Class of 1941 Obituaries

Rita Wagner

Return to Class of 1941 09/30/2022 Rita Faye Wagner Hayes, age 97, passed away on December 17, 2020 at Accura Care Center, Carroll, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at the First United Methodist Church in Knoxville from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. A private family funeral will be held on […]

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Lloyd Anderson

Return to Class of 1941 03/15/2020 Lloyd Francis Anderson, 96, passed away on March 15, 2020, at Bickford of Urbandale. A graveside service at Coal Ridge Cemetery, RR 3, in Knoxville, IA, will be held at a later date in June. Lloyd was born January 27, 1924, to Walter and Anna Anderson in Knoxville, IA.

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Ned Hedrick

Return to Class of 1941 12/28/2019 Ned Arthur Hedrick was born on July 31, 1923, in Knoxville, Iowa, the son of Arthur and Inez (Core) Hedrick. He was baptized at the First United Methodist Church in Knoxville, where he was a member until joining the Second Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, where he later served

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Charles Walter

Return to Class of 1941 02/27/2019 Charles (Chuck) Henry Walter, Jr. was born in Pershing, Iowa on May 26, 1923, to Charles H. Walter, Sr., and Lillie (Chambers) Walter. He valued his family’s history in the coal mining communities of Marion County. Chuck shared stories of his early years and those handed down from previous

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Hubert Hollingshead

Return to Class of 1941 12/24/2018 William “Hubert” Hollingshead, age 96, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away on December 24, 2018, at the Pella Comfort House. William was born on Dec 21, 1922. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 28, 2018, at the First United Methodist Church of Knoxville, beginning at 4:00 P.M. Hubert’s family

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Joseph Stittsworth

Return to Class of 1941 07/25/2018 Name: Joseph Lawrence Stittsworth Birth: 29 Sep 1923 Spouse: Betty Jean Cowman (b.Oct. 24,1923) Marriage: 28 Dec 1944 Summit, Ohio Divorced: 25 Sep 1980 3505 Mt. Burnham Ct. San Diego, CA. Death: 25 Jul 2018 (aged 94) Burial: Miramar National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California Plot: SECTION

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Frances Whaley

Return to Class of 1941 09/25/2017 Frances Harriet (Whaley) Smith passed away on Monday, September 25, 2017, at The Wesley Village in Indianola, Iowa. Memorial funeral services for Frances will be held Saturday, October 7, 2017, in the Community United Presbyterian Church of Hartford at 11:00 am. A private family burial will follow lunch at

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Grant Stevenson

Return to Class of 1941 09/17/2017Arthur Grant Stevenson, 94, of Burlington, passed away peacefully at 8:17 PM Sunday, September 17, 2017, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, after living a long, happy and hardworking life including living gracefully with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) the last couple years of his life. Born September

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Fern Jordan

Return to Class of 1941 12/08/2015Fern Lorene (Jordan) Stayon, was born July 14, 1924, the daughter of Dee and Lorene (McClain) Jordan, she graduated Knoxville, Iowa High School with the Class of 1941. After graduation Fern worked at Hughes Air Craft as an Agent in California during World war II. She was united in marriage

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