Obituaries
Lyla Marie Thompson
Apr 8, 2005
Lyla Marie Thompson, the daughter of Carl Fredrick and Leona Marie (Andreasen) Wiese, was born on November 13, 1930, in rural Irwin, Iowa. She was raised in Irwin, and graduated from Irwin High School in 1948. After attending college for a year, she married Allan Ray Thompson on June 25, 1950, at the United Methodist Church in Irwin. The couple...
Harold William Crouch
Mar 31, 2005
Harold William Crouch, the son of Frank L. and Nettie E. (French) Crouch, was born on May 10, 1906, in rural Irwin, Iowa. He attended country and Irwin schools. Shortly after he began driving, he bought his first truck and did trucking in the Irwin area. Harold teamed up with his brother, Virgil, who was also a trucker, and formed...
Eleanor Virginia Bramer
Feb 27, 2005
Eleanor Virginia Bramer, the daughter of Jens Christian and Inger (Johnson) Thogerson, was born on May 12, 1916, on White Star Farm, near Harlan, Iowa. After her father’s death when Eleanor was two years old, her family moved from the farm into Harlan. She attended Harlan Schools, and graduated from Harlan High School in 1934. On January 22, 1934, Eleanor...
Dennis Wilfred Hess
Jan 28, 2005
Dennis Wilfred Hess, the son of Wilfred N. and Alta V. (Hansen) Hess, was born on May 7, 1942, at his parents’ farm home, located 1½ miles east of Prairie Rose Lake in rural Harlan, Iowa. He attended Jackson #9 country school and Harlan High School, graduating in 1960. Denny then began working for Purina in Harlan. On December 30,...
Frances Opal Jensen
Jan 24, 2005
Frances Opal Jensen, the daughter of George Tift and Mae (Petersen) Gillette, was born on May 26, 1908, in rural Harlan, Iowa. While attending Harlan High School, Frances took Normal Training. She taught school until she married Richard Martin Jensen on June 12, 1929, at the Danish Baptist parsonage in Harlan. The couple farmed in Jackson Township for 13 years...
Alma Josephine Hogan
Jan 16, 2005
Alma Josephine Hogan, the daughter of Frank and Matilda (Zelenka) Fencl, was born on January 14, 1920, in rural Table Rock, Nebraska. She spent her early years in Table Rock. Later, after her parents’ deaths, she moved to Nebraska City, Nebraska, where she graduated from high school. She moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1938. On September 16, 1946, Alma married...
Brent Dean Zimmerman
Jan 13, 2005
Brent Dean Zimmerman, the son of Alvin D. and Sherriann (Funke) Zimmerman, was born on October 31, 1963, in Casper, Wyoming. In 1966, Brent and his sister, Brenda, moved to Harlan, Iowa, to live with their grandparents, Dan and Bertha Funke. Brent was a 1982 graduate of Harlan High School where he participated in football, wrestling, and track. While in...
Lucille Ione Crouch
Dec 20, 2004
Lucille Ione Crouch, the daughter of Clarence E. and Nellie G. (Clinkenbeard) Carter, was born on December 29, 1910, at the Ogden Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was raised and attended school, including one year at Abraham Lincoln High School, in Council Bluffs. She then moved to Irwin, Iowa, with her family. On January 27, 1930, Lucille married Harold...
Ruth Alice Ten Eyck
Dec 4, 2004
Ruth Alice Ten Eyck, the daughter of Paul and Sena (Sorensen) Thogersen, was born near Kirkman, Iowa, on September 23, 1916. She attended Laurel School in Harlan, Iowa, and graduated from Harlan High School in 1935. On April 25, 1937, Ruth married William Ronald Ten Eyck in Mexico, Missouri. For five years after their marriage, the couple farmed in Missouri....
Mary Jeanene Potter
Nov 14, 2004
Mary Jeanene Potter, the daughter of Dewitt C. and Olga A. (Zimmerman) Potter, was born on May 26, 1929, in Panama, Iowa. She was raised in Panama and graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Panama in 1946. Mary studied education at the College of St. Mary in Omaha, Nebraska, for two years, and then taught school in Nebraska for...
Grace Louella King
Nov 11, 2004
Grace Louella King was born on March 9, 1918, in Manilla, Crawford County, Iowa, to Alvin W. and Tillie G. (Wigg) Cadwell. Grace was educated and graduated from the Manilla School in 1936. She worked at different occupations until 1941, when she married Patrick Wolff. Two children were born to this union, Grace Marie (October 31, 1942 – October 19,...
Betty Jane Zimmerman
Nov 2, 2004
Betty Jane Zimmerman, the daughter of Robert Andrew and Florence Mae (Lemke) Welch, was born on November 30, 1921, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She moved to Harlan, Iowa, with her family in 1929, to assist in running the Lemke Dry Goods store. She attended Laurel Elementary School and Harlan High School, graduating with the Class of 1939. Betty studied Normal...
Mena Marie Edith Burmeister
Sep 19, 2004
Mena Marie Edith Burmeister, the daughter of Jens Christian and Inger (Johnson) Thogerson, was born on January 18, 1911, near Kirkman, Iowa. She lived there until she was six years old, when her father died. Mena’s family moved to Harlan, Iowa. After graduating from Harlan High School and attending Normal Training, Mena taught country school west of Harlan for seven...
Robert Christian Andersen
Sep 19, 2004
Robert Christian Andersen, the son of Martin and Johanna (Jensen) Andersen, was born on September 16, 1921, in Tennant, Iowa. He attended Rabbit Hollow #2 country school through the eighth grade. He served in the U.S. Army from October 19, 1942, until November 10, 1945, where he participated in the African and European Theatres. On December 25, 1946, Robert married...
Lucile Pauline Tryon
Sep 16, 2004
Lucile Pauline Tryon, the daughter of Elmer and Jessie (Wilson) McBride, was born on September 8, 1913, in Defiance, Iowa. She grew up in Defiance and graduated from Defiance High School in 1929. After attending Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, for a year, she taught country school in Shelby County for nine years. On June 2, 1940,...
Evelyn Frances Camery
Sep 16, 2004
Evelyn Frances Camery, the daughter of Charles A. and Ida (Fredericksen) Rold, was born on December 15, 1905, in rural Harlan, near Cuppy’s Grove, Iowa. She attended country school in Cuppy’s Grove, and graduated from Harlan High School in 1922. On October, 26, 1923, Evelyn married Morgan Arthur Camery in North Branch, Iowa. The couple ran a retail electronics store...
Gerald Richard “Jerry” Grote
Sep 5, 2004
Gerald Richard “Jerry” Grote was born to Frederick Richard and Loretta Mary (Daeges) Grote on April 1, 1948, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. Jerry attended Catholic school first through sixth grades, and then went to country school for a year. He returned to Catholic school, and...
Gertrude Marie Jacobsen
Aug 21, 2004
Gertrude Marie Jacobsen, the daughter of Amiel and Hulda Helen (Fries) Troll, was born on September 26, 1919, in Monroe Township, rural Walnut, Iowa. She attended Monroe Township #5 country school through the eighth grade. Gertrude then worked as a hired girl, helping area families. She later did house cleaning, and in the 1960’s, cleaned the Immanuel Lutheran Church and...
Carl Lavern Brue
Jul 18, 2004
Carl LaVern Brue, the son of Carl T. and Mathilda (Knudson) Brue, was born on November 9, 1922, in rural Irwin, Iowa. He graduated from Irwin High School in 1940. LaVern served as a member of the United States Military Police in Germany from August, 1945, through January, 1947. After World War II, he returned to Irwin, where he farmed...
Marvin John Rasmussen
May 21, 2004
Marvin John Rasmussen, the son of John C. and Ida A. (Krueger) Rasmussen, was born on July 10, 1921, in Hancock, Iowa. He graduated from Tennant (Iowa) High School in 1939. In 1941, he purchased a farm southeast of Kirkman, Iowa. Marvin served in the U.S. Navy from 1945-46, and spent nine months in the Pacific War zone. After receiving...
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