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Obituaries for Knoxville, Pleasantville, and surrounding areas
Barbara Jean Bailey
Nov 27, 2015
Barbara Jean Bailey was born February 9, 1933 in Des Moines, Iowa the daughter of Wentworth and Lula (Oliver) McMains. She attended school and was raised in the Des Moines area. On March 24, 1950 Barbara was united in marriage to Alva John Bailey in Leon, Iowa. The couple lived in Aurora, Colorado and few other locations while John was...
Angelo "Cookie" Chenet
Nov 23, 2015
Angelo William “Cookie” Chenet was born June 14, 1936 in Waukee, Iowa the son of Marco Angelo and Beatrice (Chambers) Chenet. He was raised in the Des Moines area and his family later moved to Harvey. As a young man, Cookie enlisted in the United States Air Force, he served four years before he was honorably discharged. He then returned...
Mary Belle Day
Nov 22, 2015
Mary Belle Day was born July 8, 1927 in Earlham, Iowa the daughter of Glenn and Hazel (Bell) Clague. She was raised in the Earlham area and her parents moved Mary Belle and her sister Ruth into an apartment in Winterset when they were in the 9th and 8th grades. This allowed the girls to complete their high school education...
Thomas Edward Mcvey
Nov 20, 2015
Thomas Edward McVey was born February 13, 1931 in Humeston, Iowa the son of Everett and Neva Olive (Williams) McVey Because he suffered from epilepsy he lived in town with his paternal grandmother, Fannie McVey who became his second mother. He was the eldest of seven sons. Tom graduated from Humeston High School in 1952. Tom was removed from school...
William Dean Visser
Nov 18, 2015
William Dean Visser was born June 18, 1942 in Knoxville, Iowa the son of John and Frances (Marshall) Visser. Bill grew up in Harvey, Iowa and in California. He graduated from Knoxville High School with the Class of 1961. Bill then served in the United States Air Force. Following his honorable discharge, Bill lived in Sunnyvale, California for 30 years....
Torie Sue Galvin
Nov 15, 2015
Torie Sue Galvin the daughter of Craig Allan Galvin and Anna Marie Frazier, of Melcher, passed away shortly after birth on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. In addition to her parents, Torie is survived by five sisters: Megan, Ashley, Tessa, Terra and Talen and many other family members. A Memorial service for Torie...
Marvin Darrel Kain
Nov 15, 2015
Marvin Darrel Kain was born August 4, 1930 in Swan, Iowa the son of Marion and Clara (Wilson) Kain. He graduated from Swan High School. He liked to joke that he was the Valedictorian of Swan High School and that they closed it down after he left in 1948. Following high school, Marv attended the East Texas State Teachers College....
Kenneth Ray Dop
Nov 5, 2015
KENNETH RAY DOP, 76, was born May 9, 1939 on a farm south of Pleasantville, Iowa, and was the youngest child of Peter and Josephine (Van Peursem) Dop. He died from health complications due to lymphoma on November 5, 2015 at West Ridge Nursing Center. In his early years, Kenneth attended Sunnyside Country School in rural Marion County, graduating from...
Erik Sorensen
Oct 29, 2015
Erik Sorensen, age 85 of Monroe, Iowa, passed away October 29, 2015 at Knoxville Hospital & Clinics. His wishes were to be cremated with no memorial service. He was born July 14, 1930 in Aabenraa, Denmark the son of Mogens and Jenssine Elizabeth Sorensen. He was raised in Aabenraa and received his formal education there. Erik served in the military...
Luella Mae Parker
Oct 24, 2015
Luella Mae Parker was born June 5, 1932 in Tracy, Iowa the daughter of John J. and Tressa (Shilling) Jones. She was raised in the Tracy area and graduated from Bussey High School in 1949. On December 22, 1951, she was united in marriage to Hubert Parker at a double ring ceremony with her twin sister. The couple made their...
Lonnie L. Crownover
Oct 14, 2015
Lonnie Leonard Crownover was born June 14, 1939 in Gassville, Arkansas the son of Leonard and Ruby (Suggs) Crownover. Lonnie was raised in Whiteville, Arkansas and from a young age, he worked with his father in the family sawmill business. As part of this work he was often transporting lumber and learned to drive a semi and other heavy equipment...
Mary Jane Mcclung
Oct 13, 2015
Mary Jane McClung, age 57 of Knoxville, Iowa passed away October 13, 2015. Mary was born October 7, 1958 in Iowa City, Iowa to Dr. Robert and Janet McClung. Her early years were spent in Iowa City, Des Moines, and then Pensacola, Florida, where her father served in the Navy. After returning to Iowa, Mary attended school in Knoxville, graduating...
Deloris "Annie" Allen
Oct 3, 2015
Deloris Ann “Annie” Allen was born May 24, 1950 in Chariton, Iowa the daughter of Dwight and Viola (Clayworth) Norton. Annie was raised in Melcher-Dallas until the age of 12 when her family moved to Knoxville. She worked at the Christian Opportunity Center in Pella for 45 years. In her spare time, Annie enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, crocheting flowers and spending...
Leslie Glen Deheer
Sep 20, 2015
Leslie Glen DeHeer was born February 2, 1937 in Red Rock, Iowa. The son of Harry and Charity (Ruckman) DeHeer. Leslie was a fork lift mechanic at Clarklift of Des Moines before starting as a welder at Van Gorp, in Pella. He retired from there in 2002. He was married to Nona McFarland for 25 years before she passed away....
S. Carolyn Zeck
Sep 18, 2015
Shirley Carolyn Zeck was born March 17, 1939 in Knoxville, Iowa the daughter of Gilford Trude Gilliland and Letha Ellen (Thompson) Gilliland. Carolyn graduated from Knoxville High School and then lived in Indianola for a brief time. On December 24, 1970 she was united in marriage to Ralph Zeck. The couple made their home in Melcher-Dallas until moving to Knoxville...
Ruby F. Dop
Sep 2, 2015
Ruby Floretta (McDonald) Dop was born August 27, 1932 in Marion County, Iowa the daughter of Henry Roy McDonald and Ethel (Vander Linden) McDonald. Ruby was the eighth of nine children born to Henry and Ethel. Ruby attended country school at Scott Valley and graduated from Knoxville high School in 1951. Through the years, Ruby had worked at Rolscreen in...
Carolyn Rae Hegwood
Aug 31, 2015
Carolyn Rae “Sis” (Billings) Hegwood was born September 30, 1950 in Marion County, Iowa the daughter of Lester and Clara (Six) Billings. She was raised in Pershing and attended Attica Schools. On July 3, 1971 Carolyn was united in marriage to Gene Hegwood in Hermitage, Missouri. Carolyn had worked for the overall factories in Knoxville and Pella and at the...
Margaret Louise Slocum
Aug 20, 2015
Margaret Louise, the oldest of four children born to Bertha Mae (Folsom) and John Herbert Riley, entered this life in the small coal mining town of Tipperary in Lucas County, Iowa on October 13, 1919. Margaret lived in Tipperary until the age of six when the mine closed and her family moved to Des Moines where her father was employed...
Raymond Lee Glover
Aug 15, 2015
Raymond Lee Glover was born July 30, 1930 in Knoxville, Iowa the son of John and Pearl (Swayne) Glover. Ray graduated from Knoxville High School with the Class of 1949. He drove a coal truck for a brief time, but spent the majority of his working years running parts departments for Chevrolet dealers. Ray also worked at 3M, in the...
Beverly Heloise Smith
Aug 14, 2015
A Mass of Christian Burial for Beverly Heloise Smith, age 87 of Pleasantville, will be held on Friday, August 21, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Melcher-Dallas. Burial will follow in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 12:00 p.m. Thursday at the Mason Funeral Home, in Pleasantville, where a Wake Service will be...
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