Class of 1939 Obituaries

Louise Smith

Return to Class of 1939 09/04/2011Elizabeth Louise (Smith) Whitlatch – Myers was born on July 9, 1922, in Knoxville, to Flossie and Reuben Smith. She married Frank Asberry Whitlatch on Dec. 19, 1941. Larry Dean Whitlatch (Twin died May 23, 2009) son of Elizabeth Louise Smith and Frank Asbury Whitlatch (Died – May 20, 1965) […]

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Jeanne Mikkelson

Return to Class of 1939 07/25/2011Name: Jeanne Virginia (Mikkelson) Sletta Birth: 26 Jun 1921 – Monroe Death: 25 Jul 2011 – Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado Spouse: Lester Sletta Marriage: 14 Jul 1945 – Minnesota Father: Monrad E Mikkelson Mother: Grace V Shaw Jeanne Virginia Sletta, born June 26, 1921 went to be with her

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Betty Mozena

Return to Class of 1939 07/23/2011Betty Margaret (Mozena) Moon, 88, formerly of Milan, a resident of Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline, died Saturday, July 23, 2011, at the center. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be made

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Geraldine Walter

Return to Class of 1939 4/20/2011 Willa Geraldine “Jerry” (Walter) Johnson was born on February 15, 1922, in Pershing, Iowa, and passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado, at the age of 89. She graduated Knoxville High School with the Class of 1939. Willa married Charles Johnson, and born

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Lois Rankin

Return to Class of 1939 1/10/2011 Lois (Rankin) Fisher was born January 2, 1920, to Roy and Florence Rankin in Knoxville, Iowa. She attended country schools and graduated from Knoxville High School in 1939. On November 10, 1940 she was united in marriage to Elvis Fisher. They were blessed with six children: Carolyn, Larry, Geraldine,

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Hazel Worrall

Return to Class of 1939 9/21/2010Hazel Elizabeth Worrall was born on July 20, 1921 in Knoxville, Iowa to Arthur and Bertha (Edgington) Worrall. Hazel was raised and graduated from Knoxville High School. After high school, she received two years of college at Simpson and then transferred to UNI and received her Bachelor of Arts in

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Mary Adair

Return to Class of 1939 05/16/2010Mary Evelyn (Adair) Turner passed away peacefully Sunday, May 16, 2010. Mary was born January 28, 1923 at her grandparents' house in Harvey, Iowa, to Oral and Helen (Harrington) Adair. Mary graduated from Knoxville High School and obtained her teaching degree from Central College in Pella, Iowa, in 1941. Following

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John Caswell

Return to Class of 1939 10/14/2009John E. Caswell, 87, of Knoxville, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at the Knoxville Hospital and Clinic. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Joel Picard officiating. Burial with military graveside rites by the United States Air

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Dorothy Garrison

Return to Class of 1939 06/27/2009 Dorothy Maxine (Garrison) Hillabolt, 87, passed away June 27, 2009 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, Iowa. Dorothy was born January 21, 1922 in Knoxville, Iowa to Roy and Edith (Holden) Garrison. Dorothy was married to Ralph Hillabolt on December 31, 1940. They moved to Des Moines in 1952 where

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