Return to Class of 1942 01/14/2020 John Wendell Kurtz, husband, father, and man known for his collection of bowties, died Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Fiercely in love with our mother, Muriel Tarr Kurtz, they navigated family life with Lesley, Shelley, John II, and Halley. A lifelong wearer of bowties, Dad enhanced the bass section in […]
Return to Class of 1963 01/09/2020 David Douglas Core passed away on January 09, 2020. David was a 1963 graduate of Knoxville High School in Knoxville, Iowa. Surviving him are his wife Nancy Genevieve Sells and his brother Denny (Pam) Core. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ethelyn Elizabeth (Reynolds) Core, his father,
Return to Class of 1987 01/03/2020 Montgomery “Randy” Ward, age 50, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 3, 2020, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services for Randy will be held at 11:30 A.M. on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at the Winfield Funeral Home in Knoxville. A visitation with Randy’s family present
Return to Class of 1941 12/28/2019 Ned Arthur Hedrick was born on July 31, 1923, in Knoxville, Iowa, the son of Arthur and Inez (Core) Hedrick. He was baptized at the First United Methodist Church in Knoxville, where he was a member until joining the Second Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, where he later served
Return to Class of 1956 12/27/2019Tommy Roy De Moss Jr., was born on October 20, 1935, in Marion County, Iowa. He was the first of eight children that were born to Clara M. (Bailey) and Tommy Roy De Moss Sr. He graduated from Knoxville high School in Knoxville, Iowa and began working on the family
Return to Class of 1947 12/26/2019 Norman Lee Den Hartog was born to John and Emma (Van Gorp) Den Hartog on February 5, 1929, in Pella, Iowa at home and moved to Knoxville in 6th grade. He was baptized at the 3rd Reformed Church in Pella. As a child, he loved playing outside sports and
Return to Class of 1951 12/23/2019 Shirley Anne Dutton was born April 23, 1933, in Indiana, township as the daughter of Burton W. and Lois (Colvin) Dutton and lived in Knoxville, Iowa. Shirley Anne Dutton, 86, of Douglas, formerly of Knoxville, IA. She passed away peacefully on Monday, December 23, 2019 at the Central Wyoming
Return to Class of 1949 12/21/2019Marvin W. Briggs, 88, of Faribault, formerly of Sleepy Eye, died on Dec. 21, 2019, his home in Faribault. Visitation will be on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 from 9 to 11 a.m., at Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye. Memorial Service will be held at Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye, on
Return to Class of 1965 12/21/2019 Delbert Lee Brown, age 72, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, December 21, 2019. Delbert was born on March 8, 1947, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the eldest son of Delbert and Lois Maxine (Busick) Brown. Delbert and his eight siblings were raised in Knoxville. Delbert
Return to Class of 1947 12/11/2019 Catherine (Cathy) Elizabeth (Visser) Husted was born May 3, 1930, in Marion County, Iowa, the daughter of Gerrit and Gertrude (Bishop) Visser. Cathy graduated from Knoxville High School with the Class of 1947. On January 15, 1950, she was united in marriage to Billie (Bill) C. Husted. The couple
