Obituaries

Kenneth Kuhlman
Feb 3, 2007
Kenneth Alfred Kuhlman was born September 2, 1926, to Alfred Herman and Mary Ann (Bonar) Kuhlman in Dunlap, Iowa. Kenneth attended Dow City School, and worked as a farm hand for Dale Barry. Kenneth served in the U.S. Army February 1952 ~ November 1953. Kenneth married Charlotte Browning Androy August 10, 1957. The couple lived in Denver, Colorado until...

Phyllis Peterson
Jan 26, 2007
Phyllis M. (Hildreth) Peterson was born December 29, 1924, to Charles and Nina (Crews) Hildreth in Pisgah, Iowa. She graduated from Pisgah High School in 1942. She then taught country school at the Delance school near Moorhead, Iowa. She later took summer teachers training through Buena Vista College. Phyllis married Harry M. Peterson on August 29, 1946, in Papillion,...

Florence Miller-Dorland
Jan 24, 2007
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Florence Eula Miller-Dorland was born August 11, 1913, to Henry and Grace (Goule) Brockelsby in Vail, Iowa. Upon her high school graduation she went on to nurses training. Florence married Leslie H. Miller on February 23, 1932. The family lived in the Denison and Vail area...

Edward Pryor
Jan 22, 2007
Edward Lyle "Pincher" Pryor was born August 17, 1916, to Harry and Irene (Cruise) Pryor in Dunlap, Iowa. He attended country school and Dunlap High School. Lyle and his brother, Lloyd, would travel to Nebraska to bale hay for farmers. Lyle attended aircraft school in Omaha. He then went to Seattle, Washington and worked at Boeing. In 1942, Lyle...

Merrell Lantz
Jan 22, 2007
Merrell Dean Lantz was born on October 24th, 1943, unto Harley and Ella (Hudson) Lantz of Dunlap, Iowa. His name Merrell came from his mother's idea by merging merry Ella. Merrell attended county school in Dunlap until the death of his father Harley, when he was just 12 years old. He then lived with his older sister Thelma in...

Maymie Shumate
Jan 19, 2007
Maymie Amelia (Kline) Shumate was born April 27, 1919, to Enos and Ida (Brundridge) Kline in Dunlap, Iowa. She attended country school and Dunlap High School. Maymie met Walter Shumate on Memorial Day of 1934 while attending the cemetery services. The couple was married on October 17, 1934, in Woodbine, Iowa. They farmed west of Dunlap until 1944, and...

Charles Hein
Jan 14, 2007
Charles Richard Hein was born June 21, 1922, to Charles and Eva (Baker) Hein in Dunlap, Iowa. Charles grew up in Dunlap and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1939. Charles enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and was stationed in Hawaii. After his honorable discharge in 1946, Charles moved back to Dunlap to help on the family farm,...

Lelia Egan
Jan 4, 2007
Lelia "Lee" Bertha (Farley) Egan was born on March 18, 1914, in Manilla, Iowa to Carlisle Thomas and Bertha Jane (Driggins) Farley. The family moved to the Dunlap area when Lee was a young child. She attended country school and Dunlap High School. She helped out at her folks' farm. She became quite handy with wallpapering, painting and other...

Vera Smith
Dec 29, 2006
Vera "Blanche" (Kline) Smith was born February 27, 1913, to Enos and Ida (Brundidge) Kline in Dunlap, Iowa. Vera was raised in the Dunlap area and attended Dunlap High School. On September 2, 1930, she married Charles E. Smith. Charles was a hired hand for several area farmers. The couple lived with Charles' family and on other farmsteads in...

Marcella Malone
Dec 26, 2006
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Marcella M. (Schiltz) Malone, 83 died on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at the Rose Vista Nursing Home in Woodbine, Iowa. Marcella was born on July 31, 1923 to Lawrence and Anna (Ebert) Schlitz in Arion, Iowa. She attended school in Earling, Iowa and a country school near Panama, Iowa. She then helped...

Joseph Blume
Dec 25, 2006
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Joseph G. Blume, 81, of Dunlap, Iowa died on Monday December 25, 2006 at the Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center. Joe was born April 27, 1925 on the farm near Dow City in Crawford County, Iowa to parents William and Edna (Girard) Blume. Joe attended Boyer Township country school and graduated from...

Evelyn Peterson
Dec 24, 2006
Evelyn Marianne (Hughes) Peterson was born February 7, 1916, to Frederick and Bertha (Schroeder) Hughes in Harrison County, Iowa. Evelyn graduated from Missouri Valley High School. She received normal training her senior year of high school, and she started teaching in a country school. She then took a teaching position at the Magnolia Elementary School and then at the...
Mary Armstrong
Dec 15, 2006
Obit for Mary Armstrong
Mary (Martens) Armstrong, 96, went to be in the presence of the Lord on Friday, December 15, 2006 at the Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center in Dunlap, Iowa. Mary was born on June 16, 1910 in Carpenter, South Dakota to parents William and Kathryn (Toews) Martens. The family moved to Minnesota for a...

Lela Baxter
Dec 12, 2006
Lela Jean (Pryor) Baxter was born February 3, 1923, to Lawrence and Hazel (Hunter) Pryor in Dunlap, Iowa. She attended county school and the Dunlap High School. Lela worked for Henry & Jennie Baxter on their farm. Lela married their son, Russell, December 29, 1940. The couple farmed east of Woodbine. In the early 1970s the couple moved to...

Robert Schlensig
Dec 8, 2006
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Robert Milton Schlensig was born September 16, 1925, to Marty J. and Ivora Mae (Gibbs) Schlensig on a farm west of Soldier, Iowa. He was their only child. The family rented farms so they moved around a lot while Robert was growing up. Robert finished the eighth grade in country school and...

Ray Beck
Dec 6, 2006
Raymond Earl Beck was born March 22, 1942, to Raymond Edward and Dorothy (Deakins) Beck in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Earl attended school in Missouri Valley and then worked for several area farmers. Earl married Connie Sims in 1967 at the First Christian Church in Missouri Valley. The couple made their home in the Missouri Valley area. Earl worked for...

Lloyd Gray
Dec 4, 2006
Lloyd Albert Gray was born February 4, 1925, to Thomas and Laura (Moore) Gray in Moorhead, Iowa. He attended county school near Moorhead. Lloyd began farming with his uncle, Richard Moore. Lloyd married Margaret Maxwell on January 25, 1944, in Onawa, Iowa. The couple farmed in the Dunlap and Moorhead areas. Margaret died on March 26, 2001. Lloyd enjoyed...

Mamie Ehlert
Dec 2, 2006
Mamie Voss Ehlert was born June 4, 1915, to W.C. and Mamie (Nelson) Voss in Magnolia Township, Iowa. She attended grade school and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1933. Mamie married Hudson Beebee Ehlert on September 10, 1940, in Papillion, Nebraska. Mamie farmed with her husband in the Woodbine area until Hudson's death on August 30, 1985. After...