Obituaries

Nancy Seufert

Mar 11, 2019

Nancy Seufert - 52 - Devoted wife, loving mother, and doting grandmother; passed unexpectedly on Monday 11, 2019, at Summerville South Carolina Medical Center. She is greatly missed by her husband, Clayton; sons, Mike and Chris; daughters, Judi and Kelly; and grandchildren, Mitchell, Brianna, Nathanial, and Garrett.

Damian Gross

Mar 1, 2019

Damian Anthony Gross was born August 26, 1951, to Alban and Lavina (Kaufman) Gross on the family farm near  Earling, Iowa.  He grew up in Earling and attended grade and high school at St. Joseph’s. He graduated from Harlan High School in 1970. He then attended Iowa  Western Community College and received his Associates of Arts Degree in Auto...

Jesse Smith

Feb 27, 2019

Jesse Ural Smith was born on December 11, 1975, to Midge Cadwell Carter and Roland Smith. Jesse was baptized at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison, and he took his first communion and confirmation at St. Mary’s in Portsmouth. Jesse attended school in Trinidad, Colorado, St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama, and he graduated from Harlan High...

Carolyn Thomas

Feb 27, 2019

Carolyn Sue (Dow) Thomas was born on August 30, 1934, to Bernard “Bud” and Grace (Smith) Dow near Logan, Iowa. She was raised near Mondamin and graduated from Mondamin High School in 1952. Carolyn then worked for Aetna Insurance in Omaha. In July of 1953, Carolyn married Rolland Thomas at the Methodist Church in Mondamin. The couple always lived...

Lois Anderson

Feb 25, 2019

Lois Mae Anderson was born on May 30, 1926, to Charlie and Dagmar Marie (Jensen) Winsor near Irwin, Iowa. Lois was raised near Irwin and attended country school and high school in Irwin. Lois   married Don Anderson on October 16, 1949, at the Methodist Church in Denison, Iowa. The couple was blessed with eight children. Lois worked as a...

Corinne Tupper

Feb 25, 2019

Corinne Elaine (Norris) Tupper was born July 23, 1933, to Victor and Rosalie (Cross) Norris in Mondamin, Iowa. She was raised west of Magnolia and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1951 Corinne married Dwight Edwin Tupper on March 20, 1955, at the Magnolia Methodist Church. The couple farmed northeast of Magnolia and eventually purchased Dwight’s parents’ farm after...

Colton Watkins

Feb 18, 2019

Colton James Watkins was born October 4, 1993, to Melody (DuClos) Watkins in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was raised in Woodbine, Iowa and attended Woodbine Community School. Colton moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa and attended Thomas Jefferson High School. Colton worked for a company selling magazines.

Colton enjoyed many sports including: football, golf, and wrestling. He also...

Rodney Block

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...

Larry Davis

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...

Jean-Marie Gorham

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...

Ardith Crow

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...

Bill Snodgrass

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...

Betty Barry

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...

Merwin Hall

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.

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Lorene Heistand

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...

Glenda Chatburn

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...

Patricia Taylor

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...

Mark Bernacchi

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...

Gail Bridgeford

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...

Cody Grandmont

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...