Obituaries
Dennis Swenson
Dec 7, 2014
Dennis Lee Swenson was born August 1, 1941, to George and Rachel (McHenry) Swenson in Ute, Iowa. Dennis' father died in July of 1942. Dennis' mother married Dean Davis in 1943. Dennis grew up in the Dunlap area and graduated from Dunlap High School in 1959. He attended a community college in Brookings, South Dakota. He then joined the...
Richard Alton
Nov 18, 2014
Richard Eugene "Dick" Alton was born In Malvern, IA on January 12, 1930 to Clarence and Barbara (Lang) Alton. Dick spent his early childhood in the Malvern, Iowa area and then moved out west to Cheyenne, Wyoming and Fort Collins, Colorado before coming back to Harrison County where he met his future wife. Richard married Hazel Holsapple on October...
Lois Foutch
Nov 15, 2014
Lois Irene (Wharton) Foutch was born on March 2, 1914, to James Elmer and Ava Grace (Burress) Wharton northeast of Woodbine, Iowa. Lois attended Normal School in Woodbine, graduating in 1931. Lois taught school for two years and then married Wayne Dwight Foutch on March 9, 1936. The couple lived north of Woodbine for two years, south of Dunlap...
Eugene Sherer
Nov 12, 2014
Ward Eugene Sherer was born on September 27, 1943, to Ward and Esther (Behrends) Sherer in Little Sioux, Iowa. He was raised on a farm near Pisgah and graduated from Pisgah High School in 1961. Gene received an associate's degree in accounting and worked for Dewey Chevrolet in Omaha and the Logan Mill before entering the nursing home business. On...
Carl Behm
Nov 9, 2014
Carl Bernard Behm was born on December 17, 1934, to Frank Delbert and Nellie Irene (Hobbs) Behm in Modale, Iowa. He attended school in both Missouri Valley and Dunlap at St. Joseph Catholic School. Carl proudly served his country in the United States Army for three years in Germany. In February of 1959, Carl married Janice Barnum at Sacred...
Robert Pryor
Nov 8, 2014
Robert George Pryor, 76, of Phoenix, Arizona died on November 8, 2014, in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born on November 5, 1938, to Arthur Frederick and Amanda Johanna (Volkens) Pryor Sr., in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was raised in Missouri Valley, Iowa and attended school there. On April 23, 1960, Robert married Sally Newland in Woodbine, Iowa. Robert and...
Opal Fox
Nov 8, 2014
Opal Lucille (Haner) Fox was born on January 5, 1925, to Harry and Gladys (Spanswick) Haner near Moorhead, Iowa. Opal attended country school and then graduated from Woodbine High School in 1943. She worked at Sunstrand Aviation in Denver, Colorado. Opal married Blaine Fox on December 18, 1943, in Logan, Iowa. The couple lived on a farm on Highway...
Shirley Navrude
Nov 7, 2014
Shirley Mae (Hatcher) Navrude was born March 9, 1938, to LeRoy and Lula (Hatcher) Hatcher in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Shirley was raised between Logan and Missouri Valley, Iowa and graduated from Logan High School in 1956. She then took one year of schooling at a business college in Omaha, Nebraska. Shirley met Harold Navrude on a blind date and...
Dorothy Barry
Oct 28, 2014
Dorothy Jean (Waldemer) Barry was born on August 25, 1929, to Michael and Alleyne (Lyon) Waldemer near Pisgah, Iowa. Dorothy grew up near Pisgah and attended country school. She graduated from Pisgah High School and then attended Simpson College and was awarded her teaching certificate. Dorothy was a substitute teacher for several years. On May 26, 1950, Dorothy married...
Charlie Mumm
Oct 20, 2014
Charles Joseph Mumm was born on April 21, 1935, to Peter and Frances (Gross) Mumm near Earling, Iowa. He attended St. Joseph Catholic School in Earling. Charlie started farming in the Earling area, and on September 10, 1957, Charlie married Verla Rau in Manilla, Iowa. The couple continued to farm between Dunlap and Earling, Iowa. Charlie also drove a...
Laverne Williams
Oct 19, 2014
Laverne David "Whimpy" Williams was born on February 10, 1928, to Clyde and Clementine (Plambeck) Williams near Portsmouth, Iowa. He attended grade school at Hemlock School west of Portsmouth and high school in Persia, Iowa until his father's illness required Laverne to work on the farm. On September 13, 1948, Laverne married Darlene "Enie" Lyons at the Lutheran Church...
Judy Schiltz
Oct 13, 2014
Judy Kay (Farris) Schiltz was born in Little Sioux, Iowa to Charles and Ruby (Caldwell) Farris. Judy graduated from West Harrison High School in 1964. On July 20, 1964, Judy married Kenneth Schiltz in Logan, Iowa. To this union three children were born, Brenda, Paul and Larry. The couple lived in Omaha where she worked for the First Federal...
Mary Kenkel
Oct 10, 2014
Mary Ann Kenkel was born on March 13, 1925, to Bernard Sr. and Caroline (Mumm) Kenkel in Dunlap, Iowa. She was raised in Dunlap where she attended St. Joseph Catholic School and then the family moved to Woodbine when she was a sophomore and she graduated from Woodbine High School in 1943. Mary Ann took the Normal Training and...
Kenneth Dunlop
Oct 7, 2014
Kenneth LaVerne Dunlop was born November 18, 1923, to Alfred and Winnie (Wall) Dunlop in Colome, South Dakota. When he was six or seven years old the family moved to the Moorhead-Pisgah area and then back to South Dakota. He graduated from Springfield, South Dakota High School. Kenny proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII. He...
Kathleen Ellison
Oct 5, 2014
Kathleen Fay Ellison was born September 9, 1928, in Harrison County, Iowa to Irving and Opal (McHenry) Bamford. She graduated from Woodbine High School and then worked for Boyer Valley Telephone Company in Woodbine for 13 years. On September 9, 1950, Kathleen married Bernie Ellison at the Christian Church parsonage in Logan, Iowa. The couple lived in Woodbine since...
Maurine Lehan
Oct 5, 2014
Maurine Rose (Klein) Lehan was born May 4, 1917, to George and Katie (Muschitz) Klein in Persia, Iowa. She was raised in Persia and Earling, Iowa and attended school in Earling at St. Joseph Catholic School. Maurine worked on the farm with her parents. On February 15, 1938, Maurine married John Lehan at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Earling....
Kathryn (Botos) Randall
Sep 27, 2014
Kathryn "Katie" (Botos) Randall was born March 16, 1923, to Paul and Rosalia (Emrie) Botos in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Katie attended school in Missouri Valley and she graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 1941. She then attended Dana College and received her teaching degree. Katie taught in the country school in Old Town Missouri Valley and Honey Creek,...
Doris Hildreth
Sep 26, 2014
Doris Gayle (Moore) Hildreth was born April 2, 1941, to Lewis and Aleta (Jensen) Moore in Onawa, Iowa. She was raised in Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1959. Doris married Bernard Hildreth on May 15, 1959, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They lived in Council Bluffs for one and one half years before moving to a farm...
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...
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