Obituaries

Maxine Jenkins
Julia Maxine (Mefferd) Jenkins was born January 16, 1921, to parents Reuben and Edna (Foglesong) Mefferd at their country home near Woodbine, Iowa.
She attended Meadow Brook country school and graduated from Woodbine Normal School. She then moved to Omaha, Nebraska and worked at Mutual of Omaha. She married her high school sweetheart, Harold Dean Jenkins, on...

Mildred Evans
Martha Mildred Evans, 95, died in Billings, Montana August 2, 2004. She was born to Elmer A. and Grace (Young) Maxwell on November 11, 1908 in Woodbine, Iowa. She attended school in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine Normal School in 1926. She taught country school near Woodbine and attended and graduated from Iowa Teachers College in Cedar Falls Iowa....

Irene Bollinger
A Life Remembered
Irene Bollinger
Born November 5, 1912 Moorhead, Iowa
Died May 11, 2005 Logan, Iowa Memorial Services Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine, Iowa Monday May 16, 2005 at 11:00 am
Clergy Rev. Gary Werling
Musician Mrs. Merrill McElwain
Vocalist Dencil Hammack
Selections "Amazing Grace"...
Edith Heistand
Edith Elvera Olson was born near Soldier, Iowa on October 11, 1915, to parents Olius and Bertha (Evenson) Olson. She grew up in the Soldier are and attended country school. On February 23, 1938 she married Leonard "Hap" Heistand. The couple farmed near Dunlap, Iowa. Hap died in September of 1985. Edith moved into town in July of 1986....

Bob Fairchild
Bob Fairchild was born March 10, 1931, to Harry Clarence and Josephine Mae (Wilson) Fairchild in Missouri Valley, Iowa. He grew up in the Orson, Iowa area and attended Echo Country School. He graduated from Magnolia High School in 1949. After his graduation, Bob farmed with his dad and also did electrical work. In January of 1951 Bob joined...

Vera Siefken
Vera Viola Surber Siefken was born November 16, 1908, in Woodbine, Iowa to Willard and Eugenia (Newcomb) Surber. She was raised in the Woodbine area and graduated from Woodbine High School. She continued her education with the Normal Teacher's Training, and taught school for eight years at Sunny Glen Country School. On May 14, 1938, she married Roy G....
Ralph Shepard
Ralph L. Shepard Pisgah, Iowa
Ralph Lewis Shepard was born February 9, 1908, in Woodbine, Iowa to William H. and Anna Louise (Waite) Shepard. He graduated from Magnolia High School. On February 9, 1931, Ralph married Lucille Christine Kilts in Logan, Iowa. In 1947, the couple bought a farm east of Pisgah. They raised their four children,...

Patti Whitmore
A Life Remembered Patti Jo Whitmore
Born June 21, 1959 Harlan, Iowa
Died May 29, 2005 Omaha, Nebraska
Services United Methodist Church Logan, Iowa Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at 2:30 pm
Clergy Rev. Marvin Siems & Rev. Duane Anunson
Musician Barb Sherer Vocalist Rick Powell Selections "Wind Beneath My...

Norman Shinn
Norman "Perry" Shinn was born August 31, 1943, in Woodbine, Iowa to Elda Mae (Jones) and Ralph Albert Shinn. He grew up in the Woodbine area and attended the Woodbine schools. Perry worked at Foodland, Royer Hardward, C & R Hardware, and Schrader Electric. On January 22, 1965, he married Libby Birchard at the First United Methodist Church in...

Paul Ganzhorn
A Life Remembered
Paul Howard Ganzhorn
Born Died Monday, July 14, 1913 Sunday, May 30, 2004 Woodbine, Iowa Woodbine, Iowa
Services Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine, Iowa Tuesday, June 1, 2004 at 1:30 pm
Clergy Elder Darrell Argotsinger
Musician Jan Kelley Congregational Hymns "What A Friend We Have In Jesus"...

Clarence Thompson
Clarence J Thompson was born July 31, 1919, in Papillion, Nebraska to Avery and Rose (Cooper) Thompson. He grew up in Papillion. He graduated from Papillion High School. He then attended business school, and went on to manage grain elevators in Iowa. He managed the Thompson Elevator in Dunlap for 20 years, then moved on to manage elevators in...

Sharon Sullivan
Sharon Sullivan VIDEO TRIBUTEA Life Remembered
Sharon L. Sullivan
Born November 8, 1937 Dunlap, Iowa
Died March 19, 2005 Dunlap, Iowa
Mass of Christian Burial St. Patrick Catholic Church Dunlap, Iowa Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at 10:30 am
Celebrants Rev. Paul Strittmatter & Deacon Bob Sullivan
Musician...

Richard Nelson
Richard "Pinky" Nelson was born September 26, 1914, in Logan, Iowa to Nels George and Amelia (Larson) Nelson. He grew up in the Logan area graduating from the Logan High School in 1933. He worked at Harvey's Grocery Store in Logan from the time he was 14 years old and later became the manager of the meat department. He...

Luzena Wheeler
Luzena "Nina" Wheeler aka "Pepsi Kid", 48 of Woodbine died on Friday, December 31, 2004 at the Community Memorial Hospital.
Nina was born on February 1, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska to parents John & Vivian (Stoll) Drake. She attended Cross Lutheran School and Zion Lutheran School in Omaha. She had worked at various warehouses in Omaha and...

Irene Hartwig
Irene M. Hartwig 84, of Jefferson, Iowa died on Friday, June 10th at the Greene County Medical Center.
Irene was born on February 28, 1921 in Pomeroy, Ohio. Her mother died during her birth. She was adopted and raised by her Aunt and Uncle Dana & Elizabeth (Greaser) Hysell. She grew up in Syacruse, Ohio and graduated...

Gladys Thompson
Woodbine�Gladys L. Thompson 93, of Woodbine died Saturday, October 12th at the Rose Vista Nursing Home in Woodbine.
Gladys Lucille Smith Thompson was born August 28, 1909 the sixth child of Arthur and Maggie (Ball Smith. She grew up on farms in Pottawattamie and Harrison Counties. In 1927, she graduated from Logan High School and completed Normal...

Betty Hanigan
Betty Irene (Sloth) Hanigan was born on January 16, 1923 in Viola Center, Iowa to parents Chris C. & Bertha M. (Higley) Sloth. She graduated from Viola Center High School. She graduated from Iowa State University in 1944 with a Home Economics Teaching Degree. She began teaching Home Ec & Science in Dunlap High School. On April 7, 1947...

Delories Schlensig
Delories May (Thoms) Schlensig was born on March 25, 1932, to parents August & Emma (Westendorf) Thoms near Logan, Iowa. Delories grew up in and received her early education in the Logan, Avoca, and Walnut areas. She worked as a clerk in the grocery store in Walnut for fifteen years. On July 14, 1966, she married Frank Schlensig in...

Thelma Ulmer
Thelma M. Ulmer
Thelma was born May 15, 1929 to Henry and Myrtle (McGee) Athey in Woodbine, IA. She attended country school and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1946. She attended the University of Northern Iowa and obtained her teaching certificate. She taught at the one room schoolhouse in Persia and in the Council Bluffs school...