Obituaries

Oct 10, 2010

LaVetah LaVonne (Lane) Bertelsen was born August 17, 1929, to Charles and Faye (Carson) Lane in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She was raised in Missouri Valley and attended school with the graduating class of 1947. LaVetah married Virgil Bertelsen on February 27, 1947. The couple farmed outside of Missouri Valley until 1967. After their farm was sold, they continued to...

Oct 8, 2010

Sylvia Ann (Jones) Brown was born May 21, 1944, to Robert and Grace (Kuhn) Jones in Bogalusa, Louisiana. She was raised in the Bogalusa area and attended school there. Sylvia married James Brown on September 27, 1963, in Rockford, Illinois. The couple lived in Rockford for several years and then moved to Mondamin and then in 1972, they moved...

Sep 26, 2010

Judith "Judy" Maydell (Brasel) Trimpe, 66, of Dunlap, Iowa died on Sunday, September 26, 2010, at her home near Dunlap. She was born on March 3, 1944, to Earl R. "Pete" and Thelma B. (Walworth) Brasel in Dow City, Iowa. She grew up in Dow City and moved to Dunlap, Iowa with her family during high school. After high...

Sep 22, 2010

Robert Lyle Donn was born October 21, 1926, at home to Herbert and Edna (Evans) Donn in Woodbine, Iowa. He was raised in the Woodbine area and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1943. Lyle started farming and then he proudly served his country in the United States Navy from 1944 ~ 1946. He was stationed in Gulf Port,...

Sep 21, 2010

The Reverend Arla J. Elston, 81, of Claremont, CA, died April 15, 2010 at Pilgrim Place in Claremont. Reverend Elston was born March 21, 1929, to Floyd and Ethel Harvey Elston in Woodbine, Iowa. Following a public school education in Woodbine she went on to graduate from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and Wayne State College in Wayne,...

Sep 21, 2010

Bonnie Neome (Boone) Summerfield was born May 21, 1916, to Robert and Katherine (Young) Boone in Woodbine, Iowa. She was raised in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School. She then received her teaching certificate from Woodbine Normal School. Bonnie taught country school for eight years. Bonnie married Walter Summerfield on February 24, 1943, in Denison, Iowa. The couple...

Sep 16, 2010

MEMORIALS CAN BE MADE TO PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK AT 306 WEST ERIE IN MISSOURI VALLEY. MEMORIALS WILL BE USED FOR GRACE'S EDUCATION

Jennifer Rebecca (Miller) Crozier was born on November 16, 1973, to Roger and Loretta (Pedersen) Miller in Des Moines, Iowa. She attended school in Dunlap, Logan, and graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 1992....

Sep 16, 2010

Evelyn Pearl (Heistand) Avis was born November 23, 1917, near Moorhead, Iowa to George and Louise (Lovell) Heistand. She was raised near Moorhead and attended Lovell Country School and Moorhead High School. She worked for her parents and hired out to area families including the Garvin family. On November 11, 1936, Evelyn married Lewis B. Avis in Dunlap, Iowa....

Sep 15, 2010

Daniel Dean Nelson, Dan to his friends, Danny to his family, was born November 2, 1950, the first of five children born to Gailard and Margie (Beckman) Nelson. Born in Harlan, raised on a farm outside Harlan, Dan graduated from HCHS in 1969. His reservation in heaven was secured on February 2, 1970, when he accepted Jesus as his...

Sep 15, 2010

Agnes Evelyn (Plath) Haubold was born December 27, 1919, to Carl and Frieda (Herman) Plath six miles north of Magnolia on the Plath homestead. Agnes attended Windy Ridge Country School through the 8th grade. After her parents died, she lived with Ernest and Margaret Herman. Agnes married William Haubold on June 15, 1940, in Magnolia, Iowa. The couple farmed...

Sep 14, 2010

Melody Rose (DuClos) Watkins was born January 3, 1968, to Don DuClos and Phyllis (Nack) DuClos in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was raised in the Council Bluffs area and then she moved with her family to Woodbine, Iowa. Melody graduated from Woodbine High School in 1984. Melody married Jeff Watkins and the couple was blessed with two children, Cody...

Sep 11, 2010

MEMORIALS CAN BE MADE TO THE FAMILY

VISITATION Tuesday at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Omaha 5~8 pm with a scripture service at 7 pm The church is located at 60th & Dodge

Wednesday at Fouts Funeral Home in Woodbine from 5~8 pm

Rebecca Josephine (Pryor) Hines was born August 29, 1957,...

Sep 9, 2010

Roy Vernon Runyan was born on December 8, 1919, to Jay and Frankie (Thackler) Runyan in Pisgah Iowa. He was raised in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. He attended Allen Creek Country School in Iowa. Roy was drafted into the US Army during WWII and served in the 101st Airborne. Roy married Hildagard Martha Melches in Germany. After his honorable...

Sep 8, 2010

Eileen Frances (Herman) Schraeder was born September 30, 1922, to Ernest and Margaret (Plath) Herman in Magnolia, Iowa. She was raised in Magnolia and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1940. She then attended Boyle's College in Council Bluffs, Iowa for two years. Eileen worked at the First Peoples Bank in Omaha and continued her education at the University...

Sep 5, 2010

Alvina Ann Nauroth was born December 7, 1913, in Earling, Iowa to William and Theresa (Feser) Nauroth. She first lived in the Earling area then Colorado. When Alvina was seven the family moved back to Dunlap. Alvina graduated from St. Joseph Catholic High School in Dunlap in 1931. Alvina married Kenneth Bridgeford of Woodbine, Iowa on July 25, 1933,...

Sep 2, 2010

Norma Jean Heistand was born September 2, 1944, to Lawrence and Rose (Probasco) Heistand, at her grand-parents' farm. She was raised in the Woodbine area and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1962. She then enrolled at the University of Iowa and graduated from there in 1967 with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing. From 1968 to 1970 she...

Sep 2, 2010

THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION

Harold Bonsall was born as Harold Leverne Lindquist on August 12, 1917, in Boone, Iowa to Lena and Ernest Lindquist. His father was killed when he was a baby and later his mother married Joe Bonsall. Harold had his name changed to Bonsall when he entered the service in January of 1940....

Aug 30, 2010

Velma Joan (Wickersham) Perkins was born on May 7, 1929, to Ralph and Harriet (Harger) Wickersham in Bloomington, Nebraska. The family moved to the Turin, Iowa area where Velma attended Arcola Rural School and then graduated from Castana High School in 1947. Velma married Edward Perkins on September 10, 1948, in Onawa, Iowa. The couple farmed west of Woodbine....

Aug 21, 2010

Wilda Joy (Oviatt) Mether was born August 14, 1913, to Leon and Jennie (Crom) Oviatt in Logan, Iowa. She was raised in Harrison County and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1932. Joy married Erwin Mether on September 15, 1932, at her parents' home in Magnolia. The couple started farming in the Dutch 4-Corners area and Joy lived there...

Aug 18, 2010

Lucile Mae (Seabury) Miller was born August 3, 1915, to Fred and Anna (Hull) Seabury in Logan, Iowa. When Lucile was 2 � years old, her mother died. When Lucile was 5 years old her father married Minnie Divelbess. Lucile was raised in Pisgah and she graduated from Pisgah High School in 1933. She then attended Iowa State Teachers...