Obituaries

Lynn Miller

Lynn Miller

Apr 29, 2016

Leonard Lynn Miller was born on June 23, 1953, to Leonard Glen and Pauline (McAdams) Miller in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended country school at Pleasant Valley School east of Woodbine until the 3rd grade. He completed his education at Woodbine Community Schools graduating in 1971. Lynn was united in marriage to Gerianne (Geri) Wegner on March 4, 1978....

Ethel Oliver

Ethel Oliver

Apr 28, 2016

Ethel Frances Oliver was born August 21, 1919, to Leslie and Katherine Ethel (Smith) Oliver in Woodbine, Iowa. She was raised in the Woodbine and Pisgah areas and graduated from the Pisgah High School in 1935. At the age of 16 Ethel started working as a bookkeeper at McKinney-Seabury Chevrolet Garage in Pisgah. She worked there until it closed....

James Wegner

James Wegner

Apr 23, 2016

James Lawrence Wegner was born on April 2, 1959 to parents Walter and Cecelia (Funk) Wegner in Denison, Iowa. Jim attended Woodbine schools and graduated from Woodbine high School in 1977. Jim played basketball and participated in track (doing the high jump and shot put) while in high school. Jim worked for a private contractor doing track repair in...

Orville Wright

Orville Wright

Apr 14, 2016

Orville Marvin Wright was born July 4, 1921, to Charles Henry and Ethel Mae (Bardsley) in Weston, Iowa. He was raised in the Weston & Council Bluffs areas and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School. On May 2, 1943, Orville married Virginia Mae Heiberg in Papillion, Nebraska. The couple lived on a farm near Pisgah. They later bought their...

Todd Musgrave

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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