Cary Ayeleene Fichter, age 75, passed away April 24, 2008 at her home near Randolph, Iowa, surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 27, 1932 on a dairy farm near Bastrop, Louisiana to Henry and Suzie (Brown) Boykin. She was raised and educated in Bastrop. She attended college at Northwestern Bible College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1955, Ayeleene...
Twila Lou Hutchison, daughter of Milton and Edna (Heiden) Ahrens, was born on July 16, 1933, at Davenport, Nebraska. She passed away on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha at the age of 74. Most all of Twila's life has been spent in the Shenandoah, Iowa area. Twila received her education at Porter's Lake School...
Wava S. Aker, daughter of Joseph and Ethel Maude (Gordon) Snowdall, was born on July 6, 1910, at rural Unionville, Missouri. She passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2008, at the Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa, at the age of 97. One of 12 children (7 brothers, 4 sisters), Wava's early life was spent growing up in the...
Gladys May Hertensen, daughter of John and Myrtle Augusta (Spatts) Gardner, was born on August 11, 1917, at Kennebec, South Dakota. She passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2008, at the First Shamrock Care Center in Kingfisher, Oklahoma at the age of 90. Her early life was spent growing up in Kennebec where she attended the Kennebec Community Schools, graduating...
James LeRoy Bales, the son of Glen and Darlene Thompson Bales Rupp was born in Adams County, Iowa on January 11, 1948. He passed away at his home in Essex, Iowa on Friday, April 4, 2008, following a bout with cancer at the age of 60 years, 2 months and 23 days. James graduated from Shenandoah High School with the...
Nellie Marie Reed Smith, daughter of Walter and Martha (Hobson) Reed, was born on January 16, 1912, on a farm north of Shenandoah, Iowa. She passed away on Friday, April 4, 2008, at the Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah at the age of 96. At a young age, the family moved to a farm near Randolph, Iowa. Her early...
Edward Lee Huntsman, son of Clarence "Scotty" and Beulah (Brown) Huntsman, was born on November 19, 1929, in Shenandoah, Iowa. He passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2008, at the Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah at the age of 78. Growing up in Shenandoah, Ed attended the Shenandoah Community Schools. He graduated from Shenandoah High School with the Class...
Robert Lynn Blackwell, son of Jesse and Alice Gwendolyn (Kalkas) Blackwell, was born on October 5, 1949, in Shenandoah, Iowa. He passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at his home in Shenandoah at the age of 58. His early life was spent growing up in Imogene, Iowa, where he resided until the age of 17, when he moved...
Paul Funkhouser the son of Albert Daniel and Laura Carlene (Metz) Funkhouser was born in a sod house at Wray, Colorado on April 8, 1913 and passed away at Shenandoah, Iowa on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at the age of 94. Paul moved to Shenandoah with his parents at the age of 3, attending school in Shenandoah. He was united...
Louise Archie Tinley was born on December 20, 1929 in LaSalle, Illinois to Willard D. and Estelle Esden Archie. Her grandparents, David and Jeanette Archie were born in Scotland. Her grandfather, David, was a sculptor and apprenticed with the McKay family monument company in Des Moines, Iowa from boyhood. He is memorialized at Missouri's Elephant Rock State Park. Estelle's father...
Kenneth Atherton Sloan was born February 22, 1924 in Blanchard, Iowa to Oral "Shoney" Sloan and Lula Atherton Sloan. He passed away late Friday afternoon March 7, 2008 at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Kenneth attended country elementary school at Chicken Bristle School located south of Blanchard. He graduated with the class of 1942 from Blanchard High School....
Alice May Henshaw, daughter of James A. and Minnie Etta (Coombs) Hirst, was born on January 25, 1912, at Archer, Nebraska. She passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Elm Heights Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa, at the age of 96. Her early life was spent in Archer until the age of 14, when she and her family moved...
Betty J. Croft, 79, of Kansas City and formerly of Shenandoah passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2008. A memorial is being established in Betty's name. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery. She is survived by her son, Terry Croft and his wife Barbara of Overland Park, Kansas.
Berneice E. Snook, Berneice E. Snook, 101, of Shenandoah passed away on Friday, February 29, 2008 at the Garden View Care Center. Berneice was the daughter of John W. and Jennie M. (Haley) Behm. John was a longtime lumberman in Shenandoah. The Haley family were early settlers in the Imogene and Essex areas. Berneice graduated from Shenandoah High School in...
Madge L. Maher, Madge Louise Maher, daughter of Edward and Hannah Anastasia (Foley) Martin, was born on July 28, 1910, on the family farm east of Imogene, Iowa. She passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, Iowa, at the age of 97. Growing up in rural Imogene, Madge received her early...
Rosemary Carlson, daughter of Bird O. and Della (Goodner) Rice, was born on March 22, 1926, in Shenandoah, Iowa. She passed away on Monday, February 25, 2008, at the Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah at the age of 81. Her early life was spent in Shenandoah, where she attended the Shenandoah Public Schools. She graduated from Shenandoah High School...
Thomas Bernard John Efta, Sr., son of Vincent James and Lillian (Wagner) Efta, was born on August 26, 1935, in Wagner, South Dakota. He passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at his home in Essex, Iowa, at the age of 72. Tom grew up in Wagner, South Dakota, where he attended the Wagner Public Schools until the age...
Truman Orval Freemyer, son of Joshua Roland Freemyer and Zola (Campbell) Freemyer, was born on December 4, 1916, at Athelstan, Iowa. He passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2008, at the Longview Nursing Home in Missouri Valley, Iowa, at the age of 91. His early life was spent in the Athelstan and Conway, Iowa areas. Truman received his education in...
Anita Lurene Hall, 77 Anita Lurene Hall, the daughter of Dallas Bernard and Ethel Viola (Peterman) Howes, was born at Bedford, Iowa on August 4, 1930, and passed away on February 14, 2008, at Shenandoah, Iowa. Anita spent her early life in Bedford and Shenandoah, Iowa, and was schooled in Bedford, Iowa. She was married to Duane McClintock from 1947...
James Lee (Jim) Bengtson, son of Samuel A. And Verona E. (Westman ) Bengtson was born on August 3, 1934, in Essex, Iowa. He passed away on February 2, 2008 at the age of 73. Jim grew up on the family farm in Essex, Iowa graduating from Essex High School in 1952. Jim served in the United States Army from...