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Leonard James Vernon

Return to Class of 1941 01/10/1989Name: James Leonard Vernn Birth: June 8, 1923 Indiana, Marion County, Iowa Death: January 10, 1989 Rice, Benton County, Minnesota Cemetery: Fort Snelling National Cemetery Burial: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Spouse: Geraldine Agnes Verno Father: Harley Elsworth Vernon (b.1893-d.197 Mother: Ruby Belle Cue (b.1896-d.1937) Sibbling: Zella Frances Vernon Bradford (b.1926-d.1968)

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Leslie Burnett

Return to Class of 1948 01/09/1989 Leslie S. Burnett, a former Knoxville resident, died after a brief bout with cancer on Jan. 9, 1989, at his home in New Cumberland, Penn. Mr. Burnett was born on Jan. 6, 1931, in Gary, Indiana to Leslie Shaw Burnett Sr. (b.1902-d.1944) and Myrtle Williamson Burnett. He spent most

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Mary Beard

Return to Class of 1961 12/28/1988Mary Jo was born on May 28, 1944, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daugther of Milo Merhyn and Dorothy Edwards Beard. She attended school at Ottumwa Heights and Clinton Holy Angels and graduated from Knoxville High School in 1961. She married James Rahe, Jr. on July 18, 1964 in Knoxville.

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Rachel Beebout

Return to Class of 1932 12/19/1988Services for Rachel Florence (Beebout) DeWitt, who passed away Dec. 19, 1988, at Knoxville Area Community Hospital at the age of 75, was held Dec. 22 at First United Methodist Church in Knoxville. The Rev. K Wayne Hoehns officiated. Music was provided by Cheryl Anderson, pianist, and John Crawford, soloist.

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Vinetta Mae Wahe

Return to Class of 1931 12/01/1988Name: Vinetta "Sally" Mae Wahe Born: 28 Oct 1913 – Knoxville, Iowa Died: 1 Dec 1988 Father: Charles Carl Gottfried Wahe (1890-d.1977) Mother: Althea Edsall (b.1881-d.1931) Sibbling: Maxine Myra Wahe (Welshhons) (b.1916-d.1980) Vinetta Mae "Sally" Wahe, 75, of Mesa, a legal secretary, died Dec. 1, 1988. She was born in

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Byron Frazier

Return to Class of 1918 11/28/1988Services for Byron Bryan Frazier, who passed away Nov. 28, 1988 at the Knoxville Veterans Administration Medical Center, were held Dec. 1 at Williams Funeral Home. The Rev. Wayne Hoehns officiated. Music was provided by Darlene Mooberry, organist and Richard Hunt, soloist. Interment was in Graceland Cemetery. Casketbearers were Robert

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Gladys Taggart

Return to Class of 1925 11/22/1988Gladys Irene Taggart was born May 03, 1902 in Marion County, Iowa, and died November 22, 1988 in Pleasantville, Iowa. She married Opal Sylvester Bowery June 04, 1933 in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa. He was born March 16, 1894, and died July 1976. Services for Gladys Bowery of Pleasantville who

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Maurice Harlan

Return to Class of 1925 11/02/1988Maurice Cooper Harlan was born in Rooks County, Kan., in 1908. He lived on a farm and attended a country school until age 10 when, with his parents, he moved to Des Moines, Iowa. A year passed and the family moved to Knoxville, Iowa, where the father continued his practice

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John Bailey

Return to Class of 1952 10/23/1988 John Alva Bailey, 56, of Knoxville died of cancer Sunday, October 23, 1988. John was born May 23, 1932, in Knoxville, Iowa, the son of William H. Bailey and Gladys Stittsworth. He graduated with the Class of 1952 in Knoxville, Iowa, and was raised in that area. On March

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Ronald Betterton

Return to Class of 1960 10/19/1988Services for Ronald M. Betterton of Jefferson, who passed away Oct. 19, 1988 in Jefferson, were held Oct. 22 at Central Christian Church in Jefferson The Rev. Ray Smith officiated. Music was provided by Jeff and Cindy Deal, vocalists, and Joyce Kinsman, organist. Interment was in Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville. Arrangements

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