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Obituaries for Knoxville, Pleasantville, and surrounding areas
Jerry Dean Harvey
Apr 27, 2016
Jerry Dean Harvey, son of Smith Edward “Bill” and Helen Agnes (Carter) Harvey, was born April 7, 1933, in Otley, Iowa. Jerry spent his childhood in Otley and Knoxville where he graduated from Knoxville High School in 1951. He participated in and earned athletic honors in football, basketball and baseball. Jerry married his high school sweetheart, Patsy Joyce Bales, on...
Alma Louise Baldock
Apr 22, 2016
Alma Louise Baldock was born January 1, 1940 in Swan, Iowa the daughter of Cecil and Ellen (Derrickson) Phillips. She was raised in Swan and attended grammar school there and graduated from Pleasantville High School. After high school, Alma worked for Allied in Des Moines. On June 21, 1958 she was united in marriage to Jerald W. Baldock in Des...
Roger Edwin Hartz
Apr 17, 2016
Roger Edwin Hartz, 65, went to be with our Lord April 17, 2016 at Taylor House in Des Moines, Iowa. Roger was born on November 8, 1950 in Pleasantville, Iowa the son of Edwin and Fern (Knouse) Hartz. Roger attended Milo School and Winifred Law Opportunity School when it first opened west of Indianola. Roger worked and lived at many...
Dale Harry Lockey
Apr 10, 2016
Dale H. Lockey, 86, of Swan, IA passed away peacefully at his daughter’s home in Carlisle surrounded by his family on April 10, 2016. Dale was born in Spencer, IA on August 19, 1929, the eighth of nine children. Dale served in the US Navy. He retired from Frye Copy Systems in 1989 after many years of service. His passion...
Sheila Rae Heck
Apr 8, 2016
Sheila Rae Heck was born August 22, 1937 in Knoxville, Iowa the daughter of Clarence “Bus” VandeKamp and Velta Mae (Burt) VandeKamp. She was raised in Knoxville and attended Knoxville Schools. On October 9, 1954 Sheila was united in marriage to Paul LeRoy Heck in Osceola, Iowa. The couple first lived in Columbia and later moved to Melcher-Dallas. Sheila was...
Billie Leon Ver Steeg
Apr 5, 2016
Billie Leon Ver Steeg was born June 5, 1942 in Oskaloosa, Iowa the son of William B. and Leone Opal (Ghrist) Ver Steeg. He was raised in Knoxville and graduated with the Class of 1960. Bill started working for Hy-Vee while still in high school. On January 12, 1963 Bill was united in marriage to Marlene Shannon at the First...
Norma Maxine Jean Brent
Mar 20, 2016
Norma Maxine Jean Brent was born September 9, 1930 in Tracy, Iowa the daughter of Charles and Mary Ellen (O’Connor) Fryer. She graduated from Tracy High School. On November 7, 1948 Maxine was united in marriage to John James Robuck at the Tracy United Methodist Church. The couple farmed and Maxine worked as a bookkeeper at the Ford Garage in...
Helen Gail Jansen
Mar 4, 2016
Funeral services for Helen Jansen, age 84, will be held on Tuesday, March 8 at the Knoxville Church of the Nazarene at 1:00 p.m. Burial will follow in the Graceland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday at the Bybee & Davis Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Teen Challenge of the Midlands...
Juanita Faye Mosher
Mar 4, 2016
Juanita Faye Mosher was born June 20, 1943 in Rock Island, Illinois the daughter of Ivan and Dakota (Doty) Reeves. She was raised in the Pleasantville area and graduated from Pleasantville High School with the Class of 1961. Following high school Juanita worked as a secretary for Merchant’s Bonding Company. On March 20, 1965 she was united in marriage to...
Karen Rae Wadle
Mar 3, 2016
Karen R. Wadle Karen Rae Wadle, 71, of Oskaloosa, IA, passed away at 7:11 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 2016, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, IA. She was born May 16, 1944, in Oskaloosa, IA, to Ralph and Magdalene (DeWolf) Kempenaar. She married Joseph Wadle in Oskaloosa, IA, on Sept. 2, 1966. They made their home in Knoxville, Iowa,...
Marjorie Jean Johnson
Feb 27, 2016
Marjorie Jean Johnson was born December 9, 1927 in Osceola, Nebraska the daughter of Roy C. Johnson and Nellie (Le Suer) Johnson. She graduated from Osceola High School and on June 9, 1946 Marjorie was united in marriage to Mervin Leonard Johnson at the St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Osceola. She was a housewife on a farm near Swede Home,...
Richard Lee Hunt
Feb 25, 2016
Richard Lee Hunt was born May 26, 1939 in Knoxville, Iowa the son of Howard Venable Hunt and Irene (Kelly) Hunt. He was raised in Knoxville and graduated with the Class of 1957. In addition to farming his entire life, Richard had worked for Brownie Hudson, the A.S.C.S. Office and drove a school bus for many years. On October 20,...
Hattie Lavinia Wright
Feb 20, 2016
Hattie Lavinia Wright age 87 died February 20, 2016 at Sunnyview Care Center in Ankeny, Ia. Visitation will be Tuesday February 23, 5:00–7:00pm at Bybee and Davis Funeral Home in Knoxville, Ia. A Celebration of Life will be held Wednesday February 24, 10:30am at the Community of Christ Church in Knoxville, Ia. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery. Lavinia was...
Dolores Darlene Becker
Feb 19, 2016
Dolores Darlene Becker was born on November 14, 1943 in Knoxville, Iowa the daughter of Kermit E. Sherwood and Mable I. Loynachan Sherwood. She was raised in Knoxville and attended school there, graduating with the class of 1961 at the age of seventeen years. Dolores was in the real estate business with her parents from the ages of 12 to...
John "Ponch" Lee
Feb 18, 2016
John David “Ponch” Lee, Sr. was born August 30, 1940, at the family home on Vandalia Road in Des Moines, Iowa the son of Harry and Floreine (Maddison) Lee. He was raised by his grandparents William and Margaret (Pinegar) Maddison. At the age of 11 Ponch and his family moved to Pershing where he lived the remainder of his life....
Gene Dawson
Feb 9, 2016
Gene Dawson was born March 18, 1951 in Oskaloosa, Iowa the son of Arland Joy Dawson and Margaret Alice (Callahan) Dawson. Gene started working at a young age as a service station mechanic for Skelly and Amoco stations. He later drove a tank truck hauling gas for Casey’s, Farm Service and Parker Oil. However, he wore many hats in his...
Ronald Perry Mateer
Feb 3, 2016
Ronald Perry Mateer was born September 9, 1951 in Oskaloosa, Iowa the son of Dwight “Harold” Mateer, Jr. and Loma Bomell (Phillips) Mateer. Ron was raised in Knoxville and graduated with the Class of 1970. Ron attended DMACC after graduation and worked for several years in Des Moines at Massey-Ferguson. When the company closed up shop and returned to Canada,...
Francis "Gene" Davis
Jan 25, 2016
Francis Eugene Davis, 81, died at Urbandale Health Center on January 25, 2016. He was born on October 1, 1934, in Cedar Twp., Monroe County, Iowa, to Gerald Kent and Lois Lucille (Kelly) Davis. After graduation from Attica High School, Eugene married Carolyn Louise Noftsger on May 8, 1954. Their love was strong and true and to this union was...
Becky Reni Wright
Jan 25, 2016
Becky Reni Wright, age 54, of Melcher-Dallas, Iowa passed away at home under hospice care on January 25th at 6:45pm. Becky was born on March 14th, 1961 in Iowa Falls, Iowa. She graduated from Van Meter Community School in 1979. She married her soul mate, Steven Harold Wright, on June 19th, 1979 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Becky was a stay...
Catherine Tommalou Estness
Jan 17, 2016
Catherine Tommalou Estness was born March 26, 1951 in Knoxville, Iowa the daughter of Wayne and Eva Alberta (Orr) Frost. Cathi was primarily raised in the Pleasantville area and graduated from Pleasantville High School with the Class of 1969. She was married to Tony Bethards and to this union three children, Jill, Scott and Cari, were born. The couple operated...
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