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Merna Monroe

Return to Class of 1919 11/25/1976Name: Merna Martha Monroe Birth: 21 Nov 1900 Indiana, Marion County, Iowa Death: 25 Nov 1976 Orono, Penobscot County, Maine Cemetery: Graceland Cemetery Burial: Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa Father: Frank A. Monroe Mother: Mary E. Simmons Sister of Marita A. Monroe (1901 – 1967) Merna Myrtha Monroe, 76, associate professor […]

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Irene Dawson

Return to Class of 1921 11/05/1976 Name: Irene Juliet Dawson Birth: 1901 Knoxville Marion County Iowa Death: Nov. 5, 1976 Des Moines Polk County Iowa Father: Isaac Eliphaz Dawson (1860 – 1920) Mother: Rebecca Ellen Grove Dawson (1861 – 1917) Memorial services for Juliet Irene Dawson, 75, of Riverview Manor Nursing Center, who died there

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Carmen Peak

Return to Class of 1982 11/01/1976Private services were held Thursday, November 1976, for 18 year old Carmen Peak the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Peak who died Wednesday of head injuries suffered when one of her riding horses fell on her three days earlier. It was the second tragedy to strike the Peak family

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Russell Leroy Kaster

Return to Class of 1934 10/11/1976Name: Russell Leroy Kaster Birth: 09 Sep 1916 Death: 11 Oct 1976 – Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa Spouse: Edith Winifred Porter Marriage: Jun 1937 – Unionville, Missouri Father: Virris Fred Kaster Mother: Lou Ada Nichols Funeral services for Russell Kaster, who died at his home October 11, were held from

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Nita Johnson

Return to Class of 1935 10/05/1976Name: Nita Maxine (Johnson) Brent Birth: 3 Jan 1919 Death: 5 Oct 1976- Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa Cemetery: Graceland Cemetery Burial Place: Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, Spouse: Fred Edmund Brent Married: March 27, 1938 Children Preceded in Death: Marjo Ann Brent – Died at age of 2 yrs. Surviving Children:

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Grace Lemmon

Return to Class of 1917 10/01/1976Name: Grace Laura Lemmon Birth: Aug. 10, 1898 Hamilton, Iowa Death: Oct. 1, 1976 – Claysville, Ohio – Age 78 Father: Wilson Franklin Lemmon (b.Jun 1,1866-d.Dec 19, 1931) Mother: Anna Emily Kendall (b.Mar 4, 1870 – d.Dec 19, 1931) Siblings: Oleatha Iberia (Lemmon) West-DONKER (b.Jun 9,1892 – d.Jan 12, 1962)

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Albert Isaacson

Return to Class of 1943 09/25/1976Funeral services for Albert Stuart Isaacson, who died Suddenly September 25, 1976 at his home in Houston, Tex., were held October 2 from Arlington Chapel with Dr. Leonard E. Deaver officiating. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery. Albert Stewart Isaacson, son of Albert W. and Talitha Thomas Isaacson was born in

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Jim DeLong

Return to Class of 1955 09/13/1976Dedicated to the Memory of James Edward DeLong who passed away of Leukemia, September 13, 1976. He married Judy (Gee) from Des Moines, Sept. 7, 1962. They had five children – Kevin, Lori, Brian, Steve (Died at the age of four years) and Rena (died at 9 months). He was

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Lisa Peak

Return to Class of 1975 09/07/1976 Marie “Lisa” Peak was born December 10, 1956, to Dr. Frank and Mary Virginia (Scrivner) Peak. She was named after her Aunt Ann Marie Scrivner. Peak, the daughter of Knoxville veterinarian and former city councilman Dr. Frank Peak and Mary Peak, was majoring in journalism at Wartburg College in

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Dixie Beller

Return to Class of 1972 08/27/1976 Funeral services for Dixie Nadine (Beller) Brown of Indianola who died August 27, 1976, at Collins Memorial Hospital was held on August 30, 1976, from the First Christian Church with Rev. William Travis officiating. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery under the direction of Williams Funeral Home. The casket bearers

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