Obituaries
John Zimmer
Nov 5, 2013
John Gerald "Bud" Zimmer, Jr. was born on July 3, 1928 in Buck Grove, Iowa to John and Ida (Wilke) Zimmer, Sr. Bud was raised on the family farm north of Earling. Bud attended country school and St. Joseph Catholic School graduating in 1945. He enlisted in the US Army on February 19, 1951. He was honorably discharged on...
Clifford Brewster
Nov 3, 2013
Clifford Eugene Brewster was born on March 28, 1929, to Clifford Udell and Iva Gladys (Jackson) Brewster in Woodbine, Iowa. He was raised in Woodbine and attended country school. Clifford proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was honorably discharged in 1953 after two years of service. On July 19, 1953, Clifford married...
Jean Barry
Oct 30, 2013
Norma Jean (McHenry) Barry was born April 1, 1935, to Riley and Alice (Axtel) McHenry in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Jean attended country school and then graduated from Woodbine High School in 1953. She worked at the Pix Theater when she was in 7th and 8th grade and at the Bolt Café for Bill Bolt while she was in high...
Sandi Mahlberg
Oct 24, 2013
Sandra Kay (Frazier) Mahlberg was born March 4, 1954, to Robert and Adabelle (Schwartz) Frazier in Omaha, Nebraska. She was raised in Dunlap and attended the public school. Sandi worked at various places in Dunlap and helped families with babysitting. She also worked at Larson's Café, Jo-Mart Steakhouse and the Dunlap Nursing & Rehab Center. On April 22, 1972,...
Leslie Olson
Oct 21, 2013
Leslie Dean Olson was born on September 1, 1950, to John and Margaret (Wiepert) Olson in Logan, Iowa. He was raised in Logan and graduated from Logan High School in 1969. Les proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War from 1969 ~ 1973. Les married Jackie Price on October 27, 1972, at the United...
Judy Smith
Oct 18, 2013
Judith "Judy" Louise (Howard) Smith was born December 17, 1939, on a very snowy day in Monona County (Jordan Township) to Cora Edith Ulven and Earl Howard. She attended Spring Valley rural school and then Moorhead Public School. Her family moved to Dunlap in April of 1951 and she graduated from DHS in 1958. After graduation she worked in...
Joan Ullrich
Oct 18, 2013
Barbara Joan Ullrich was born September 6, 1936, to John Henry and Clara Jane (Mefferd) Lewis near Dunlap, Iowa. At a young age, Joan and her family moved to Magnolia. She was raised on the family farm near Magnolia and graduated from Magnolia High School. She then started to work at the Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha, Nebraska. On...
Betty Hansen
Oct 16, 2013
Betty Marie Hansen was born on October 9, 1936, in Harrison County to George and Thelma (Gibson) Barrier. Betty was a homemaker until her children were in junior high. She held many jobs including a convenience store clerk, waitress and manager at the Town Inn Motel in Woodbine. She also was a cook at the Harrison County Jail and...
Virginia Cave
Sep 17, 2013
Virginia Mae (Harmon) Cave was born May 23, 1921, near Pisgah, Iowa to George Emmett and Minnie Etta (Outhouse) Harmon. She attended country school east of Moorhead, grade school in Moorhead and then graduated from Pisgah High School in 1939. Virginia married Leroy Cave November 26, 1939, at Virginia's parents' home in Pisgah. The couple lived in the Pisgah...
Don Anderson
Sep 17, 2013
Don "Soup" Eugene Anderson was born October 24, 1928, to Andrew and Ruby (Keairnes) Anderson in Dow City, Iowa. He was raised in Dow City and attended school there. On October 16, 1949, Don married Lois Winsor. The couple was blessed with eight children. In 1968, Don married Viola Presley. Viola died in 2005. Soup worked as a truck...
Barbara Cox
Sep 15, 2013
Barbara Ellen (Davis) Cox was born February 5, 1916, to Roy and Hazel (Tupper) Davis in Persia, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm near Persia and attended country school. She was graduated from Logan High School in 1933. Barbara attended one additional year of schooling for business. Barbara married Howard Kermitt Cox on December 1, 1940. The...
Doratt Baker
Sep 12, 2013
Doratt Louise (Vandivort) Baker was born August 15, 1942, in Moorhead, Iowa to George and Hilda (Peterson) Vandivort. She was raised in Moorhead and moved to Dunlap when she was in 8th grade. She then graduated from Dunlap High School. On August 24, 1963, Doratt married Paul "Cuz" Baker at the United Methodist Church in Dunlap. The couple lived...
Dorothy Conyers
Sep 9, 2013
Dorothy Lucille (Smith) Conyers was born October 20, 1919, to Hubert and Sara Jane (Shumate) Smith in Dunlap, Iowa. She was raised in the Dunlap area and attended country school. She then moved into town with her much beloved grandmother so she could attend Dunlap High School. Dorothy married Leonard Carrier Conyers on November 13, 1938. The couple lived...
Richard Monahan
Sep 7, 2013
Richard Francis "Spike" Monahan was born on March 9, 1951, in Harlan, Iowa to John Joseph and Helen (Miller) Monahan. Richard attended country school near Woodbine, then Woodbine Public School and the Logan Public Schools. Richard then did odd jobs in the Woodbine area including: working with Rex Rains at Rex's Meat Market and at Charlie Benjamin's locker. Richard...
Wayne Robertson
Aug 27, 2013
Wayne Edwin Robertson was born on February 17, 1947, to Edwin John and Marian Pearl (Clark) Robertson in Dunlap, Iowa. Wayne was raised on the farm and attended country school for a few years. He then attended Dunlap Community School and graduated in 1965. While in high school, he thoroughly enjoyed sports and was the student manager for the...
Helen Craft
Aug 21, 2013
Helen Margaret Craft was born October 18, 1927, to Guy and Hazel (Thoreson) Heistand near Pisgah, Iowa. She was raised in the Pisgah, Dunlap, and Woodbine areas. Helen graduated from Woodbine High School with a Normal Training Teaching Certificate in 1945. She taught country school near Dunlap after graduation. Helen married Howard "Bud" Craft on May 19, 1946 at...
Danny Schmidt
Aug 16, 2013
Daniel Adam Schmidt was born May 4, 1983, to Gary and Jeannie (Bray) Schmidt in Sioux City, Iowa. Danny grew up in Sloan, Iowa and Wayne, Nebraska. He attended Wayne High School and then moved to Sloan and graduated from Westwood High School in 2001. Danny then attended Western Iowa Tech Community College for two years to study graphic...
Jim Schaben
Aug 3, 2013
"Tell it like it is"…………... James Frank Schaben was born May 10, 1926, to Jacob and Blanche (Von Tersh) Schaben in Earling, Iowa. Jim's father passed away in 1934, and he was raised by his mother and aunt and uncle, Sue and Joe Hermrick. Jim graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1943. During WWII Jim entered the United...
Tom Harris
Aug 2, 2013
Thomas Delbert Harris was born December 14, 1955, to Maynard and Joyce (Loomis) Harris in Onawa, Iowa. Tom grew up east of Moorhead and graduated from East Monona High School in 1974. Tom married Deb Hull on June 14, 1974. To this union three children were born, Rick, infant daughter that died at birth and Casey. They made their...
Bette Harris
Jul 10, 2013
Bette Jean (Anderson) Harris was born on December 3, 1930, to Lars and Florence (Clemon) Anderson in Ute, Iowa. She lived with her family on a farm near Ute until she was six years old. The family then moved to Dunlap and lived there until 1947 when they moved to Woodbine. Bette graduated from Woodbine High School in 1948. She began...
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