Obituaries
Nona Byrnes
Mar 10, 2013
Nona Jane Byrnes, 95, of Loveland died March 10, 2013. She was born September 11, 1917, in Dunlap, Iowa to Dr. Robert and Gladys (Acton) Moore. Nona graduated from Dunlap High School and then attended the University of Iowa, graduating in 1939 with a degree in speech and communication. Following her graduation she taught high school speech and English...

Joyce Ray
Mar 2, 2013
Joyce Ann Ray was born October 7, 1938, to Meyer and Doretha (Ellison) Ray in Dunlap, Iowa. She first attended Olympus Country School and then graduated from the Woodbine High School in 1957. Joyce worked at North-western Bell and Farmer's National Bank in Omaha, a home health care agency and in the demonstration sales at Bag-N-Save. Joyce loved her...

Terry Brasel
Mar 2, 2013
Terry Russell Brasel, 61, of Arlington, Texas, formerly of Dow City died on Saturday, March 2nd at the Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center. Terry was born on June 22, 1951, in Denison, Iowa to parents Robert and Nellie (Baber) Brasel. Terry was raised in the Dow City area and graduated from Dow City High School in 1969. He worked...
Sandra Van Houten
Feb 24, 2013
Sandra Diane (Yeshulas) Van Houten was born on June 21, 1939, to Roman and Gladys (Talton) Yeshulas in Boston, Massachusetts. She was raised in Boston and graduated from East Boston High School. She then joined the United States Army and proudly served her country from 1957~1959. Sandra met Vernon Van Houten in the Army and the two were married...
Andrew Bak
Feb 15, 2013
Andrew David Bak was born August 9, 1987, to Brian and Cynthia (Culver) Bak in Sac City, Iowa. He attended school for his first six years in Jefferson/Scranton and then the family moved to Woodbine. Andrew graduated from Woodbine Community School in 2006. Andrew worked for Hardwood Builders and Triple C Roofing. Andrew loved to play baseball and go...
Bob Gochenour
Feb 13, 2013
Robert Ross Gochenour was born September 18, 1933, to Ross and Wilma (Wallis) Gochenour in Calhoun Township. He was raised in the Calhoun area and attended country school and Magnolia High School. Bob married Julia "Judy" Alton on May 21, 1955, at the Missouri Valley Church of Christ. The couple farmed their entire life in Harrison and Monona counties....
Ruth O'Day
Feb 9, 2013
Ruth Augusta (Hartwig) O'Day was born on January 31, 1920, near Dunlap, Iowa in the Galland's Grove area to Amil and Mary (Jones) Hartwig. She attended Mill Creek and #5 Country Schools. On March 21, 1937, Ruth married Dell O'Day at the Lutheran Church's parsonage in Harlan, Iowa. The couple farmed in the Galland's Grove area on Dell's family...
Joe Schraeder
Feb 8, 2013
Joseph Henry Schraeder was born on April 3, 1921, to George and Anna Elfrieda (Kruse) Schraeder in Denison, Iowa. He and his family moved to Woodbine at the age of three. Joe graduated from the Woodbine Normal School. He then worked at various odd jobs for the local farmers and merchants such as: Seibel's Grocery Store, Russ Brandon's Grocery...
James Davis
Jan 26, 2013
James F. Davis of Sun City, Arizona died on January 26, 2013, at the age of 72 years. Jim was born June 9, 1940, to Frank and Della (Martin) Davis in rural Harrison County, Iowa. He attended country school and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1958. Jim married Janet Park in 1960 and the couple had three children....

Vida Cox
Jan 25, 2013
Vida Christine (Holliman) Cox was born on May 19, 1930, to David and Daphne (Nelson) Holliman in Wilmore, Comanche County, Kansas. She was the second of five children. The family moved to Fremont County, Iowa in the spring of 1934. She attended country school and graduated from Riverton High School in 1948. Vida attended Tarkio College in Tarkio, Missouri...
Katherine Stevens
Jan 15, 2013
Katherine Edith (Coyle) Stevens was born January 29, 1934, to Edward and Nellie (Ehlert) Coyle in Woodbine, Iowa. She attended country school near Little Sioux and enjoyed cheer-leading in high school. She graduated from Mondamin High School. She then moved to Omaha and worked for Bell Telephone and Mutual of Omaha Insurance. After returning to the Woodbine area, Katherine...
Kathryn Gay
Jan 6, 2013
Emma Kathryn Hall Gay was born March 27, 1920, to Robert and Viola (Fitzgerald) Hall in Hoisington, Kansas. Her grandparents pioneered and homesteaded near Hoisington coming from Illinois in a covered wagon. During her young life, she experienced the dust bowls of Kansas and the depression years. Kathryn graduated from Hoisington High School in 1938. Kathryn married George Raymond...
Max Poe
Jan 4, 2013
Norman Max Poe was born February 11, 1936, to Lyle and Mabel (Maxwell) Poe in Woodbine, Iowa. He graduated from Woodbine High School in 1953 and Wayne State College in 1958. Max married Mary Belle Boustead on August 25, 1956, in Woodbine. After college, he taught two years in the Cumberland-Massena school system before the couple returned to their...

Suzan Hull
Dec 31, 2012
Suzan Jane (Ludwig) Hull was born November 27, 1947 in Denison, Iowa to parents Arnold and Marjorie (Jones) Ludwig. Sue's family moved to the Moorhead area when she was a young child. She graduated from East Monona High School and from Iowa State University. Sue married Ronnie Hull in 1971 and was blessed with three children: Melissa, Nora, and...
Jason Hoffmann
Dec 30, 2012
Jason Andrew Hoffmann was born on June 5, 1996, to John and Karen (Johnson) Hoffmann in Denison, Iowa. He was raised in Dunlap, Iowa. Jason was a sophomore at Boyer Valley High School where he participated in football, basketball and track. He was named to first team all district and was an honorable mention to the Western Valley Conference...

Letha Huff
Dec 30, 2012
Letha Mae (Pape) Huff was born October 20, 1922, to Fritz and Martha (Bro) Pape in Magnolia, Iowa. She was raised in Magnolia and Pisgah, Iowa and attended country school. Letha married Raymond Howell in 1941. The couple lived in Elk Horn, Nebraska. Raymond died in 1989. On July 3, 1973, Letha married Leo Huff. They lived in Omaha...

Rose Skarin
Dec 22, 2012
Rose Esther Skarin, 92, of Woodbine died on Saturday, December 22, 2012, at the Rose Vista Nursing Home in Woodbine. Rose was born on August 8, 1920, in the Coon Grove, Crawford County, Iowa area to parents Ernst and Sarah (Trexel) Reuwsaat. Rose graduated from Denison High School in 1937. She taught country school before getting married. On August...
Helen DeLance
Dec 18, 2012
Helen Clara (Doidge) DeLance was born December 5, 1922, to Albert and Mathilda (Sinjen) Doidge in Dunlap, Iowa. She was the youngest of nine children. Helen attended country school west of Dunlap. On January 4, 1940, Helen married Noel DeLance in Logan in a double wedding ceremony with Lloyd and Ethel Hartwig. The couple farmed west of Dunlap and...
Richard Sall
Dec 14, 2012
Richard Benjamin Sall was born June 7, 1926, to Ben and Mary Mae (Jackson) Sall near Logan, Iowa. He attended country school in the Hardscratch area. At the age of 13 he left home and worked for area farmers. On June 18, 1944, Dick married Alice Hatcher. He then worked at the ammunition plant in Hastings, Nebraska before enlisting...
Calvin Leaders
Dec 12, 2012
Calvin Earl Leaders Jr. was born on July 16, 1919, to Calvin and Mabel (Pflug) Leaders in Minden, Iowa. Calvin was raised on a farm near Minden and attended school in Bently. He then joined the United States Army on August 26, 1942, and was honorably discharged on December 10, 1945. On December 14, 1946, Calvin married Dorothy Pleas...