Mildred Marguerite Teachout
May 9, 2013
Marguerite entered into eternal peace on Thursday afternoon at the Elm Heights Care Center, following an extended illness. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to ISU Foundation for 4-H Programs or to the United Methodist Church. In honor of Marguerite and to support reading literacy donate a book to a city or school library or read to a...
Joyce K. Mcelroy
May 8, 2013
Joyce Kathleen (Mattes) McElroy, 84 was born September 23, 1928, on a farm southwest of Hamburg, Iowa and was the daughter of Alfred and Pearl (Cheney) Mattes. She entered into peace Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at the Shenandoah Memorial Hospital. Joyce attended schools in rural Farragut, graduating from Farragut High School in 1946. She was married to Robert Thomas McElroy...
Joyce Kathleen Mcelroy
May 8, 2013
Joyce passed away on Wednesday evening at the Shenandoah Medical Center. Joyce Kathleen (Mattes) McElroy, 84 was born September 23, 1928, on a farm southwest of Hamburg, Iowa and was the daughter of Alfred and Pearl (Cheney) Mattes. She entered into peace Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at the Shenandoah Memorial Hospital. Joyce attended schools in rural Farragut, graduating from Farragut...
Marty Laughlin
May 8, 2013
Martin "Marty" Francis Patrick Laughlin was born on January 29, 1935 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Frank & Lucy (Martin) Laughlin. His entire life was spent on the family farm one-half mile west of Imogene-"on the sunny side." He and his sister Ann enjoyed making many happy memories there. He received his education at St. Patrick Academy graduating from high...
Gary Milton Johnson
May 4, 2013
Gary Milton Johnson, age 72, the son of Perl C.M. and Violet E. (Holmes) Johnson, was born January 30, 1941 in Shenandoah, Iowa. He was the youngest of eight children. Gary passed away May 4, 2013 at his home in Essex, Iowa Gary grew up near Essex, Iowa and attended rural country school and graduated from Essex High School in...
Rachel Cowen
May 2, 2013
Rachel passed away on Tuesday morning at the Garden View Care Center. Memorials may be directed to the Memorial Baptist Church. Rachel Cowen was born on October 8, 1915 in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas to the late Robert and Martha (Blackburn) Powell. She was born in a log cabin built by her grandfather. Rachel was raised and schooled in the Mammoth...
Florence E. Herron
Apr 22, 2013
Florence passed away early Monday morning at the Shenandoah Medical Center. Memorials may be directed to the Shenandoah Ambulance Service or the Elm Heights Activity Fund. Florence Elizabeth Herron, daughter of Herbert Howard and Grace (Hershey) Rogers, was born on February 4, 1919 near Chadron, Nebraska. She passed away on Monday, April 22, 2013 at the Shenandoah Medical Center at...
Hollis Arleene Spencer
Apr 16, 2013
Hollis passed on Tuesday morning at the Garden View Care Center. Memorials may be directed to the family. Hollis Aleene (Nowels) Spencer was born on November 15, 1921 in College Springs, Iowa, the daughter of Wayne and Edna (Woodard) Nowels. Hollis entered into eternal peace on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa. Hollis...
Mary Weil Vest
Apr 8, 2013
Mary passed away on Monday, April 8, 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska, following an extended illness. Memorials may be directed to the family. Mary Ellen (Dailey) Weil Vest was born on December 22, 1941 in Clarinda, Iowa, the daughter of Guy and Doris (Welch) Dailey. Mary entered into eternal peace on Monday, April 8, 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska. Mary was born...
Lillian "Billie" Collins
Apr 5, 2013
Billie Collins died Friday, April 5, 2013 at Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa after a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania on September 13, 1928 to Joseph and Kathryn Fullerton Johnson, Billie's parents moved around the country living in Fort Myers, Florida, Mammoth Springs, Arkansas and Willow Springs, Missouri. She attended school in Mammoth Springs...
Clarice Maher
Apr 5, 2013
Catherine Clarice Maher daughter of Nicholas and Ellen Sloan was born in a snow storm in rural Imogene, Iowa on November 30, 1919. Clarice passed away April 5, 2013 at Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah at the age of 93. Clarice attended elementary school at Rice Country School in rural Imogene. She graduated from Shenandoah High School in 1938....
Gloria Faye Stogdill
Apr 4, 2013
Gloria passed away on Thursday morning, following a brave battle with cancer. Gloria Faye Stogdill, daughter of Lloyd Leroy Cox and Pauline Faye (Blackerby) Lohman Cox, was born on October 25, 1950 in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. She passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at her home in Shenandoah following a bout with cancer at age 62. Her early life...
Paul Hein
Apr 4, 2013
Paul Edward Hein, age 76, of Milton, died Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Alive Hospice, St. Thomas. Mr. Hein is a native of Shenandoah, IA and was son of the late Blanche Whitehead Holmes. He was also preceded in death by his first wife Phyllis Stephens Hein who died in 1999; a son Tracy Hein; and a brother Virgil Hein....
Kenneth E. Livingston
Apr 4, 2013
Kenny answered God's call to go home on Thursday morning, at the Shenandoah Medical Center. Memorials in lieu of flowers may be directed to the Farragut Alumni Association or the Farragut Fire and Rescue Department. Kenneth Earl Livingston, 88 years and 1 month, son of Loren and Geneva (Pierce) Livingston, was born on March 5, 1925 on the family farm...
Tim Johnson
Mar 24, 2013
Timothy Tod Johnson, son of D. H. (Tod) Johnson and JoAnna (Von Bank) Johnson, was born on February 1, 1951 at Fort Dodge, Iowa. He passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at his home in Shenandoah surrounded by his family following a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 62. Upon graduation from Northwest Webster High School in...
Leland Loghry
Mar 23, 2013
Leland Lloyd Loghry was born on September 1, 1929 in Hepburn, Iowa, the son of John and Lena (Burns) Loghry. He passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Eiler House in Clarinda, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 6 months and 22 days. Leland moved to Shenandoah as a child and graduated from Shenandoah High School in 1948....
Wava Y. Marshall
Mar 21, 2013
Wava Yvonne Peeler Smith Marshall was born November 7th, 1930 in Bartlett, Iowa to Chester and Iva (Maxwell) Peeler. She attended school in Sidney, Iowa and graduated in 1949 from Sidney High School. Wava was a gifted musician. She won many awards for both vocal and instrumental music. Wava was an excellent cook and enjoyed hosting holiday meals and parties...
Dr. Charles J. "Chuck" Peterson
Mar 19, 2013
Dr. Charles John (Chuck) Peterson, son of George Grover and Ethel June (Almquist) Peterson, was born on August 25, 1944 at Red Oak, Iowa. He peacefully entered into the arms of his Lord on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at the St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 68. Growing up in southwest Iowa, Chuck first...
Dr. Kenneth J. Gee
Mar 19, 2013
Kenneth James Gee was born on a farm in Fremont County, Iowa on November 26, 1913 to Art and Lulu Gee. Ken attended Shenandoah schools and graduated with the Class of 1931. He received his medical degree from the University of Iowa in 1939. Ken served stateside and in the Pacific theater in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1940-1945....