Obituaries

Sep 9, 2018

Elaine Beth Thompson was born on July 22, 1938, in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Charles and Lulu (Williams) Hodges. Elaine attended country school in the Logan area and graduated from Logan High School in 1957.  Elaine went to California right out of high school and stayed with her sister. She then moved back and worked at Goldstein Chapman Department...

Sep 7, 2018

Peter Joseph Heller was born on July 26, 1925, near Buck Grove, Iowa to Joseph and Mary (Erlbacher)   Heller. At age one, his parents moved to Dunlap in order for Peter and his brothers and sisters to attend St. Joseph’s Catholic School, in Dunlap. Peter helped his parents on the family farm after he graduated high school. Peter loved...

Sep 5, 2018

Lynn Houghton “Minnie” Royer was born on August 23, 1933, near Woodbine, Iowa to Clarence and Edna (Houghton) Royer. He started his schooling at Olympus Country School and graduated from Woodbine High School with the class of 1951. Minnie then started working at the Harrison County REC as a lineman. He enlisted into the US Marine Corps and proudly...

Sep 5, 2018

Zoe Bertha (Fish) Kibby was born March 30, 1923, to Amasa Randall and Bertha Jane (Copeland) Fish outside of Avoca, Iowa, in Shelby County. Zoe lived in the Harlan and Avoca areas and attended country schools until the age of 13. Zoe married  Raymond Edward Whelan in 1939, and to this union one son was born. Zoe married Cless...

Aug 27, 2018

Joseph Linus Edmondson was born September 23, 1929, to William and Emma (Weiss) Edmondson in Bethany, CT. Joe was raised near Bethany and attended school there. In February 1947, Joe enlisted in the United States Army and proudly served his country until July 1948. He served in Company B 703 Military Police at Fort Meyer, VA. This later became...

Aug 26, 2018

Donald Eugene “Jack” Crandall was born on November 14, 1934, to Sofy and Jessie (Adamson) Crandall in Galland’s Grove, Iowa. He was raised on a family farm south of Dunlap, Iowa. He attended country school and Woodbine Community Schools for most of his education, except for one year in Pueblo, Colorado. Jack married Dona Marie Smith on December 3,...

Aug 25, 2018

Janie Moore was born on September 3, 1945 to parents James Kenneth and Lola (Upchurch) Moore in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Janie grew up in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1963. She then attended Drake University and graduated with a degree in education. She taught school in Des Moines and later became a youth minister at the...

Aug 15, 2018

Kathleen Ann Heller was born March 26, 1928, to John and Ann (O’Connor) Murphy. Kathleen grew up and lived around the Dunlap area. She attended St. Joe Catholic School graduating in 1946. Soon after graduation she  married the love of her life, Urban Heller, on January 28, 1947. Urban farmed and Kathleen was always busy with gardening, cooking for...

Aug 15, 2018

Peggy Jane Donn was born on November 4, 1956 in Denison, Iowa. Lloyd and Geneva (Robertson) Donn adopted her as an infant. Due to her disabilities she spent a good share of her life living at Rem in Shelby, Iowa. She did work in Avoca for a number of years. When she was younger she participated in the Special...

Aug 14, 2018

Judith Ann (Lloyd) Gruver was born August 7, 1942,  to John “Jack” and Janet (Rottenbach) Lloyd in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Judith was raised near Oshkosh until 1958 when her family moved to Phoenix, AZ, where she graduated from Paradise Valley High School with the class of 1960. She then attended college at Arizona State University. Judith married her high school...

Aug 13, 2018

Elizabeth Leah (Birchard) Ring was born on August 13, 1946, to Ray and Velma (Orchard) Birchard in Woodbine, Iowa. Libby was raised in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School. Libby married Norman “Perry” Shinn on  January 22, 1965, at the First United Methodist Church in Woodbine. The couple was blessed with two children. Libby worked as a nurse’s...

Aug 8, 2018

Austin Lowrey, III, passed away Friday, September 29, 2017, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from complications of diabetes.

Austin was a descent of many early settlers of western Iowa including the Fairbanks, Chaffee, Baker and Deuel families as well as the Nelson and Erickson families of Bode. Iowa.  An Army “brat”, Austin was born October 19, 1933, in the...

Aug 6, 2018

Keith Robert King was born April 19, 1960, to Robert King and Marva Jean Osbahr in Omaha, Nebraska at Immanuel Hospital. Keith was raised in Woodbine and graduated with the class of 1978. After high school, Keith enlisted in the Navy and served for six years. In the Navy he ran the reactor on the heavy cruiser, USS Long...

Aug 6, 2018

Mabel Lee (Mackey) Brummer was born May 30, 1928, to James Earl and Mabel (Trimble) Mackey in Hamburg, Iowa. She was raised near Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1946. Mabel attended Capital Beauty School in Omaha. She worked as a receptionist for a few years before she married Frank Brummer on July 29, 1949. They moved...

Aug 4, 2018

Kathryn Irene (Kahre) Douglas was born October 26, 1943, to John and Annabelle (Boyd) Kahre in   Council Bluffs, Iowa. Kathy was raised near Logan, Iowa and graduated from Lo-Ma High School in 1961. Kathy married Harold Lloyd “Fuzzy” Douglas on November 1, 1968. The couple lived in Logan their entire married life. Kathy worked at Mutual of Omaha and...

Aug 3, 2018

Joseph Alister Ball was born on July 19, 1947, to Alister “Al” and Maxine (Jefferson) Ball in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Joe was raised near Woodbine and he graduated from Woodbine High School in 1965. He then attended the University of Nebraska and Dana College receiving a Bachelors of Science degree. Joe farmed with his parents. Joe married Linda Kelley...

Jul 25, 2018

Florence Belle (Thompson) Hall was born on August 13, 1929, to Charles and Lavonna (Black) Thompson in Emery, South Dakota. Her family moved to Dunlap when she was an infant. She attended Dunlap High School and graduated with the class of 1946. Florence Belle married Paul Bruce Frazier and to this union two children were born, Chris and Paulette....

Jul 8, 2018

Dolores Ann “Dort” (Springer) Johnson was born March 12, 1925, to Frank and Clara (Reinig) Springer near Portsmouth, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1943. Dort     attended six weeks of summer school and then she taught country school for two years. Dort married    Kenneth Johnson at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap...

Jun 19, 2018

Milton Henry Niedermyer was born on July 5, 1924, to Henry and Helen (Hester) Niedermyer at the family home. Milt was raised near Pisgah and he graduated from Magnolia High School. Milt married Mary Epperson on February 28, 1946, at the Pisgah Catholic Rectory. The couple farmed near Pisgah, and their farm has earned the distinction of being a...

Jun 17, 2018

Larry Joseph Stessman was born on January 25, 1955, to Joseph "Jack" and Kathryn (Feser) Stessman at the hospital on base in Fort Benning, Georgia. He attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Earling for eight years and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1973. After high school he worked numerous jobs before taking a position with Ardan's in Beaumont,...