Obituaries
Don Anderson
Sep 17, 2013
Don "Soup" Eugene Anderson was born October 24, 1928, to Andrew and Ruby (Keairnes) Anderson in Dow City, Iowa. He was raised in Dow City and attended school there. On October 16, 1949, Don married Lois Winsor. The couple was blessed with eight children. In 1968, Don married Viola Presley. Viola died in 2005. Soup worked as a truck...

Barbara Cox
Sep 15, 2013
Barbara Ellen (Davis) Cox was born February 5, 1916, to Roy and Hazel (Tupper) Davis in Persia, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm near Persia and attended country school. She was graduated from Logan High School in 1933. Barbara attended one additional year of schooling for business. Barbara married Howard Kermitt Cox on December 1, 1940. The...
Doratt Baker
Sep 12, 2013
Doratt Louise (Vandivort) Baker was born August 15, 1942, in Moorhead, Iowa to George and Hilda (Peterson) Vandivort. She was raised in Moorhead and moved to Dunlap when she was in 8th grade. She then graduated from Dunlap High School. On August 24, 1963, Doratt married Paul "Cuz" Baker at the United Methodist Church in Dunlap. The couple lived...

Dorothy Conyers
Sep 9, 2013
Dorothy Lucille (Smith) Conyers was born October 20, 1919, to Hubert and Sara Jane (Shumate) Smith in Dunlap, Iowa. She was raised in the Dunlap area and attended country school. She then moved into town with her much beloved grandmother so she could attend Dunlap High School. Dorothy married Leonard Carrier Conyers on November 13, 1938. The couple lived...
Richard Monahan
Sep 7, 2013
Richard Francis "Spike" Monahan was born on March 9, 1951, in Harlan, Iowa to John Joseph and Helen (Miller) Monahan. Richard attended country school near Woodbine, then Woodbine Public School and the Logan Public Schools. Richard then did odd jobs in the Woodbine area including: working with Rex Rains at Rex's Meat Market and at Charlie Benjamin's locker. Richard...
Wayne Robertson
Aug 27, 2013
Wayne Edwin Robertson was born on February 17, 1947, to Edwin John and Marian Pearl (Clark) Robertson in Dunlap, Iowa. Wayne was raised on the farm and attended country school for a few years. He then attended Dunlap Community School and graduated in 1965. While in high school, he thoroughly enjoyed sports and was the student manager for the...
Helen Craft
Aug 21, 2013
Helen Margaret Craft was born October 18, 1927, to Guy and Hazel (Thoreson) Heistand near Pisgah, Iowa. She was raised in the Pisgah, Dunlap, and Woodbine areas. Helen graduated from Woodbine High School with a Normal Training Teaching Certificate in 1945. She taught country school near Dunlap after graduation. Helen married Howard "Bud" Craft on May 19, 1946 at...
Danny Schmidt
Aug 16, 2013
Daniel Adam Schmidt was born May 4, 1983, to Gary and Jeannie (Bray) Schmidt in Sioux City, Iowa. Danny grew up in Sloan, Iowa and Wayne, Nebraska. He attended Wayne High School and then moved to Sloan and graduated from Westwood High School in 2001. Danny then attended Western Iowa Tech Community College for two years to study graphic...
Jim Schaben
Aug 3, 2013
"Tell it like it is"…………... James Frank Schaben was born May 10, 1926, to Jacob and Blanche (Von Tersh) Schaben in Earling, Iowa. Jim's father passed away in 1934, and he was raised by his mother and aunt and uncle, Sue and Joe Hermrick. Jim graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1943. During WWII Jim entered the United...
Tom Harris
Aug 2, 2013
Thomas Delbert Harris was born December 14, 1955, to Maynard and Joyce (Loomis) Harris in Onawa, Iowa. Tom grew up east of Moorhead and graduated from East Monona High School in 1974. Tom married Deb Hull on June 14, 1974. To this union three children were born, Rick, infant daughter that died at birth and Casey. They made their...
Bette Harris
Jul 10, 2013
Bette Jean (Anderson) Harris was born on December 3, 1930, to Lars and Florence (Clemon) Anderson in Ute, Iowa. She lived with her family on a farm near Ute until she was six years old. The family then moved to Dunlap and lived there until 1947 when they moved to Woodbine. Bette graduated from Woodbine High School in 1948. She began...
Lyonal Clodfelder, Sr.
Jul 8, 2013
Lyonal David "Tommy" Clodfelder was born July 1, 1917, to Henry Eli and Amanda Jane (Kerchner) Clodfelder. He was born and raised in Logan and graduated from Logan High School. Tommy married Alma Lucille Erickson on June 17, 1940. Tommy proudly served his country in the United States Army during WWII, stationed in Texas. Except for his time in the service, Tom lived...
Danny Jochims
Jul 5, 2013
Daniel Ray Jochims was born on November 21, 1951, to Raymond Jochims and Lena Bahr in Earling, Iowa. The family lived in Dunlap where Danny attended Dunlap Public School and then moved to Woodbine and he attended Woodbine High School. On February 28, 1970, Danny married Debra Lynne Craft at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Woodbine, and they made...
Andrew Hicks
Jul 3, 2013
Andrew James Hicks was born March 1, 1983, to Bill and Gail (Schwarz) Hicks in Denison, Iowa. He was raised in Dunlap and graduated from Boyer Valley High School in 2001. He then attended Iowa Western Community College and graduated in 2003 from the Automotive Mechanics Program. Andrew worked for Anderson Auto Group in Missouri Valley, the Dunlap Livestock...
Lloyd DeForest
Jun 15, 2013
Lloyd Delvin DeForest was born October 18, 1937, to Jesse Delvin and Eldora (Thomas) DeForest in Dunlap, Iowa. He attended country school near Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1956. Lloyd started farming with his parents. He then attended auctioneering school in Mason City and auctioneered for a while. On March 6, 1960, Lloyd married Patricia Hopkins....
Marie Case
Jun 15, 2013
Theresa Marie (Henscheid) Case was born July 8, 1929 to Joseph and Marie (Mueller) Henscheid in Westphalia Township. She was raised in Westphalia and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic High School in Westphalia. Marie worked as a waitress in Harlan for two years. On May 4, 1950, Marie married Tom Case. Tom affectionately called Marie "Mert." The couple made...
Robert Schraeder
Jun 13, 2013
Robert Charles Schraeder was born in Woodbine, Iowa on October 24, 1930, to George and Anna Elfrieda (Kruse) Schraeder. Bob resided in Woodbine his entire life except for his two years of military service. Bob attended the Woodbine Community Schools and graduated with the class of 1948. After graduation, Bob worked for Cushing Murfield Construction as a lineman building...
Kenneth Speake
Jun 7, 2013
Kenneth Eugene Speake was born February 23, 1940, to Gerald and Eva Speake in Woodbine, Iowa. Kenneth died on Friday, June, 7 2013, in Bryant, Arkansas at the age of 73 years, three months and 15 days. Kenneth graduated from Woodbine high School in 1957 and proudly served his county in the United States Air Force for four years....
Mary Niedermyer
Jun 2, 2013
Mary Elizabeth (Epperson) Niedermyer was born September 26, 1922, to Roy and Nellie (Cody) Epperson in Ragland Township, Harrison County, Iowa. She was raised in the Pisgah area and graduated from Modale High School in 1940. She then taught school in the Harrison County Country Schools for a few years. Mary married Milton Niedermyer on February 28, 1946 at...
Donna Bahr
May 27, 2013
Donna Fae (Mills) Bahr was born February 5, 1940, to Orville and Bernadine (Speake) Mills on the family farm near Woodbine, Iowa. She attended country school, and in 1947 she moved into town and attended Woodbine Public School where she graduated in 1958. In her youth, Donna played basketball, was active at the Logan Christian Church, and enjoyed going...