This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LADD Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/905 Message Board Post: Warren Ladd Ladd, 82, Kimballton, died Jan. 9, 2003. KIMBALLTON -- Warren V. Ladd, 82, Kimballton, died Thursday, Jan. 9 in Harlan. Services were held Monday, Jan. 13 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery. Ladd is survived by his wife, Irene, of Elk Horn; daughters Roberta (Jim) Bodensteiner of Cedar Falls and Kathy (Jim) Cox of Palm Desert, Calif.; son Paul (Debbie) Ladd of Boone; sister Florence Miller and brother Floyd Ladd, both of Humboldt, Kan.; and six grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MENGWASSER Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/904 Message Board Post: Sarah Mengwasser Mengwasser, 68, Harlan, died Jan. 12, 2003. HARLAN -- Sarah C. Mengwasser, 68, Harlan, died Sunday, Jan. 12 in Council Bluffs. Services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery. A prayer service will be held Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan. Friends may call from 1-9 p.m. at the funeral home in Harlan. Mengwasser is survived by her husband, Herbert, of Harlan; daughter Elizabeth (John) Plott of Council Bluffs; sister Linda (Clyde) Kohl of Harlan; brothers Tom (Sandy) Walker of Harlan and Sam (Elizabeth) Walker of Santa Rosa, Calif.; granddaughter Jessica Dawn Copeland of Council Bluffs; other relatives and friends.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PHELPS Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/903 Message Board Post: Phillip Phelps Phelps, 56, Tucumcari, NM, died Jan. 12, 2003. TUCUMCARI, NM -- Phillip J. Phelps, 56, Tucumcari, NM, died Sunday, Jan. 12 at the University of New Mexico Hospital. Services are pending at Pauley Funeral Home, Harlan. Phelps is survived by his mother, Austa, of Harlan; daughter Stephanie (Jeff) Lindmark of Bettendorf; sons Derren of Rock Island, Ill. and Greg of Tucumcari; and two grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GAER Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/902 Message Board Post: Howard Gaer Gaer, 82, Council Bluffs, died Jan. 10, 2003. COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Howard G. Gaer, 82, Council Bluffs, died Friday, Jan. 10 at Indian Hills Nursing Home. Services were held Monday, Jan. 13 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Funeral Home, Harlan, with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin. Gaer is survived by son Merlyn of Nixa, Mo.; daughters Carolyn (Gregg) Schneider of Omaha and Glenda (Todd) Sliger of Council Bluffs; sisters Leona Petersen of Harlan and Dorothy Zaiger of Audubon; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCHRODER Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/901 Message Board Post: Wilma Schroder Schroder, 85, Shelby, died Oct. 25, 2002. SHELBY -- Wilma C. Schroder, 85, Shelby, died Friday, Oct. 25 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Services were held Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 10:30 a.m. at Shelby Lutheran Church with burial in the Shelby Cemetery. Schroder is survived by her son, James (Lorraine) Schroder of Sioux City; daughter Janice Betts of Omaha; 17 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/900 Message Board Post: William Smith Smith, 71, Council Bluffs, died Dec. 1, 2002. COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Word has been received of the death of William T. Smith, 71, Council Bluffs, who died December 1 at his home. Services were held Thursday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church with burial at 3 p.m. Thursday at the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia. Smith is survived by his wife, Iona (Henscheid) Smith of Council Bluffs; four daughters and three sons; and sister Rita (Lester) Schmitz of Portsmouth. Smith was born in Earling.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REYNOLDS Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/899 Message Board Post: Wayne Reynolds Reynolds, 73, Lamoni, died Nov. 30, 2002. LAMONI -- Wayne "Pedro" Reynolds, 73, Lamoni, died Saturday, Nov. 30 at his home. Services were held in Lamoni. Reynolds was a former Irwin resident. He is survived by his wife, Luella "Lu" (Holloway) Reynolds of Lamoni; four daughters -- Kathy Templeton of Lamoni, Dixie Graham of Leon, Beverly Kennedy of Lamoni and Peggy Marlowe of Merritt Island, Fla.; nine grandchildren; sister Gene Neubauer of Harlan; and brother Charles Reynolds of Omaha.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MOSER Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/898 Message Board Post: Wanda Moser Moser, 85, Earling, died Sept. 16, 2002. EARLING -- Services for Wanda C. Moser, 85, Earling, will be Friday, Sept. 20 at 1:30 p.m. at Presbyterian Church in Williamsburg. Moser died Monday, Sept. 16 at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling. Moser is survived by her daughter, Karen (Ken) Sojka of Harlan.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REISZ Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/897 Message Board Post: Walter Reisz Reisz, 74, Portsmouth, died Oct. 27, 2002. PORTSMOUTH -- Walter Reisz, 74, Portsmouth, died Sunday, Oct. 27 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital, Harlan. Services will be held Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary's Cemetery. A wake service will be held Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at St. Mary's. Visitation is Tuesday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at Pauley Funeral Home, Harlan, and from 6-9 p.m. at St. Mary's. Reisz is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen, of Portsmouth; daughters Joan (Keith) Potter of Harlan, Carol (Randy) Musich of Harlan and Peggy (Steve) Patten of Harlan; sons Philip Reisz of Council Bluffs and John (Pat) Reisz of Bellevue, Neb.; brother Rev. Adam Reisz, Earling; sisters Catherine Stinn of Panama and Elizabeth (Norton) Steffen of New Hampton; and nine grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAST; NOLLEN; RIDGLEY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/896 Message Board Post: Virgil A. Hast Virgil A. Hast was born in Defiance December 30, 1920, the son of August and Emma Nollen Hast. He died Friday, October 4, 2002, at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison at the age of eighty-one. Virgil received his education in the Arion and Dow City schools. After completing his education, he farmed for a short time and then joined the CC Camp in the area for awhile before moving to California where he worked at an aircraft company. In March of 1943, Virgil joined the Army Air Corps as an airplane electrical specialist assigned to the 355th Bomb Squadron. August 16, 1944, Virgil was united in marriage to Ferne Ridgley at St. John's Lutheran Church in Stockholm Township. The couple were blessed with the birth of five children. Alter a short leave, he served his country during WWII, assigned to the Western Pacific Theater and was involved with the Air offensive over Japan. He was decorated with the American Theater Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, the Victory Ribbon and the APT Ribbon. He was honorably discharged from the Army Air Corps in March of 1946 and returned to Crawford County where he farmed in the Wall Lake area until 1967. In 1961, he began his employment at Farmland Foods, Inc. and continued farming until 1967 when he moved to Dow City. Virgil retired from Farmland Foods in 1982. Virgil had a positive view of life, and was always happy. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who enjoyed spending time with his family. In his leisure time, he enjoyed fishing at Pierre, S.D., with his sons, other family and friends; watching Chicago Cubs baseball and the Minnesota Vikings football teams; gardening, feeding the birds and socializing at Ace's over a game of cards. He remained very active with his children and enjoyed helping them at farming. He was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church and the American Legion Post 444 all of Dow City. Virgil was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Joan Keairnes in 1982 and two brothers, August Jr. (Fritz) and Gayle. Survivors include his wife, Ferne of Dow City; three sons, David and his wife Marcia of Sioux City, Dean and his wife Lisa of St. Paul, N.C., Lynn and his wife Sheri of Dow City; one daughter, Karen Muff and her husband Tom of Dow City; twenty-two grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren; four sisters, Phyllis (Molly) Hummel and her husband Norman of Schleswig, Doris Auen and her husband Arnold of Denison, Shirley Hollrah and her husband Kenneth of Chadron, Neb., Betty Greder and her husband Keith of Denison; one brother, Vernon and his wife Delores of Denison and one sister-in-law, Darlene Hast of Denison. Funeral services were held Monday, October 7, 2002, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Dow City. Rev. Gordon Buchholz officiated at the 2 p.m. service. Service music was provided by EveVonne Muff and service hymns included "Amazing Grace," "How Sweet the Sound," "How Great Thou Art," and "On Eagles Wings." Interment was made at Dow City Cemetery in Dow City. Military honors were provided by American Legion Post 444 of Dow City. Pallbearers were Mike Keairnes, Jeff Keairnes, Jeremy Muff, Chad Muff, Jason Hast, Justin Hast, Tom Hast, Bill Hast, Sean Hast, Chris Hast. Dunlap Reporter, Dunlap, IA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LOUDENSLAGER Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/895 Message Board Post: Violet Loudenslager Loudenslager, 82, Elk Horn, died Oct. 1, 2002. ELK HORN -- Violet Mae Loudenslager, 82, Elk Horn, died Tuesday, Oct. 1 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital, Harlan. Services were held Thursday, Oct. 3 at 1 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Loudenslager is survived by son Fred (Jean) Loudenslager of Indianola; daughter Betty (Jim) Larsen of Harlan; brothers Robert (Joyce) Stahl of Harlan and Donald (Kay) Stahl of Moline, Ill.; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CARL Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/894 Message Board Post: Victor Carl Carl, 83, Harlan, died Nov. 21, 2002. HARLAN -- Services are pending at Pauley Funeral Home, Harlan, for Victor Carl, 83, Harlan, who died Thursday, Nov. 21 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital. Carl is survived by brothers Jack Carl of Beaverton, Ore., and Richard Carl of Harlan.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WINGERT Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/893 Message Board Post: Viatora J. Wingert Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday morning, Sept. 18, 2002, for Viatora J. Wingert of Earling at St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Panama at 11 a.m. Interment was made at St. Mary's Cemetery in Panama. Pauley Funeral Home in Harlan was in charge of arrangements. Viatora was born to John and Gertrude Schleis July 31, 1915 in Mapleton. She died Friday, Sept. 13, 2002, at Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling at the age of 87. Survivors include her husband, Ray Wingert of Earling; children, Delores Brokman of Independence, Ron (Jodie) Wingert of Panama, Alice Wingert of Pueblo, Colo., Ralph (Jeannine) Wingert of Earling, Judy (Charles) Turner of Chatsworth, Calif., Mary (Bill) Schwanz of Omaha, Neb.; two sisters, Marie Higbie of Colorado and Delores Murphy of California; 13 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROSMAN Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/892 Message Board Post: Veronica Rosman Rosman, 85, Council Bluffs, died Nov. 11, 2002. COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Veronica A. Rosman, 85, Council Bluffs, died Nov. 11 at Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha. Services were held Thursday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. at St. Peter's Church with burial in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Rosman was a former Harlan resident and worked as a registered nurse at Myrtue Memorial Hospital. She is survived by two daughters -- Elaine Rosman of Council Bluffs and Mary Lou (Ben) Crowder of Cheyenne, Wyo.; four sons -- James (Edith) of Omaha, Rudy (Pat) of Madison, Wi., William (Kathy) of Omaha and Steve (Pam) of Council Bluffs; sister Mary Gue of Council Bluffs; 16 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DINESEN Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/891 Message Board Post: Trevor Dinesen Dinesen, 21, El Mirage, Az., died Sept. 1, 2002. Graveside services are now set in Harlan. EL MIRAGE, Az. -- Graveside services for Trevor M. Dinesen, 21, El Mirage, Az., will be Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. at the Harlan Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Dinesen died Sunday, Sept. 1 in Lake Mead, Az. He is survived by his maternal grandmother, Ruth (Ares) Dinesen of Harlan; parents Gilbert and Annette Beierle of Glendale, Az.; brother Second Lt. Ian Dinesen of Korea (stationed in US Air Force), stepbrothers Gil Beierle Jr. of Missoula, Mt. and Lance Beierle of Missoula; stepsister Myka Beierle of Missoula, Mt.; and fiance Stormy Reiter of El Mirage.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DENT Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/890 Message Board Post: Thelma Dent Dent, 84, Littleton, Co., died Oct. 19, 2002. LITTLETON, Co. -- Thelma Dent, 84, Littleton, Co., died October 19 in Littleton. She is survived by five daughters -- Rebecca (Ron) Olsen of Littleton, Linda (Bill) Obrecht of Harlan, Nancy (Elroy) Schwisow of Fairbury, Neb., Debra McGee of Littleton and Melba (Joe) McGee-Bertone of Glenwood Springs, Co.; brother Omer (Shirley) Scheffler of Harlan; sisters Yvonne (Vic) Overton of Council Bluffs and Twyla (Marvin) Sorenson of Salida, Co.; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLUM Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/889 Message Board Post: Terrance Blum Blum, 59, Harlan, died Nov. 2, 2002. HARLAN -- Terrance L. Blum, 59, Harlan, died Saturday, Nov. 2 at his home. Services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Harlan. A wake service will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Visitation is Tuesday from 8 a.m.-9 p.m. with family to greet friends from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Pauley Funeral Home, Harlan. Blum is survived by his wife, Karen, of Harlan; mother, Anna, of Harlan; daughter Teresa Jane of St. Joseph, Mo.; sons Michael (Carolynn) Blum of Leesville, La. and Bruce (Carolyn) Blum of Harlan; stepson Scott Petersen of Harlan; stepdaughter Nicki (Jeff) Ranney of Harlan; brothers Bryan (Brenda) Blum of Harlan, Garry (Michell) Blum of Harlan and Cecil (Shawn) Blum, Jr. of Denison; sisters Cheryl (Richard) Bockelmann of Denison, Anna (Harris) Miller of Denison, Candia (Richard) DeCarlo of Harlan, Colleen (Kevin) Kenkel of Earling, Michelle (Joe) Cowan of Council Bluffs and Rhonda (Rick) Ketelsen of Denison.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REED Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/888 Message Board Post: Ruth Reed Reed, 94, Shelby, died Nov. 8, 2002. SHELBY -- Ruth E. Reed, 94, Shelby, died Friday, Nov. 8 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center. Services were held Monday, Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Shelby Methodist Church with burial in the Shelby Cemetery. Reed is survived by her son, Eldon (Patty) Jensen of Shelby; stepdaughters Marilyn (Bernard) Jarosik of Omaha and Karen (Jeff) Parson of Council Bluffs; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; and 12 step-great-grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GOOD Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/887 Message Board Post: Russell Good Good, 94, Lee's Summit, Mo., died Dec. 6, 2002. LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. -- Russell A. Good, 94, Lee's Summit, Mo., died December 6 at the White Ridge Nursing Home in Lee's Summit. Graveside services were held Friday, Dec. 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca. Good was formerly of the Avoca/Shelby area. He is survived by daughters Ruth Jenkins of Springfield, Mo. and Linda (Charles) Christensen of Avoca; sons Howard (Pat) Good of Council Bluffs, David Good and Lonnie (Nancy) Good, all of Lee's Summit; 25 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; brother Roy Good of Bedford; and sisters Effie (Homer) Hammers of Stanton, Rosetta Cue of Oklahoma and Rennie Cue of Council Bluffs.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REYNOLDS Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/886 Message Board Post: Royce Reynolds Reynolds, 72, Athens, Al., died Sept. 29, 2002. ATHENS, Al. -- Word has been received of the death of Royce Reynolds, 72, Athens, Al., who died Sept. 29 in Athens of acute Malaria. Funeral services were held Friday, Oct. 4 in Athens at the Hobbs Street Church of Christ. Reynolds served the Harlan and Redline Churches of Christ for approximately 15 years, and also owned Zekan and Robbins Photography in Harlan. He and his wife had been serving as missionaries in Ghana in Africa when he became ill. He is survived by his wife, Cindy; and five children -- Paul, Rick, Basil "Buzz", Candi and Kathy. Cards can be set to Cindy Reynolds, 506 So. Clinton, Athens, Al., 35611.