Return to Class of 1938 05/11/2010 Vera Mae (Bucklew) Bacus was born on February 13, 1920, in rural Knoxville, Iowa. She was the youngest of three children born to Eugene and Anna (Garrison) Bucklew. Vera’s mother died when she was six years old. She was raised by her Uncle Lon and Aunt Mary Anderson, and […]
Return to Class of 1940 05/10/2010Dorothy Mary (Roll) Flanagan – Price, 87, passed away May 10, 2010, at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines IA. Dorothy was born, on January 16, 1923, at Attica, IA, to Stanley and Allie Grace Roll. She graduated from Knoxville High School and lived all of her adult life until retirement
Return to Class of 1949 5/4/2010Virginia (Mikesell) Parker was born and raised in Knoxville in 1931. Virginia passed away in Glendora, Calif., of bladder cancer on May 4, 2010. The daughter of Ray and Beatrice Mikesell and sister to James and Larry Mikesell, Virginia grew up on Marion Street and was known as “Ginny” to
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Return to Class of 1953 04/29/2010 Merle Richard Pope, 75, died April 29,2010 at the Lucas County Health Center at Chariton, IA. Merle was born on December 30, 1934 near Bussey, IA to Nellie and Jarrett Pope. Merle was a veteran of the United States Army and retired from Maytag. Merle is preceded in death
Return to Class of 1941 04/25/2010 Carmen Ruth (Cooley) Gilliland was born June 6, 1923, in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Roy Coolley and Ella (Ridnouer) Coolley. On April 21, 1942, Carmen was united in marriage to Harold Gilliland in Unionville, Missouri. She worked as the Assistant City Clerk to the City of Knoxville until
Return to Class of 1959 04/21/2010 Gloria Gaye (Slocum) Goff was born August 25, 1940 in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence William Slocum & Ruth Z. (Woods) Slocum. She graduated from Knoxville High School in the class of 1959. Gloria began working in the kitchen at the VA in 1973 and continued until
Return to Class of 1973 04/10/2010Beth Ann Todd was born October 9, 1955 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the daughter of Keith Todd and Lela (Kimler) Todd. While in school, Beth was involved in the band, jazz band and stage band. Following graduation with the Knoxville High School class of 1973, Beth moved to Pella and worked
Return to Class of 1952 03/21/2010 Ronald Hugh Whisler was born, Sept 5, 1934, to Flavel J. and Caroline Whisler. He was graduated in Knoxville, Iowa with the class of 1952 and united in marriage to Velda M. Raish of Knoxville. They were blessed with two children; a son Terry Whisler and a daughter Ronda
Return to Class of 1991 03/20/2010 Dawn Marie Mitchell, 37, of Knoxville, passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at the Knoxville Hospital & Clinics. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 23rd from 3-8 p.m. with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m.
Return to Class of 1951 03/16/2010 Knoxville — John Henry Heckethorn was born July 12, 1933, in Detroit, Mich., the son of John and Lois Heckethorn. (John and Lois owned and operated the Western Auto Store in Knoxville from 1944 to 1958). He died at home on March 16, 2010, at the age of 76,
