Obituaries

Nov 4, 2019

Clark Oscar Melby was born on September 24, 1926, to Oscar and Christine (Lundberg) Melby near Moorhead, Iowa. He was raised in the Moorhead and Soldier area. He graduated from Moorhead High School. Clark served his country in the US Army during WWII.  He received the Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal while serving in Germany. He...

Oct 29, 2019

John Robert Ganzhorn was born on November 19, 1949, to Robert and Betty (Musgrave) Ganzhorn, in Pisgah, Iowa. John graduated from Woodbine High School and then attended electronic school in Tennessee for the Navy.  He was stationed at the San Diego Miramar Base where he served for four years. John then moved back to Woodbine and started farming and...

Oct 27, 2019

Eva Mae (Conrad) Thompson was born on June 15, 1929, in   David City, Nebraska, to Harry William and Annamarie Johanna (Bock) Conrad. She attended country school in the David City and Bellwood, Nebraska area. When Eva was 10 years old her family moved to Omaha and she continued her education there. After her schooling she worked at Folgers in...

Oct 23, 2019

Leota May Mether was born on November 28, 1934, to Milton and Lucille (Turner) Metcalf near the Mondamin orchards. She was raised in “God’s Country”, along with her siblings, Janice and Cletus. Leota loved working outside with her father and was quite the tomboy. Leota also loved learning about her Lord Jesus and accepted Him as her personal savior...

Oct 23, 2019

Dona Marie (Smith) Crandall was born at home in Dunlap, Iowa, to parents Addis Donnie Smith and Gertrude Fern (Madison) Smith on September 14, 1937. Dona grew up in Dunlap and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1955. Dona had a strong faith in God and lived her life accordingly. She converted to Catholicism as a teen, receiving her...

Oct 21, 2019

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...

Oct 19, 2019

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.

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Oct 18, 2019

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...

Oct 18, 2019

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...

Oct 17, 2019

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...

Oct 14, 2019

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....

Oct 13, 2019

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...

Oct 11, 2019

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...

Oct 10, 2019

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...

Oct 6, 2019

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...

Oct 2, 2019

Doris Neva (Outhouse) Mann was born April 4, 1933, to Leslie David and Gladys Musetta (Nuzum) Outhouse in Soldier, Iowa. She joined three older sisters on their family farm in Soldier. Later a younger brother joined their family. Doris attended grade school in Magnolia and Moorhead and graduated from Pisgah High School in 1951. After graduation, she worked in...

Sep 19, 2019

Ruth Marjean (Hall) Sherwood was born in Dunlap, Iowa, on February 15, 1931. She was welcomed into this world by parents, Robert Newton and Nettie Faye (Howe) Hall and older brother Merwin. Ruth attended and graduated from Dunlap Community High School in 1948. Upon graduation, she moved to Des Moines, Iowa, and found work in an office. While working...

Sep 16, 2019

Judith Carolyn (Samuelson) Christensen was born on October 5, 1941, to Arnold and Edna (Sumner) Samuelson, on the family farm near Nelson Park in Crawford County, Iowa. During her youth, Judy lived in Wyoming and Nebraska; where she met and married Kenneth Christensen.  The couple then moved to Iowa.

Judy was employed at Dubuque Packing in Denison...

Sep 10, 2019

Carroll Everett Johnson was born on December 19, 1928, to Andrew (AJ) and Lena (Sorenson) Johnson in Moorhead, Iowa. He was raised near Moorhead and attended the Bethesda Lutheran country church in rural Moorhead. Carroll attended a country school outside of Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1946. After graduation, Carroll started farming with his brothers Hap...

Sep 8, 2019

Anita Louise (Jensen) Whitmore was born on July 7, 1948, to Preben and Louise (Golden) Jensen in Woodbine, Iowa. She attended school in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School with the class of 1966. Anita married Bill Whitmore on October 16, 1966, at the United Methodist Church in Woodbine. On December 10, 1974, the couple opened the Whitmore...