Obituaries
Todd Musgrave
Apr 10, 2016
Todd Melvern Musgrave, 58, went home to be with the Lord unexpectedly the morning of April 10, 2016, at his home in Fountain, Colorado. Todd was born April 4, 1958, in Omaha, Nebraska. He lived in Council Bluffs, Woodbine, and Missouri Valley, Iowa before moving to Colorado in 1986. Todd joined the United States Army in December of 1987....
Rosanna Mitchell
Apr 10, 2016
Rosanna May (Hack) Mitchell was born on March 8, 1931 to Perry and Juliette (Baldwin) Hack in Dunlap, Iowa. Rosanna attended country school and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1949. Rosanna married Robert Mitchell on June 19, 1949. The couple farmed northwest of Dunlap and then they moved to their current location in 1960. Rosanna gave piano and...
Mary Argotsinger
Apr 10, 2016
Mary Elizabeth (Young) Argotsinger was born February 13, 1925, to LeRoy and Undine (Holeton) Young near Woodbine, Iowa. She was raised near Woodbine and attended country school and then Woodbine High School. She continued her education with the normal teachers' training and began her teaching career in country schools. Mary met her future husband at church, and on August...

Betty Fitzgerald
Apr 7, 2016
Betty Mae (Bahr) Fitzgerald was born May 24, 1924, to Daniel and Mary (Andresen) Bahr in Dunlap, Iowa. She was raised in Dunlap and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1942. Betty moved to Des Moines and worked at an ammunition plant. She then went to Hawaii and worked at the defense plant at Hickman Field. While living in...
Robert Radloff
Apr 1, 2016
Robert Edwin Radloff was born September 7, 1924, to Albert and Viola (Vanderpool) Radloff in Harrison County, Iowa. He was raised near Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine H.S. in 1944. Bob started working for the Railroad and then worked with road construction at Irving F. Jensen Construction in Sioux City for 49 years. He was a foreman and superintendent....
Mary Garvin
Mar 31, 2016
Mary Ann (Hein) Garvin was born in rural Woodbine, Iowa on April 29, 1937, to Gifford and Helen (Willis) Hein. Mary Ann was raised on a farm in the Dunlap area and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1955. On April 2, 1956, Mary Ann married Paul Garvin at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Woodbine. The couple lived and...
Ruth Lichtenberg
Mar 25, 2016
Ruth Elizabeth (Grieme) Lichtenberg was born October 18, 1927, to Henry and Malinda Grieme in Alta, Iowa. Ruth attended Hanover Lutheran Parochial School and graduated from Alta High School. Ruth had plans to attend Colorado Woman's College in 1946 to study interior design. Ruth married Roger Lichtenberg on September 19, 1948. The couple settled on the family farm and...
James Slagle
Mar 23, 2016
James Leland "Jim" Slagle was born January 14, 1945, to Charles and Orlene (Siler) Slagle in Woodbine, Iowa. He was raised in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1964. Jim worked at the Woodbine Twiner during high school and he continued in the printing business in Neola, Omaha and Logan. He also did custom printing from his...
Jordan Straight Muxfeldt
Mar 14, 2016
Jordan Linn (Straight) Muxfeldt was born May 5, 1988, to Jay and Lori (Pond) Straight in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She attended school in Logan and graduated from Logan-Magnolia High School in 2006. She then attended Iowa State University for 1 ½ years. Jordan married Shane Muxfeldt on December 31, 2008. Jordan loved to work with and show cattle. Jordan...

Deloris Newland
Mar 14, 2016
Deloris Faye (Schroeder) Newland was born on December 27, 1939, to Henry and Hertha (Petersen) Schroeder near Aspinwall, Iowa. Deloris graduated from Manilla High School in 1958. After high school she moved to Council Bluffs and started working at Blue Star and then at Jennie Edmundson Hospital as a nurse's aide. Deloris married James Newland on January 10, 1970...
Roger Soukup
Mar 13, 2016
Roger R. Soukup, 75 went home to be with the Lord in his home in The Villages on Sunday, March 13, 2016. Roger was born in Atlantic, Iowa and was raised in Woodbine, Iowa. He was the son of Ferne and Lester Soukup. Roger was raised on the family farm and worked with his dad and grandfather on the...
Art McWilliams
Mar 12, 2016
David Arthur "Art" McWilliams was born on November 17, 1923, to Howard & Belle (Comstock) McWilliams in Pisgah, Iowa. Art graduated from Pisgah High School in 1941. Art started driving the school bus for Pisgah Schools while in high school and continued after graduation. Art married Lois Powell in 1944, and the couple was blessed with two children, Larry...

Ila Hicks
Mar 11, 2016
Ila Nadine (Rief) Hicks was born on July 16, 1925, to Arthur Julius and Ethel Mae (French) Rief in Honey Creek, Iowa. She attended elementary school in Boomer Township near Honey Creek, Iowa and later moved with her family to their farm east of Woodbine. She graduated from Woodbine High School in 1944. On March 16, 1947, Ila married...
Jack Stessman
Feb 25, 2016
Joseph "Jack" Aloys Stessman was born September 16, 1931, to Leonard and Isabell (Assmann) Stessman near Earling, Iowa. Jack attended St. Joseph Catholic School in Earling graduating in 1949. He started farming with his father and his uncle. Jack married Kathryn Feser on September 7, 1953, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Dunlap. Jack proudly served his country in...

Nancy Arasmith
Feb 22, 2016
Nancy Louise Arasmith was born May 9, 1943, in Dunlap, Iowa, to Walter Merle and Edith Mildred (Strait) Holloway. She graduated from Dunlap High School in 1961 and Clark College in 1985. Nancy was the widow of Lavalle (Ace) Arasmith. She was a nurse and homemaker who loved to play bingo, bunco, and help others. Nancy lived in Gold...
Lorrene Assmann
Feb 20, 2016
Lorrene "Rene" Theresa (Kloewer) Assmann was born April 28, 1936, to Al and Eva (Peerman) Kloewer in Defiance, Iowa. She was raised in Defiance and graduated from St Paul's Catholic School. After her graduation she worked at NW Bell in Omaha for three years. Rene married Bernard "Bump" Assmann on June 22, 1957, while he was serving in the...
Kenny Dwyer
Feb 19, 2016
Kenneth John Dwyer was born August 3, 1928, to John and Elizabeth (Ledden) Dwyer in Sioux City, Iowa. He was raised in Dunlap and attended St. Joseph's Catholic School graduating in 1947. After his graduation Kenny worked around Dunlap before joining the Army on December 8, 1950. He served his country in the 11th Airborne Division where he received...
Lois Snyder
Feb 19, 2016
Lois Juanita (Smith) Snyder was born April 9, 1921, to William and Laura (Tupper) Smith near Woodbine, Iowa. She attended various country schools and graduated from Magnolia High School. After her graduation Lois worked for area families until her marriage. Lois married Clyde Snyder on January 3, 1941. The ceremony took place in the Methodist parsonage with the Rev....
Bernadette Leinen
Feb 17, 2016
Bernadette Elaine Leinen was born December 30, 1934, to James and Ruth (McEvoy) McHugh near Moorhead, Iowa. She was raised near Woodbine and Moorhead and attended country school in both areas. Bernadette married Nick Leinen on January 11, 1953. The couple lived in Woodbine, Ida Grove, Sac City, Dow City and Dunlap. Bernadette worked at Blue Star Foods in...
Eva Speake
Feb 16, 2016
Eva Viola (Vroman) Speake was born on July 4, 1918 in Holly, Colorado to parents Hiram Burdette and Violet May (Burch) Vroman. At the age of seven Eva and her family moved to Iowa. They first lived in Pisgah and then moved to Woodbine. Eva graduated from Woodbine High School in 1936. She took a year of a correspondence...