Return to Class of 1963 06/02/2022 Philip Leroy Monroe was born September 23, 1945, in Knoxville, Iowa to Hoyt and Catherine Monroe. He spent the first eight years of his life on a small family farm, attending a two-room schoolhouse in Columbia, until moving into the “city” of Knoxville. He graduated from Knoxville High School […]
Return to Class of 1963 02/24/2022 Mary Rachel (Jones) Kuiper, age 76, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center. Mary was born on December 22, 1945, in Knoxville, Iowa, the 7th child of Harry and Rachel (Miller) Jones. She grew up in Knoxville and attended
Return to Class of 1963 01/01/2022 Genia Lynn (Bittner) Robuck was born April 22, 1945, in Knoxville, Iowa the daughter of Frank Elmer and Marceline Nola (Wallace) Bittner. She graduated from Knoxville High School in the Class of 1963. On July 19, 1963, Genia was united in marriage to Dwayne “Pucky” Robuck, and to this
Return to Class of 1963 10/29/2021 Karen (Geery) Wardenburg, was born in Knoxville on July 30, 1945, to Edwin and Geraldine Geery, the 4th of 10 children. She passed away Friday, October 29, 2021, at UIHC in Iowa City. She was raised in Harvey, IA, and lived several years in Cedar Rapids, Knoxville, and most
Return to Class of 1963 01/19/2021 Vickie Loy (Chandler) Anderson, 75, of Crosstown Square in Silvis, Illinois, formerly of West Des Moines, IA, died Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, Iowa. There will be no services at this time. Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron is in charge of the
Return to Class of 1963 08/25/2020 Donna Lee (Edwards) Temple, age 75, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at Comfort House in Pella, Iowa. Donna was born on December 11, 1944, in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Don and Helen (Pitt) Edwards, Sr. She attended country school in Flagler until 5th grade
Return to Class of 1963 08/01/2020 Terry Don Keener was the first born to Don and Hila (Laird) Keener on April 30th, 1944. Terry attended Washington Country School through 8th grade and then graduated from Knoxville High School in 1963. After graduating he went home to work on the family farm in rural Knoxville and
Return to Class of 1963 05/20/2020 William Thomas Hanna Jr. (Tom), 75, of Winterset, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at his home. Tom was born on February 14, 1945, to William Sr. and Bettie Hanna in Oskaloosa. He grew up in rural Knoxville and farmed near Lacona for many years. Tom and
Return to Class of 1963 04/23/2020Rexford Gene Koonce was born on September 24, 1943 in Knoxville, Iowa. He attended Knoxville High School where he was a member of the football team and held the school record in pole vaulting with the track team. Rexford later received his GED and served with the United States Marine
Return to Class of 1963 01/09/2020 David Douglas Core passed away on January 09, 2020. David was a 1963 graduate of Knoxville High School in Knoxville, Iowa. Surviving him are his wife Nancy Genevieve Sells and his brother Denny (Pam) Core. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ethelyn Elizabeth (Reynolds) Core, his father,
