All Obituaries

     Linda Mae (Koenig) Oviatt was born on February 5, 1947, to Kermit and Marjorie (Myer) Koenig in Logan, Iowa. She attended and graduated from Logan High School in 1965. After high school, she attended college at Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Missouri. Linda married Gail Oviatt on December 29, 1967, at the United Methodist Church in Logan. Linda and Gail then moved to Sunnyvale, California, while Gail served in the United States Navy. In October of 1969, they...

     Charles Richard Lamberson Jr. was born on October 27, 1935, to Charles R. and Dorothy E. (Grosvener) Lamberson in Magnolia Township, Harrison County, Iowa. He attended and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1954.  Charles married Darlene Bedsaul on November 24, 1955, at the Methodist Church in Magnolia. The couple farmed southeast of Magnolia for many years.      Charles never knew how to dance until Darlene taught him while they were...

     Frances Marie (Weber) Klein was born on November 4, 1940, to Earl and Agnes (Melby) Weber at the family farm in Willow Township, Monona County, Iowa. Fran attended country school and graduated from St. Joseph’s High School in Dunlap. Fran shared the valedictorian honor with her sister, Elaine. After her graduation Fran worked at Mutual of Omaha. Fran married Robert Klein on August 6, 1960, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. The couple farmed south of...

Doris Delphine (Smith) Fisher was born April 4, 1928, to Lloyd and Blanche (Allmon) Smith in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Delphine was raised in Missouri Valley and attended school there. She worked at the Valley Drug Store and the Harlow Bakery. Delphine met John Fisher in 1950, and they married on December 8, 1952, at the Nazarene Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The couple lived in Magnolia, Dunlap, Missouri Valley and Logan, Iowa. Delphine was a hardworking stay at home mom and farm wife. John...

     Iva Lucille Vandemark was born on August 18, 1932, to Albert and Viola (Vanderpool) Radloff near Woodbine. She attended country school and then Woodbine’s public school. She worked for families in the area. Iva married Freeman Vandemark on February 25, 1950, at the Methodist Church parsonage in Woodbine. They raised their family and farmed outside of Woodbine. Iva also worked as a housekeeper at Rose Vista. In 1993, Iva and Freeman moved to...

     Margaret Mary Williamson passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on October 14, 2019, at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was 87 years old.      Margaret was born on July 19, 1932, near Panama, Iowa; the youngest of four children born to John and Mary Mahlberg. Margaret attended school in Panama through the eighth grade. At age 14, she entered the workforce - as a nanny for a local family – a common...

     Wayne Lee Metheny was born on September 17, 1956, to Jerry Metheny and Marilyn Bannon in Loveland, Colorado. He was raised in Loveland and graduated from Loveland High School in 1974. Wayne married Debi Blumanhourst on September 2, 1977, in Fort Collins, Colorado. They were longtime residents of Colorado, until they decided to move to Dunlap, Iowa, to be closer to their daughter Stannis.        Wayne worked in Colorado for the postal service...

Sondra Gale (Pitt) Dickinson was born June 5, 1934, on a farm near Logan, Iowa to Bernard and Nellie (Cook) Pitt. She attended Cass Center Country School; graduating from Logan High School in 1952. Sondra attended Stewart Beauty School in Council Bluffs. She started doing hair with Lucille Knauss in Logan and Persia. Sondra married Robert Dickinson on January 10, 1955, at the First United Methodist Church in Des Moines, Iowa. The couple farmed southeast of Logan while Sondra continued...

     Henry Dell Gruver was born on July 24, 1942, to Henry and Lena (McClelland) Gruver in Livingston, Montana; the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, soon after his birth. One of seven children, he spent his childhood and youth exploring the Sonoran Desert around the family’s small home. In 1960, he and his future wife, Judith, were the first graduating class from the newly built Paradise Valley High School. A strong athlete, he played football, basketball,...

    John Jay Killpack was born on February 9, 1932, to Ernest A. and Ellen J. (Carlile) Killpack in Missouri Valley, Iowa. He was baptized in the RDLS church. He attended grade school and graduated from high school in Beebeetown. After high school, he was drafted into the United States Army. He served 16 months on “Chejido” Island in the East China Sea. John was a chief mechanic. He was solely responsible for all transportation and lighting, without aid of an...