Obituaries

Feb 17, 2019

Rodney Michael Block was born on January 14, 1954, to Herman and Marie (Kloewer) Block in  Manning, Iowa. He was raised near Dunlap and attended St. Joseph Catholic School and Dunlap Public School. Rod worked at several places including: for Larry Kimmen at the Fina Station, Burlington Northern Railroad, for Richard and Denny Grote, and Farmland in Denison (for...

Feb 16, 2019

Larry Lane Davis was born May 29, 1975, to Lawrence and Linda (Gray) Davis in Omaha, Nebraska. He was raised near Dunlap; graduating from Boyer Valley High School in 1993. While in school, he played the drums, played cards, and he loved to make people laugh and smile. After his high school graduation, Larry attended the University of Iowa...

Feb 13, 2019

Jean-Marie (Lawless) Gorham was born on December 19, 1954, to Patrick and Eleanor (Hyde) Lawless in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. She attended and graduated from Catholic School in Pittsburg. After high school, she waitressed at various restaurants in the Carolinas’. Jean-Marie married Robert Gorham on June 29, 1990, in Logan, Iowa.

Jean-Marie loved truck driving and traveling the country...

Feb 7, 2019

THERE WILL NOT BE ANY SERVICES AT THIS TIME.

Ardith Ann Girton was born April 9, 1937, on a family farm near Magnolia Iowa.  Ardith was born to Dean and Martha (Freymuller) Girton.  A couple of years after graduating from high school in 1955, she met and married Brian Crow on February 14, 1957.  The two of...

Jan 30, 2019

An additional Celebration of Life Service will be held in Minnesota at a later date.

William Frederick Snodgrass was born on March 5, 1938, to Frederick and Mae (Krauel) Snodgrass in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He was raised in Minnesota in the Twin Cities area and graduated from Murray High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Bill went on...

Jan 29, 2019

Betty Jean (Stewart) Barry was the fifth child born on August 22, 1925, to Joe and Clara Stewart on a farm just north of Magnolia, Iowa. At the age of 14, Betty met George Barry at the Logan 4th of July Celebration. They started dating soon after that, but they broke up when she got mad at him because...

Jan 24, 2019

Robert Merwin Hall was born on March 23, 1922, to Robert N. and Nettie Fay (Howe) Hall. Merwin was born and raised near Dunlap at the family farmhouse. He graduated from Dunlap High School. Merwin married Florence Belle Thompson on March 26, 1967. Merwin became a father to Florence Belle’s two girls and loved them like his own.

Jan 22, 2019

Zaida Lorene (Swain) Heistand was born on July 1, 1924, to Harry and Frances (Perrin) Swain in Pisgah, Iowa. Lorene attended elementary and junior high school in Pisgah. In 1939 her family moved to Woodbine when her father opened up the Ford Dealership. Lorene graduated from Woodbine High School with the class of 1942. She was the steward for...

Jan 18, 2019

Glenda Sue (McBride) Chatburn was born on January 16, 1941 in Waldron, Missouri to Roy and Arlie (Holsted) McBride. She grew up in Missouri and later moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa. She has lived in the Dunlap area for over 20 years. When she became ill she moved to a nursing home in Denison, Iowa.

She had...

Jan 17, 2019

Patricia Ann (Corwin) Taylor was born August 23, 1946, to Donald and Bertha (Shipman) Corwin, at home, in Woodbine, Iowa with Grandma Shipman and Granny Corwin in attendance. She was baptized at the First Christian Church in Woodbine and became a member.

Pat attended Woodbine schools, graduating in 1964. She graduated from the nursing program at Iowa...

Jan 16, 2019

Mark Allen Bernacchi was born on July 1, 1957, to Raymond and Mary (Schlensig) Bernacchi in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Dunlap, Iowa and moved to Council Bluffs as an adult.

Mark’s fondest memories were growing up in Dunlap. He loved to play baseball, especially with the Black Shirts. He was an awesome second baseman, as...

Jan 15, 2019

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...

Jan 15, 2019

Cody J. Grandmont was born June 6, 1990, to Laura (Schlensig) and Jeff Grandmont in Denison, Iowa. He was raised in Missouri Valley, Iowa and graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 2009. He enjoyed playing football while in school. After Cody’s graduation he worked as a truck driver and also did construction. He was also a heavy equipment...

Jan 15, 2019

Harold Alvin Navrude was born on January 23, 1935, to Sigurd and Henrietta (Stoll) Navrude near Soldier, Iowa. He attended country school near Soldier and later near Woodbine. Harold went to live with his aunt in Onawa and attended Onawa High School for one year. Harold then began working as a farmhand. At the age of 13 he went...

Jan 9, 2019

Jeff David Higgins was born on June 15th, 1942, in Rockville Center, Long Island, New York. On January 9th, 2019, he died as a hospice resident at Longview Nursing Home in Missouri Valley, Iowa.

Dave is survived by his wife, Cecile, son, Tim, (wife Michele), son, Mike, (wife, Valerie), nephew, Ted, (wife, Candy) and niece, Holly. He...

Jan 4, 2019

Danny (Dan) K. Newland was born on January 11, 1947, in Harlan Iowa to Pat and Barb (Arkfeld) Newland. He grew up in Portsmouth, Iowa the second of seven    siblings. Dan married Marilyn Niedermyer on September 7, 1968. They lived their entire married life in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where they raised their three children. Dan joined the Army National...

Jan 2, 2019

Clifton Ralph Clark was born on October 10, 1942, in Grove Spring, Missouri to Fred Vernon and Freda Wave (Prock) Clark. Clifton grew up and received his education in Missouri. He helped his father with operating a saw mill. At the age of 22 or 23 Clifton moved to Iowa and worked construction for a company in Webster City,...

Jan 1, 2019

Elmer Edward (Fuddy) Horstmeyer, age 87, passed from this life peacefully on June 16, 2019, at home surrounded by his loving family.

Elmer is survived by his wife of 64 years, Johanna (Wilson) Horstmeyer, his two daughters; Caren (Alton) and her husband Gary, Lynne (Ruffcorn) and her husband Milo; and his two sons, Eric Horstmeyer and his...

Jan 1, 2019

Helen Frances Begg was born April 6, 1925, to James and Etta (Stepanek) Clark, on the family farm, near Dow City, Iowa. She attended country school and then Dunlap High School; graduating as class salutatorian, in 1942.  Helen enjoyed playing in the band in high school. After graduation, she attended Business College in Omaha and worked for an attorney’s...

Dec 29, 2018

Jane Ann (Herman) Mether was born on July 16, 1942, in Council Bluffs, Iowa to parents Arthur and Della (Henderson) Herman. She grew up west of Pisgah and then the family moved to Magnolia where she attended and graduated from high school. Jane married Donald Mether on May 6, 1961. To this union six children were born. Jane worked...