Class of 1952 Obituaries

Frances Gholson

Return to Class of 1952 01/06/2011 Frances Anne (Gholson) Fountain, 76, of Pukalani, passed away on January 6, 2011, in Pukalani. She was born on August 8, 1934, in Knoxville, Iowa. Services were held on Monday, Jan 17 at 189 Piimauna St, Pukalani. Francesanne was a retired Legal Secretary. She is survived by her daughter, […]

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Lester Stevens

Return to Class of 1952 12/2/2010 Les, 76, was born Jan. 30, 1934, in Knoxville, to parents Frances Stevens and Aimee (Stroud) Stevens/Amsberry. He was the oldest of three children. His sister, Mary Kay Saxe, lives in Charleston, S.C., and brother Ken Stevens preceded him in death. Ken lived in Santa Clarita, Calif. Les passed

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Ronald Morse

Return to Class of 1952 11/5/2010 Ronald C. Morse was born in Knoxville, Iowa on April 30, 1934 to Clyde and Anna (Burch) Morse. Ron married Jerry Allen on July 17, 1952. To this union, they were blessed with four boys Larry, Randy, Mike, and Jeff. They later divorced. On June 25, 1983, Ronald and

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Jim Wolfe

Return to Class of 1952 09/16/2010 James W. Wolfe, 76, passed away Thursday, September 16, 2010 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. James was born November 20, 1933, to C. Reese and Magdaline Wolfe in Pershing, IA. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1952, attended Graceland College for one year and worked at

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Hugh Whisler

Return to Class of 1952 03/21/2010 Ronald Hugh Whisler was born, Sept 5, 1934, to Flavel J. and Caroline Whisler. He was graduated in Knoxville, Iowa with the class of 1952 and united in marriage to Velda M. Raish of Knoxville. They were blessed with two children; a son Terry Whisler and a daughter Ronda

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Alberta Woolsey

Return to Class of 1952 11/9/2009 Alberta (Woolsey) DeGoey, 75, of rural New Sharon, died Monday, November 9, 2009, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. She was born May 12, 1934, in Marion County, the daughter of Burdette and Alice Vinson Woolsey. She graduated from Knoxville High School in the class of 1952.

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Jerry Koons

Return to Class of 1952 08/16/2009 Jerry Dee Koons, the son of James Dee and Winifred Manilla Crook Koons, was born June 19, 1934 in Pincy, Iowa Jerry Graduated from Knoxville Senior High and went on to attend A.I.B. receiving his accounting degree from Drake University. He became a licensed C.P.A. in 1968. On May

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Paul Williams

Return to Class of 1952 05/20/2009 Paul Thomas Williams was born January 19, 1935, in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, the son of William John Williams and Mabel Esther Vickroy. Paul, age 74 of Sevierville, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at the Ben Atchley State Veterans Home in Knoxville, where he had been a resident for

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Dwight Nichols

Return to Class of 1952 02/02/2009 Dwight Edward Nichols, born October 21, 1934, was a Korean War veteran who became the All-American captain of Iowa State’s celebrated 1959 “Dirty Thirty” team, died Monday, February 2, 2009, in Dallas, Texas. He was 74. “Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers go out to the Nichols family,” said Iowa

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