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Doris Woodward
Sep 22, 2014
Doris Byrle (Crabb) Woodward was born September 5, 1924, to Floyd and Ada (Coffman) Crabb at their home in Little Sioux, Iowa. Doris and her twin sister, Deloris, were the youngest children in this family. Doris graduated from the Little Sioux High School in 1942. Bonnie (Nuzum) Martin and Doris stayed with Doris' cousin, Mike Powell, in Missouri Valley...
Ralph Ellsworth
Sep 18, 2014
Ralph Edward Ellsworth was born October 31, 1921, to Neal and Florence (Semler) Ellsworth in Trinidad, Colorado. The family moved to Arkansas where he grew up around the Pea Ridge area. He was inducted in 1942 into the Army Air Corps during WWII. He went through basic training in St. Petersburg, Florida, radio school in Chicago and gunner school...
Lucille Crilly
Sep 14, 2014
Lucille Catherine Crilly of Dunlap, Iowa, was born September 7, 1922 in Galland's Grove, Shelby County, Iowa, east of Dunlap, Iowa to Charles and Lavonna Thompson. She was the oldest child in a family of five children. Her father died in 1937 at the age of 43 after suffering over ten years with a brain tumor. Lucille and her...
Frances Burmeister
Sep 13, 2014
Frances Anna (Purdy) Burmeister was born on January 14, 1925, to Harry and Elizabeth (Doughty) Purdy in Madison, Nebraska, She attended school in Madison. After she graduated from high school she enrolled in cosmetology school in Lincoln. She worked in both Lincoln and Madison. Frances married Carl Roy Burmeister in Madison, Nebraska on October 12, 1952. To this union...
Jerry Baldwin
Sep 4, 2014
Gerald Laverne "Jibs" Baldwin was born June 14, 1959, to Fritz and Mary Alice (Sullivan) Baldwin in Denison, Iowa. He was raised in Dunlap, Iowa and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1977. He then attended Iowa State University and graduated in 1981 with a degree in Business and Political Science. On May 29, 1981, Jerry married Denise Lapke...
Virginia Donn
Sep 3, 2014
Virginia May (Barry) Donn was born November 17, 1925, to Orville and Olga (Johnson) Barry on the Barry family farm near Woodbine, Iowa. Virginia spent the first year of her life in her baby buggy in the barn as the barn was being built. She was raised near Woodbine and attended country school and graduated from Woodbine Normal School...
Terry Sorey
Aug 30, 2014
Terry Lee Sorey was born May 1, 1951, to Ralph and Marian (Condron) Sorey in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was raised in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1970. Terry farmed near Woodbine and then worked at the Rock Quarry, was a truck driver for Scribner where he received many driving awards and then worked at Vulcan...
Gerald Hicks
Aug 29, 2014
Gerald Lawrence Hicks was born December 4, 1918, to William and Edith (Mitchell) Hicks in Willow Township, west of Dunlap. Gerald attended country school #7 until the 8th grade. He then helped his parent's farm for a few years. On May 5, 1941, Gerald moving to Buffalo, New York and was employed with the Curtis Wright Corporation and worked...
Janice Peterson
Aug 25, 2014
Janice Marie (Schaefer) Peterson was born September 16, 1939, to Alfonso and Irene (Weber) Schaefer in Dunlap, Iowa. She was raised in Dunlap and attended country school west of Dunlap. She graduated from Dunlap High School in 1957. Jan married her high school sweetheart, Jack Peterson, on September 19, 1957, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The couple lived in Council...
Lawrence Makinen
Aug 20, 2014
Lawrence Russell "Mac" Makinen was born April 25, 1935, in Eveleth, Minnesota to Sakri and Hilda (Moilanen) Makinen. He was raised in the Sparta Location in Minnesota and graduated from Gilbert High School in 1953. Mac proudly served his country in the U. S. Army & Air Force. Mac married Judy Ann Daugherty on February 19, 1963, at the...
Verna Thompson
Aug 17, 2014
Verna Raye (Merritt) Thompson was born November 8, 1935, to Marian and Erma (Nelson) Merritt in Dunlap, Iowa. She was raised in Dunlap and graduated from Dunlap High School. Verna married Avery Junior Thompson on May 3, 1957, in Luverne, Minnesota. The couple lived in Dunlap. Verna was a waitress at the Gold Slipper and she worked in the...
Richard Mann
Aug 3, 2014
Richard Wayne Mann was born January 29, 1962, to Max and Gerry (Speake) Mann in Omaha, Nebraska. He started school in Woodbine and then when he was in third grade the family moved to Missouri Valley and he attended school there. Rick began working in the construction and carpenter business. He also proudly served his country in the US...
Terry Francis
Jul 26, 2014
Terry Lee Francis, 59, of Logan went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, July 26, 2014, after having bravely fought cancer for the last 15 months. The son of Oscar and Florence (Roberts) Francis, Terry was born April 6, 1955, and graduated from Lo-Ma High School with the class of 1973. He enjoyed working with his father...
Anna Clausen
Jul 10, 2014
Anna Ethel (Adams) Clausen was born February 19, 1913, in Washington D. C. to Linwood and Ethel (Burch) Adams. She died on Thursday, July 10, 2014, at Clarion Wellness and Rehab Center in Clarion, Iowa. When Anna was three years old she moved with her parents and two sisters to a farm in Orange County, Virginia. In March of...
Audrey Girton
Jun 27, 2014
Audrey Nell Girton was born July 1, 1935, on a farm near Magnolia, Iowa. Audrey was born to Dean and Martha (Freymuller) Girton. She graduated from Magnolia High School in 1953. Audrey attended college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After a year a college she moved to Council Bluffs and worked at Taffee's Drug Store with her aunt, Marie. Audrey...
John Schwab
Jun 27, 2014
John Francis Schwab was born July 24, 1940, in rural Harrison County, Iowa to Carl Leonard and Mary Sophia (Flynn) Schwab. John attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Dunlap through the 8th grade and graduated from Dunlap Community School in 1958. After graduation, John attended Commercial Extension Business School in Omaha, Nebraska and then returned to farming in Dunlap...
Lynn Smith
Jun 21, 2014
Lynn Paul Smith was born February 24, 1959, to Paul and Jan (Fox) Smith in Denison, Iowa. He was raised near Dunlap and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1977. He started farming and working at the Boyer Valley Plant near Denison. On February 14, 1981, Lynn married Greta Sisson at St. Patrick Catholic Church. The couple was blessed...
Howard Stephens
Jun 18, 2014
Howard Ernest Stephens was born on September 14, 1927, to Bryant and Vera (Townsel) Stephens in Almyra, Arkansas. He was raised in Hope, Heber Springs and Little Rock, Arkansas. Howard married Donna Means in August of 1966. Howard drove truck, was a mechanic and welder. He worked in the garage and sewer department for the City of Omaha. At...
Merle Kepford
Jun 14, 2014
Merle William Kepford was born July 25, 1921, near Magnolia, Iowa to Leon and Gretchen (Galland) Kepford. When Merle was seven years old the family moved to the Dunlap area. Merle attended Vinland Country School and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1939. On June 2, 1945, Merle married Katherine "Kitty" Fienhold. Merle has lived on the same farm...
John White
Jun 4, 2014
John Michael White was born July 24, 1956, to Robert and Dorothy (Adams) White in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was raised in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1975. He then attended Dana College for two years. John married Karen Guse in 1982 in Omaha, Nebraska. John worked at First Data for 27 years. He then worked...
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