Class of 1968 Obituaries

Nancy Beebout

Return to Class of 1968 04/20/1988Nancy Jane (Beebout) Phillips, 38, of Searsboro died of cancer Wednesday, April 20, 1988, at her home. Services were held Friday, April 22, 1988 at the Lynnville First Friends Church. Interment was in Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Iowa. The Revs. Chet Robertson and Kenneth Santee officiated at the services. Music was […]

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Jim VanHemert

Return to Class of 1968 10/13/1983Services for James David VanHemert, 33, West Des Moines, who died October 13, 1983 at his home, were held October 15 at Evans-McCleery Funeral Home. Interment was in Graceland Cemetery. Rev. Wayne K. Hoehns officated at the services. Music was provided by Jim Kidder, organist, and John Crawford, soloist. Pallbearers

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Bill Bacus

Return to Class of 1968 03/01/1975 Funeral services for William Dean Bacus, who died March 1, 1975, as the result of an automobile accident, were held March 3 from Arlington Chapel with Rev. Thomas Wheeler and Rev Clarence Oscarson Jr. officiating. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery with military rites accorded by the combined Knoxville Veterans

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Jim Philben

Return to Class of 1968 08/19/1973James Patrick Philben was the son of Frank Michael and Patricia Ann (Krause) Philben. He was born, January 2, 1950, and grew up in Knoxville, graduating from the Knoxville High School in 1968. The young man identifed as James Philben 23, died in an accident at Lake Red Rock, August

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Bonnie Verwers

Return to Class of 1968 08/29/1968Bonnie Kay (Verwers), daughter of Mrs. Daisey M. Phipps Verwers and the late William E. Verwers, was born April 24, 1950 in Marion County and died August 29, 1968. She graduated from Knoxville High School in 1968. She was a member of the Brownie Troop, and White Breast Beavers 4-H

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Dwight Ashburn

Return to Class of 1968 12/11/1965 Funeral services for Dwight Loren Ashburn, who was killed in a truck accident on Highway 92, on Dec. 11, 1965, were held Dec. 14 at First Methodist church with Rev. J. Roland Crandall officiating. Burial was in Graceland cemetery with Bybee & Davis funeral home in charge. Pallbearers were

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Michael Umble

Return to Class of 1968 11/21/1965Michael Kent Umble, 15, son of Milo Durl Umble and Delores Ann Dickenson, of Harvey, was born in 1950 and died on Sunday Nov. 21, 1965 at Collins Memorial Hospital in Knoxville. The youth, a high school sophomore at Knoxville, underwent brain surgery recently in Des Moines. Services were held

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Tom Hines

Return to Class of 1968 06/10/1964Thomas Leroy Hines, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Galen Hines, drowned early Wednesday afternoon in a strip mine pit, just northwest of Flagler. Hines had completed eighth grade in Knoxville Junior High. He is survived by his parents and a brother Galen Hines, Jr. and grandfather Fred Frazier. Funeral

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