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Obituaries for Knoxville, Pleasantville, and surrounding areas
Norman Nylis Norton
Jan 13, 2020
Norman Nylis Norton was born June 27, 1931 in Pleasantville, Iowa the son of William and Julia (Wallace) Norton. Norman was raised in Melcher, Iowa with his two siblings, Dwight and Freda. He graduated from Melcher High School where he played football and worked on the family farm. He was employed by Des Moines Bridge and Steel, the V.A. Medical...
Margaret Eloise Lowe
Jan 6, 2020
Margaret Eloise Lowe was born October 2, 1922 in Corydon, Iowa the daughter of Charles and Estelline (Cowan) Dyer. She was raised in the Corydon area and on December 7, 1941 Margaret was united in marriage to Max Eugene Lowe in Princeton, Missouri. The couple made their home in Chariton for many years and settled in Pleasantville in 1957. Margaret...
Edna Noreen Clark
Dec 29, 2019
Edna Noreen Clark was born July 30, 1921 in East Peru, Iowa the daughter of Harley and Anna (Verwers) Carpenter. She was raised in the Des Moines area and attended three different high schools before her family moved to Swan, where Edna graduated from Swan High School. In 1939 she was united in marriage to Charles Homer Clark. The couple...
Gladys Naomi King
Dec 26, 2019
Gladys Naomi King was born September 5, 1920 on a farm east of Columbia, Iowa the daughter of John T. King and Ada Jane (Kincaid) King. Gladys attended the Pleasant Ridge School and in 1947 she moved into the town of Columbia with her parents. On December 16, 1951 she was baptized at the Columbia United Methodist Church. Gladys was...
Jack Earl Mccaughey
Dec 22, 2019
Jack Earl McCaughey was born October 25, 1933 in Des Moines, Iowa, the last of 10 children born to John Earl and Esther McCaughey. He was raised in Des Moines and lived there all of his life. As a young man, Jack worked in coal mines. He eventually took a job with Iowa Power & Light, where he worked 42...
Deborah Sue Kieler
Dec 16, 2019
Deborah Sue Kieler was born July 9, 1960 in Des Moines, Iowa the daughter of Michael L. and Betty M. (Niswender) Kieler. Deb was raised in the Swan area and graduated from Pleasantville High School with the Class of 1978. During school, she was active in basketball, track, and showed horses 4H. Deb’s colt she raised and trained from birth,...
Winona "Nona" Willis
Dec 15, 2019
Winona June “Nona” (Caskey) Willis was born March 28, 1926 in Broadlawn, South Dakota the daughter of John Clark Caskey and Margaret (Poulisse) Caskey. Her family lived in Huron, South Dakota before moving to Indianola, Iowa where Nona started school. She graduated from Indianola High School and then attended A.I.B. in Des Moines. Nona then moved to Dayton, Ohio to...
Debra Sue Willemsen
Dec 11, 2019
Debra Sue Willemsen was born November 17, 1959 in Des Moines, Iowa the daughter of Kenneth James Reynolds and Violet (Breese) Reynolds. She was raised on her family’s farm in the Knoxville area. Deb attended Knoxville schools and in 1980 she was married to Greg Willemsen. The couple had two boys, Kenneth and Jonathan. She lived in Monroe and Knoxville...
Catherine Elizabeth Husted
Dec 11, 2019
Catherine (Cathy) Elizabeth Husted was born May 3, 1930 in Marion County, Iowa, the daughter of Gerrit and Gertrude (Bishop) Visser. Cathy graduated from Knoxville High School with the Class of 1947. On January 15, 1950, she was united in marriage to Billie (Bill) C. Husted. The couple lived in the Knoxville area most of their lives. Cathy worked at...
Timothy James Raney
Dec 7, 2019
Timothy James Raney was born April 17, 1961 in Iowa City, Iowa the son of Bobby and Joan (Cruiz) Raney. Following high school, Tim worked in various factories. Tim was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. He greeted everyone as a friend, with a ready smile, whether he knew them or not. He was a hardworking man who took...
Dwayne Earl Glover
Dec 7, 2019
Dwayne Earl Glover was born July 9, 1938 in Knoxville, Iowa the son of John and Pearl (Swayne) Glover. Dwayne attended Knoxville Schools, where he was active in 4-H, and as a young man he worked on his family’s farm. On March 1, 1980 Dwayne was united in marriage to Joyce Courtney. Most of Dwayne’s working life was spent with...
Billy Joel Hlad
Dec 5, 2019
Billy Joel Hlad was born November 13, 1941 in Knoxville, Iowa the son of William A. Hlad and Cleta C. (Marker) Hlad. He graduated from Knoxville High School with the Class 1959. In 1963 Billy entered the United States Air Force. He served 16 years before his honorable discharge in 1975. Billy then became a Pastor and he served at...
Bertha Jane Shafer
Dec 2, 2019
Bertha Jane Shafer was born March 27, 1930 in Des Moines, Iowa the daughter of Jess and Eulah (Gasson) Hammersley. She graduated from East High School, in Des Moines, with the Class of 1948. Following high school, Bertha attended Iowa Lutheran School of Nursing, graduating in 1951. She worked for Iowa Lutheran and then the V.A. Hospital in Knoxville. On...
Linda Grace Leavengood
Nov 29, 2019
Linda Grace Leavengood was born May 29, 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Harold and Velma (Vaughn) Davis. She was raised in Tennessee until the age of 6 when her family moved to the Oskaloosa, Iowa. She graduated from Melcher High School in 1962. On December 22, 1962 Linda was united in marriage to John William “Bill”...
Nancy Kay Naaktgeboren
Nov 27, 2019
Nancy Kay Naaktgeboren was born April 22, 1939 in Pleasantville, Iowa the daughter of Harvey and Kathryne Rees. She was raised in Pleasantville and graduated with the Pleasantville High School Class of 1957. She married Ernie Ewing in 1957, and to this union Vickie and David were born. In 1983 she married Alan Naaktgeboren until 2001. In 1959 Nancy started...
Lloyd Ray Becker
Nov 23, 2019
Lloyd Ray Becker was born July 25, 1942 in Iowa City, Iowa the son of Orval C. Becker and Lucy Loraine (Mitchell) Becker. Lloyd was raised in Knoxville and graduated with the Knoxville High School Class of 1961. He started roofing homes while in high school. On September 2, 1962 he was united in marriage to Dolores Darlene Sherwood at...
Vera Jean Perryman
Nov 17, 2019
Vera Jean Perryman was born December 29, 1927 in Clarke County, Iowa the daughter of Fred and Olive (Bush) Moser. She was raised east of Weldon, Iowa and graduated from Garden Grove High School. Following high school, Vera moved to Des Moines and took a secretarial job. While in Des Moines, she met Dr. Hubert Perryman, they were married on...
Kelly Ann Stanley
Nov 2, 2019
Kelly Ann Stanley passed away at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa on November 2, 2019 at age 55. Kelly was born in Topeka, Kansas on October 23, 1964 to Reva Ann Logan and Wilber Walter Meyer. Reva eventually joined the U.S. Army and married Dennis Ennis. Kelly spent her elementary and high school years in various Army schools throughout...
Dale Vernon Neifert
Nov 1, 2019
Dale Vernon Neifert was born November 13, 1923 in Oskaloosa, Iowa the son of Noel J. Neifert and Mable Augusta (Robuck) Neifert. Dale attended Attica schools and was raised on his family’s farm 4 miles east of Attica. As a boy, Dale and his father earned a grand champion prize at the Iowa State Fair for their Percheron Stallion. This...
Monica "Sis" Lee
Oct 19, 2019
Monica Marie Marconi was born August 22, 1939 at home in Pershing, Iowa to Mary (Toigo) and James Marconi. Very early in her life, her family fondly called her Sis and it was the name that family and friends knew her by. Sis attended Pershing Elementary then Attica High School which she graduated from in 1958. On November 7, 1958,...
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