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Gary Abarr

Return to Class of 1955 08/21/2008 Gary Emile Abarr, 71, born, on Jun 22, 1937, passed away on Thursday, August 21, 2008. He was the son of Emile Harlan (b. Oct. 1, 1906- d. Feb 13, 1965) and Viola E. Abarr, (d. May 29, 1964) Visitation with the family present to greet friends from 5:00 […]

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Frances Kendrick

Return to Class of 1932 08/19/2008 Frances E. (Kendrick) Gillespie, age 93, died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following an illness. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Aug. 22, at First United Methodist Church in Elberon with Pastor Norman Bennett officiating. Interment will be held at

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James Cummings

Return to Class of 1944 08/02/2008 James Edward Cummings was born February 20, 1927, in Rural Marion County to Loren H. and Mary E. (Sims) Cummings. Following his graduation from Knoxville High School in 1944, Jim enlisted in the Air Force. He served his country from December 26, 1950 to September 24, 1954. Jim was

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Bob Phipps

Return to Class of 1947 07/22/2008Robert Leland Phipps was born Dec. 25, 1928, at Knoxville, Iowa, the son of Andrew and Ariel (Wright) Phipps. He died July 22, 2008, at Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, Buffalo, MO, at the age of 79 years, 6 months and 27 days. He was united in marriage with Mary Neill

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Bob Nichols

Return to Class of 1945 07/13/2008Robert “Bob” Nichols, age 82, passed away at his farmstead Sunday, July 13, 2008, of natural causes. Bob was born December 29, 1925, in Marion County, in the small town of Hawkeye. He was the firstborn of Charley and Clara (Kingery) Nichols. He lived his entire life in Marion County,

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Ruby Roff

Return to Class of 1935 7/3/2008Funeral services for Ruby Ruth (Roff) Stapleton, 91, will be Saturday July 12, at 1 p.m., at Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Chariton. Ruby was born Dec. 3, 1916, in Knoxville, to Charles and Ramona Roff. She attended the Rising Star Country School and graduated from Knoxville High School in 1935.

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Kathy Bankus

Return to Class of 1961 07/01/2008 Kathleen Virginia (Bankus) Morris, 65, of Knoxville, Iowa died Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, Iowa. Kathleen was born January 10, 1943, in Helena, AR to Wendell “Breezy” and Catherine (Mitchell) Bankus. She resided most of her life in Knoxville, with the exception of 17 years

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Helen Hegwood

Return to Class of 1948 06/22/2008 Helen Louise (Hegwood) Johnson, 79, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Sunday, June 22, 2008 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Born July 2, 1928, in Knoxville, Iowa, Helen was the daughter of Bruce and Delta (Worrall) Hegwood On August 13, 1966, in Knoxville, Iowa, Helen was united in

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Lois Parker

Return to Class of 1934 06/21/2008 Lois Marguerite Chamberlain, 91, the daughter of William M. and Sarah (Schell) Parker, was born April 7, 1917 in Knoxville, Iowa. She was a graduate of the Knoxville High School, Class of 1934. On June 14, 1936, Lois was united in marriage with C.J. Curley Chamberlain in Knoxville, Iowa.

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