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Lois M. (Debok) Spera
Nov 25, 2004
Lois Mae Debok was born August 3, 1923 in Madison County, Iowa, the daughter Dee and Edna (Rhoads) Debok. Her marriage to Kenneth Spera took place on August 3, 1963; he preceded her in death in 1986. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents and her sister, Zylpha Debok. Lois was a beautician and homemaker. She...
Joan 'Joni' Hobart
Nov 19, 2004
Joan ‘Joni’ Hobart, 62, of Prole, Iowa, died Friday, November 19, 2004, at Fairview/University Hospital Minneapolis, Minn. She is survived by her husband, Delmar Hobart of Prole, IA; three children, Anne (Kevin) Comer of Winterset, IA, Mike (Chrissy) Hobart of Prole, IA, and Byron (Sara) Hobart of Truro, IA; one sister, Jean Fitz of Fremont, NE; four brothers James...
Virginia H. (Gibson) Denly
Nov 16, 2004
Virginia H. (Gibson) Denly, 86, of Lorimor, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Virginia was born August 6, 1918 in Union County, Iowa, the daughter James and Guyda (Gorr) Gibson. She married John Denly in October of 1936; he preceded her in death on August 19, 1992. Virginia was a graduate of...
Laona 'Onie' (Hendricks) Goater
Nov 4, 2004
Laona ‘Onie’ (Hendricks) Goater, 81, of Winterset, Iowa, died Thursday, November 4, 2004, at her home. She is survived by her three step-children, Michael (Annette) Goater of Marion, Iowa; Gayla (Dennis) Detweiler of Solon, Iowa; Richard (Helen) Goater of Goldfield, Iowa; one sister, Margaret (Hendricks) Jones of Winterset, Iowa; five grandsons, Ethan and Seth Detweiler, David, Cole and Clae...
Ellen I. Dooley
Oct 28, 2004
Ellen was born October 11, 1925 in Madison County, Iowa; the daughter of Thomas J. and Agnes C. (Donahoe) Wiedmann. She was a graduate of Patterson High School. She married Jim Dooley on February 7, 1949 in Des Moines, Iowa at St. Ambrose Cathedral. Ellen is survived by her husband, Jim Dooley of Martensdale, IA; ten daughters, Terri (Larry)...
Robert Thorp
Oct 25, 2004
Robert C. Thorp, son of Orlo Thorp and Verna Teeples Thorp, was born December 28, 1928 and died October 25, 2004 at his home in Davis City, Iowa at the age of 75 years, 9 months and 27 days. Robert grew up in the rural Cooper area and attended school there. On February 7, 1948, he was united in...
Warren Bender
Oct 9, 2004
Warren Andrew Bender, son of William Bender and Anna Walker Bender was born May 12, 1914 in Keswick, Iowa and died October 9, 2004 at the Fountain West Health Center in West Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 4 months, and 27 days. Warren moved to Perry, Iowa as a young child and was a lifelong...
Robert 'Bob' Merrifield
Oct 1, 2004
Bob was born September 29, 1942 in Des Moines, Iowa; the son of Charles and Margaret (Baldwin) Merrifield. Bob was a 1961 graduate of the Technical High School in Des Moines and following graduation he served in the United States Army for three years. His marriage to Laraine Rae Shull took place on June 26, 1965 at the Easton...
Richard Casson
Sep 23, 2004
Dick was born August 4, 1931 in McClelland, Iowa, the son of John and Margaret (Underwood) Casson. He began work in tractor repair for Oliver Corporation shortly after high school and was later drafted into the United States Army. After his discharge in 1954, he did radio/TV repair for Council Bluffs Television and later moved to Winterset and worked...
Marlys Kilpatrick
Aug 20, 2004
Marlys A. (Garmon) Kilpatrick of Lorimor, Iowa died Friday, August 20, 2004 at home in Lorimor. She is survived by her 2 sons, Jack Kilpatrick and his wife, Maxine, of Lorimor; Larry Kilpatrick and his wife, Shirlee, of Lorimor; 2 daughters-in-law, Nancy Kilpatrick of Centerville and Jerri Kilpatrick of Lorimor; 3 sisters-in-law, Katherine Kilpatrick of Winterset, Harriett Garmon of...
Scott Alexander Hamilton
Aug 17, 2004
Service: Acknowledgements of sympathy may be directed to his family. Memorial: Private funeral services were held on Thursday, August 19, 2004 at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare. Scott is survived by his life-partner, James Alan Hamilton of Winterset; his sister, Denise Brooks-Chavez and her husband, David of Truro, Iowa; his niece, Allie Chavez of Truro and his dog, Alex...
John E. Ott
Aug 14, 2004
John is survived by a daughter, Nancy Mellott and husband, Randy of Bedford, Pennsylvania; two sons, John C. Ott and wife, Sharon of Ft. Smith, Arkansas; Mark Ott and wife, Donna of Ackworth, Iowa; five grandchildren, Steve Mellott; Stacie Meador and husband, Keith; Michelle Adams; Casandra Koons and husband, Jeremy; Mathew Ott and two great grandchildren, Sarah Mellott and...
Eleanor C. Taylor
Jul 27, 2004
Eleanor C. Taylor, 86, of Winterset, died Tuesday, July 27, 2004 of congestive heart failure at the Madison County Health Care System in Winterset, Iowa. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Douglas on September 13, 2001, three brothers, Frank, Adolph, and Fred, and 2 sisters, Clara and Evelyn. Eleanor was born April 8, 1918 in...
Florence Merna Rowe
Jul 16, 2004
Merna Rowe, 89, of Winterset, Iowa, died Friday, July 16, 2004, at the Madison County Health Care System in Winterset. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1987, her daughter, Shirley Burk in 2002, two brothers, Harold and Roland ‘Doc’, and one sister, Leola Ripplinger. Merna was born March 26, 1915 in Orient, Iowa, the...
Marvin H. Townsend
Jul 16, 2004
Marvin H. Townsend, 89, of Winterset, Iowa, formerly of Garner, was taken home to the Lord, Friday, July 16, 2004. Marvin died at the Madison County Health Care System in Winterset, Iowa after two weeks of being critically ill with pneumonia and a stroke. He was placed in Hospice, Friday, July 9, where he spent his final days peacefully...
Francis B. Hochstetler
Jul 13, 2004
Francis was born October 20, 1909 in Winterset, Iowa, the son of Charles Henry and Lillian (May) Hochstetler. He married Dorothy Morrissey on January 8, 1948 in Winterset, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Paul Hochstetler; a sister and brother-in-law, Eva and Bob Towns; a brother-in-law, Ernie Brown and a grandson, Michael Bayliss. Francis...
Tom D. Phillips
Jul 7, 2004
Tom was born July 2, 1946 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Darrel and Mary Louise (Shaw) Phillips. He was preceded in death by his parents and a grandmother. He served in the United State Army and most recently was a Construction Superintendent for Oakview Construction, with offices in Red Oak and Des Moines, Iowa. Tom previously worked as...
Lila Lawton
Jul 4, 2004
Lila Mae Lawton, daughter of Lyle Charles Oakes and Cora Amanda Parker Oakes, was born September 8, 1938 at the Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson, Iowa, and died July 4, 2004 at the Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa at the age of 65 years, 9 months, and 26 days. Lila grew up in the Churdan, Iowa...
Edith M. Shaw
Jun 25, 2004
Edith was born March 24, 1909 in Madison County, Iowa, the daughter Lester C. and Elinor B. (Breeding) Holmes. On March 9, 1931, she married Paul D. Shaw in Winterset, Iowa. Paul preceded her in death on January 12, 1981. She is survived by her daughter, Shirley Ann Thompson and her husband, Hubert, of Perry, Iowa, two sisters, Mary...
Janice Elaine Johnson
Jun 23, 2004
The family invites everyone back to Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare for a reception immediately follow the committal. Luncheon will be hosted by the Foursquare Gospel Church of Winterset. She is survived by her mother, Emogene of Van Meter, Iowa; one sister, Beverly Algoe and husband, Byrle, of Peru, Iowa; one brother, William Johnson of Van Meter, Iowa; and...
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