OBITUARIES

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James Edgar Coffin

James Edgar Coffin

Oct 24, 2007

James Edgar Coffin, son of Edgar Coffin and Fern Houghman Coffin, was born July 23, 1942 in Perry, Iowa, and died October 24, 2007 at his home in Grand Junction, Iowa, at the age of 65 years, 3 months and 1 day. Jim, as he was lovingly known, received his education in Perry. He graduated from Perry High School...

Erdyne Laborde

Erdyne Laborde

Oct 24, 2007

Erdyne"Dean" Laborde, daughter of Raymond McCann and Marguerite Bowerman McCann, was born January 29, 1925 in Perry, Michigan and died OCtober 24, 2007 at Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 8 months and 25 days. "Dean" as she was lovingly known started school in Coberg, Montana and moved with her family in 1934...

Edna Mae Rice

Edna Mae Rice

Oct 22, 2007

Edna Mae Rice, daughter of John William Renfrow and Berla Mae Kirkman Renfrow, was born March 12, 1924 in Summersville, Missouri, and died October 22, 2007 at the Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson, Iowa, at the age of 83 years, 7 months and 10 days. Edna moved many times with her family, attending school in various places. She...

Lois Marjorie Plumb

Lois Marjorie Plumb

Oct 22, 2007

Lois Marjorie Plumb, daughter of Frank Ackerman and Clara Newman Ackerman, was born February 2, 1925 in Griswold, Iowa and died October 22, 2007 at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa, at the age of 82 years, 2 months and 28 days. Lois graduated from Griswold High school in 1942 and then attended Junior College. Lois taught all...

Chet Haymond

Chet Haymond

Oct 21, 2007

Chet Haymond was born June 23, 1916 on the family farm in Webster Township, the son of Carl and Esther (Huffman) Haymond. Chet was a graduate of Macksburg High School. His marriage to Mary Ruth Brewer took place on December 28, 1943 in Coffeyville, Kansas. He served in the United States Air Force for 4 years and was a...

Fern R. Johnson

Fern R. Johnson

Oct 18, 2007

Fern R. Johnson, daughter of William Schweitzberger and Sarah Rice Schweitzberger, was born April 2, 1915 in Kingsley, Iowa and died October 18, 2007 at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 6 months and 16 days. Fern was the 4th of 11 children. Fern attended rural school and graduated High School in...

Jenny Morey-Connett

Jenny Morey-Connett

Oct 15, 2007

Jenny Morey-Connett was born November 14, 1943 in Winterset, Iowa, the daughter of Cloyd and Edna (Baker) Morey. She graduated from Orient-Macksburg High School in 1962 and worked 20 years in hospice home care as a CNA for Mercy Capital. Jenny married George Connett on September 23, 1992. She was a member of Eastern Star of Des Moines. She...

Carol Lee Schlichter

Carol Lee Schlichter

Oct 9, 2007

CAROL LEE SCHLICHTER, daughter of Vernon Victor Hohanshelt and Mary Pauline Crusan Hohanshelt, was born August 24, 1933 in Perry, Iowa and died October 9, 2007 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 74 years, 1 month, and 15 days. Carol graduated from Perry High School in 1952. She moved to Woodward in 1962...

William John Schmitz

William John Schmitz

Oct 2, 2007

William John Schmitz, son of William John Schmitz Sr. and Margaret Brinks Schmitz, was born March 6, 1932 near Dedham, Iowa on the family farm and died October 2, 2007 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 75 years, 6 months and 26 days. Bill attended Catholic school. On August 19, 1961, Bill married...

Ron E. Purkapile

Ron E. Purkapile

Oct 1, 2007

Ron passed away peacefully Monday, October 1, 2007 in Missouri from complications of heart disease. He was 49. Ron E. Purkapile was born August 14, 1958 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Carl and Maxine (Schulz) Purkapile. He attended school at Orient-Macksburg High School. Throughout his life, Ron was employed as a welder, car mechanic and presently was...

Esther L. Martens Storck

Esther L. Martens Storck

Sep 30, 2007

Esther L. (Martens) Storck was born February 11, 1909 in rural Churchville / Martensdale, Iowa, the daughter of Frederick W. and Anna (Russ) Martens. She was baptized at the St. Paul Lutheran Church of Churchville and in 1915 the family moved to a farm 10 miles north of Winterset. She was confirmed in 1923 at the Trinity Lutheran Church...

Sadie Alberta Christensen

Sadie Alberta Christensen

Sep 25, 2007

Sadie Alberta Christensen, daughter of Miller David Storm and Eva Mable Kinder Storm was born August 15, 1911 near Woodward, Iowa in Dallas County and died September 25, 2007 at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 1 month and 10 days. Alberta, lovingly known as "Babe" by many, attended the Bouton and...

Angela Guadelupe Silvestre

Angela Guadelupe Silvestre

Sep 25, 2007

Angela, daughter of Miguel Angel Silvestre and Cindy Vanessa Lopez, was born at 7:03 p.m. and died at 8:32 p.m. September 25, 2007, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, IA. Angela weighed 1 lb. and .04 oz. and was 30 cm long. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her grandparents, Blanca and Emilio Garcia of...

E. Wayne Estell

E. Wayne Estell

Sep 22, 2007

Mr. Estell was born July 21, 1921 to Golda and Ellis Estell. After serving in WWII in the United States Army, Mr. Estell continued working for M. Young and Company, a farm grain, seed, and feed retail establishment for fifty-one years, retiring at age 67. Mr. Estell is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lois of Winterset; two...

Rolland Dee Lisle

Rolland Dee Lisle

Sep 19, 2007

Rolland Dee Lisle, son of Dean D. Lisle and Gladys Vivian Heckathorn Lisle, was born May 29, 1945 in Perry, Iowa and died September 19, 2007, at the Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls, Iowa, at the age of 62 years, 3 months and 20 days. Rollie, as he was lovingly known, graduated from Perry High School in 1965...

Inez M. Vodenik

Inez M. Vodenik

Sep 17, 2007

Inez Matilda Vodenik, daughter of Henry Wiese and Emma Boyens Wiese, was born October 28, 1923 in Manilla, Iowa. She attended schools in Audubon County, Iowa., Inez was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. In 1996 Inez was baptized in the First Baptist Church in Perry, Iowa, and became a member of that church. Inez was a sales...

Margaret Ann Jurgensen

Margaret Ann Jurgensen

Sep 15, 2007

Margaret was born April 14th, 1937 in Milo, Iowa to Earl Allsup, Sr. and Flossie Mae Curtis. She attended school in Milo, Winterset and graduated from the DeSoto High School. Her marriage to Bill Jurgensen, Sr. took place on November 19th, 1954 at the Trinity Lutheran Church south of Van Meter. She was preceded in death by her parents;...

Iram Lucille Henry

Iram Lucille Henry

Sep 10, 2007

Irma Lucille Henry, daughter of Robert Fulton Timmons and Viva Almeda Weigel Timmons was born on her parents' farm May 7, 1910 near Guthrie Center, Iowa and died September 10, 2007 at Perry Health Care, Perry, Iowa, at the age of 97 years, 4 months and 3 days. Irma grew up on the family farm along with her brother...

Oliver Malone

Oliver Malone

Sep 6, 2007

Oliver Ollie Malone was born September 11, 1929 in Kenwood, Iowa to Everett and Edna (Kroll) Malone. His marriage to Darlene Foshe took place on October 21, 1950 and to this union they were blessed with three children, Rick, Terry, and Annette. Together they lived and raised their kids in Granger, Iowa. They celebrated over 56 years as husband...

Charlotte Forsyth

Charlotte Forsyth

Sep 5, 2007

Charlotte was born July 18, 1939 in Zion, Iowa; the daughter of Allen and Leone (Duff) Farwell. She married Gail Beaman and to this union three children were born. Charlotte is survived by her children, Allen (Judy) Beaman of Sallisaw, OK; Gail Ann (Paul) Neal of Des Moines and Karen (Steve) Moss of Redfield; three sisters, Inez (Charles) Bennett...