Return to Class of 1947 05/12/2014Marjorie May (Swayne) Johnson, age 85, of Oak Ridge, passed away Monday, May 12, 2014 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center She was born May 9, 1929 in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Lloyd and Kathryn Glover Swayne. Marjorie attended Liberty Country School and Knoxville High School in Knoxville, Iowa […]
Return to Class of 1947 03/22/2014Mary Ann (Sytsma) Gruber, age 83 of Knoxville passed away at her daughters home in Knoxville on Saturday March 22, 2014. Mary Ann was born August 20, 1930 in Leighton, Iowa, the daughter of Daniel and Lena (De Hamer) Sytsma. Mary Ann went to a country school near Tracy and
Return to Class of 1947 02/03/2014Alberta Frances (Glover) Rowley was born October 27, 1928 in Marion County, Iowa, on her family farm – south of Donnelly corners, the daughter of John Oscar Glover and Pearl Isabell (Swayne) Glover. She was raised on the farm and attended country and Knoxville schools. On June 12, 1945 she
Return to Class of 1947 01/04/2014Mary Lou (Byers) Pitt, Courtney, 84, of Knoxville died Jan. 4, 2014, at Knoxville Area Community Hospital from complications of a stroke. Mary was born Feb. 16, 1929, in Bussey and was one of 12 children of Clarence and Odessa Byers. She attended school in Knoxville where she lived her
Return to Class of 1947 9/27/2013 Lila Pearl Carter was born on February 17, 1929 in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Opal (Shotwell) Sparks. Lila grew up in Knoxville and graduated from Knoxville High School. She was united in marriage to Gloyd Carter on June 10, 1948. She spent her entire life in
Return to Class of 1947 09/13/2013 Phyllis (Oostrum) Austin, 83, died Friday, September 13, 2013 at HCI Kavanagh House in Des Moines. Private family services were held at the Masonic Mausoleum. Phyllis was born June 29, 1930, in Oskaloosa and married Lloyd C. Austin on December 28, 1954, in Ottawa, IL. They made their home
Return to Class of 1947 07/17/2013Lawrence “Dean” Stevenson, age 84, of Knoxville passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 17, 2013, at the West Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Knoxville. Dean served his country for 20 years in the U.S. Navy. He traveled the world over. Dean was very talented painter; he played piano, guitar and
Return to Class of 1947 6/14/2013Mildred Ann (Clark) Roll was born November 7, 1929 in Marion County, IA to Marrill Jordan Clark (1899 – 1940) and Genevieve Cora Dear Clark (1900 – 1993) and died June 14, 2013 at Mitchell Village Care Center, Mitchellville, IA. On July 4, 1947 she married Stanley J. Roll in
Return to Class of 1947 03/10/2013Betty Louise (Simbro) Shinn age 83, of Knoxville, passed away Sunday morning March 10, 2013, at the Knoxville Hospital and Clinics. Betty was born in Red Rock on Sept. 14, 1929, the daughter of Charles E. and Dorothy Mildred (Sanders) Simbro. She attended Knoxville schools and moved to Los Angeles,
Return to Class of 1947 01/06/2013A bright light left this earth on Jan. 6, 2013. Lee Orr Hays was born April 3, 1929 in Des Moines, Iowa, to Norman and Goodwin Hays. He grew up in Knoxville, Iowa, excelling in football, basketball and track, and was recently inducted into the Knoxville High School Athletic Hall
