Return to Class of 1939 09/07/2013 Lawrence John Breuklander was born on September 25, 1921, in Pella, Iowa, the son of John and Tryntje (Oostrum) Breuklander. He was the oldest of four children. Early childhood was spent in Pella, Monroe, and then Knoxville, where he graduated from Knoxville High School in 1939. He graduated from […]
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Return to Class of 1939 08/20/2013 Edgar John Vande Kamp was born July 27, 1921, in Leighton, Iowa the son of John and Gertrude (Ver Steeg) Vande Kamp. Ed attended Fee Country School and eventually Knoxville High School. He worked on the family farm as a young man and later drove a coal truck. On
Return to Class of 1939 5/22/2013 Betty Lee (Ford) Worrall, age 92, of Knoxville, passed away Wednesday morning, May 22, 2013, at the Knoxville Hospital & Clinics of Knoxville, Iowa. Betty was born in Red Rock, Iowa on March 20, 1921, the only daughter of Charles Raymond and Mabel Olive (Buttrey) Ford. Betty attended Red
Return to Class of 1939 04/15/2013 Arthur Willard Angus formerly of Des Moines. Arthur, 93, passed away on April 15, 2013. His funeral will be at 11 a.m., Friday, at Merle Hay Funeral Home, 4400 Merle Hay Road. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Arthur Willard Angus, the son of Herbert and Nettie Angus, was
Return to Class of 1939 12/02/2012 Wallace Daniel Thomas was born June 14, 1921, in Rockland, Michigan. His parents were James Warren and Agnes Carlson Thomas. He lived in Michigan until moving to Knoxville with his parents when he was a young boy. He grew up in Knoxville where he attended West Ward and later
Return to Class of 1939 07/12/2012Morris H. Gleason, 90, passed away July 12, 2012 at Sunny View Care Center, Ankeny, Iowa. Morris was born September 22, 1921 in Kellerton, Iowa, to Howard and Ida Gleason, Morris served in the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII. He retired from the State of Iowa Revenue Department in 1986.
Return to Class of 1939 05/30/2012 Ardathe Faye (Ruple) Zimbeck, born March 11, 1921, 91, passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at the Kavanagh House on 56th Street in Des Moines, IA. She will be cremated and no services are planned at this time. She raised her family in Lake City and Marshalltown, IA, and
Return to Class of 1939 03/10/2012 Name: Margaret Lucile (Riddle) Ryback Birth: 27 Dec 1921 Death: 10 Mar 2012 Albuquerque, NM Cemetery: Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery Burial: Union Grove, Racine County, Wisconsin Spouse: Richard R. Ryback (d.April 6, 2014) Father: Paul M. Riddle Mother: Ruth Lee Riddle Margaret “Midge” (Riddle) Ryback, died on March
Return to Class of 1939 9/20/2011 Wilma Faye (Colwell) Woody was born on November 11, 1921, in rural Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Wrex Colwell and Vena (Hardin) Colwell. She graduated from Knoxville High School and went on to further her education at Simpson College where she got her degree in Elementary Education. On June
Return to Class of 1939 09/11/2011 Homer Lawrence Teter was born November 6, 1918, at Knoxville, Iowa, the third of six children born to William Amos and Emma Grace (Prindle) Teter. Homer served in the U.S. Navy and was at Pearl Harbor on the day of the Japanese attack, December 7, 1941. After serving 25
