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Govert Clark

Return to Class of 1924 03/09/1957Representative Govert Thomas Clark General Assembly: 54 (01/08/1951 – 01/11/1953) Govert Thomas Clark Marion County H 53 (1949), 54 (1951) Source: 57 GA (1957) House Journal G. T. CLARK MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Hon-G. […]

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Donald Ames

Return to Class of 1916 12/22/1956 Name: Donald Henry Ames Birth: 7 Feb 1896 Death: 22 Dec 1956 Spouse: Arva Arloa Barge (b.1897-d.1972) Daughter: Margaret Ellen (Orien Harold) Rhodes – Worrell(b.1937-d.2015) Donald was program director for the public schools’ radio station KDPS in Des Moines. He had previously worked for a radio station in Waterloo,

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Kenneth Brown

Return to Class of 1924 11/08/1956Kenneth C. Brown, age of 50, son of Mrs. Edith Anspach died suddenly of a heart attack at his home at 505 Kester Ave, Dayton, Ohio, on Thursday Morning November 8, 1956, and was buried Saturday at Fort Jefferson, Ohio. Mr. Brown was born in 1906 and graduated from Knoxville

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Ruth Fee

Return to Class of 1924 6/18/1956Worthina Ruth Fee, daughter of Alta Clark Fee (b. Oct 9, 1876 -d.June 18, 1966) and the late Daniel Webster Fee (b.Jan 15,1871-d.Dec 8, 1940), was born November 7, 1907, in Marion county, near Knoxville, and died, June 18, 1956. Early in life, Ruth confessed her faith with the Christian

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Walter Cronkhite

Return to Class of 1920 06/08/1956Walter Glen Cronkhite, son of Abe Cronkhite and Eunice Fornerod was born Dec. 21, 1901 on the old Cronkhite farm and lived all of his life in Marion County until he finished school. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1920 where he played football and basketball and went to

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Donald Breese

Return to Class of 1922 05/17/1956Donald W., son of Noah L. and Roxie Garrison Breese, was born in Knoxville Sept. 15, 1904 and died at Thomasville, Ga., May 17 following a heart attack. After graduating from Knoxville High School in 1922, Breese attended Iowa State College and Drake University. He became a member of the

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Robert Hayes

Return to Class of 1937 2/27/1956 Robert B. Hayes aged 37 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hayes, of Knoxville, was killed in a jet bomber crash, Monday afternoon, when a B-47 jet bomber exploded shortly after take-off on a routine training mission from the Whiteman Air Force Base Mo. Cause of crash has

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