John D. Rupp
May 13, 2017
John passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at his home in Shenandoah. Family memorial service will be held at a later date.
Evelyne P. York
Apr 30, 2017
Evelyne Pearl (Adkins) York was born September 10, 1925 at Peckville Ranch Westboro, MO to Thomas Lee and Laura Pearl (Mather) Adkins. Evelyne attended school in Northboro and Shenandoah, graduating from Shenandoah High School. Later during WWII, she and her father worked in a shipyard in Vancouver, WA. She was a lady welder, painter, and "Rosie the Riveter." After marrying...
Kathryn E. Racine
Apr 29, 2017
Kathryn Ellen (Myers) Racine, the daughter of John Thomas Myers and Hazel Viola Godwin Myers, was born on September 15, 1932 at the Hand Hospital in Shenandoah, Iowa and passed away at Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the age of 84. Kathryn spent her early years in rural Farragut later in the...
Dr. W. Eugene Lloyd
Apr 25, 2017
William Eugene Lloyd was born on October 16, 1924 in rural Villisca, Iowa to William Thomas and Reffa Virginia (Altaffer) Lloyd. Thereafter, the family moved to an 80 acre homestead farm northeast of Red Oak, Iowa. Eugene, an only child, learned from his parents and mentors the value of hard work, savings and conservation. His parents and the farm taught...
Norma G. Covey
Apr 23, 2017
Norma G. Covey, 80, of Shenandoah, Iowa, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017 at her home. Her two sons were at her side. Norma was born June 7, 1936 in Compton, California as Norma Gail Hurst to Esther J. Hurst and Floyd R. Hurst. She had one sibling upon entering this world, Robert Hurst of Fairbury. Returning to Fairbury as...
Mary "Joan" J. Taylor
Apr 16, 2017
Mary Joan Taylor the daughter of James "Roy" Allen and Mary Jane Burchett, was born at Hopkins, Missouri on March 1, 1944 and entered into rest at Red Oak, Iowa on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. At the age of two she moved with her family to Shenandoah where she grew up and attended school graduating from Shenandoah High School....
Carl D. Bettis
Apr 15, 2017
Carl Dean Bettis, son of Lyle Walter and Ethel Jane (Carl) Bettis Moore, was born on February 14, 1939 in Shenandoah, Iowa. He passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Griswold, Iowa. Carl grew up in the Shenandoah, Essex and Farragut areas. He graduated from Farragut High School. He was united...
Karon L. York
Apr 14, 2017
Karon LaVonne York the daughter of William Samuel York and Evelyne Pearl Adkins York was born on January 11, 1945 at Shenandoah, Iowa and passed away at Montgomery County Hospital on Friday, April 14, 2017 at the age of 72. Karon grew up in the Shenandoah and Essex, Iowa area. She attended Essex Community Schools graduating in 1964. Karon had...
Peggy M. Moody
Apr 11, 2017
Peggy passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at the Alegent Health Immanuel Fontenelle Home in Omaha, Nebraska. Private Family Graveside Service will be held Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at the Mt. Zion / Utterback Cemetery rural Riverton, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to the family.
Teresa A. Johnston
Apr 5, 2017
Teresa Anne Johnston bornJuly 26th, 1965in Jacksonville, Florida entered into peaceful sleep onApril 5th, 2017in Sioux City, Iowa. Teresa was a longtime resident of the Shenandoah area. She served as the mayor of Blanchard and on the volunteer fire department for many years. Teresa was loved by all while she and Merlin owned the Coin Cafe. Biscuits and gravy were...
Doris E. Mauer
Mar 23, 2017
Doris Ellen (Dobernecker) Mauer passed away March 23, 2017 at Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa. Doris was born August 19, 1921 in Winside, Nebraska to Albert and Violet (Inman) Dobernecker. She was one of four children. Doris grew up in the Hancock, Iowa area starting off her education in country school and graduating from Oakland, Iowa in 1938....
Kenneth L. Johnson
Mar 20, 2017
Kenneth Leroy Johnson, son of Herman E. and Edna E. (Westenberg) Johnson, was born on September 18, 1927 in Page County, Iowa. He passed away on Monday, March 20, 2017 at the Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa. Kenneth grew up in several communities in Southwest Iowa. He graduated from Stennett High School with the class of 1945. From...
Carl "Sonny" M. Headley
Mar 15, 2017
Carl Madison Headley, Jr., the first born son of Carl Madison, Sr. and Abba Otellia (Carlberg) Headley, was born on February 2, 1930 in Brownville, Nebraska. He passed away at Garden View Care Center on March 15, 2017, where he had been a resident since 2008. Carl, or "Sonny" as he was known, spent his early life growing up on...
Dale Hobbs
Mar 5, 2017
Dale passed away on March 5, 2017 at the Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah. Celebration of life memorial graveside service with military rites will be held 11:00 am, Friday, March 10, 2017 at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Shenandoah. The family request no memorials, plants or flowers.
Mary J. Adams
Mar 4, 2017
Mary Josephine Adams was born on November 15, 1923 at Greeley, Nebraska the daughter of Joseph W. Ramaekers and Mary E. (Berger) Ramaekers. After graduating from high school she attended and graduated the Burroughs Business School in Omaha, Nebraska. In November of 1943 Mary enlisted as a WAC in the Army and served until December 1945. Mary and her daughter...
Barbara "Bobbie" A. Ginger
Mar 1, 2017
Barbara Ann "Bobbie" Ginger the daughter of Ira "Mose" Cleaveland and Ruthe Ingram Cleaveland was born in Shenandoah, Iowa on July 3, 1933 and entered into rest on March 1, 2017 at Shenandoah, Iowa at the age of 83. Bobbie grew up in Shenandoah graduating with the class of 1951. While in high school she was a cheerleader, member of...
James "Jim" E. Haldane
Feb 24, 2017
James Everett Haldane, the son of William Everett Haldane and Margaret Ellen (Shea) Haldane, was born in Grand Junction, Colorado, on August 31, 1948, and died on February 24, 2017, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a boarder for two years at St. Michael's High School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After graduation, Jim was drafted...
Thomas C. Rumery
Feb 23, 2017
Thomas Clayton Rumery was born to a loving family May 21, 1923, in a small country home, south of Randolph, Iowa. When he was about three or four years old, he would go to town every Saturday night, with his parents and older brother Willard. Little Tommy would sing a song for anyone for a penny or a nickel. It...
Donna S. Cunningham
Feb 23, 2017
Donna Sue Cunningham, daughter of Oscar Leon and Ethel Bell (Foreman) Morris, was born on June 1, 1957 in Bethany, Missouri. She passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at the Clarinda Regional Hospital in Clarinda, Iowa. Donna was born in Missouri and then raised in Iowa. She graduated from Tri Center High School with the class of 1975. On...
Donal A. Biggers
Feb 23, 2017
Donal Ames Biggers the son of William Franklin Biggers and Nellie Mae Purgeson Biggers was born on October 3, 1925 at Ames, Iowa and entered into rest at Clarinda Regional Health Center in Clarinda, Iowa on February 23, 2017. After his birth the family lived in Farragut, Iowa where Donal was raised. He attend school in Farragut graduating with the...