Obituaries
Wally Brummer
Aug 4, 2017
Walter Edward Brummer lived his life with faith, hard work, compassion, love of family, and good times. His midwife grandmother, Magdalina (Schaben) Feser delivered Wally into this world at her home in Defiance, Iowa on February 9, 1947, to Edward & Mary (Feser) Brummer. Wally grew up on a farm in rural Dow City, Iowa. He excelled in sports and...
Jim Boustead
Aug 4, 2017
James Kenneth Boustead was born August 22, 1930, to Harry H. and Banie Marie (O'Banion) Boustead in Woodbine, Iowa. He attended country school and Woodbine High School graduating in 1948. Jim began working at the Harrison County REC trimming trees. He enlisted in the US Army and after a physical, he was not accepted. He took care of his...
Bump Assmann
Jul 30, 2017
Bernard "Bump" Leonard Assmann was born March 24, 1934, in Dunlap, Iowa to Joseph and Deloris (Egan) Assmann. He was raised in the Dunlap area and attended St. Joseph Catholic School graduating in 1952. Bump worked for Union Pacific Railroad for three years. Bump proudly served his country in the United States Army. While in the service, Bump married...
Quentin Heistand
Jul 28, 2017
Quentin David Heistand was born February 11, 1975, to David and Beth (Bremser) Heistand in Denison, Iowa. He was raised near Dow City and Dunlap and graduated from Boyer Valley High School in 1993. He enjoyed Little League Baseball and High School Golf. Quentin attended Iowa State University in Ames and Western Iowa Technical in Sioux City. He studied...
Alice Landon
Jul 16, 2017
Alice Martha (Girton) Landon was born September 17, 1931, to Dean and Martha (Freymuller) Girton near Magnolia, Iowa. She attended Magnolia School and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1949. She went onto the Iowa State Teachers' College in Cedar Falls to receive her teaching degree. She taught in country schools near Honey Creek and Pisgah. Alice married Richard...
Bertha Corwin
Jul 13, 2017
Bertha Lucille (Shipman) Corwin was born March 13, 1923, to Guy and Louvenia (Rogers) Shipman in Woodbine, Iowa. She attended country school and Woodbine High School; graduating in 1941. After her graduation, Bertha enlisted in the armed forces and was stationed at Fort Kearney, Nebraska working on B17 bomber instrument panels. She enjoyed her time in the service and...
Gary Gorham
Jul 11, 2017
Gary Edward Gorham was born June 27, 1944, to Kenneth and Lucille (Knutson) Gorham near Dunlap, Iowa. He was raised near Dunlap and attended Clover Country School and Dunlap High School graduating in 1962. He then attended the University of Denver for two years and studied accounting. On October 17, 1964, Gary married Audrey Kline at St. John Lutheran...
Jerrold Foutch
Jul 4, 2017
Jerrold Wayne Foutch was born December 24, 1937, to Wayne and Lois (Wharton) Foutch in Dunlap, Iowa. He was baptized in the Methodist Church, attended school at the Old Douglas Hill School east of Woodbine and then Woodbine High School graduating in 1955. Jerry attended Iowa State University and graduated in 1959 with a degree in Vocational Education and...
Howard Johnson
Jun 30, 2017
Howard George Johnson was born July 10, 1918, to William and Sophia (Jensen) Johnson in Weston, Iowa. Over the years Howard worked in farming, bulldozing, manufacturing, and tire refurbishing. He will be remembered for his singing, poetry, sense of humor and love of Jesus Christ. Howard met Phyllis Plath through singing, and he made her his wife on June...
Leo Hull
Jun 29, 2017
Leo Arnold Hull was born February 15, 1978, to Ronald and Suzan (Ludwig) Hull in Onawa, Iowa. He was raised near Moorhead and graduated from East Monona High School in 1996. Leo attended Iowa Western Community College and received his degree in diesel mechanics. He worked as a mechanic for Cummins and International in Omaha. In 2007 he started...
Gerald Petersen
Jun 26, 2017
Gerald "Jerry" Charles Petersen, 84, of Boulder, Colorado died on Monday, June 26, 2017, at his home. Jerry was born March 25, 1933, to Lloyd and Lucille (Ferrell) Petersen in Logan, Iowa. Jerry attended several schools in Colorado and Iowa and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1951 as the salutatorian of his class. On July 1, 1951, Gerald...
Linda (Losh) Pafford
Jun 24, 2017
Linda Dee (Losh) Pafford was born August 30, 1967, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She started her schooling in Council Bluffs and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1986. After her graduation, Linda moved to Omaha and worked as a CNA in Fremont, Nebraska. Linda was married and blessed with three children. Linda and Kirstin moved to Dunlap in 2012,...
Audrey Kline
Jun 22, 2017
Audrey Mary (Petersen) Kline was born November 15, 1924, to John and LuLu (Smith) Petersen in Manilla, Iowa. Audrey attended country school and Denison High School. After her high school graduation she attended summer school in Denson and received her teaching degree. Audrey taught in several country schools. She also worked as a waitress, detassled corn several summers, and...
Marilyn Collins
Jun 19, 2017
Marilyn Lee (Michael) Collins was born on April 3, 1933, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Louis and Irene (Niles) Michael adopted her at the age of three months. She was raised in the Magnolia area and attended school at Windy Ridge Country School. She graduated from Magnolia High School in 1951. On August 16, 1952, Marilyn married Harlan Collins. The...
Paul Churchill
Jun 16, 2017
Paul Walter Churchill was born February 22, 1928, to George and Ida (Bintz) Churchill in Woodbine, Iowa. He was raised in Woodbine, attended school, and graduated from Woodbine High School. In 1945, Paul proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. He served as a military policeman and was stationed in Germany. After his honorable discharge he returned to...
Lois Morgan
Jun 15, 2017
Lois Marilyn Morgan (née Halverson) passed away the evening of Thursday, June 15, 2017. She was born December 28, 1928, in Decorah, IA, daughter of Grant Melvin Halverson and Helen Bernice Neumedahl Halverson. She wed James Joseph Morgan in 1947, and they had one daughter, Jody Ann. They lived in Woodbine IA, Naperville, IL, Crystal Lake, IL, and finally...
Ronald Sondag
Jun 14, 2017
Ronald John Sondag was born June 20, 1939, to Peter Theodore and Hazel Jane (Smith) Sondag on a farm near Dunlap, Iowa. He was raised near Dunlap and attended school in Dunlap. Following high school Ronald worked at the Amour Packing Plant. He was then drafted into the United States Army. He served as a medic and was stationed...
Andy Arndt
Jun 13, 2017
Andrew (Andy) Kevin Arndt was born January 13, 1962, in Janesville, Wisconsin to Bonnie (Barthel) and Donald Arndt. He also lived in Madison and Phelps, Wisconsin before he and his father moved to Honey Creek, Iowa. He started his freshman year and then graduated from Missouri Valley High School, Missouri Valley, Iowa in 1980. Andy married Mary (Kuhlman) Bolton on...
Josephine Heaps
Jun 5, 2017
Thelma Josephine (Ambrose) Heaps was born on December 29, 1942, to Walter Joseph and Thelma Mae (Rief) Ambrose in Lawton, Oklahoma. When her father entered WWII the family lived with grandparents. Until she was 12 the family farmed near Woodbine then moved to a farm near Council Bluffs. Josephine graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1960. She then...
Ruth Heim
Jun 5, 2017
Hester Ruth Heim was born June 27, 1929, near Logan, Iowa to Robert P. and Hester (Campbell) Wilson. She attended Linwood Country School and Logan High School graduating in 1947. Ruth taught country school for a couple of years. On August 7, 1949, Ruth married Elmer D. Heim at the Methodist Church in Logan, Iowa. The couple farmed southeast...
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