Obituaries

Allan Messmer

Allan Paul Messmer

Al was born August 30, 1961 to parents Paul and Karen (Simmons) Messmer of Wessington Springs of South Dakota. He attended Schubert Country School through 8th grade and graduated from Wessington Springs High School in 1980. He attended Northern State University in Aberdeen and graduated with a degree in Business and accounting.

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Mabelle Holben

Mabelle P. Holben

Mabelle Holben was born December 29, 1915, to parents Harvey and Lula (Siebels) Lightwine in Logan, IA. She went to country school and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1935. She married her high school sweetheart, Wells Holben, on July 14, 1935. They had three daughters; Shirley, Sandra, and Sheila. The couple moved to...

Leonard Hoffmann

Leonard Steven Hoffmann, the son of Frederick and Susanna Wingert Hoffmann was born December 24, 1915 on a farm near Panama, Iowa. He was baptized, received his First Holy Communion and confirmed at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Panama. He attended rural school and St. Mary's Catholic School. On November 19, 1940, he married Dorothy Ann Schumacher of Defiance,...

John Stewart

John "Jack" Paul Stewart was born on June 17, 1931 at home in Dunlap, Iowa to parents Dean B. & Josephine E. (Kopp) Stewart. Jack grew up in Dunlap and graduated from Dunlap High School. He attended Graceland College in Lamoni and Iowa State College. Jack migrated to Washington State to work during the harvest. Eventually he became a...

Marjorie Gambs

A Life Remembered

Marjorie Gambs Born Died September 21, 1910 October 20, 2004 Pottawattamie County, Iowa Jackson, Tennessee

Services Congregational Church Dunlap, Iowa Monday, October 25, 2004 at 11:00 am

Clergy Rev. Jim Runnels

Musicians Nancy Miles Soloist Nathaniel Johnson "At the River" & "The Call" Flutist Rebecca Johnson "Aria" Congregational...

Raymond Countryman

Raymond Henry Countryman was born August 13, 1946, in Redding, California to Lloyd and Hazel (Brown) Countryman. He graduated from Central Valley High School, and he went on to college to study business. Later on he took several correspondence courses in religion. Raymond was extremely handy with carpentry, plumbing, and electrical projects. He was an executive steward for Harrah's...

Dean Stewart

Dean was a resident of Dunlap, Iowa.

Irene Coenen

IRENE COENEN VIDEO TRIBUTE A Life Remembered

Irene Theresa Coenen

Born Died August 6, 1921 February 5, 2005 Westphalia, Iowa Dunlap, Iowa

Mass of Christian Burial St. Patrick Catholic Church Dunlap, Iowa Wednesday, February 9, 2005, at 10:30 am

Celebrants Rev. Paul Strittmatter & Deacon Marvin Klein

Musician Marilyn...

Raymond Eddins

Ray R. Eddins, 56 of Deloit, IA died on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at the Creighton Medical Center in Omaha.

Raymond Ruben Eddins, Sr was born on January 21, 1948 in Corpus Christi, Texas to parents Huby & Ruby (Coterill) Eddins. He grew up in the Corpus Christi area and graduated from W. B. Ray High School...

H. Adams

Howard Romain (Sam) Adams was born January 17, 1914 in Virginia to parents Charles Sr and Florence (Burch) Adams. The family moved to the Woodbine area in 1919 Romain attended rural school and Woodbine High School. On May 22, 1940, Romain married M. Katherine Royer. To this union were born a daughter and two sons. The couple farmed in...

Dacy Poe

Dacy Quick Poe

Dacy Quick Poe was born July 21, 1910, in Dunlap, Iowa to parents Oscar and Minnie (Fouts) Quick. She graduated from Dunlap High School with the Class of 1927. On May 4, 1929, she married Dallas Poe in Woodbine, Iowa at the parsonage of Elder Fred Fry. Dacy worked at several Department Stores in...

Charles Berger

Charles Donovan Berger, 69 of Mason City, Iowa died in an auto accident on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 in Kansas City, Missouri. Charles was born on November 14, 1935, in Dow City, Iowa to parents George C. and Hazel (King) Berger. He grew up in the Primghar area. He started working in the Sanborn Creamery and later joined the...

Gerald Ulmer

A Life Remembered

Gerald "Jerry" Ulmer

Born June 21, 1920 Rural Woodbine, Iowa

Died June 20, 2005 Woodbine, Iowa

Mass of Christian Burial St. Patrick Catholic Church Dunlap, Iowa Thursday, June 23, 2005, at 10:30 am

Celebrant Rev. Paul Strittmatter

Musician Marilyn Grote Selections "On Eagles Wings"...

Ernest Knauss

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 Brewer

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...

Anna McHugh

A Life Remembered

Anna M. McHugh Born March 15, 1931 Avoca, Iowa

Died May 25, 2005 Woodbine, Iowa

Funeral Services Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine, Iowa Saturday, May 28, 2005, at 10:00am

Celebrant Rev. Paul Strittmatter

Musician Mrs. Merril McElwain Vocalist Max Poe "On Eagles Wings" "Amazing Grace" Congregational Hymn...

Glenn Olson

Video Tribute for Glenn Olson Glenn M. Olson Born Died November 9, 1909 January 29, 2005 Boyer Township, Iowa Dunlap, Iowa

Mass of Christian Burial St. Patrick Catholic Church Dunlap, Iowa Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at 11:00 am

Celebrant Rev. Paul Strittmatter

Musician Marilyn Grote Vocalist Kathleen Schaben Selection "On Eagles Wings" &...

Hazel Chambers

A Life Remembered

Hazel Chambers

Born February 22, 1920 Moorhead, Iowa

Died May 26, 2005 Omaha, Nebraska

Funeral Services St. John Lutheran Church Dunlap, Iowa Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at 10:00 am

Clergy Rev. Carla Ingebretsen

Musician Lauri Boysen

Vocalist Mary Bro Selection "Amazing Grace"...

Mildred Shepard

Mildred "Mid" Ann (Rife) Shepard was born April 5, 1922, in Mondamin, Iowa to David Samuel and Margaret Clara (Fox) Rife. She attended the Mondamin School. Mildred helped out at home and with many of the area families with housework and childcare. On March 4, 1944, she married John Russell in Omaha, Nebraska. They were blessed with one son,...

Amos Griffith

Amos Lyle Griffith, 83, passed away May 11, 2005 in the comfort of his beautiful home in Mesa, Arizona.

Amos was born in Pisgah Iowa on January 31, 1922, to Nellie Rogers Griffith and Amos J. Griffith. He married Maxine Harris on December 22, 1943, and they were blessed with five children, Mary, Jane, Bill, Bob and...