Class of 1944 Obituaries

Jerry Barnett

Return to Class of 1944 07/20/2024 Dr. Jerry A. Barnett MD, age 97, of West Des Moines, Iowa passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2024. A visitation for Jerry will be held Thursday, July 25, 2024, at 10:00 AM at McLaren’s Resthaven Chapel & Mortuary & Resthaven Cemetery, 801 19th St, West Des Moines, Iowa […]

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Ruth Ream

Return to Class of 1944 07/11/2022 “Services for Ruth Elizabeth (Ream) Rodgers, 96, who passed away Monday, July 11, 2022, at Westview Care Center in Indianola, will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, July 15, 2022, at the Indianola Church of Christ, with burial following in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery. As her life

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Ralph Porter

Return to Class of 1944 03/12/2022 Ralph Hamlin Porter, 96, of Knoxville, passed away peacefully at home on March 12, 2022, at 7:15 p.m. surrounded by family members and friends. Ralph was born at home in Knoxville to Elizabeth Sowden Porter and Ralph H. Porter Sr. on February 1, 1926. He graduated from Knoxville High

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Loren Anderson

Return to Class of 1944 07/11/2021 Loren Dale Anderson, the lifelong resident of Knoxville, passed away In Des Moines on July 11, 2021, at the age of 94. He was born February 24, 1927, the middle son of Levi Ray and Goldie Marie Dennison Anderson in rural Knoxville. He graduated co-valedictorian from Knoxville High School

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Elsie Rittierodt

Return to Class of 1944 05/01/2022 Elsie Irene (Rittierodt) Shoop, age 95, of Elgin former many-year resident of Gilberts passed away on Sunday morning, May 1, 2022, at Sherman Hospital in Elgin surrounded by her loving family. Elsie was born in Marshalltown, Iowa on July 27, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Fritz

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Ted Williams

Return to Class of 1944 01/15/2021 Ted Lamar Williams, 94, was born on January 17, 1926, to David and Irene (Brown) Williams in Knoxville, Iowa. Ted participated in many sports during his High School days at Knoxville with Track being his favorite. Upon graduation in 1944, Ted joined the Marine Corps and spent many months

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Marybelle Coster

Return to Class of 1944 10/29/2020 Marybelle (Coster) Crosby, 93, of Fremont, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, October 29, 2020, at her son’s home in Fremont. She was born April 15, 1927, in Oskaloosa, the daughter of Cornelius John “Neal” and Maude Blackman Coster. She rode her pony to a country school

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Thelma Thompson

Return to Class of 1944 09/30/2022 Thelma Ilene (Thompson) Braafhart, peacefully passed away in Arizona at the age of 93 on September 2, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. Thelma was born on March 26, 1927, in Knoxville, Iowa. She was the only child of Harry Wesely Thompson and Cleo Imogene Thompson (Beaman). Thelma graduated

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Marilyn Dwigans

Return to Class of 1944 07/24/2019Francis Marilyn (Dwigans) Dyer was born on May 8, 1926. She graduated in Knoxville, Iowa with the Class of 1944. Marilyn was united in marriage to Harold Dean Dyer On Sept 22, 1946. Harold was born June 11, 1924 and he passed away December 27, 2005 in Midwest City, OK,

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