Obituaries

A Life Remembered

Kathleen "Lavonne" Barry

Born August 29, 1921 Lyons, Nebraska

Died June 18, 2005 Omaha, Nebraska

Services Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine, Iowa Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at 3:00 pm Clergy Elder Gary Lee

Musician Margaret Cotton

Vocalist Max Poe

Selections "In The Garden"...

Dean was a resident of Dunlap, Iowa.

Delories May (Thoms) Schlensig was born on March 25, 1932, to parents August & Emma (Westendorf) Thoms near Logan, Iowa. Delories grew up in and received her early education in the Logan, Avoca, and Walnut areas. She worked as a clerk in the grocery store in Walnut for fifteen years. On July 14, 1966, she married Frank Schlensig in...

Jesse Delvin DeForest was born on March 3, 1915 near Woodbine, Iowa to parents Jesse Lonzo and Hazel Fern (Siler) DeForest. He attended Crane Country School. On January 6, 1937 Delvin married Eldora Thomas at the First Christian Church parsonage in Woodbine, Iowa. The couple started farming southwest of Dunlap, farmed in the Pisgah area, northwest of Woodbine and...

Dennis "Denny" Eugene Surber was born September 21, 1945, to parents William Henry and Irene Mae (Palmer) Surber in Logan, Iowa. Denny grew up in Logan and graduated from Logan High School in 1964. Denny went to work at Vickers after graduation. In 1965 he joined the United States Navy and was aboard the USS Markab. He was honorably...

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Donald "Buzz" Stevens

Born August 6, 1908 Yorkshire Township, Iowa

Died May 7, 2005 Yuma, Arizona

Memorial Services Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine, Iowa Friday May 13, 2005 at 2:00 pm

Clergy Rev. Shurmaine McAlpine

Musician Mrs. Merrill McElwain Vocalist Tina Sullivan Selections "Footprints In...

Doris H. (Marley) Michael was born May 21, 1928, to Platte and Nellie (Mefferd) Marley east of Woodbine. She attended country school east of Woodbine, then went to school in Logan starting in 6th grade. She graduated from Logan High School in 1945. She then started teaching the fall of 1945 in rural schools with a normal teaching certificate....

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Doris H. Sieck

Born Died November 22, 1916 March 3, 2005 Council Bluffs, Iowa Logan, Iowa

Services Christian Church Logan, Iowa Monday, March 7, 2005, at 10:30 am

Clergy Pastor Ron Riley

Musicians Organist Sandra Straight Paula Rathbun ~ "In The Garden" Rick Powell ~ "Wind...

Dwight Elwood Hamer was born on August 16, 1923, in Pisgah, Iowa to parents Wilson & Emma (Bock) Hamer. He graduated from Pisgah High School in 1941. Dwight then worked at the bomber plant in Buffalo, New York and then the Bomber Plant in Omaha, Nebraska. On January 23, 1943, he married Margaret Harmon at the RLDS Church in...

Edith Elvera Olson was born near Soldier, Iowa on October 11, 1915, to parents Olius and Bertha (Evenson) Olson. She grew up in the Soldier are and attended country school. On February 23, 1938 she married Leonard "Hap" Heistand. The couple farmed near Dunlap, Iowa. Hap died in September of 1985. Edith moved into town in July of 1986....

Elizabeth "Betty" Girton Plath was born April 23, 1925 to Dean and Martha (Freymuller) Girton in Magnolia Township, Iowa. She grew up in the Magnolia area, attended county school and graduated from Magnolia High School. She went to a business school in Omaha and then worked in Omaha. In October of 1946, she married Joseph Plath at the Woodbine...

Erma Augusta Condron Spotts was born April 7, 1910, in Woodbine, Iowa to Ed and May (Frye) Condron. She grew up and attended country school in the Woodbine area. On July 26, 1926, she married Otto Leytham. The couple was blessed with one daughter; Betty and three sons; Ted, Dale and James. The couple farmed east of Dunlap for...

Ernest "Ernie" Knauss was born December 22, 1921, in Logan, Iowa to parents Hazle and Rachel (Beck) Knauss. Ernie's father died when he was five or six years old. His mother then married Frank Harter. Ernie was raised in Logan and graduated from high school in 1942. On February 23, 1944, Ernie married Helen Grosvenor at her parents' home...

Esther Julia Mowinkel Brewer was born May 15, 1916, in Gretna, Nebraska to Will Albert and Kathryn Henrietta (Brey) Mowinkel. She grew up in the Gretna, Nebraska, Ava and Sarcoxie, Missouri areas. She attended country school in Missouri. Esther moved to Omaha, Nebraska and worked at Tip Top Manufacturing, Omar Bakery and she packaged meat at Safeway while living...

Ethel (McCann) Driggins was born on May 20, 1915 at Dunlap, Iowa to parents Peter & Margaret (Broderick) McCann. She graduated from the St. Joseph Catholic School in Dunlap, Iowa. In November of 1939, she married Frank "Pete" Driggins. The couple lived in San Diego, CA during World War II. They then moved back to Dunlap. Ethel had worked...

Eula Irene Carson Nichols

Eula Irene Carson Nichols was born June 9, 1916 to parents James Sylvester and Minnie (Chase) Carson on a farm near Pisgah, IA. She graduated from Pisgah High School and completed one year of cosmetology school in Omaha. She operated a hair salon in Pisgah, IA with her sister Fern. Eula married Lyle...

Eva Maxine (Lawson) McCann was born April 2, 1017 to Frank and Pearl (VanWinkle) Lawson in Lewiston, Nebraska. She grew up in the Pony County, Nebraska and graduated from Lewiston Consolidated School in 1934. She then worked for Pony City Hospital for a few years before moving to Omaha, Nebraska in 1940 to work as a hostess and waitress....

Woodbine--- Fern L. Kenkel, 76 of Woodbine died Sunday, July 7, 2002 at the Rose Vista Nursing Home in Woodbine.

Fern was born December 14, 1925 in Woodbine, Iowa to parents George and Ida (Bintz) Churchill. She graduated from Woodbine High School in 1943. She completed her Normal Training in Woodbine and Cedar Falls and was a...

Francis Lee Guyett

Francis was born on December 28, 1932 near Woodbine, Iowa, to parents Lloyd B. and Lois (Johns) Guyett. He attended school in Woodbine. Francis then joined the Air Force and served a number of years, including during the Korean War. After his discharge, Francis worked for B. B. Runyan Furniture in Omaha. He then...

Kenneth Edward Gorham was born March 11, 1917, to Dwight and Elizabeth (Savage) Gorham in Dunlap, Iowa. In attended country school and graduated from Soldier High School in 1934. He worked in Minnesota harvesting fields. He then returned home to help his folks. On October 13, 1938, he married Lucille Knutson. The couple lived on a farm by Dow...