Class of 1916 Obituaries

Donald Steele

Return to Class of 1916 04/01/1963 Name: Donald Charles Steele Birth: 3 Sep 1900 – Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa Death: 1 Apr 1963 Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois Cemetery: Wiley Cemetery Burial: Colfax, McLean County, Illinois Wednesday, April 3, 1963, Register-Republic (Rockford, IL). Donald Charles Steele, 62, 1707 Tacoma Ave., died at 11:10 p.m. Monday, April […]

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Pearl Karns

Return to Class of 1916 12/05/1961 Funeral services for Mrs. H. J. Bonifield, who died at the Methodist hospital, Des Moines, Dec. 5, 1961 were held from the Evans Arlington chapel, Dec. 8 with Rev. Paul E. Becker, Des Moines, officiating. Burial was in Graceland cemetery. Avah Pearl Karns, daughter of Joseph and Celeste Karns,

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Howard Kirk

Return to Class of 1916 09/02/1960Name: Howard Lakin Kirk Birth: 14 Apr 1895 – Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa Death: 2 Sep 1960 Rochester, Monroe County, New York Cemetery: Canadice Corners Cemetery Burial: Canadice, Ontario County, New York Spouse: Florence Helen Kirk Father John William Kirk(b.1866) Mother: Lewessa Cornelia Lakin (b.1868-d.1927) Siblings: Mabel Edith Van Merriman

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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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Loren Bane

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,

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Christina Jacobs

Return to Class of 1916 09/13/1936Name: Christina Marie (Jacobs) Phillips Birth: Apr 6, 1899 Death: Sept, 13, 1936 Cemetery: Resthaven Cemetery – West Des Moines, Polk, County, IA Spouse: Wendel H. Phillips Word was received here of the death of a former resident, Mrs. Wendell H. Phillips, which occurred in a Des Moines hospital following

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