Viola J. Harms
Jan 6, 2011
Viola Jane Harms peacefully passed away on January 6, 2011 at Panora Nursing and Rehabilitation in Panora, Iowa. Vi, as she was known to friends and family, was born October 19, 1927, in the former town of Athelstan, Iowa in Taylor County. Vi attended country school for eight years and later attended Mary Dunning School for Girls in Bedford. Vi's...
Douglas Laughlin
Dec 27, 2010
Douglas Lee Laughlin was born on January 7, 1969 in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Edward L. and Mary F. (Feld) Laughlin. Doug entered into eternal rest on Monday, December 27, 2010 at his home in Des Moines, Iowa. Doug's early years were spent on the family farm in Emerson. During his high school career at Nishna Valley he was...
Arthur R. "Art" Finlay
Dec 19, 2010
Arthur Renwick Finlay, son of James and Mary (Walkinshaw) Finlay, was born on April 18, 1920, on the family farm one half mile from College Springs, Iowa. He grew up in the Blanchard and Coin communities and graduated from Coin High School in 1937. He later took Business Administration from Commercial Extension in Omaha, NE and the Dale Carnegie course...
Margarget Brownlee
Dec 14, 2010
Margaret Estella Brownlee, daughter of Floyd Edward and Ruby May (Merchant) Hoskins, was born on February 28, 1918, on the family farm in Lincoln Township of Page County located 2 miles north of Coin. Margaret attended both grade school and high school at the Coin Consolidated Schools, where she graduated in 1936. On February 18, 1940, Margaret was united in...
William "Bill" Rulon
Dec 13, 2010
William Arnold "Arnie" "Bill" Rulon, 73, son of William Victor and Emily Pauline (Wooden) Rulon was born on March 18, 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Bill entered into eternal peace on December 13, 2010 at Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa after a courageous battle with cancer. Bill spent his early years living in Lincoln, Nebraska with his mother. In...
William "Bill" Johnson
Dec 11, 2010
William Marion Johnson was born on April 9, 1927 in Thurman, Iowa, the son of Arthur Raymond and Alice Maye (Withrow) Johnson. Bill entered into the arms of the Lord on Saturday morning, December 11, 2010 at his home in Shenandoah. Bill's early years were spent in the Thurman area where he attended school thru the 8th grade. Having to...
Wayne Stevens
Dec 10, 2010
Wayne Stevens was born on October 18, 1916, to Ensley Howard and Blanda Manson Stevens. He had two older siblings, Lillian and Donovan. He stood 6'4" in his prime, had the singing voice of a crooner, and was known all his life as a snappy dresser. He was an entrepreneur, delighted children by reciting nursery rhymes wrong, could swear like...
Ione Spargur
Dec 6, 2010
Ione Elizabeth Pursell Spargur was born on May 2, 1907 south of Westboro, Missouri, the daughter of James Corbin and Jessie Lorena (Williamson) Pursell. Ione entered into eternal peace on Monday, December 6, 2010 at her home in Shenandoah, Iowa, at the blessed age of 103. Ione's early years were spent in Westboro where she attended school through the 7th...
Clarice Marie Hammargren
Dec 5, 2010
Clarice Marie (Paulson) Hammargren was born on May 2, 1919 in Omaha, Nebraska. In early infancy she was placed in the Child Saving Institute in Omaha due to the death of both of her parents from the flu epidemic. At the age of 15 months she was adopted into a loving home by Anton F. and Hilma (Oline) Paulson of...
Martin Connor
Dec 4, 2010
Martin Sherwood Connor was born on April 30, 1918 in Malvern, Iowa the son of John J. and Nellie (Porter) Connor. Martin entered into eternal rest on Saturday, December 4, 2010 at the Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa. Martin's early years were spent in southwest Iowa. He attended Tabor Country School thru the eighth grade. He graduated from...
Rowene Holmes
Dec 1, 2010
Arneitha Rowene (Skallburg) Holmes was born on April 10, 1923 in Essex, Iowa, the daughter of Albert E. and Helen W. (Peterson) Skallburg. Rowene entered into eternal peace on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at the Shenandoah Medical Center. Rowene graduated from Essex High School with the Class of 1940. On May 15, 1941 she was united in marriage to Marion...
Verena Roscoe
Dec 1, 2010
Verena L. (O'Conner) Roscoe passed quietly into eternal rest on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 . Her devoted daughter Katie was at her side. She was preceded in death by her husband John W. Sherman Roscoe. She was the beloved mother to Joyce B. (Gary) Swartz, Kathryn A. (Tony) Schenk, JoAnn M. (Terry) Parker, and Deborah S. (Dan) Traub. Cherished grandmother...
Ivan Eitzen
Nov 29, 2010
Ivan Duane Eitzen was born on January 17, 1929 in Page County, Iowa, the son of Harry Theodore and Elizabeth Charlotte (Meyers) Eitzen. Ivan entered into eternal peace on Monday, November 29, 2010 in Omaha, Nebraska. Ivan's early years were spent on the farm with his folks in Rural Coin. He attended LaPraire Country School and graduated from the 8th...
Vern L. Lightfoot
Nov 21, 2010
Vern Leroy Lightfoot was born on April 5, 1923 in the Locust Grove Township, the son of Lee and Hattie (Livingston) Lightfoot. Vern entered into the arms of the Lord on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at the Bellevue Medical Center. Vern attended school in Farragut and graduated from Farragut High School with the Class of 1941. He was united in...
Joan Inman
Nov 14, 2010
Constance Joan (Rima) Inman was born on December 19, 1935 in Shenandoah, Iowa, the daughter of Clinton and Esther (Dunn) Rima. Joan entered into the arms of her Lord on Sunday afternoon, November 14, 2010 at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. Joan's early years were spent in the Shenandoah area. The family also lived in Fairfax, Missouri...
Phyllis Brownfield
Nov 2, 2010
Phyllis Genevive (Shaffer) Brownfield was born on July 22, 1924 in Blanchard, Iowa, the daughter of Michael and Alice (Parsons) Shaffer. Phyllis entered into eternal peace on Tuesday evening, November 2, 2010 at the Gardenview Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa. Phyllis' early years were spent in the Blanchard area. She attended school in Blanchard through the 8th grade. She was...
Maxine Cogdill
Nov 1, 2010
Julia Maxine (York) Cogdill was born on November 1, 1921 in Stanberry, Missouri, the daughter of Clyde and Edna (Jones) York. Maxine passed away on November 1, 2010 at the age of 89 at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Osceola, Nebraska. Maxine was united in marriage to William H. Cogdill on June 23, 1940 in Stanberry, Missouri, and to...
Charles L. "Chuck" Pendleton
Oct 3, 2010
Charles Lowell Pendleton, 87, passed away on Sunday, October 3, 2010, at Village Care Center in Maryville, Missouri. Charles was born in Essex to Clermon and Bessie (Williams) Pendleton on May 20, 1923. He graduated from Essex High School. On April 11, 1946, he was united in marriage to Phyllis June Thrapp in Hiawatha, Kansas. Charles worked for Union Carbide...
Willard Elroy Pierce
Oct 2, 2010
Willard Elroy Pierce was born on August 15, 1938 in North English, Iowa the son of Willard Dale and Frances Augusta (Knipfer) Pierce. Elroy entered into eternal peace on Saturday morning, October 2, 2010 at the Tabor Manor Care Center following a brief battle with cancer. Elroy's early years were spent growing up in the country southeast of Farragut. He...
Robert Nielsen
Sep 24, 2010
Robert Allen Nielsen was born on September 25, 1934 in Tarkio, Missouri, the son of Raymond and Ruth (Smith) Nielsen. Bob entered into eternal peace on Friday, September 24, 2010 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Bob's early years were spent in the Watson, Missouri area where he attended school. On January 20, 1953 he enlisted in the United States Army. Bob attended...