Class of 1961 Obituaries

Ann Andrews

Return to Class of 1961 01/30/2022 Elizabeth Ann (Andrews) Hogan, 78, of Jackson, Missouri died Sunday, January 30, 2022. She was born April 21, 1943, in Knoxville, Iowa to Guy F. Andrews and Elizabeth Custis Andrews. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Knoxville High School in 1961. She completed her baccalaureate […]

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Janice White

Return to Class of 1961 01/30/2022Janice “Jan” M. (White) Adamson, age 78, passed away September 13, 2021, in Omaha. Jan was born, on April 17, 1943, in Knoxville IA., to the late Galen and Mary White. She graduated from Knoxville High School, with the Class of 1961 and later received her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine

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Paula Clark

Return to Class of 1961 08/22/2021 Paula Mae (Clark) Ratliff was born May 25, 1943 in Knoxville, Iowa the daughter of Ray and Erma (Mohler) Clark. Paula graduated from Knoxville High School with the Class of 1961. Shortly after high school, Paula was united in marriage to Harold Trude. Harold died of Leukemia in 1973.

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Dick Shilling

Return to Class of 1961 08/04/2011 Richard “Dick´´ Marvin Shilling passed away on August 4, 2011, surrounded by his family. He owned and operated Dick´s Place in Mitchellville. Dick loved playing pool, fishing, boating, mushroom hunting,, and NASCAR. Dick is survived by his daughter, Julie (Jason) Ellsworth; sons, Jaimey (Geri) Shilling and Rick (Becky) Shilling;

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JoAnn Kline

Return to Class of 1961 06/14/2019Jo Ann (Kline) Milligan of Washington, IA, age 76, passed away on June 14, 2019. Jo leaves behind her husband of 53 years, Lonny Milligan and 2 daughters; Shannon (JD) Unternahrer and Heather (Andy) Sterner; 9 grandchildren – Marie (Matt) Swalin, Maylee Swalin, Michael, Tony, Adrian, and Braxton Unternahrer and

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Tom Wilson

Return to Class of 1961 05/04/2019Thomas Ray Wilson, age 75, of rural Knoxville, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at his residence. Tom was born December 28, 1943 in Knoxville, Iowa. He was the son of Samuel and Lucinda (Beem) Wilson. Tom was raised in Knoxville and attended Knoxville High School. He joined

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Faye Burk

Return to Class of 1961 11/17/2018Services for Faye Starckovich, 75, of Melcher-Dallas will be Friday, November 23, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the St. John Lutheran Church in Melcher-Dallas. Family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the church. Interment will be at the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery Lacona, Iowa.

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Ivan Test

Return to Class of 1961 02/06/2017 Ivan W. Test, 75, of Beaumont, died Monday, February 6, 2017, at Dubuis Hospital, Beaumont. He was born on March 27, 1941, to Laura Woods Test and Leo Burdett Test, in Harvey, Iowa. Ivan enjoyed playing chess from a very young age. He retired from Dow Jones after thirty-five

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Frances Balmer

Return to Class of 1961 12/19/2016Frances Elaine (Balmer) Laird was born September 27, 1942, in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Burton Elmer Balmer (b.1912-d.1976) and Winifred Lorene Klootwyk (b.1916-d.1980) She graduated in Knoxville with the Class of 1961, and on August 10, 1962 was united in marriage to Charles Lee Laird, son of Marvin and

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Dolores Sherwood

Return to Class of 1961 02/19/2016 Dolores Darlene (Sherwood) Becker was born on November 14, 1943 in Knoxville, Iowa the daughter of Kermit E. Sherwood and Mable I. Loynachan Sherwood. She was raised in Knoxville and attended school there, graduating with the class of 1961 at the age of seventeen years. Dolores was in the

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