The couple...
Ardis Moore
May 3, 2015
Ardis Jayne Moore was born September 6, 1938, to Lewis and Aleta (Jensen) Moore in Onawa, Iowa. She was raised in Moorhead, Iowa and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1955. Ardis married Warren Moore, December 15, 1955, and they later divorced. They lived in Moorhead Iowa until 1960, when they moved to Ames Iowa, where she attended Iowa...
Virginia Wright
Apr 27, 2015
Virginia Mae (Heiberg) Wright was born June 30, 1926, to Hans and Tressa (Shaw) Heiberg in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was raised in the Crescent, Iowa area and attended school there. On May 2, 1943, Virginia married Orville Wright in Papillion, Nebraska. The couple lived on a farm near Pisgah. They later bought their present farm northeast of Woodbine....
Rachel Mohn
Apr 27, 2015
Rachel Alice (Stolley) Mohn was born on August 8, 1917, to Harry Hans and Alice Jane (Cox) Stolley in Allen Township, near Pisgah, Iowa. Rachel went to country school in Allen Township and high school in Pisgah. Rachel married Walter Mohn in 1941. To this union two sons were born, Solomon and Charles. When Walter returned from WWII, the...
Brayden Shumate
Apr 17, 2015
Brayden Lance Shumate was born June 30, 2001, to Ella Fremont and Jason Shumate in Denison, Iowa. He was raised in Dunlap and was a 7th grade student at the Boyer Valley Community School. Brayden lived on the farm and enjoyed all the work associated with the farm. Brayden fought cancer for nearly three years. In this battle he...
Neal Gorham
Apr 16, 2015
Neal Ralph Gorham was born January 26, 1944, to Ralph Harold and Elizabeth Jane "Betty" (Oldham) Gorham in Onawa, Iowa. He was raised on the family farm near Soldier and graduated from Soldier High School. Neal married LaQueta Knoff Olson at Bethesda Lutheran Church on October 18, 1980. Neal and his brother, David, owned and operated Gorham Brother's Trucking...
Helen Moores
Apr 15, 2015
Helen Faye Moores was born on February 15, 1925, to Harry H. and Minnie (Knauss) Poe in Woodbine, Iowa. Helen grew up in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1942. She then taught country school for a few years. On August 11, 1952, Helen married Wilbur Moores in Omaha, Nebraska. The couple lived in Schleswig for seven...
Margaret Cotton
Apr 7, 2015
Margaret Ann (Ulbrick) Cotton was born December 27, 1931 to Raymond and Alice (O'Neal) Ulbrick on a farm south of Nebraska City, Nebraska. She attended Indian Hill Elementary and T.J. Majors Training school in Peru, Nebraska, where her mother was an elementary teacher and later an elementary supervisor. Early on Margaret showed an immense musical talent as well as...
Harold Town
Apr 3, 2015
Harold Raymond Town was born July 11, 1928, in rural Custer County, Nebraska at the foot of the Sand Hills to Roy and Lula (Owen) Town. He was raised in Nebraska and attended country school. On August 8, 1954 Harold married Lynnette Williamson. Harold farmed, worked at John Deere, was a Teamsters member and a transportation business owner. Harold...
Duane Berry
Apr 2, 2015
Duane Edwin Berry was born April 5, 1923, to Carl and Agnes (Zessin) Berry in Calloway, Nebraska. Duane was born in a sod house and lived there for the first few years of his life. He attended school in Calloway and graduated from high school in 1940. On February 23, 1941, Duane entered into the United States Navy and...
Bart Rule
Apr 2, 2015
Barton Dean Rule was born on July 16, 1947, in Denison, Iowa to Gilbert and Clarice (Wagner) Rule. He grew up on the family farm near Dunlap and graduated from St. Joseph Catholic High School in 1966. Bart attended St. Benedicts College in Atchison, Kansas and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history in 1970. He then joined...
Shirley Krajicek
Mar 29, 2015
Shirley Ellen (Schaefer) Krajicek was born June 13, 1941, to Cletus and Elizabeth (Feuerbach) Schaefer in Dunlap, Iowa. She was raised in Dunlap, attended country school and graduated from Dunlap High School. She worked at Mutual of Omaha following her high school graduation. Shirley married Raymond Krajicek on August 6, 1960, in Omaha, Nebraska, and the couple lived in...
Arlene Dirks
Mar 16, 2015
Arlene May Dirks was born January 18, 1924 to Anton and Suzie May (Luke) Hansen in Avon, South Dakota. She was raised near Avon. Arlene lived in Sioux City where she worked for Windcharger during WWII. On December 19, 1945, Arlene married Herbert Dirks in Sioux City, Iowa. The couple settled near Peever, South Dakota and began farming. They...
Alice Sall
Mar 14, 2015
Alice Marie (Hatcher) Sall was born on January 3, 1925, to William and Effie (Nuzum) Hatcher in Post, Texas. She was raised between Missouri Valley and Logan by the golf course. She attended country school. On June 18, 1944, Alice married Dick Sall. After Dick's honorable discharge from the Army the couple returned to Harrison County and started farming...
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