Obituaries
Jack Wendell Carmichael
Aug 9, 2009
Jack Wendell Carmichael, son of Neil and Mary Lenore (Tobias) Carmichael, was born on July 7, 1922 in rural Harlan, Iowa. He attended country school in Monroe Township. After graduating from Harlan High School, Jack worked as a welder in the shipyards in CA. Jack joined the Navy and came home to tell his parents good bye before leaving for...
Cecelia Marie Gross
Aug 7, 2009
Cecelia Marie Gross, the daughter of John and Mary (Fromm) Klein, was born on July 12, 1909, in rural Defiance, Iowa. She attended public country school north of Harlan, Iowa, and then attended St. Boniface Catholic School in Wesphalia, Iowa. During this time, Cecelia helped care for her three younger brothers and worked on the farm after school. She met...
William “Bill” Cleveland League, Jr.
Aug 7, 2009
William “Bill” Cleveland League, Jr., the son of William Cleveland and Maude Pearl (Reddington) League, Sr., was born on January 8, 1921, in Walnut, Iowa. After graduating from Walnut High School in 1938, Bill worked in the family dray business. In 1943, he joined the United States Army and was shipped to England in 1944. On August 21, 1945, Bill...
Glenna Aileen Holdren
Jul 23, 2009
Glenna Aileen Schaffer was born May 17, 1924, in Carbon, Iowa, the daughter of Carl Edward Schaffer and Esther Maria O’Riley Schaffer. Glenna attended school in Carbon and Villisca, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Cecil Charles Fudge in Maryville, Missouri, on July 7, 1942. To this union four children were born: Donna (Vernon) Else of Harlan, Iowa, the...
Dolores Annette Wohlhutter
Jul 3, 2009
Dolores Annette Wohlhutter, the daughter of Frank Joseph and Violet Merle (Ames) Stolz, was born on June 19, 1928, in Kirkman, Iowa. Along with her family, she moved to Harlan, Iowa, in 1939. She attended and graduated from Harlan Schools. After graduation, Dolores was employed as a telephone operator at Farmers Mutual Cooperative Telephone Company for a year. On June...
Evelyn Ruth Andersen
Jul 1, 2009
Evelyn Ruth Andersen, the daughter of Frank William and Irene Augusta (Ewoldt) Meier, was born on July 1, 1918, in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan on November 14, 1920, and confirmed on April 10, 1938. Evelyn attended country schools and graduated from Harlan High School in 1935. On April 15, 1939, she married Arnold...
Brenda Ann Zimmerman
Jun 26, 2009
Brenda Ann Zimmerman, the daughter of Ronald Lee and Marilyn Kay (Goetzinger) Zimmerman, was born on May 4, 1970, in Harlan, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan High School in 1988, and began working as a caregiver at REM Leadway in Shelby, Iowa; she worked there for four years. Brenda then became a shipping/loading manager for Variety Distributors in Harlan, and...
Rockford “Rocky” Perry Martin
Jun 26, 2009
Rockford “Rocky” Perry Martin, the fifth child of Perry E. and Pearl (Roberson) Martin, was born on January 26, 1927, in Maries County, near Hayden, Missouri. He attended country school before coming to Iowa and working for James and Darlene Felton on their farm near Neola. It was from them that he learned to farm. Rocky was drafted into the...
Myrtle Irene Juelsgaard
Jun 16, 2009
Myrtle Irene Juelsgaard, the daughter of Lauritz Peter and Dagmar Andrea (Mortensen) Lange, was born on November 3, 1927, on the family farm near Kimballton, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in rural Kimballton. She attended Sharon Township country school through the eighth grade before working as a hired girl for area families. On January 6,...
Janice Louise Tooley
Jun 9, 2009
Janice Louise Tooley, the daughter of Harry Charles and Frances Elmer (Nelson) Wendt, was born on October 9, 1937, in Avoca, Iowa. Janice was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. She attended Avoca schools and graduated from Avoca High School in 1956. Janice worked at Van Nostrand Grain in Avoca as a secretary and bookkeeper for twenty years. On...
Kenneth Elmer “Nick” Rosenow
May 18, 2009
Kenneth Elmer “Nick” Rosenow, the son of Perley A. and Loretta L. (Albers) Rosenow, was born on February 3, 1938, in Earling, Iowa. He graduated from Tennant (Iowa) High School in 1955. Following high school, Nick was employed by Cox Grain and Cooper Farms. On August 26, 1960, he married Mildred LaVon Kiesel at the United Lutheran Church in Shelby,...
Cecil Amanda Sievertsen
May 6, 2009
Cecil Amanda Sievertsen, the daughter of William F. and Amelia (Kai) Walter, was born on January 5, 1916, near Aspinwall, Iowa. She attended school in Westside, Iowa. After she finished the eighth grade, Cecil worked at the Manilla (Iowa) Hotel. On April 27, 1937, she married Gordon Jacob William Sievertsen in Manilla. The couple worked on farms around the Manilla,...
Mary Ellen Klitgaard
Apr 21, 2009
Mary Ellen Klitgaard, the daughter of Horace and Rose (Johnson) Petersen, was born on October 29, 1931, at the family home in Jackson Township, Jacksonville, Iowa. She was the sixth child in a family with five brothers and seven sisters. Mary attended Jackson Number One rural school through the eighth grade. In the fall of 1948, Mary was diagnosed with...
Blanche Anna Burmeister
Apr 20, 2009
Blanche Anna Burmeister, daughter of Harry L. and Mildred (Findlay) Peterson, was born on February 25, 1921, on a farm near Cuppy’s Grove in the Monroe Township of Shelby County, Iowa. She attended school in Cuppy’s Grove for eight years, followed by Harlan (Iowa) High School for three years. A family move took her to Oakland, California, where she graduated...
Helen Glen Carmichael
Mar 27, 2009
Helen Glen Carmichael, daughter of Frank Albert and Sarah Phoebe (Campbell) Algren, was born on January 4, 1924 in Manning, Iowa. After graduating from Manilla (Iowa) High School in 1941, she attended Iowa State Teachers College (UNI) in Cedar Falls, Iowa for one year. Helen taught country school for a year at Cuppy’s Grove School and boarded with the Carmichael...
Marian Pattie League
Mar 17, 2009
Marian Pattie League, the daughter of Arthur William and Annie Eliza (Ball) Taylor, was born on September 27, 1926 in Bowden Hill, Wiltshire, England. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Anne’s Church in Bowden Hill. Marian attended school at Lacock in Wiltshire and served in the Women’s Land Army during World War II. On August 21, 1945 at St....
Ronald Dean Wheatley
Feb 28, 2009
Ronald Dean Wheatley, the son of Alfred John and Doris Dorothy (Elwood) Wheatley, was born on January 14, 1946, on the family farm near Atlantic, Iowa. He graduated from AvoHa High School in Avoca, Iowa, in 1964. He was active in the Shelby County 4-H program. Ron attended Commercial Ext. in Omaha for two years; he then worked as a...
Glen Leroy Huey
Feb 21, 2009
Glen Leroy Huey, the son of Glen B. and Velma Rose (Hiatt) Huey, was born on May 3, 1950, in Manning, Iowa. After graduating from Irwin (Iowa) High School In 1969, Leroy briefly attended Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. He then began working for the University of Iowa Hospital as a cook; he later worked as an orderly and kitchen...
Nicole Christian Misselhorn
Jan 22, 2009
Nicole Christian Misselhorn, the daughter of Hans Jay and Susan (Hawley) Nielsen, was born on September 14, 1983, in Manning, Iowa. She was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan, Iowa, on October 30, 1983. Nicole grew up on the family farm south of Defiance, Iowa, where she attended Irwin-Kirkman-Manilla schools and was active in 4-H, LYO basketball, and cheerleading....
Henry George Flessner
Jan 5, 2009
Henry George Flessner, the son of George and Anne (Buenting) Flessner, was born on November 1, 1935, in Rockford, Iowa. He grew up in the Floyd County, Iowa, area, and graduated from Rockford High School in 1954. He attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, and graduated from Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1962. Following his ordination, Pastor Henry served...
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