Obituaries

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,...

Jun 4, 2018

Cecelia Marie (Funk) Wegner was born on November 15, 1933, to Lawrence and Barbara (Windeshausen) Funk in Portsmouth, Iowa. She was raised near Portsmouth and graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1951. Following her high school graduation, Ceil worked at Mutual of Omaha. Cecelia married Walter Joseph Wegner on May 17, 1954, in Portsmouth, Iowa. The couple farmed west...

Jun 3, 2018

The family of Robert L. (Bob) Oster is honoring his wishes not to hold a service. Robert died on Sunday June 3, 2018. Robert L. Oster lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and was a civil engineer with the Union Pacific Railroad Company for 36 years. He married Donna J. Lahr of Dow City, Iowa, on January 14, 1961. Together they...

May 30, 2018

Marie Rose (Kloewer) Block Smith was born on October 20, 1923, to Frank and Anna (Rau) Kloewer in Westphalia, Iowa. She graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School. On May 12, 1943, Marie married Herman Block. The couple farmed near Earling until 1956, when they started farming near Dunlap. The family moved to Dunlap in 1964. Herman died in 1965....

May 21, 2018

Rita Joanne (Render) Thomsen was born August 10, 1928, to Gerald and Doris (Wilson) Render in Modale, Iowa. She was raised near Missouri Valley, and she graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 1945. Joanne met Keith Thomsen while she was working at a restaurant that Keith came into for lunch. The couple got married on September 9, 1946,...

May 14, 2018

Darrell Dwight Watkins was born on January 30, 1920, in Woodbine, Iowa to Kenneth and Lucy Rose (Bolch) Watkins. Darrell graduated from Woodbine High School in 1938. Darrell was united in marriage to Mary Marcedda Summerfield on August 13, 1942, in Woodbine Iowa. The couple farmed near Woodbine, Moorhead, Dow City and Arion. In 1960 they moved to Arion...

May 8, 2018

Charlene Kay Kline was born November 9, 1955, to Mildred and Leonard (Malone) Kline in Onawa, Iowa. She was raised in Council Bluffs and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1974. Charlene worked at the A & W Restaurant, Bingo King and American Games all in Council Bluffs. She moved to Missouri Valley and then to Dunlap. She...

May 1, 2018

Margaret Marie (Harmon) Hamer was born on May 7, 1923, to Emmett and Minnie Etta (Outhouse) Harmon in Moorhead, Iowa. The family moved to Pisgah in 1935, where she graduated from high school in 1940. On January 23, 1943, Margaret married Dwight Hamer at the RLDS Church in Omaha. After the couple was married, Dwight was stationed in Amarillo,...

Apr 29, 2018

Freeman Albert Vandemark was born on February 11, 1928, to Hoyt and Marie (Trimpe) Vandemark near Dunlap, Iowa in Rabbit Hollow. He was raised near Dunlap and attended school there. Freeman married Iva Radloff on February 25, 1950, at the Methodist Church's parsonage in Woodbine. Freeman farmed most of his life. He also worked at Gary's Ag, Foodland, Agriland...