Return to Class of 1953 01/27/2021Shirley Lee (Proffitt) Cross of Kettering, Maryland and formerly of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. She was born Sept 5, 1934 and graduated with KHS -Class of 1953, Shirley worked as the school nurse at Largo Sr. High, and as an administrative assistant for AETNA and […]
Return to Class of 1953 01/17/2021Yukon resident Katherine Elizabeth (McCormack) Britton, 85, died January 17, 2021, in Oklahoma City, OK. Katherine was born December 13, 1935, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma to Joseph and Clemmentine McCormack. She attended Red Oak School in Oklahoma where she graduated eighth grade as valedictorian. Katherine attended high school in Knoxville,
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Return to Class of 1953 12/21/2020 Mary Jo (Schell) Iverson of Scottsdale, Arizona and West Des Moines, Iowa passed away on December 21, 2020. Mary Jo was born in Duluth, Minnesota on July 5, 1935 to Henry and Dorothy Schell. She joined her brother David, who was only fifteen months older. Dorothy would often dress
Return to Class of 1953 09/11/2020Myrle Edward Rowley, 85, passed away on Friday evening, September 11, 2020 at his residence in South Bend, IN. He was born on April 24, 1935 in Knoxville, Iowa, to Irvin E. and Alice A. (VanCleave) Rowley, both of whom preceded him in death. On May 13, 1976 in Knoxville,
Return to Class of 1953 06/11/2020Clarice Wilma (Klootwyk) Sams, age 85 of Knoxville passed away at the Serenity House in Oskaloosa on Thursday, June 11, 2020. A graveside memorial service for Clarice will be held on Monday, June 15, 2020 at 10:30 A.M. at the Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville. Clarice was born November 16, 1934
Return to Class of 1953 05/05/2020 Marion George Bailey was born on August 28, 1934, near Knoxville, Iowa. The son of Charles and Millie (Kingery) Bailey, his parents lived at the bottom of the hill near the Coal Ridge Church in Marion County, Iowa. Marion graduated from Knoxville High School in Knoxville with the Class
Return to Class of 1953 06/10/2019Paul LeRoy Karr, age 84, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away Monday, June 10, 2019 at the Comfort House in Pella. Paul was born on March 20, 1935, at his family’s home in Marion County, Iowa, he was the son of Harold and Helen (Powers) Karr. He attended Blaine and later
Return to Class of 1953 02/14/2019Dave Werts celebrating his 80th birthday on Aug. 10, 2015 on the deck of the Queen Mary with the Long Beach skyline in the background. (Courtesy of the Werts family) By Rich Archbold | rarchbold@scng.com | Press-Telegram PUBLISHED: February 15, 2019 at 4:53 pm | UPDATED: February 15, 2019 Dave
Return to Class of 1953 09/19/2018 Charles “Chuck” Wooldridge, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away on September 19, 2018 at the Comfort House in Pella. Charles Allen Wooldridge was born November 5, 1935 in Marion County Iowa. He was the 9th of 16 children to Dale and Verda (Davis) Wooldridge. He attended school in Knoxville, Iowa.
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Return to Class of 1953 02/17/2018 Jana Lou (Popma) Brower-Havel, age 82 of Prairie City, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2018, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. Private family graveside services will be held at Waveland Cemetery in Prairie City. Memorials may be directed to the Prairie City Public Library or the Prairie City
