Return to Faculty & Staff Obituaries 09/22/2026 A celebration of life gathering for Susan Wright, 72, of Knoxville, will be held Friday, September 25, 2026, from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Knoxville. A private family burial will be held at Graceland Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be made […]
Return to Faculty & Staff Obituaries 02/08/2026 Richard Wayne Fast was born Monday, March 9, 1943 in Knoxville, Iowa the son of Van and Virginia Fast. Richard was raised alongside his younger brother, Robert Fast. Richard graduated from Knoxville High School with the Class of 1961. After high school, he attended college graduating from the
Return to Faculty & Staff Obituaries 09/10/2025 Guidance Counclor Roxanne Weaver Caldwell Fee (b. 12/26/41) passed away peacefully on September 10, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. She was surrounded by her devoted husband, Graham, her family, and was in the hearts and prayers of so many others who loved her, learned from her,
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Return to Faculty & Staff Obituaries 06/29/2023 Vicki May King was born June 18, 1953, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Elton Dale and Betty Margaret (Wilson) King. She graduated from Southeast Warren High School and attended John Brown University in Arkansas, then transferred to and graduated from Simpson College with a Bachelor of
Return to Faculty & Staff Obituaries Derald Swisher July 31, 1929 — June 18, 2023 Derald James Swisher, 93, passed away peacefully at Valley View Village in Des Moines, Iowa on June 18, 2023. Derald’s military service will be honored prior to his burial at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at Iowa Veteran’s
Return to Faculty & Staff Obituaries 10/10/2022 Ruth (Tucker) Dykstra was born March 18, 1930, to James and Blanche Tucker in Hamilton, IA. She had one brother, Barry, and a sister Jane. She attended Hamilton schools for the first 6 years and then the family moved to a farm near the Liberty church where she
Return to Faculty & Staff Obituaries 03/20/2022 Marvin “Marv” D. Sloan, age 86, passed away on March 20, 2022, at Westridge Nursing Home in Knoxville, IA. Marv was born October 10, 1935, at Givin, IA to Charles W. and Mae Sloan. Marvin was the youngest of five children and attended school in Monroe, IA where
Return to Faculty & Staff Obituaries 03/05/2022 Willard (Will) Irvin Prather was born at home on the farm in Fremont, IA on December 17, 1928, to Charles Irvin and Hilda Mae (Hedge) Prather. Will graduated from Fremont High School in 1947. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Central College in 1951 and later
Return to Class of 1953 01/28/2022 Vera Irene (Cowman) Sparks, age 86, of Knoxville, Iowa, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022, at the Comfort House in Pella, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Friday, February 4, 2022, at the Winfield Funeral Home in Knoxville, beginning at 4:00 P.M. Vera’s family will be present from
Return to Faculty & Staff Obituaries 03/05/2022 Geoffrey Allen Shultz was born November, 20, 1951 in Ottumwa, Iowa the son of Kenneth Elwin Shultz and Pollyanna (Goley) Shultz. He was raised on his family’s farm in the Melcher-Dallas area and graduated from Melcher-Dallas with the Class of 1970. Geoff then attended Simpson College, earning a
