All Obituaries

     Gail Douglas Bridgeford was born on November 25, 1936, to Kenneth and Alvina (Nauroth) Bridgeford. He was raised in Dunlap and graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Dunlap. He then attended Iowa Western Community College and Iowa State University. Gail served 20 active years, collectively, in the United States Army, Air Force and Navy. He then served another 10 years in the reserves. He lived 34 years in Ames, Iowa and in his early years enjoyed...

     Evelyn Marie (Patrick) Eby was born on August 17, 1922, in Mapleton, Iowa to Joseph and Margaret (Graff) Patrick. Evelyn attended and graduated from Mapleton High School in 1940. She was on the high school diving team. Evelyn was best known for her talent as an alto saxophone player. She won the National Competition in Minneapolis, and received the highest rating of any participant. Her parents farmed and ran a dairy, where Pat worked with her two brothers and...

     John Wayne Stephens was born on May 28, 1950 to Arlis and Rose Mary (Greiner) Stephens in Logan, Iowa. The family lived in Logan and then moved to the Dunlap area where John attended school. He graduated from Dunlap High School in 1968. John moved to Arion after high school and worked at Farmland. He then started farming, going on the wheat run and doing custom farming. John started Stephens Trucking in the late 1970’s. On June 7, 1991, John married Linda...

      Betty Rae (Barry) Murphy was born January 2, 1937, to Dale and Willa (Thomas) Barry in Woodbine, Iowa. She was raised near Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1955. Following her graduation Betty worked in the Accounting Department of Briggs Pump Company in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1956, Betty married Leo Murphy, from Dunlap, and they spent the next two years living and working in Dunlap and Fort Dodge Iowa. During this time, they started their...

     Helga Irmtraut (Sappington) Pauley was born on December 15, 1952, to Helga Sue Hopp in Hanau, Germany. Helga was raised in Germany until she was about nine years old. Her mother met Amos Oval Sappington in Germany and the family moved to California, where they were married. Helga was raised various different places due to Amos’ military career. When she was 17, they were living in Kaiserslautern, West Germany. This is where she met Donald Pauley, a young...

     Shirley Jean (Crosby) Fields was born on August 30, 1938, to Floyd and Wilma (Smith) Crosby in Nebraska. She was raised in Greeley and Boone County Nebraska and attended country schools. She graduated from Spalding Nebraska Public School in 1957. Shirley married “her sweet husband” Milton Fields on April 19, 1958. She was employed by Western Electric for 12 years. In 1970, the couple moved to Logan, Iowa, where they raised their three children: Regina,...

Donald Richard Mathys was born on December 6, 1936 near Dow City, Iowa to parents Oren Lamont and Devota Marie (Blum) Mathys. He attended school in the Dow City and Kiron area. As a teenager he worked for Leinen Produce, in Dow City, and he never forgot how well they treated him. On July 6, 1957, Don married Barbara Joan Wright in Denison, Iowa. They were both working in Omaha so they lived in Omaha until March of 1958 when they moved to Soldier, Iowa. Don began working for Pedersen Brothers...

           Pastor James “Scott” Weber was born August 9, 1959, to Duane and Marceta (Whitmore) Weber in Omaha, Nebraska. He was raised near Logan and graduated from Lo-Ma High School in 1977. Scott married Julie Peters on October 25, 1980, at the Logan Christian Church. The couple moved to Norfolk, NE where he graduated from Nebraska Christian College. They then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where Scott graduated from the Cincinnati...

     Rosalie Lydia (Shriver) Heim was born on April 4, 1929, near Persia, Iowa to parents Evan “Steven” and Reeta (Warner) Shriver. She was raised near Persia and graduated from Persia High School. On January 9, 1949, Rosalie married Merle Heim at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Logan. The couple farmed west of Persia.      Rose was a member of the St. Johns Lutheran Church. Rose was involved with the women’s church circle, Merry...

     Donald “Dover” Lambert Davie was born on August 23, 1930, to Paul and Claribel (Lambert) Davie in Dunlap, Iowa. He graduated from Dunlap Public School in 1948. In school, he played basketball and football and continued to enjoy watching sports throughout his life. In 1951, he married Jane Smith. He worked at the United States Post Office until he was drafted into the army. After basic training, he was stationed in Fort Hood, Texas as a mail clerk. He was...