Class of 1947 Obituaries

Kenneth Hays

05/16/2007 Kenneth Eugene “Gene” Hays was born on August 14, 1930 in Knoxville, Iowa. He was the son of Helen Beatrice Hays and Lee Rowland. At a young age Gene’s grandparents, Nora (Brees) and Leroy Hays raised him. He attended school in Knoxville and graduated from Knoxville High School in 1947. Gene met and married […]

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Jeaninne Pence

Return to Class of 1947 12/15/2006 Barbara Jeaninne (Pence) Tucker was born on April 22, 1929, in Carroll to Ralph D. and Opal M. (Pirie) Pence. In 1931 her parents moved to Knoxville when her father was offered a job at the V.A. Hospital. Jeaninne would spend the rest of her life in Knoxville. After

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Jeanne Poston

Return to Class of 1947 08/27/2006 Jeanne Marie (Poston) Edwards/Cox age 76 of Knoxville, Iowa passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2006, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Jeanne was born on December 29, 1929, in Fort Dodge, Iowa the daughter of Harold and Dortha Mae “Shelton” Poston. She lived in many

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Frances Mark

Return to Class of 1947 02/10/2006 Frances Irene (Mark) Ling, age 75, of Newton died on Feb. 10, 2006, at the Monarch Wing at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. Funeral services were held on Feb. 13 at the First Lutheran Church with Rev. Howard Vranlcin. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery in Knoxville. Frances was born

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Francis Kerr

Return to Class of 1947 07/13/2005 Francis Marion Kerr was born on August 22, 1927, in Knoxville, Iowa, to John and Maude Powers Kerr. He was raised in Knoxville and graduated from Knoxville High School with the Class of 1947. On October 16, 1948, he was married to Ardith L. Byers in Knoxville. The couple

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Don Goad

Return to Class of 1947 07/03/2005Donald Eugene Goad Don was born on August 30,1929 in Knoxville, the son of Leo and Etta Jordan Goad. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1947. He farmed until December of 1949 when he enlisted in the United States Air Force with many of his close friends. He was

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Lewis Job

Return to Class of 1947 12/19/2002 Donald Lewis Job, 74, of Knoxville, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 at his winter home on Marco Island, Florida. The body was cremated and his life was celebrated at a private family memorial service on Marco Island, Fla. Lew was born and raised in Knoxville, the son of Eldon

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