Return to Class of 1955 07/20/2024 Anna Louise (Rowley) Dennison passed away peacefully on July 20, 2024, in Knoxville, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Dyer Hudson Hall in Knoxville. The family will greet guests at 9:00 a.m. before the service. Louise will be laid […]
Return to Class of 1955 05/04/2024 Marvin Lee Bailey, 87, of Iowa City, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Lone Tree Health Care Center with family by his side. Marvin was born January 2, 1937, to Charles and Millie (nee Kingery) Bailey at their home in rural Knoxville, Iowa. Marvin attended country
Return to Class of 1955 06/04/2023 Carmen Lois (Gullion) Vander Ecken, 87, of Melcher-Dallas, passed away on June 4, 2023. The family will receive friends on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Melcher-Dallas from 9:30 until 11:00 a.m. Private family services will be held at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Melcher-Dallas.
Return to Class of 1955 07/14/2022 Jerry L. Goad, age 85, of Marion, formerly of Marengo, passed away July 14, 2022, at his home. A funeral service with military honors conducted by the Marengo American Legion Post 76 and the U.S. Army Honor Guard will be held at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, July 20, 2022,
Return to Class of 1955 04/24/2022 Glenna Kay (Fee) Haug Clarke, age 84, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away on April 24, 2022, in Warren County, Iowa. Glenna was born on June 6, 1937, in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Glenn and Helen (Graham) Fee. She grew up in Knoxville and attended Knoxville High School, Class
Return to Class of 1955 01/14/2018 Henry David Van Steenwyk was born December 1, 1936 in Pella, Iowa the son of Henry and Cornelia (Van Kooten) Van Steenwyk. Henry graduated from Knoxville High School in 1955. On April 12, 1957, he was united in marriage to Kathleen Bokhoven. The couple lived in Des Moines for
Return to Class of 1955 12/06/2020 Philip “Phil” A. Birk III, 83, of Middle Amana, Iowa, passed away at The Gardens of Cedar Rapids on December 6, 2020, from complications of COVID-19. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. Phil
Return to Class of 1955 10/04/2020John Edward “Ed” De Joode was born April 23, 1936, to John and Lavon (Abrahamson) De Joode, north of Knoxville, Iowa. Ed grew up on two different farms northwest of Knoxville. He attended country schools through eighth grade, and was a 1955 graduate of Knoxville High School. He worked different
Return to Class of 1955 07/26/2019 John S. Burnett was born November 24, 1936 in Marion County, Iowa the son of John Carl and Elreta May (Smith) Burnett. He was raised on his family’s farm in the Knoxville area. John graduated from Knoxville High School with the Class of 1955. Following high school, John
Return to Class of 1955 02/09/2019 Joe Edward Kennedy was born on October 1, 1936, at Knoxville, Iowa. He was the son of Marvin Dwight Kennedy and Flossie Fae (Faidley) Kennedy. Joe graduated from Knoxville High School with the class of 1955. He enlisted in the Iowa Army National Guard and served from 1954 to
