Class of 1945 Obituaries

Darlene Staley

Return to Class of 1945 09/04/2022Darlene Norma (Staley) Gehring was born April 6, 1927, in Knoxville Iowa. She was the oldest of two children born to Fannie and Sam Staley. She attended school in towns across Marion County and graduated Class of 1945 from Knoxville High School. Darlene Norma (Staley)  Gehring died on September 4, […]

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James Hartshorn

Return to Class of 1945 11/27/2021 James Milton Hartshorn, age 94, of La Verne, California passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021. James was born on June 14, 1927. He was united in marriage to Harriett Kellogg. Surviving Jim is his wife Harriett, two children, three grandchildren, and a sixty-pound pit bull/Labrador dog. All are

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Marjorie Agan

Return to Class of 1945 09/21/2021 Marjorie Fern (Agan) Clark, passed away on September 21, 2021, at Westridge Care Initiatives in Knoxville, Iowa. She was born October 1, 1927, on a farm near Weller in Monroe County, Iowa. Shortly after her birth, Marjorie’s parents, Raymond Jay Agan, and Ferne Elaine King moved their family to

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Elmer Ford

Return to Class of 1945 1942 Name: Elmer M. Ford Born: 16 Nov 1927 Died: 1942 Elmer Ford was born November 16, 1927, in Knoxville, Iowa, the son of Joe Ford, age 34, and Laura Taggert, age 34 lived on 415 Roach Street in Knoxville, Iowa and attended Knoxville Public School. He was survived by

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Ruth McRoberts

Return to Class of 1945 04/14/2021 Ruth Arlene (McRoberts) BERG b.July 24, 1928 – d.April 14, 2021 Ruth Arlene BERG, age 92, of Monrovia, California passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Ruth was born on July 24, 1928. A graveside service for Ruth will be held Tuesday, May 11, 2021, from 9:00 AM to

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Carmila Sparks

Return to Class of 1945 09/09/2019 Carmila May (Sparks) Onstank, age 91, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away on Monday, September 9, 2019, at Homestead Assisted Living in Knoxville. Carmila was born on November 24, 1927, in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Opal (Shotwell) Sparks. She grew up in Knoxville and graduated from Knoxville

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James Schall

Return to Class of 1945 04/17/2019Jesuit Father James Vincent Schall, who retired in 2012 after a long tenure as a professor of political philosophy at Georgetown University in Washington, died April 17, 2019, He was 91. He was living in the Jesuit residence in Los Gatos and died after a brief hospitalization there. Father Schall

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Paul Palmer

Return to Class of 1945 03/10/2019Paul Eugene Palmer, age 91, of Ames, passed away on March 10, 2019 at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Ames. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the

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John Irving

Return to Class of 1945 09/07/2018 John Varel Irving, 92, passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018, at Acura Healthcare in Knoxville, Iowa. Services were Tuesday, September 11th at 11:00 a.m. at the Columbia United Methodist Church. Burial was at the Columbia Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Columbia United Methodist Church or to

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