Class of 1939 Obituaries

Jim Davis

Return to Class of 1939 6/21/2009James Loucks Davis (Jim) passed away Sunday, June 21, 2009 at the Pleasant Care Living Center in Pleasantville. Jim died peacefully with his daughters at his side. He was 87. Jim was born January 28, 1922 at Collins Hospital in Knoxville, the son of J.M. & Ada Mae Davis. He […]

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John Cooley

Return to Class of 1939 06/19/2009Name: John William Cooley Birth: 25 Jun 1922 – Knoxville, Marion, Iowa Died: 19 Jun 2009 WWI War Vet. U.S. Navy Father: Floyd E Cooley Mother: Martha J Kurtz Last Residence: 52248 Keota, Keokuk, Iowa John William Cooley, 1922 – 2009 John William Cooley was born on month day 1922,

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Mary Jenkins

Return to Class of 1939 5/19/2009 Mary Virginia (Jenkins) Perkins Harris’s Earthly journey peacefully ended May 19, 2009, in Tucson, Ariz. The oldest of Frank and Lois (Overton) Jenkins’s seven children, she was born Feb.28, 1921, in Knoxville at her grandparent’s home on Montgomery St. After graduation from Knoxville High School in 1939, she taught

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Phyllis Connell

Return to Class of 1939 12/26/2008Phyllis Irene (Connell) Mohagen, a resident of The Dalles died on December 26, 2008 at Mid Columbia Nursing Home where she lived 15 months after a broken hip accident. She was born October 1, 1920, in Fresno, CA to Joseph and Clella (Mauck) Connell. She graduated from Knoxville (Iowa) High

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Gereldene Snyder

Return to Class of 1939 10/1/2008Gereldene Edna (Snyder) Cart was born Jan. 13, 1922,in Knoxville, the daughter of Forrest Snyder and Violet (Bane) Snyder. Jeri graduated from Knoxville High School in 1939. Following high school, she worked for Bane Abstract. On Aug. 21, 1941, she was united in marriage to Herman Cart in Unionville, Mo.

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JD Harsin

Return to Class of 1939 03/11/2008 J.D. Harsin, 86, of Topeka, Kan., died March 11, 2008, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Harsin was born on May 17, 1921, in Walnut Valley, the son of Gilbert and Irene Harsin. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1939. ” In World War II, he served on

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Henry Heykens

Return to Class of 1939 02/13/2008Name: Henry Lackey Heykens Birth: 10 May 1920 – Marion Death: 13 Feb 2008 – Cleveland, White, Georgia Father: Herman Heykens Mother: Daisy May Lackey Spouse: Ellen Charlcie (b.12/11/1922 – d.1/14/2012) Henry and Ellen lived in Tampa until their retirement in 1986, afterward moving to White County. Survivors include his

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Jane Beem

Return to Class of 1939 08/21/2007Jane Lucinda (Beem) Wilson, 86 of Knoxville passed away August 21, 2007, at the Knoxville Area Community Hospital in Knoxville. Graveside Memorial Services will be Friday, August 24, 2007 at the Pleasantville Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor David Abbott, officiating. Jane was born January 23, 1921 in Pinchey, Iowa,

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Katheryne Metcalf

Return to Class of 1939 3/2/2007Katheryne Anne (Metcalf) Visser was born on Jan. 21, 1923, in Pleasantville to William Ellis and June Hanna Metcalf. She graduated from Knoxville High School in 1939, then she received her teaching certificate from Central College in Pella. Kathy married Robert Visser in 1946 and settled in Marion County to

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