Obituaries
Bertha Morton
Feb 9, 2016
Bertha Ellen (Cox) Morton was born January 9, 1931, to Dewey and Alma Bertha (Benson) Cox in Moorhead, Iowa. She attended school in Moorhead. Bertha married Robert Wendall Morton on November 10, 1949, in Logan, Iowa. Through the years Bertha worked at Baelmann's for three years, the experimental fruit farm for five years and at Westmont Care Center for...
Betty Berka
Feb 6, 2016
Betty Lorraine (Marolf) Hargens Berka was born August 14, 1924, to Roy and Lillian (Berry) Marolf in Denison, Iowa. She attended school in Denison. Betty married Earl Hargens in October of 1942 in Missouri. Earl was in the Army and the couple lived in California while Earl was in basic training. He was then sent off to England and...
Audrey Cohrs
Jan 27, 2016
Audrey Mae (Marshall) Cohrs was born July 27, 1922, to William and Mary (Lizer) Marshall near Magnolia, Iowa. In 1932 Audrey's mother became ill and Audrey and her sister were sent to live with relatives. Audrey was 11 when her mother died. She returned to live with her father and brother in Ute, Iowa. She graduated as valedictorian from...
Aaron Borecky
Jan 27, 2016
Aaron Keith Borecky was born on January 18, 1976, in Payson, Utah to Steven Borecky and Valerie McMonigle. Aaron graduated from high school in Lyman Wyoming in 1994. He was a state champ swimmer and track athlete in high school and received a track scholarship to college. Aaron attended Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota. He began working...
Bernard Kenkel
Jan 22, 2016
Bernard H. Kenkel, Jr. was born on January 30, 1930, to Bernard Sr. and Caroline (Mumm) Kenkel in Dunlap, Iowa. He was raised in Dunlap and attended St. Joseph Catholic School. The family moved to Woodbine when he was a fifth grade and he graduated from Woodbine High School in 1948. Bernie then began farming until he was drafted...
Sharon Mahlberg
Jan 13, 2016
Sharon Evonne (Gosch) Mahlberg was the sixth child born to Herbert and Alice (Rude) Gosch on August 27, 1954, in Mapleton, Iowa. She lived in the Castana area and graduated from Mapleton High School in 1972 and moved to Sioux City, Iowa. Sharon married Robert Mahlberg on May 31, 1980. The couple moved to Soldier in 1984. Sharon worked...
Gladys Gardner
Jan 7, 2016
Gladys Glee (Barnes) Gardner was born December 18, 1929, to Marguerite (Michael) and Edward Barnes in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She was raised on a farm near Logan in the Hardscratch area. Gladys married Dale Gardner in 1947, in Avoca, Iowa. The couple farmed near Moorhead, Iowa. Dale died on January 5, 1993. Gladys moved to Woodbine in 2013. Gladys...
James Johnson
Jan 5, 2016
James Arthur Johnson was born October 2, 1927, to Roy and Inez (McWilliams) Johnson in Pisgah, Iowa. He was raised in Pisgah and Iowa City. He graduated from an Iowa City high school. Jim worked as a mechanic at a Chevy dealership in Iowa City as well as the Rosen Novak Chevy dealership in Omaha and the Seabury Chevy...
Joseph Coenen
Jan 5, 2016
Joseph Henry Coenen was born on April 11, 1950, to Henry and Dorothy (Gross) Coenen in Harlan, Iowa. Joe grew up in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1968. He worked as an X-ray tech at St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha. Joe joined the U.S. Army and served his country for four years. After Joe's honorable discharge...
Dr. Koski
Jan 4, 2016
Raymond Ralph Koski was born on December 23, 1938, to Ralph and Georgia (Stilson) Koski in Dunlap, Iowa. He grew up in the Dunlap area and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1957. Ray then attended Simpson College for two years. He then proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. He was in Korea and specialized as a...
Helen Monahan
Dec 30, 2015
Helen Marie (Miller) Monahan was born March 4, 1920, to Frank and Mary (Jurgensmier) Miller in Harlan, Iowa. She was raised in Shelby County and attended country school. Helen helped out at home and then worked for area families. She met her future husband, John J. Monahan, at a dance. The couple married on September 22, 1942, at St....
Carol Kelley
Dec 25, 2015
Carol Ann (Jacobsen) Livengood Kelley was born April 21, 1948, to Raymond and Doris (Young) Jacobsen in Logan, Iowa. She was raised in Logan and graduated from Logan High School in 1966. Carol was her dad's "right hand man." After high school Carol worked at Offutt as a personal assistant to the colonel in charge of the airman's assignments....
Lori Siebels
Dec 24, 2015
Lori Jean Siebels was born February 7, 1961, to Royce and Marjorie (Thomas) Siebels in Storm Lake, Iowa. She graduated from Storm Lake High School in 1979. Following her high school graduation she moved to Des Moines, Iowa. She worked for Northwestern Bell and Principal Financial Group for many years. Lori loved music, her dog Sofia, and was a loyal...
Michael Sneed
Dec 23, 2015
Michael Lewis Sneed was born September 15, 1957, to Jerry and Lois (Cornell) Sneed in Albany, Oregon. He was raised in Oregon. Michael held many jobs. In Albany, Oregon he worked at a frozen foods company. He worked at See's Masonry in California. On July 25, 1980, Michael married Sherry Belcastro in Albany, Oregon. The couple moved to Woodbine,...
Peggy Hardy
Dec 15, 2015
Peggy Joe (Pauley) Hardy was born September 14, 1955, to Merle and Carmelita (Lustgraff) Pauley in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was raised in Missouri Valley. Peggy married Larry Hardy on June 21, 1975, in Missouri Valley. The couple lived in Woodbine. Peggy worked at Rose Vista Nursing Home as the head cook. She also worked at Foodland, Energique and...
Florence Francis
Dec 14, 2015
Florence Irene (Roberts) Francis was born August 25, 1920, to Marion and Lizzie (Mustard) Roberts, the oldest of six children, in Davis County, Iowa. She lived her early life in the Bloomfield, Iowa area where she graduated from Troy High School and later Bloomfield Junior College with a teaching certificate. It was during her college days that she met...
Joan Johnson
Dec 8, 2015
Joan "Carolyn" (Rees) Johnson, 86 years old, was born May 20, 1929, on a farm near Dunlap, Iowa, where she spent her childhood and attended a one room school house. When her father was killed in an auto accident, her mother moved her and her sister to Woodbine, Iowa, where she was very active in her high school. She...
Cleadus Wakehouse
Dec 7, 2015
Cleadus Arlene (Peterson) Wakehouse was born January 12, 1926, to Dave and Cora (Towne) Peterson in Pisgah, Iowa. Cleadus attended country school north of Woodbine and then went to school in Pisgah through the 8th grade. Cleadus worked at the hospital in Onawa, Iowa. On November 20, 1943, Cleadus married John Wakehouse. The couple farmed near Pisgah until 1987...
Betty White
Nov 23, 2015
Betty Ann (Rock) White was born January 24, 1926, in Woodbine, Iowa to Daniel Joseph and Thelma (Donnelson) Rock. Betty graduated from Woodbine High School in 1944 and then taught country school for six years. She went to California to visit for the summer and decided to stay in California. Betty met her future husband in California, Charles "Whitey"...
Richard Tiffey
Nov 18, 2015
Richard "Dick" Eugene Tiffey, Sr. was born on June 4, 1931 near Woodbine, Iowa to parents John and Huldah (Tensmeyer) Tiffey. Dick grew up in Missouri Valley and attended school there. Due to his father's poor health, Dick went to work at an early age to help support his parents and siblings. Dick served in the U.S. Army during...
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