Return to Class of 1956 09/18/2016Richard Earnest Leeper, 79, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Sunday, September 18, 2016, at the Keosauqua Health Care Center, having suffered with Parkinson’s for many years. Richard was born on June 14, 1937 at Harvey, Iowa, Marion County, the youngest child of William Robert “Bill” and Una Vivian (Argo) […]
Return to Class of 1948 09/16/2016 Mary Jo (Chambers) Wickliff was born on September 2, 1930, in Knoxville, Iowa. She was the daughter of Frank and Cleta (Mart) Chambers. Donald Merwin Wickliff was born on January 16, 1930, also in Knoxville. He was the son of Ernest Lawson Wickliff and Adda Mae (Curtis). Mary Jo
Return to Class of 1951 09/14/2016 Margaret Jean (Murphy) Harris was born on July 03,1933 in Knoxville, Iowa to William and Carrie Murphy. There she was raised on a farm, with her brother Joseph Murphy, and that is where her love for gardening came from. In 1948 she married Vernon L. Harris (b.Sep 12,1927-d.Jan 28,
Return to Class of 1951 09/03/2016 Bonnie Mae (Bown) Heaberlin was born on November 10, 1932, in Indianola, Iowa. She was the only daughter of Thomas L. and Mildred (Stewart) Bown. Bonnie graduated from Knoxville High School in Knoxville, Iowa with the Class of 1951. During high school, she participated in Y-Teens, Future Homemakers of
Return to Class of 1971 08/29/2016Carma Lee (Caylor) Pickering, 63, formerly of Knoxville, IA, was born October 18, 1952, to Clarence Forrest and Nina Evelyn (Iverson) Caylor. She attended Knoxville High School with the Class of 1971. She passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2016, at the residence of her daughter, Julie Handeland in Des Moines,
Return to Class of 1966 08/22/2016Richard Dwayne Needles passed away after suffering cardiac arrest during diagnostic tests at Sparks Regional Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas on Monday evening, August 22, 2016. He was 68 years old. Richard was born at Collins Memorial Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa at 1:00 AM on March 13, 1948. He was
Return to Class of 1946 08/17/2016Teddy Samuel Shives, 88, of Oklahoma City, died August 2, 2016. A graveside service will held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, August 27, 2016, at Graham Cemetery in rural Mingo. Memorials to the Wounded Warrior Project can be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Ted was the 7th
Return to Class of 1945 08/12/2016 Eleanor (Bellamy) Hopkins was born on January 7, 1928. She passed away peacefully at Kavanagh House Hospice this past August 12, 2016, following a myriad of chronic and acute health issues to which she finally succumbed. She lived for 88 wonderful years, primarily within the state of Iowa, and
Return to Class of 1944 08/07/2016 John Robert “Bob” Ashton, DDS, 90, recently of Iowa City, longtime dentist, and resident of Knoxville and Des Moines passed away August 7, 2016, following a brief illness. John Robert Ashton was born October 18, 1925, in Knoxville, Iowa; the son of Ned and Helen (Stentz) Ashton. After high
Return to Class of 1947 08/05/2016 Charlotte Irene (Thomas) Klootwyk was born on October 6, 1929 to Elizabeth and Walter Thomas in Pershing, Iowa. After losing her father at the tender age of 6, Charlotte and her younger brother, Leonard, spent their early years as children of a single mom in the midst of the
