This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267899) Richard Blake <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267899> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/25/2010 at 20:13:51 Surnames: BLAKE,PETTIS,BLAYLOCK RICHARD BLAKE Richard Calvin Blake, 66, of 603 Madison Ave., Burlington, died at 7:45 a.m. Sunday, March 26, 1995, at Burlington Medical Center. Born June 28, 1928, in Muscatine, he was the son of George and Dorothy Pettis Blake. Mr. Blake was a truck driver. He was of the Protestant faith. He was a member of the Teamsters Union. Survivors include one brother, George Blake of Burlington; one sister, Nancy Blaylock of Donnelson, Ill.; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister. Visitation will be from 7 until 8 p.m. Tuesday at Prugh’s Chapel. The funeral for Mr. Blake will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Prugh’s Chapel, with the Rev. William Trump officiating. Burial will be in Burlington Memorial Park Cemetery. A memorial has been established for the American Cancer Society. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of March 26, 1995

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267653) Bessie Elizabeth Wykert <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267653> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/23/2010 at 23:01:05 Surnames: WYKERT,MARSHALL,MCCONAHAY BESSIE ELIZABETH WYKERT Services will be at 1:30 Thursday afternoon, at the Stacy-Lewis Chapel for Bessie Elizabeth Wykert, 89, Columbus Junction, who died Tuesday morning at Colonial Manor. The Rev. Tom Woodin, of United Methodist Church, will conduct the services and burial in the Wapello Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. A general memorial has been established. Mrs. Wykert was born Jan. 31, 1900, the daughter of William and Mary Marshall McConahay at Carroll, Iowa. On Sept. 25, 1923, she married H. Russell Wykert at Wapello. He died on July 30, 1986. She was a member of the Columbus City United Methodist Church and had been a homemaker. She is survived by her two sisters-in-law; Opal McConahay, and Margaret (Peg) McConahay, both of Columbus City. She was preceded in death by three brothers and her husband. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of May 9, 1989

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267652) Jess C. Grimm <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267652> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/23/2010 at 23:00:07 Surnames: GRIMM,HARN,MASSNER,WITZIG,WIEGAND,JORDAN,GUSTISON,MCLAIN,BARTH,KAISER JESS C. GRIMM Jess C. Grimm, 77, Wapello, died Saturday, October 24, 1992, at Burlington Medical Center. Services were held Tuesday, October 27, 1992, at the Apostolic Christian Church in Oakville. Ministers from the church conducted the service. Pallbearers were Kent Grimm, Chris Grimm, Brian Wiegand, Kenneth Lanz, Larry Moser and Ronald Massner. Burial was in the Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery. Memorials may be left to the church. He was born February 13, 1915, at Larchwood, Iowa, the son of Chris and Julia Massner Grimm. He married Esther Witzig. She preceded him in death on October 21, 1960. He later married Elizabeth “Liz” Wiegand on June 22, 1961, at Oakville. Mr. Grimm was a farmer and member of the Apostolic Christian Church at Oakville. He served with the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WW II. He is survived by his wife, Liz; three daughters, Janet Jordan, Columbus Junction; Marilyn Gustison, Wapello and Tamara McLain, Marietta, Georgia; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Ursel Barth, Morning Sun; Marvis Kaiser, Morton, Illinois; six brothers, Floyd, Cisna Park, Illinois; Clyde, Columbus Junction; Kenneth and Mark, both of Wapello; Charles, Rosehill, Kansas and David, Verona, Missouri. Mr. Grimm was preceded in death by his parents and first wife. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of October 24, 1992

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267651) Kayon William Chin <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267651> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/23/2010 at 22:58:31 Surnames: CHIN,WESSELS,HANEY,THOMPSON,HUBER,FOBAR,DENTINGER KAYON WILLIAM CHIN Kayon William Chin, 68, Route 4, Box 91A, died Friday afternoon at Muscatine General Hospital. Services will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church with the Rev. William Means officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. A memorial has been established at the Ralph J. Wittich Funeral Home where visitation will be Sunday from 2-8 p.m. Mr. Chin was born Nov. 5, 1918, in Canton, China. He was a resident of Muscatine for 25 years. He married Renata Potter Wessels on June 29, 1967, in Muscatine. He was owner of Country Kitchen and Lamplight Inn in Muscatine. He attended the University of Illinois and Bradley University and was the first Chinese Eagle Scout in Illinois. He served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during Word War II. He was past commander of Post 1115 in Sprinbay, Ill., and a member of Muscatine Rotary Club, Iowa Lodge No. 2, AF&AM, Eastern Star, Elks Lodge No. 304, the Iowa Restaurant Association, and the Hotel-Motel Association of Iowa. Surviving are his wife; four sons, Kayon William Chin, Jr. of Peoria, Ill., Michael Haney, Marc Haney and Lee Scott Haney, all of Muscatine; Mrs. Gerald (Myrtle) Thompson of Decatur, Ill., Mrs. John (Maida) Huber of Peoria, Ill., Mrs. Don (Marta) Fobar of Washington, Ill., and Mrs. Richard (Margaret) Dentinger of Peoria, Ill.; 19 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two brothers, LeRoy Chin of Champaign, Ill., and Eddie Chin of Columbus, Ohio; and one sister in China. He was preceded in death by two grandchildren. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of May 15, 1987

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267650) Betty Foor <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267650> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/23/2010 at 22:57:09 Surnames: FOOR,BOYCE,BAILEY,RUNGE,BRASE,GARRISON,ELLIS,SNEDDON,RUPE,WONDERS BETTY FOOR Betty Rose Foor, age 68, of Muscatine, Iowa, formerly of Fredonia and of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, died Wednesday evening, December 21, 1994 at the Muscatine General Hospital. The daughter of Virgil and Ruth Boyce Bailey, she was born February 18, 1926 at Muscatine. She married Robert H. Foor on November 6, 1943 at Muscatine. He died December 17, 1992. She had worked several years at Thatcher Glass of Muscatine. She was a member of the church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. She enjoyed her family and playing bingo. Survivors include three daughters, Marlene Runge of Fruitland, Joann Brase of Davenport and Bobbie Garrison of Fredonia; three sons, Don Foor of Grandview, Jack Foor of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, and Kenneth Foor of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; eighteen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mary Ellis and Dorothy Sneddon, both of Muscatine, Emma Rupe of Ottumwa, and Ruth Wonders of Wapello; and three brothers, Allen, John and James Bailey, all of Floris, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert; a brother, Bob; and two sisters, Jerk and Nancy. The funeral service for Betty Foor was held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 24, 1994 at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home at Wapello with the Rev. John Ling officiating. Don Foor gave a eulogy and various selected taped music was presented. The casket bearers included Robert Foor, Jason Garrison, Joe Sneddon, Pat Foor, Kenneth Foor, Leo Garrison, Tom Sneddon and David Foor. Burial was at the Wapello Cemetery. The family met with friends Friday evening at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home. A Memorial Fund has been established for the benefit of the Hospice at Muscatine General Hospital or the Muscatine County Health Care Nursing. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of December 21, 1994

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267649) William Martin <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267649> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/23/2010 at 22:55:12 Surnames: MARTIN,GRIM,HILL,JOHNSTON,WOODRUFF,TINDALL WILLIAM MARTIN Morning Sun – William Wallace Martin, 67, a native of the Morning Sun community, died Saturday at his home near Marsh. He was born Sept. 16, 1890, the son of Stephen and Elizabeth Grim Martin. On Nov. 25, 1915, he married Fern Hill, and moved to the Marsh community where he farmed during the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Marsh Methodist church. Surviving are his wife; two sons, James L. Martin, of Burlington, and Paul Martin, of Morning Sun; two daughters, Mrs. Virlee Johnston, of Fairfield, and Lois Martin, of North Hollywood, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Woodruff, of Columbus Junction, and Mrs. Mae Tindall, of Morning Sun; two brothers, John Martin, of Columbus Junction, and Ezra Martin, of Mount Pleasant; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Marsh Methodist church, the Rev. Edna Whitson officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood cemetery at Morning Sun. Source: newspaper clipping – no date

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267648) Robert Lewis <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267648> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/23/2010 at 22:53:59 Surnames: LEWIS,ROBERTSON,SWAN,JOHNSTON,COURTNEY ROBERT LEWIS Wapello – Robert R. Lewis, 82, died here Saturday at the Wapello Nursing Home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home. The Rev. Richard Smith will officiate. Burial will be in the Wapello Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established at the funeral home. The son of William and Emma Robertson Lewis, he was born Nov. 18, 1889, in Oakville. He was a life resident of the Wapello area. His marriage to Mabel Swan took place Oct. 30, 1918 in Burlington. Mr. Lewis had worked as a mechanic at Tillmann Motors of Wapello, was the city marshall for six years, had been the Louisa County Sheriff for 14 years and had worked as a guard and fireman at the Iowa Army Ammunitions Plant in Burlington. He was past chief of the Wapello Volunteer Fire Department and was a 50-year member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Lewis was of the Methodist faith. Survivors include his wife; one son, Maurice “Bud” Lewis, Wapello; one daughter, Lola “Peg” Johnston of Bettendorf; four granddaughters; three (great)grandchildren; and one sister, Mildred Courtney of Grandview. He was preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of May 9, 1982 (dates don’t jibe – if he was born in 1889 he would not have been 82 at the time of his death in 1982)

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267647) Arlene Hoover <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267647> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/23/2010 at 22:52:47 Surnames: HOOVER,EDWARDS,POOLEY,DECKER ARLENE HOOVER Arlene Edwards Hoover, 82, of Sun City, Ariz., died there Saturday. Services were Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Chapel followed by private interment. Memorials may be made to the memorial fund of the Sun City First Presbyterian Church or the National TTT Society. She was born in Packwood, Iowa and moved to Sun City from Wapello in 1968. She attended Iowa Wesleyan College at Mount Pleasant where she was a member of Pi Kappa Delta, National Forensic fraternity and Pi Beta Phi, social fraternity. She taught in Linby, Packwood and Wapello, Iowa schools. In Wapello she was both a teacher and junior high principal and until the retirement of her husband, Dr. H.E. Hoover she was substitute teaching. She was past worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star, past national president of TTT and past president of Sun City, Youngtown, Sun City West PEO group. She was also a former member of Delta Kappa Gamma. She was a board member of the Wapello Library and helped in supervising construction and furnishing of the Keck Memorial Library. She was a member and circle leader in the First Presbyterian Church of Sun City and was active in bridge groups and a member of the Sun City Country Club. Survivors include two daughters, Charlotte Pooley of Sun City and Beverly Decker of Las Vegas; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of July 16, 1988

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267646) Eva Pippert <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267646> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/23/2010 at 22:51:32 Surnames: PIPPERT,STOEKLER,SACHS,WULF,PRESSLER EVA PIPPERT Eva Pippert, 86, formerly of 120 W. 9th St., died Sunday at Fayetteville, N.C. Services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Ralph J. Wittich Funeral Home with the Rev. Lief Pohl officiating. Pallbearers are Jack Wulf, Carl Sachs, Kevin Carter and Ted Sulzberger. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Pippert was born June 4, 1899 at Birkenau Odw., Germany, a daughter of Peter and Magelena Stoekler Sachs. She married Herman Pippert on April 21, 1930 in Muscatine. Survivors include one son, Herman Pippert, Jr., Fayetteville; one daughter, Helen Wulf, Muscatine; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Phillip (Marie) Pressler, Birkenau Odw. She was preceded in death by her husband, five brothers and three sisters. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of April 27, 1986

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267645) Austin Bain <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267645> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/23/2010 at 22:50:27 Surnames: BAIN,BEEBEE,FLOOD,WELKER,CUTKAY,FITCHNER AUSTIN BAIN Austin Bain, age 87, of Wapello, died Tuesday morning June 28, 1988 at the Burlington Medical Center. He was born May 18, 1901 at Knoxville, Iowa, the son of William and Gertrude Beebee Bain. He married Hazel Flood September 24, 1939 at Kohoka, Missouri. Mr. Bain was a heavy equipment operator and had worked with the Muscatine County Road Maintenance for 19 years. He was an Army veteran of WW I. He was a member of the Wapello VFW. Funeral service was held at 1:30 P.M. Thursday at Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home with Rev. George Yetter officiating. Phyllis McCulley was the organist. Casket bearers were Bill Breuer, Elmer Bergquist, Fred Brown and Dick Murray. Flower attendants were Stella Wilson and Henrietta Bergquist. Burial was in the Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery with military rites by the Wapello VFW. Visitation was held Wednesday evening from 7-8 p.m. at Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home. Austin Bain is survived by his wife Hazel, a son Robert and a daughter Doris, a step-son Clifford Welker, Ottumwa, 2 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-granddaughter, and two sisters Wilbertha Cutkay, Madison, Wisconsin, and Kathleen Fitchner, Billings, Montana. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and one step-daughter Vivian. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of June 28, 1988

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267644) Gloria Coulter <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267644> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/23/2010 at 22:49:00 Surnames: COULTER,ZASTROW,MARQUARDT,GARCIA GLORIA COULTER Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Riley Funeral Home for Gloria Coulter, 61, 604 Park Ave. Rev. Robert Ahlstrom will conduct the services and burial to follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Coulter died Monday at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Pallbearers will be Jerry Lee, Larry Lee, Tom Lee, Gordon Esmoil, Mark Esmoil, and Howard Kerfoot. Vada Timm will play the organ. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 1-9 p.m. Thursday and Friday after 9 a.m. Memorials may be left to the Lutheran Homes. She was born the daughter of Herman and Elsie Zastrow Marquardt at Sheboygan, Wisc. on May 3, 1928. She had lived in Muscatine since 1953. She married John Henry Coulter on June 12, 1953 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Muscatine. She had worked as a certified nurse’s aide at the Lutheran Homes, Muscatine General Hospital, Weber Button Co., and in private duty. She was of the Lutheran faith. Survivors include one son, John Coulter, Jr., Muscatine, and two daughters, Sandra Garcia and Debra Coulter, both of Muscatine; and one brother, Arthur Marquardt, of Sheboygan, Wisc. Four grandchildren also survive her. She was preceded in death by her husband on June 8, 1989; two sons, one sister and her parents. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of July 10, 1989

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267446) Dr. Robert Stanton Bell <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267446> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/22/2010 at 23:33:27 Surnames: BELL,WICKERSHAM,SOUCEK,BELL-ABT,HORNER,BLAEDEL,FOSTER,MEZGER,KOESTER DR. ROBERT STANTON BELL Dr. Robert Stanton Bell, 72, of 116 Orchard Place, died at 3:10 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at Burlington Medical Center. He was born Sept. 26, 1913, in Keokuk County, to Frank and Bertha Jo Wickersham Bell. He married Bessie Evelyn Soucek on July 26, 1938, in Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. Bell graduated from medical school at the University of Iowa in 1939 followed by a year of internship at St. Mary Hospital in Madison, Wis. He was on active duty as a medical officer in the Army Air Corps from July 1940 to August 1945. After World War II, he returned to Iowa City for a residency in radiology. He came to Burlington in December 1948 to be the first Board Certified Radiologist of Mercy and Burlington Hospitals and practiced until he retired from the Radiology Department of Burlington Medical Center in 1983. Dr. Bell was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he served on the Board of Trustees during the time the sanctuary was extensively remodeled and the stained glass window behind the altar uncovered. He was involved in community affairs including Burlington Community School Board, Area 16 Community College Board, City Plan Commission, Board of Adjustment, Past President of Des Moines County Medical Society and Hospital Staff, chairman of the Building and Planning Committee of Burlington Medical Center during the last major building program. Past president of Iowa Radiologic Society, member of Rocky Mountain Radiology Society and member of American College of Radiology. He was also a member of the board of United Way. Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Barbara (Samuel) Bell-Abt, Paris, France, Mrs. Karen (Fred) Horner, Waco, Texas, and Mrs. Deborah (Mark) Blaedel, DeRidder, La.; two sons, Robert C., Betterdorf, and Thomas G., Long Beach, N.Y.; one brother, John, Black Mountain, N.C.; three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Foster, Sheffield, Mrs. Frances Mezger, Scottsdale, Ariz., Mrs. Margaret (Raymond) Koester, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and three grandchildren. Services for Dr. Bell will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First United Church with the Rev. Robert Dodder officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Rock Creek Cemetery near Ollie. Memorials have been established for the First United Methodist Church and Burlington Medical Center’s Radiology Department. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten date of 1986

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267444) Glendora Marie (Glenny) Gerdes <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267444> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/22/2010 at 23:31:33 Surnames: GERDES,BRIDGES,DOWNS,CARSON,GUENTHER,ROBERTSON,KEMP GLENDORA MARIE (GLENNY) GERDES Mrs. Glendora Marie (Glenny) Gerdes, 60, Burlington Rt. 3, died in University hospitals, Iowa City, at 5:25 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14. She was the daughter of Hamilton and Marie Bridges Downs, and was born March 16, 1920, at Wapello. She married William T. Gerdes June 21, 1945, in Burlington. Mrs. Gerdes was a registered nurse and was part-owner of Benson True Value Lumber & Hardware Co. She was a member of Oak Street Baptist church and it’s Women’s Missionary Fellowship and of Jane Delano Assn. She was a former Des Moines 4-H leader. Surviving: The husband; son William T., Jr., Burlington; two daughters, Sue Carson, Boulder, Colo., and Becky Jo Guenther, Ft. Madison; two sisters, Donna Robertson, Grandview, and Lila Kemp, Wapello; and two grandchildren. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oak Street Baptist church, the Rev. B. Lawrence Sweeney; Aspen Grove cemetery. A memorial has been established for Oak Street church at Prugh’s Chapel. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of January 14, 1981

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267443) Stella Mae Calloway <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267443> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/22/2010 at 23:29:36 Surnames: CALLOWAY,MADDUX,LANG,BOZARTH STELLA MAE CALLOWAY Mrs. Calloway Funeral Rites Set Thursday Wapello – Funeral rites will be held at the Dudgeon Funeral Home in Wapello at 2 p.m. Thursday for Stella Mae Calloway, age 41, who died at Mercy hospital in Burlington at 10 p.m., Tuesday. The daughter of Orpha Edith Maddux Lang and Charles Paul Lang, she was born in Wapello on April 12, 1911. She had recently been employed as a waitress in the Capitol café in Wapello. She was a member of the Wapello Methodist church and the Royal Neighbors of America lodge. Surviving are four sons, Charles Allen and Robert Dean of Rock Island; Neil Duane, in the U.S. Army; and Walter Chester, of Wapello; one daughter, Mrs. Janet Bozarth of Yarmouth, Ia.; and two grandchildren. A daughter, Delores, preceded her in death. The body is at the Dudgeon Funeral home where it will remain for the services Thursday. The Rev. L. E. Tinker, pastor of the Wapello Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in the Wapello cemetery. Source: newspaper clipping with no date

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267442) Loren Jackson <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267442> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/22/2010 at 23:28:25 Surnames: JACKSON,WALKER,SCHAPER,REID,STEPHENS,KEMP LOREN JACKSON Wapello – Loren Kay Jackson, 45, died suddenly at his home Tuesday afternoon. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Wapello United Methodist Church. Rev. John Beebout and Rev. James Poe will both officiate. Burial will be in the Wapello Cemetery. Visitation is today at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home. Loren Jackson was born July 15, 1933 in Grandview, the son of Fay and Vera Walker Jackson. He was a life resident of the Wapello area and was a 1952 graduate of the Grandview High School. His marriage to Valeen Schaper took place Dec. 27, 1955 in Wapello. He had been in the U.S. Air Force and had served in the Korean War. He had farmed and had also worked for 17 years at the I.A.A. P. in Burlington. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Teresa and Lisa Kay, both at home; his mother, Mrs. Vera Reid of Wapello; three brothers, Fay Dean and John, both of Wapello and Richard of Burlington; and two sisters, Pauline Stephens of Wapello and Mary Frances Kemp of Grandview. He was preceded in death by his father, one son, two brothers and one sister. Source: newspaper clipping with no date

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267441) Donna Wheeler <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267441> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/22/2010 at 23:27:09 Surnames: WHEELER,BUSCH,JOHNSON,BLODGETT,JACOBS,CAMPBELL,FREYERMUTH,REIFERT,BROWN,SUHL,MUSGROVE,CUBBAGE Donna Wheeler Muscatine – Donna Marie Wheeler, 59, of Muscatine died Saturday, May 18, 1996 at University of Iowa Hospital. The service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home of Columbus Junction. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. The family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in the Harrison Cemetery, rural Wapello. She was born April 28, 1937, in Iowa City to Glen and Emily Busch Johnson Sr. She married Jesse Wheeler, Sr. Sept. 25, 1954, in Muscatine. Mrs. Wheeler was a member of the Sycamore Baptist Church in Muscatine. She had worked for the past eight years with the United Vending Food Service. Survivors include her husband, Jesse of Muscatine; two daughters, Rebecca and her husband James Blodgett of Columbus Junction, and Patricia Wheeler of Muscatine; four sons, Jesse Wheeler, Jr. of Columbus Junction, James Wheeler, and Thomas Wheeler, both of Muscatine; Kenny Wheeler, Columbus Junction; 22 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; four brothers, John, Charles, Harry and Glen. Jr. Johnston, all of Muscatine; six sisters, Erma Jean Jacobs, Sandy Campbell, Carolyn Freyermuth, Charlotte Reifert and Mary Ann Brown, all of Muscatine; Mina Suhl of Clarissa, Minn. She was preceded in death by her parents, and two sisters, Sharon Kaye Musgrove and Carol Cubbage, both in 1995. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of May 18, 1996

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267439) Donald Petty <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267439> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/22/2010 at 23:24:41 Surnames: PETTY,NEWTON,KEMPER,COLVIN,ADDIS DONALD PETTY Donald C. Petty, 69, Route 3, died early Sunday at St. Luke’s Hospital, Davenport following a brief illness. Services are 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Riley Funeral Home. The Rev. Manzel Berlin will officiate. Vada Timm will be organist. Pallbearers will be Art Eppley, Dave Honts, Larry Honts, Billy Hopkins, Kenny Mathes and Doug, Randy and Tim McDonald. Burial will be at the Nichols Cemetery, Nichols. Visitation is Tuesday afternoon and evening at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Mr. Petty was born March 22, 1920 in Farmington, Ill., a son of Joseph and Blanche Proctor Petty. Formerly of Farmington, he had lived in the area for 30 years. He married Betty Newton on Sept. 2, 1967 at Hannibal, Mo. He was a member of the Isaac Walton League and the Davenport Local 387 Steamfitters Union. He worked as a pipefittter and welder on construction. Survivors include his wife, Betty; three sons, Randall of Muscatine; Gerald of Canton, Ill.’ and Dennis of Springfield; a daughter, Sandra Kemper of Muscatine; nine grandchildren; and two sisters, Bessie Colvin of Oxnard, Calif.; and Ann Addis of Brinfield, Ill. He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of June 18, 1989

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267438) Donald Bell <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267438> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/22/2010 at 23:23:18 Surnames: BELL,DUNCAN,MCKEAN,ROBERTSON,HILL,HARBISON DONALD BELL Columbus JCT, Iowa – Services for Donald Bell, 72, will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home, Columbus Junction. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation is 3-8 p.m. today, with the family present from 6-8 p.m. He died Monday at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, after an extended illness. He retired in 1984. He farmed in the Columbus Junction area. Mr. Bell married Martha Duncan in 1941 in Kahoka, Mo. She died in 1983. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, Columbus Junction; Columbus City Lodge 107; A.F. & A.M.; Kaaba Shrine; and the Davenport Consistory. A memorial fund has been established. Survivors included a daughter, Nancy (Mrs. Charles) McKean, Dunlap, Ill.; sons, Michael, LeClaire, Iowa, and Samuel, Columbus Junction; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and sisters, Margaret Robertson, Columbus Junction; Anita Hill, Muscatine; and Mildred (Mrs. Herbert) Harbison Jr., Morning Sun. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of July 10, 1989

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267437) Joseph Ben Simmons <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267437> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/22/2010 at 23:21:46 Surnames: SIMMONS,MCCULLEY,GRUBBER,BOLING JOSEPH BEN SIMMONS Joseph Ben Simmons, age 92, of Morning Sun, Iowa, died Thursday afternoon, March 14, 1996 at the Morning Sun Care Center. The son of Emery Bailey and Ophelia McCulley Simmons, he was born May 5, 1903 at Huntington, Tennessee. He married Elsie E. Grubber on November 23, 1932 at Dubuque. She died August 31, 1974. He married Frances Boling on December 18, 1979 at Morning Sun. He was a farmer in the Morning Sun area and had previously operated a service station in West Liberty and also in Dubuque. He was of the Protestant faith. He thoroughly enjoyed big band music and dancing and also enjoyed reading. Survivors include his wife, Frances; two sons, Charles and Betty Simmons of Morning Sun and Allen of Sarasota, Florida; seven grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Elsie; a brother, Ezra; five sisters, Ruth, Macey, Grace, Ruby and Lucy; and a granddaughter, Jill. The funeral service for Ben Simmons was held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 18, 1996, at the United Methodist Church at Morning Sun, with Rev. Chris Ebbers officiating. Burial followed at the Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun. Friends called on Sunday with the family meeting friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home, Morning Sun. A Memorial Fund has been established for the benefit of the Morning Sun Community Ambulance Service. Music was provided by Geneva Samuels as organist and the Gospel-Aires singing “God Will Take Care of You” and “Mansion Over the Hilltop.” The casket bearers were Rick Simmons, Ed Wilkerson, Justin Hartman, Keith Warth, Gary Warth, and Gary Burden. The honorary bearers included Hoyt Cummings, Bob Samuels, Delmar Johnston, Eugene Kreiger, Ed Wymore, and Dale Heater. Kay Skipton and Irene Kreiger cared for the flowers. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of March 14, 1996

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267435) Fred A. Criss <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267435> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 2/22/2010 at 23:20:23 Surnames: CRISS,NOLIND,MINCER,WILLARD FRED A. CRISS Funeral services for 89 year old Fred A. Criss of Muscatine, formerly of Conesville will be held on Thursday, March 21, 1996 at 1:30 p.m. at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home, Columbus Junction, Iowa. Burial will be in the Conesville Cemetery, Conesville, Iowa. Fred died on Monday, March 18, in Muscatine. Visitation was held on Wednesday at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. A memorial has been established at the funeral home. Fred Alvero Criss was born January 23, 1907 in Conesville, Iowa to William and Minnie Nolind Criss. He married Marjorie E. Mincer December 7, 1946 in Muscatine, Iowa. Fred was a meatcutter and had worked at the Airport Supermarket near Conesville. Fred also farmed most of his life in the Conesville area. Fred is survived by two sons, Rick Criss of Charles City, Iowa and Randy Criss of Battle Creek, Michigan. There are six grandchildren, Zach, Marjorie, Heather, Crystal, Danyelle, Jim and Holly. Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Virginia Willard, Rock Island, IL. Fred was preceded in death by his parents, wife Marjorie and a brother Harry, and five sisters, Neva, Rosa, Goldie, Selma and Roxie. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of March 18, 1996