Class of 1947 Obituaries

Mark McConville

Return to Class of 1947 06/09/2022 Mark Robert McConville, age 94 of Centerville, passed away Thursday, June 9, 2022, at MercyOne Medical Center in Centerville. Mark is finally with his family in heaven having a very LARGE party. Mark was the youngest of 13 children born to Edith and Edward McConville, in Centerville, Iowa. As […]

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Sally Mott

Return to Class of 1947   03/03/2022 Funeral services for Sally (Mott) Synhorst, 93, of Knoxville, Iowa will be held on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at the Knoxville First United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends on Sunday afternoon, from 2:00 until 5:00 p.m., at the church. The service will be

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Marjorie Ohnemus

Return to Class of 1947 02/24/2022 Marjorie Ann Ohnemus On June 15, 1953, she married N. Wayne Wilson in Waterloo. He died on July 4, 1991. For eight years she attended country school, then two years at Milo High School, and graduated from Knoxville High School. She attended Oakland Mills Community Church for many years

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Marcellene Kingery

Return to Class of 1947 01/09/2003Graveside services for Marcellene “Mike” Louise “Kingery” Nichols, 72, of Knoxville, who died Thursday, Jan 9, 2003, at the Knoxville Area Community Hospital, were held Saturday, Jan 11, at Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville. Elder Bill McDonald officiated at the services. Casketbearers were Dwight Carter, Leonard Lyle Carter, Kevin Cook, Kyle

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Charles Nichols

Return to Class of 1947 01/27/2021Charles “Jr.” Nichols, 92, of Knoxville passed away January 27, 2021. Private family services will be held on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Pierschbacher Funeral Home will be handling the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to the Columbia United Methodist Church in Columbia, Iowa. You may join the

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Neil Carruthers

Return to Class of 1947 01/02/2021 Neil Conrad Carruthers, 92, of Columbia passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2021, at Westridge Nursing & Rehab in Knoxville. Neil’s wishes were to be cremated under the care of Pierschbacher Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, January 17 beginning at 1:00 p.m. until

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Donald Adams

Return to Class of 1947 01/02/2021 Harry Donald Adams passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on January 2, 2021. Even at 91 years old, he was not to be bested by the year 2020. Don was born on a small farm in Knoxville, Iowa. Graduating with the KHS Class of 1947. He

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Kathleen Zimmerman

Return to Class of 1947 12/09/2020Kathleen “Katie” Delores (Zimmerman) McCoy Pleasant Hill, 90, of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, was called home to be with the Lord on Dec. 9, 2020, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. A private family burial service is planned at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Des Moines. She was born in Knoxville,

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Ralph Hedrick

Return to Class of 1947 06/22/2020 Ralph Earl Hedrick, age 91, of Knoxville, Iowa, died on June 22, 2020 at his residence. Ralph Earl Hedrick was born December 5, 1928 in rural Lacona, Iowa, the son of Carl and Echo (Cooley) Hedrick. Ralph grew up in rural Knoxville and attended school in Knoxville. He graduated

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William Freridge

Return to Class of 1947 02/06/2020 William Eugene Freridge born in Little Rock, Arkansas December 12, 1928, passed peacefully on February 6, 2020 at the age of 91. He attended high school in Knoxville, Iowa where he met and in 1950 married his high school sweetheart. They celebrated 70 years of marriage. He is survived

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