Class of 1938 Obituaries

Return to Class of 1938 Louise Allen Beckman Pictures and Obituary Needed

Return to Class of 1938 12/28/2020The family of Valeria Marie (Mesecher) Smith celebrate a life that touched so many. Valeria passed away peacefully on December 28, 2020, from causes of incident to age. At the time of her death, she was 99 years old and in the care of her daughter and granddaughter in Council

Return to Class of 1938 05/28/2019 Dorothy Eileen (Steele) Redenbaugh, the daughter of Howard and Nora Sutherland Steele, was born August 17, 1920, in Knoxville, Iowa. She received her early education at the Highland Country School through 8th grade and then graduated from Knoxville High School. Dorothy continued her education in Des Moines receiving her

Return to Class of 1938 10/10/2018 Alta Genevieve (Genny) Rankin Scheldorf Louisville – Genny Scheldorf, 97, died on October 10, 2018. Born on July 21, 1921, Genny grew up on a farm in rural Iowa, in a family-centered Methodist church, its activities, and work in the community. She participated throughout high school in leadership training

Return to Class of 1938 05/02/2017Elizabeth Rose (Scott) Neifert was born July 25, 1918 in Swan, Iowa the daughter of Thomas and Marina “Minnie” (Johnson) Scott. As a young woman, Elizabeth worked as an automatic hostess in Waukegan, Illinois. She had memorized three thousand records and customers would ask for the “Iowa Girl” to play

Return to Class of 1938 04/25/2017John W. Hamm, 98, passed away April 25, 2017. John was born November 19, 1918 and raised in Knoxville, Iowa. He was the only son of Everett Hamm and Elisabeth (Bingaman) Hamm. He graduated from Knoxville High School where he was a star quarterback and punter for the Knoxville Panther

Return to Class of 1938 02/17/2016Ruth Maxine (Wilson) Beebout, age 95, died Feb. 17, 2016, of natural causes in La Porte City, Iowa. Ruth, the first of four children, was born August 5, 1920, in Haven, Kan., to Mack Wilson and Signe Peterson Wilson. The couple had met in 1918 when both were in the

Return to Class of 1938 05/06/2015Kurtz, Allen Chandler, beloved husband of Dorothy Kurtz (nee Walton), devoted father of Patricia, Gary (Sandee), Steven (Doris) Kurtz, and Linda (Jack) Prather, loving grandfather of Elizabeth York, Lauren, Chandler, Marissa, Susan and Drew Kurtz, and Jaclyn Prather, great-grandfather of Jack Patterson, Jr., dear brother of Elizabeth Elliott, John Kurtz,

Return to Class of 1938 03/18/2015Virginia Noftsger Patterson was born on May 18, 1921 in Marion County, Iowa to Glenn and June (Powers) Noftsger. Virginia grew up in Columbia and attended school in Marion County. On June 13, 1942 she married Adam Patterson. After her husband finished his service in the Army during World War

Return to Class of 1938 05/26/2013 Long time Yuma resident and original pioneer and homesteader, Mrs. Everett (Marty) Miller, who was born January 1, 1919 in Iowa passed away on Sunday May 26, 2013 in Rochester, MN. She was 94. She and her husband moved to the Yuma Mesa in 1948. They were also longtime