Obituaries

Bernard "Bernie" Wayne Ellison was born June 1, 1922, in Missouri Valley, Iowa to Floyd and Louise (Peterson) Ellison. He graduated from the Woodbine High School in 1942. During high school Bernie was a lifeguard at the sandpit. After high school he joined the United States Navy. He was discharged in March of 1943, and then he worked for...

Leo Nelson was born on March 2, 1919 near Dunlap, Iowa to parents Asher W. & Selma Marie (Rustin) Nelson. He grew up in the Nelson Hollow area west of Dunlap. For a short time the family moved to Lakeview, Iowa. Leo attended country school #9. He worked on the farm and began his career as a sheep shearer....

Viola Catherine Lahr

Viola Catherine (Frank) Lahr was born July 8, 1928 in Earling, Iowa to parents Tony and Barbara (Bissen) Frank. In 1946 she graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School in Earling, Iowa. On January 28, 1948, she married Lyle Lahr. The couple lived in various places including Oregon and Cheyenne, Wyoming before settling in Dunlap...

Roy Monroe Shumate was born December 13, 1925, in Missouri Valley, Iowa to Monroe and Bessie (Hunt) Shumate. Roy graduated from Woodbine High School, and then he entered the United States Navy. After his honorable discharge from the Navy, he became a credit union manager. He worked for CIT Credit Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa for 15 years and...

Obituary for George Gorham Altoona, IA

George Frederick Gorham, 76, died suddenly Wednesday, October 2nd at his home in Altoona, Iowa. He was born April 11, 1926 and grew up a farm boy in Dunlap, Iowa. His parents were George Gorham Sr. and Vera Powley Gorham. He graduated from Kemper Military School in Booneville, Missouri in 1944...

Les James Wendt

Leslie James Wendt was born May 23, 1952, in Portsmouth, Iowa to parents James and Donna (White) Wendt. He attended school in Missouri Valley. He started working for Cornhusker Trucking as an over-the-road truck driver. He then became self-employed as a dry waller. Les married Christine Sue Bierce in Missouri Valley, Iowa in 1973....

Graveside Services Pleasant Hill Cemetery Dunlap, Iowa Saturday, October 16, 2004 at 2:00 pm

Clergy Rev. Jim Runnels Congregational Church - Dunlap, Iowa

Final Resting Place Pleasant Hill Cemetery Dunlap, Iowa Loretta Alvina Kline was born August 30, 1919, in Dunlap, Iowa to Elmer and Martha Kline. Martha died while giving birth to Loretta's younger...

Charles LeRoy Kuhlman

Charles was born on July 13, 1937 in Dow City, IA, to parents Alfred Herman and Mary Ann (Bonar) Kuhlman. He attended Olympus country school and Woodbine High School.

Charles was united in marriage to Lana Waite and to that union three children were born, Jeffrey Charles, Kevin Ray and Jill Ann....

A Life Remembered

Marie Leonard Born December 8, 1908 Persia, Iowa

Died July 11, 2005 Missouri Valley, Iowa

Services United Methodist Church Woodbine, Iowa Friday July 15, 2005, at 10:30 am

Clergy Rev. Shurmaine McAlpine & Rev. Dee Ann Klapp

Musicians Mrs. Merril McElwain & Margaret Cotton

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Dwight Elwood Hamer was born on August 16, 1923, in Pisgah, Iowa to parents Wilson & Emma (Bock) Hamer. He graduated from Pisgah High School in 1941. Dwight then worked at the bomber plant in Buffalo, New York and then the Bomber Plant in Omaha, Nebraska. On January 23, 1943, he married Margaret Harmon at the RLDS Church in...

Elizabeth "Betty" Girton Plath was born April 23, 1925 to Dean and Martha (Freymuller) Girton in Magnolia Township, Iowa. She grew up in the Magnolia area, attended county school and graduated from Magnolia High School. She went to a business school in Omaha and then worked in Omaha. In October of 1946, she married Joseph Plath at the Woodbine...

Robert "Bob" Glenn Lambert was born on September 19, 1922 in Baltic, South Dakota to parents Arch & Edith Brasel. He grew up in the Dell Rapids, South Dakota area until he was 11 years of age when his family moved to the Dow City area. He attended country school near Dow City. The family then moved south of...

A Life Remembered

John H. Lewis Born Died November 12, 1908 October 27, 2004 Woodbine, Iowa Missouri Valley, Iowa

Services Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine, Iowa Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 10:30 am

Clergy Rev. Marvin Siems

Musician Darlene Lamberson Vocalist Rick Powell "Amazing Grace" "In The Garden" & "Softly & Tenderly"...

Ward Sherer VIDEO TRIBUTE A Life Remembered

Ward L. Sherer Born January 24, 1922 Pisgah, Iowa

Died March 26, 2005 Woodbine, Iowa

Services Community of Christ Woodbine, Iowa Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 10:30 am

Clergy Elder Noel Sherer

Musician Barb Sherer Congregational Selections #447 "Would You Bless Our...

A Life Remembered

Kathleen "Lavonne" Barry

Born August 29, 1921 Lyons, Nebraska

Died June 18, 2005 Omaha, Nebraska

Services Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine, Iowa Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at 3:00 pm Clergy Elder Gary Lee

Musician Margaret Cotton

Vocalist Max Poe

Selections "In The Garden"...

Harriett Jane (Straley) Gardner was born February 14, 1917, to William and Daisey (Luellen) Weaver in Rockport, Missouri. In 1942 she married Milton Gardner. Jane worked in Omaha in the office of a retail store. The couple moved to Missouri Valley, Iowa. She then worked at Longview Nursing Home in Missouri Valley. She also took care of her parents...

Vicky Jo Runyan was born on April 30, 1956 in Mondamin, Iowa to parents Jay & JoAnn (Nuzum) Runyan. She began her schooling in Sioux City, Iowa and when she was in the sixth grade the family moved to Grand Island, Nebraska. She graduated from Grand Island High School in 1975. Vicky volunteered at the Veteran's Home in Grand...

Woodbine--- Fern L. Kenkel, 76 of Woodbine died Sunday, July 7, 2002 at the Rose Vista Nursing Home in Woodbine.

Fern was born December 14, 1925 in Woodbine, Iowa to parents George and Ida (Bintz) Churchill. She graduated from Woodbine High School in 1943. She completed her Normal Training in Woodbine and Cedar Falls and was a...

Cindy Lou (Black) Boham was born on February 15, 1957, to Dorothy (Carpenter) and Fred L. Black in Pisgah, Iowa. She grew up Woodbine, Iowa and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1975. After high school Cindy moved to Dunlap and was a waitress in Denison at the Eat More Caf�. Cindy then worked in road construction for 13...

Randy Allen Francis was born on July 13, 1971, to Larry and Connie (Christensen) Francis in St. Paul, Nebraska. He attended elementary school in Fullerton, Nebraska and graduated from high school in 1989 from Central City, Nebraska. He graduated from Northwest Missouri State in 1993 with a degree in agriculture business. On September 18, 1999, Randy married Melanie Lubbers...