OBITUARIES

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Aubrey D. Taylor

Aubrey D. Taylor

Nov 18, 2005

Aubrey Delmaine Taylor, 93, of Perry, died at the Perry Lutheran Home on Friday, November 18, 2005. Aubrey was born September 13, 1912 at Coon Rapids, Iowa, the eldest son of Frank L. Taylor and Emma M. Erps Taylor. During childhood, the family lived in several rural areas near Bagley, Iowa before moving to Perry in 1923. Aubrey graduated...

Larry D. Deeth

Larry D. Deeth

Nov 18, 2005

Larry Duane Deeth, son of Duane Kenneth Deeth and Dorothy Bell Carstens Deeth, was born March 8, 1942 in Coon Rapids, Iowa He died unexpectedly on November 18, 2005 at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa at the age of 63 years, 8 months and 10 days. Larry was raised in rural Coon Rapids and attended school in...

Ottilie Hofmann Connelly

Ottilie Hofmann Connelly

Nov 18, 2005

Service: She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Trudy Teeths and Lotti Barnett. Memorial: Ottilie was born November 23, 1935 in Nurnburg, Germany the daughter of Frederick and Thekla (Eichorn) Hofmann. Ottilie is survived by her two daughters, Gloria Skoczen (Robert) of Oak Forest, IL and Sharon Hart (Mark) of Winterset; four sons, Michael Connelly (Elaine)...

Edith Mcdowell

Edith Mcdowell

Nov 18, 2005

Edith Grace McDowell, daughter of Harry Lewis and Hazel Newton Lewis, was born January 2, 1912 in Dawson, Iowa and died November 14, 2005 at the Rowley Memorial Masonic Home in Perry, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 10 months and 12 days. Edith grew up in Dawson, attended school and graduated from high school there. She was...

Betty M. Friedrichsen

Betty M. Friedrichsen

Nov 17, 2005

Betty Mae Friedrichsen, daughter of Ernest H. Rothfus and Grace Elizabeth Hammar Rothfus, was born July 9, 1928 in Perry, Iowa. She passed away November 17, 2005 in Dallas County Hospital at the age of 77 years, 4 months and 8 days. Betty attended Gardner school and graduated from Perry High School in 1945. In 1950, she graduated from...

Betty M. Bennett

Betty M. Bennett

Nov 14, 2005

Betty Mae Bennett, daughter of Clifford Morfoot and Gladys Carr Morfoot, was born November 25, 1929 in Perry, Iowa and died November 14, 2005 in Johnston, Iowa at the age of 75 years, 11 months and 14 days. Betty grew up on a farm north of Perry. On August 10, 1946, Betty was united in marriage to Chalmer Claude...

Sondra Lynette Mapes

Sondra Lynette Mapes

Nov 13, 2005

Sondra Lynette Mapes was called to be with the Lord on November 13, 2005 at her home in Winterset. She was 65. She is survived by her mother, Althea Housman of Winterset, her five children, Rhonda Fleming (Craig) of Des Moines; David Mapes (JoAnne) of Perry; Brian Mapes and friend, Steven Watson of Des Moines; Ron Mapes (Jennifer) of...

Herbert Munsterman

Herbert Munsterman

Nov 4, 2005

Herbert Francis Munsterman, son of Henry Munsterman and Antonette Shalla Munsterman, was born June 16, 1921 in Fairbury, Nebraska and died November 4, 2005 at the age of 84 years. Raised on a farm in Lanham, Nebraska, Herbert attended school in Odell, Nebraska, graduating from Odell's high school in 1936. He married Phyllis L. Benne on August 10, 1946...

Zelma Fagen

Zelma Fagen

Nov 4, 2005

Zelma Jane Fagen, daughter of Glen Eldon Krueger and Anita Faith Smith Krueger, was born August 27, 1928 in Bagley, Iowa and died November 4, 2005 in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 77 years, 2 months and 7 days. Zelma grew up on a farm in Guthrie County and graduated from Bagley High School in 1946. On...

Lester Marquardt

Lester Marquardt

Oct 26, 2005

Lester was born in rural Van Meter to Carl and Doris (Stump) Marquardt on September 8, 1926. He attended Van Meter Community School where he graduated in 1945. His marriage to Mary Lou Spencer took place on August 14, 1948 in Waukee at the United Methodist Church. After his marriage he served in the United States Army during the...

Clell Kilmer

Clell Kilmer

Oct 26, 2005

Clell was born in Madison County, Iowa to Arthur H. and Mary E. (Cellan) Kilmer on January 15th, 1918. His marriage to Lila L. Adams took place on October 27th, 1943 in Maryville, MO. He is survived by his wife, Lila L. Kilmer of Winterset; a daughter, Judy Crabb and husband, Don of Lorimor; a son, Jim Kilmer and...

Robert Steenrod

Robert Steenrod

Oct 25, 2005

Robert was born in Rochester, Minnesota on May 25, 1942; the son of Emerson J. and Dorien E. (Reid) Steenrod and was raised in Iowa Falls, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa Falls High School in 1960 and then attended the University of Iowa where he enjoyed playing trumpet in the University of Iowa Marching Band. He later became the...

Warren S. Burchfield

Warren S. Burchfield

Oct 23, 2005

Warren Summerson Burchfield, son of Albert A. Burchfield and Alice Hiawassee Summerson Burchfield, was born July 11, 1910 in Lincoln Township south of Dawson, Iowa and died October 23, 2005 at the Rowley Memorial Masonic Home in Perry, Iowa at the age of 95 years, 3 months and 12 days. Warren attended school in Dawson. He married Louise Maude...

Marion L. Knight

Marion L. Knight

Oct 23, 2005

Marion Louise Wind Knight, daughter of Burchard Wind and Matilda Probst Wind, was born August 22, 1918 on a farm near Cooper, Iowa and died October 23, 2005 at the Jefferson CLC in Jefferson, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 2 months and 1 day. Marion grew up in rural Jefferson and graduated from Copper Consolidated High School...

Mae M. (Molln) King

Mae M. (Molln) King

Oct 19, 2005

Prior to her marriage, Mae taught country school. She was later a homemaker and lived on the family farm near Van Wert that she and her husband, Walt, purchased in 1947. Mae also worked for O’Bryan Brothers in Leon, of which she retired. She enjoyed quilting and after retiring joined the quilters at the Senior Center in Osceola. Mae...

Arthur Stanley

Arthur Stanley

Oct 17, 2005

Arthur Vernon Stanley, son of Fred Earl Stanley and Fonnie Beatrice Carson Stanley, was born May 6, 1922 on a farm near Bagley, Iowa and died October 17, 2005 at the Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 5 months and 11 days. Vernon, as he was well known, grew up in the...

Rev. Lorna I. Welch

Rev. Lorna I. Welch

Oct 15, 2005

Lorna was born October 3, 1912 in Winterset, Iowa, the daughter of Robert Burns and Zelma L. (Peacock) Pace. She married Seldon Welch who preceded her in death. She is survived by several nieces, nephew and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Seldon and a sister, Faye Waters. Lorna was an ordained minister...

Walter W. Squires

Walter W. Squires

Oct 9, 2005

WALTER WM. "BILL" SQUIRES Bill Squires, 70, went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, October 9, while camping in his motorhome at Saylorville Lake. Services will be held on Thursday, October 13 at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Rippey, Iowa with burial in the Rippey Cemetery. Two visitations will be held at 4-7 p.m. on...

Mardell E. Bickel

Mardell E. Bickel

Oct 9, 2005

Mardell E. Bickel, 94, of Winterset, IA, formerly of Sacramento, CA died Sunday, October 9, 2005 at the Madison County Health Care System. She is survived by her son, Robert Bickel of Boulder City, NV; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kenneth (Lorraine) Bickel of Anita, IA; a sister-in-law, Brenda Emerick of Phoenix, AZ; seven grandchildren (Pamila Deichmann, Dorene White, Diane Winther,...

Verda Whitver

Verda Whitver

Oct 7, 2005

Verda Whitver, daughter of Ralph Emerson Black and Martha Janette Ellsworth Black, was born May 27, 1918 in Scranton, Iowa and died October 7, 2005 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 4 months and 10 days. Verda graduated from Scranton High School in 1935. She worked for a time at the...

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