Return to Class of 1963 01/09/2015 Lela Mae (Simmons) Wensel was born November 3, 1945, daughter of Ardery D. (1909-1989) and Jean Elizabeth Chambers Simmons, in Knoxville, Iowa. She grew up in the Marion County area and attended the Knoxville schools and graduated in 1963 from Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, Iowa. She married her […]
Return to Class of 1963 09/06/2014Michael Charles “Micky” Riggen, age 70, of Harvey, Iowa passed away Saturday morning, September 6, 2014, at the Westridge Nursing & Rehab Center of Knoxville. Micky was born in Des Moines, Iowa on July 23, 1944. The only child of Loel Lawrence “Fid” and Lois Maxine (Mart) Riggen. At the
Return to Class of 1963 01/30/2014Nancy Kay (Dennison) Stittsworth was born September 30, 1945 in Knoxville, Iowa the daughter of Robert and Beatrice (Orr) Dennison. She graduated from Knoxville High School in the Class of 1963. Following high school, Nancy worked at Aetna Life in Des Moines. On December 13, 1964, she was united in
Return to Class of 1963 07/03/2013 A graveside service was held for Marvin “Hub” Wooldridge, 69, of Knoxville, who died on July 7, 2013, at Westridge Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, per his wishes has been cremated. Marvin was born on August 3, 1944, in Marion County, to Verda (Davis) and Dale Wooldridge. He was
Return to Class of 1963 04/30/2013 Robert “Bob” Thomas was born on October 9, 1943 in Knoxville, Iowa, the son of Jack Lee Roy and Lena (Vancenbrock) Thomas. He was united in marriage to Carolyn Kaye Nichols on May 25, 1963, at the Knoxville Assembly of God. Together they raised their three children and later
Return to Class of 1963 05/03/2012 Gary Edward Hollingshead grew up in Knoxville as a farm boy and then went on to Des Moines Community College to study tool and die. He started out his career building parts for Massey Ferguson tractors. He and his friend decided that they wanted to move to “God’s country”
Return to Class of 1963 07/18/2011 Nancy Lynn (Brubaker) Beller, 66, Nevada, MO, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2011, at her home in Nevada. She was born May 6, 1945, in Knoxville, IA, to James Clyde Brubaker, Jr. and Betty May Reeves Brubaker. She is survived by one son, Tommie Beller and his wife
Return to Class of 1963 06/03/2011 John Anderson, 66, of Knoxville, passed away on Friday, June 3, 2011, at the Knoxville Hospital and Clinic. Visitation will begin after 1:00 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2011, at Williams Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2011, also at Williams
Return to Class of 1963 07/12/2009 Randy Jay Long of Des Moines died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at Methodist Hospital. He was born March 7, 1944, in Knoxville, Iowa, the son of Henry Long and Juanita Anderson. He was married to Barbara Long for more than 40 years. He was a long-time employee of Super
Return to Class of 1963 05/12/2009 Roger Carroll Brown was born February 25, 1945 in Pleasantville, Iowa, the son of Ralph Brown and Berniece Heaberlin Brown. He was raised in Knoxville and joined the United States Army on April 21, 1964, in Knoxville. Roger was united in marriage to Patty VandeKamp on April 26, 1969,
