Return to Class of 1976 05/29/2009 Ellen Renee (Zeck) Williams was born January 20, 1958 in Knoxville, Iowa. She was raised by her parents Ralph and Carolyn Zeck, along with her 2 sisters, Fayetta Dawn and Rhonda Mae. She was the type of person you could always count on to keep the peace, no matter […]
Return to Class of 1983 05/26/2009 Charles Brian Gullion was born in Knoxville, on Oct. 15, 1964, and was called to his heavenly home after succumbing to pancreatic cancer on May 26, 2009, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy after a 14-month struggle. Charles grew up in Knoxville spending time in
Return to Class of 1959 05/26/2009 James R. Birk, 67, passed away May 26, 2009, in California. He was born in Knoxville, to Philip and Genevieve Birk, on July 10, 1941. He was a graduate of Knoxville High School in 1959, Iowa State in 1963, and Purdue University in 1967, earning a Ph.D. in Analytical
Return to Class of 1985 05/22/2009 Michael Allen Wooldridge was born on August 26, 1966, in Knoxville to Charles Allen and Loretta Ann (Stubbs) Wooldridge. He was one of four children. He grew up in Knoxville and graduated with the Class of 1985. After high school, Mike worked in construction, at Swift Meat Packing in
Return to Class of 1952 05/20/2009 Paul Thomas Williams was born January 19, 1935, in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, the son of William John Williams and Mabel Esther Vickroy. Paul, age 74 of Sevierville, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at the Ben Atchley State Veterans Home in Knoxville, where he had been a resident for
Return to Class of 1939 5/19/2009 Mary Virginia (Jenkins) Perkins Harris’s Earthly journey peacefully ended May 19, 2009, in Tucson, Ariz. The oldest of Frank and Lois (Overton) Jenkins’s seven children, she was born Feb.28, 1921, in Knoxville at her grandparent’s home on Montgomery St. After graduation from Knoxville High School in 1939, she taught
Return to Class of 1975 05/16/2009 Michael Douglas Brause, 51, of Sedalia, MO, died at his home on Saturday, May 16, 2009, with his wife Sharon at his side. A survivor of lung cancer, Mike passed away following a short, tough fight with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). He will be sadly missed by his family
Return to Class of 1973 05/12/2009Dixie Ann Fisher of Des Moines, formerly of Knoxville was born January 4, 1955 in Des Moines, Iowa. She was one of two daughters born to Violet June Rankin and Woodrow “Woody” Lash Fisher. Dixie grew up on a farm near Knoxville; graduating from Knoxville High School in 1973. She
Return to Class of 1963 05/12/2009 Roger Carroll Brown was born February 25, 1945 in Pleasantville, Iowa, the son of Ralph Brown and Berniece Heaberlin Brown. He was raised in Knoxville and joined the United States Army on April 21, 1964, in Knoxville. Roger was united in marriage to Patty VandeKamp on April 26, 1969,
Return to Class of 1948 05/09/2009 Velma Lorene (Jolliffe) Willemsen was born on May 6, 1930, in Knoxville, Iowa. She was the third of six children that were born to Elton Albert and Jessie Lorene Dudley Jolliffe. Velma attended Knoxville Schools and graduated in 1948 from Knoxville High School. At a young age, Velma began
