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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 […]

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

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

Return to Class of 1920 02/23/1956Name: Ralph Wesley Smith Birth : July 12, 1902 – Valley Junction, Iowa Mother: Mae Sherwood Death: Feb 23, 1956 – Seattle, King, Washington

Return to Class of 1918 01/07/1956 Name: Gordon G. Griffiths Birth: 5 Feb 1899 Spouse: Hester A McCue Marriage: 22 Sep 1927 – Fort Totten, Benson, North Dakota Services for Gordon G. Griffiths, who died in Mississippi at the Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Saturday night, January 7, 1956 were held this morning at 11 o’clock at

Return to Class of 1923 11/30/1955Name: Harry Cecil Lawrence Birth: 6 Aug 1905 – Monroe, Iowa Age: 50 Death: 30 Nov 1955 – Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee Father: Charles Harry Lawrence Mother: Bessie Powers Sibbling: John Bertram Lawrence (b.1909-d.1995)

Return to Class of 1961 08/21/1955Name: Jerry Dan Nemeth Birth: 1943 Death: 1955 Father: George Nemeth (b. Jul 30,1916 – d. Mar 16, 1961) Mother: Grace Nemeth (b. 1925 -d. 1966) Burial: West Bend Cemetery West Bend, Palo Alto County, Iowa KNOXVILLE, Iowa (UP) — A coroner's jury Tuesday night cleared the driver of a

Return to Class of 1916 07/09/1955 Loren L. “Tom” Bane, son of Walter and Mary Bane, was born in Marion county,December 21, 1897, and died at Collins Memorial hospital, July 9, 1955, aged 57 years. The deceased was united in marriage to Barbara Menefee and to this union two sons were born, Leland and Gene,

Return to Class of 1924 05/09/1955Name: Charlene Retta (Orr) Fortner Born: 20 Jun 1904 Iowa Died: 9 May 1955 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa Spouse: Ivan Moss Fortner (1903 – 1995) – Married – May 8, 1927 Father: Tim Orr Mother: Myrtle Snyder Children: Loretta C. Fortner Hendricks

Return to Class of 1931 04/05/1955 Name: Helen Lucille (Jones) Davis Birth: 22 Oct 1911 Pleasantville, Iowa Death: 5 April 1955 Knoxville, IA Burial: Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa Spouse: Edward Davis Father: Thomas Clark Jones (b.1882-d.1948) Mother: Edith Lucille Jury Jones (b.1882-d.1959) Sibbling: Harland Jones (1908 – 1998) Helen Jones Davis who died