Class of 1916 Obituaries

Forest Bonifield

Return to Class of 1916 11/06/1971 Funeral services and burial were held Nov. 9 at Hyannis Neb., for Forest Bonifield, who died, Nov. 6, 1971, at Alliance, Neb. Forest Dewey, son of Autten A. and Ida McIntyre Bonifield, was born April 26, 1897 in Knoxville. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1916 and taught […]

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Frances Conrey

Return to Class of 1916 06/29/1970 Name: Frances Leonora Conrey Birth: Dec 9, 1898 – Knoxville, Marion, Iowa Died: Jun 29, 1970 Father: Harry Harding Conrey (1868-1959) Mother: Lola C. Collins (1876-1947) Father & Mother Marriage date: Feb 28, 1895 Sibblings: 1. Forest Collins Conrey (1897-1978) 2. Fred H. Conrey (1904-1960) 3. Robert Collins Conrey

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Vernon Downing

Return to Class of 1916 06/12/1966 Name: Vernon Paul Downing Spouse: Elvera A. Souko; Married: Aug 31, 1924 – Des Moines, IA Last Residence:Ames, Iowa Born: Oct. 12, 1895 Knoxville , IA Died: June 12, 1966 – Bethel Cemetery – Harvey, Iowa Father: Herman Downig Mother: Eva J. Goodspeed Paul V. Downing, 70, former Knoxville

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Burtnett Culver

Return to Class of 1916 12/07/1965 Captain Burtnett Kent Culver, 68, born January 10, 1898, a former, Knoxville resident, died at Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. on Dec 7, 1965 according to information received here. He was a graduate of Knoxville high school and of the Naval Academy at Anapolis, Md. Ethel Alberta Hook and Burtnett

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Shirley Sherlock

Return to Class of 1916 10/14/1964 Shirley Hulda (Sherlock) Young, born March 23, 1898, in Knoxville, Iowa, beloved wife of the late John James Young b.1890-d.1961; loving mother of Helen Sullivan of Hinsdale, Ill. and William Young of San Jose, Cal.; fond sister of Eva Grace Fisher b.August 27, 1892 d.March 16, 1971, of Eau

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Donald Steele

Return to Class of 1916 04/01/1963 Donald Charles Steele was born on 3, September 1900, in Knoxville, Marion, Iowa.. His father, Harry Loren Steele, was 31 and his mother, Frances Louise “Fannie” McCoy, was 23. He married Gladdis Ethel Augspurger on 3 July 1932, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. They were the parents of at least

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