OBITUARIES
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John L. Jontz
Dec 8, 2005
John Leo Jontz, son of John R. and Nellie Van Noy Jontz, was born April 14, 1915 on a farm near Woodward, Iowa and died December 8, 2005 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 7 months and 24 days. Leo, as he was well known, was raised in rural Boone...
Charlotte Raye Meyer
Dec 7, 2005
Charlotte was born August 12, 1943 in Lubbock, Texas, the daughter of Cecil and Ethel (Cole) Whited. She attended school in Creston, Iowa. She married Richard Mulhern, who preceded her in death, and later married William Meyer on August 2, 1962. She is survived by her husband, William Meyer of Winterset; two daughters, Kimmie Kernes (Tim) of Winterset and...
Everett D. Carpenter
Dec 7, 2005
Everett Doyle Carpenter was born April 19, 1946 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Orville D. and Garnet Irene (Finch) Carpenter. His marriage to Joyce Pinckney took place on June 30, 1965 at the First Baptist Church in Indianola, Iowa. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Joyce Carpenter of Lorimor; daughter, Dawn Michele Jarvie (Darrell)...
Teresa Fagen
Dec 2, 2005
Teresa Marie Fagen, daughter of Stephen Roy Fagen and Margaret "Peggy"Lee Rowles Fagen was born August 16, 1990 at Des Moines, Iowa and died December 2, 2005 at Perry, Iowa at the age of 15 years, 3 months and 16 days. Teresa was the youngest of Steve and Peggy's 4 girls. She loved life , was very social and...
Lura E. Hoeness
Nov 30, 2005
Lura was born December 18, 1902 in Casey, Iowa, the daughter of Reuben D. and Carrie E. (Halley) Mowry. She moved to Madison County and began farming west of Winterset when she married husband Harry Hoeness in 1937. She is survived by her grandson, Allen Stevenson. She was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Carol Ann Stevenson...
Catherine Noga
Nov 28, 2005
Catherine M. Noga, 60, of Erie, IL died Monday, November 28, 2005, at Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis, IL. Catherine Mary Bell was born August 10, 1945, in Winterset, the daughter of Joseph and Veronica Harkin Bell. Survivors include her husband, Thomas Noga of Erie, IL; a daughter, Mary Theilen of Sun Prairie, WI; four sons, John Noga...
Ellen Bane Root
Nov 24, 2005
Ellen Bane Root, 94, of Winterset, Iowa died November 24, 2005 at the Winterset Care Center South. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands; a brother, John Atkins, a sister, Hazel Phearman; a step-daughter, Shirley Jurgensen; one grandchild and four great-grandchildren. Ellen was born November 5, 1911 on a farm near Adel in Colfax Township, Dallas...
Doris June Saylor
Nov 22, 2005
Doris June Thornburgh Saylor, daughter of Everett and Mary Thornburgh, was born June 15, 1933 in Perry, Iowa and died November 22, 2005 at the Baywood Banner Hospital in Mesa, Arizona at the age of 72 years, 5 months and 7 days. Doris June grew up in Rippey, Iowa and attended Rippey High School where she was an all...
Donald D. Miller
Nov 19, 2005
Donald D. Miller, 78, of Winterset, Iowa died of pneumonia, Saturday, November 19, 2005, at the Madison County Health Care System in Winterset. He is survived by his three children, a son, Michael Miller (Darla) of Earlham; two daughters, Marsha Miller of San Angelo, TX, and Audrey Jennings (Bill) of Van Meter; five siblings, Leo ‘Bud’ Miller (Lucille) of...
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...