Class of 1948 Obituaries

Charles Presley

Return to Class of 1948 05/17/2013Charles T. Presley, 83, of Ames, passed away May 17, 2013, at Story County Long Term Care in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 14th at Adams Funeral Home in Ames. Inurnment will be at a later date in Indiana Chapel Cemetery located […]

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Doris Park

Return to Class of 1948 03/22/2013 Doris Pauline (Park) Edwards age 83, of Knoxville, passed away peacefully at her home in Knoxville on Friday, March 22, 2013. Doris Pauline Park was born on June 30, 1929, the only daughter of Herbert “Herb” and Georgia Pearl (Slocum) Park, in Ottumwa, Iowa. She was raised on her

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James Moneysmith

Return to Class of 1948 09/21/2012 James E. Moneysmith of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Davenport, died Sept. 21, 2012, following five years of treatment for Multiple Myeloma cancer. He is survived by his wife, Kay. He is also survived by his daughter, Lisa, and son, Alan and wife, Catherine, all of Davenport and granddaughter, Rebecca

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Jerry Robuck

Return to Class of 1948 08/12/2012 Jerrold Duane Robuck was born on June 13, 1931, in Knoxville, Iowa, the son of Ora William Robuck and Myrtis Edith (Perry) Robuck. Jerry grew up in Knoxville and graduated with the Knoxville High School class of 1948. He then enlisted in the United States Navy on September 9,

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Louise Thompson

Return to Class of 1948 08/11/2012 Name: Mary Louise (Thompson) Spain Birth: Apr. 27, 1930 Death: Aug. 11, 2012 Mary Louise (Thompson) Spain, 82, of Danville, Illinois, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Provena United Samaritans Medical Center from complications of a stroke suffered eight months earlier. She was born on April 27, 1930 in

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Barbara Frazier

Return to Class of 1948 01/02/2012 Barbara Jeanne (Frazier) Miller, 81, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2012. Services will be held on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at Hamilton’s on Westown Parkway, 3601 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service and burial at McDivitt

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Floyd Agan

Return to Class of 1948 11/10/2010 Floyd Rex Agan, 80, of Camp Verde, Ariz., passed away on Nov. 4, 2010. Floyd was born Sept. 3, 1930, to Rex and Audrey May Agan in Lucas County. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1948 and engaged in farming. On Sept. 9, 1950, he married Mary Slykhuis

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Velma Jolliffe

Return to Class of 1948 05/09/2009 Velma Lorene (Jolliffe) Willemsen was born on May 6, 1930, in Knoxville, Iowa. She was the third of six children that were born to Elton Albert and Jessie Lorene Dudley Jolliffe. Velma attended Knoxville Schools and graduated in 1948 from Knoxville High School. At a young age, Velma began

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