OBITUARIES
Robert Newton Calhoon
Oct 12, 2012
Robert Newton Calhoon Robert Newton Calhoon, the son of Harry and Opal (Twaddle) Calhoon, was born February 5, 1930 near Shambaugh, IA and died October 12, 2012 at Avoca Nursing and Rehab in Avoca, IA at the age of 82 years, 8 months, and 10 days. Bob attended various schools in southwest Iowa as a young boy. He finished school...
Marjorie Laura Robinson
Oct 10, 2012
Marjorie Laura Robinson Marjorie Laura (Denton) Robinson, the daughter of Pearl and Sadie (Taylor) Denton, was born March 21, 1926 at Carson, IA and died October 10, 2012 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA at the age of 86 years, 6 months, and 19 days. Marjorie graduated from Oakland High School as valedictorian with the class of...
Wayne M. Bivens
Oct 8, 2012
WAYNE BIVENS Wayne Marvin Bivens, the son of Bert and Helen (Smith) Bivens, was born January 6, 1937 near Fairmont, NE and died October 8, 2012 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA, at the age of 75 years, 9 months, and 2 days. Wayne moved to Walnut, IA at a young age. He attended school at Walnut...
Pamela Jean Putnam
Sep 27, 2012
Pamela Jean Putnam Pamela Jean Putnam, the daughter of Delbert and Emma Jean (League) TenEyck was born January 28, 1958 at West Point, NE and died September 27, 2012 at her home in Oakland, IA at the age of 54 years, 7 months, and 30 days. Pam attended grade school in St. Joseph, MO and then attended high school at...
Sarah 05/15/1942 Merritt
Sep 22, 2012
Sarah Merritt, 70, of Griswold, IA, died early Saturday morning, September 22, 2012 at her home in Griswold. Sarah Ann Christina was born on May 15, 1942 in Council Bluffs, IA, the daughter of Joe and Virginia (DeGeorge) Christina. She attended schools in Council Bluffs and Thomas Jefferson High School. On November 3, 1973, she married Merlin Merritt at Omaha,...
Donna Brandes
Sep 11, 2012
Donna Jean Brandes Donna Jean Brandes, the daughter of Walter and Ella (Blevins) Parker and step daughter of Thomas Hardiman, was born September 28, 1929 at Hamlin, IA and died September 11, 2012 at Corydon Nursing and Rehah in Corydon, IA at the age of 82 years, 11 months, and 14 days. Donna was married to Raymond J. Brandes with...
Roberta "Bertie" Marie Reiff
Aug 27, 2012
Roberta "Bertie" Marie Reiff Roberta "Bertie" Marie Reiff, the daughter of Arthur and Phyllis (Osler) Pendgraft, was born March 5, 1950 at Council Bluffs, IA and died August 27, 2012 at her home in Griswold, IA at the age of 62 years, 5 months, and 22 days. Bertie attended school at Oakland and then married Eddie Beason in 1970. She...
Dolores "Dee" Courcier
Aug 18, 2012
Dolores P. Courcier, 83, of Griswold, IA, died early Saturday morning, August 18, 2012 at the Griswold Care Center. Dolores Pearl Graham was born at Council Bluffs, IA, on August 30, 1928, the daughter of Elisha T. and Cuba S. (Bates) Graham. She attended school in Council Bluffs until the third grade and the family moved to Griswold and she...
Hazel Henningsen
Aug 14, 2012
Hazel Bertha Henningsen Hazel Bertha Henningsen, the daughter of Jerry and Nora (Linkletter) Glissmann, was born July 23, 1920 at Walnut, IA and died August 14, 2012 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA at the age of 92 years and 22 days. Hazel attended school at Walnut through the tenth grade and then graduated from Lewis High...
N. Jean Burnham
Aug 13, 2012
Jean Burnham, 88, of Griswold, IA, died Monday morning, August 13, 2012 at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Norma Jean Robinson was born at 5 miles west of Lewis in Pottawattamie County on May 26, 1924, the daughter of Frank M. and Ila Ruth (Reynolds) Robinson. She graduated from Lewis High School in 1941 and received Normal...
Sheri Rush
Aug 8, 2012
Sheri Rush, 47, of rural Griswold, IA, died Wednesday evening, August 8, 2012, at her home. Sheri Ann Kline was born in Atlantic, IA, on October 19, 1964, to Jerry and Eloyce (Tietz) Kline. She graduated from Griswold High School in 1983 and then graduated from Cosmotology School in Council Bluffs. On September 1, 1984, she and Kenneth Lee Rush...
Dan Petersen
Aug 8, 2012
Duane "Dan" Allen Petersen Duane "Dan" Allen Petersen, the son of George and Loree (Petersen) Fitch, was born December 13, 1930 in Omaha, NE and died August 8, 2012 at Omaha, NE at the age of 81years, 7 months, and 26 days. Dan attended Central High School, graduating with the class of 1949. After graduating, he was in the Navy...
Rilla Shires
Aug 8, 2012
Rilla Jean Shires, 83, passed away peacefully at her home in Cottonwood, AZ on Aug. 8, 2012. She was born Oct. 22, 1928 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, but had lived in Arizona since 1962. Rilla was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Lois DeKay, her husband of 47 years, Dick Shires on January 13, 1996, and her sisters...
Margaret Louise Nicholas
Aug 3, 2012
Margaret Louise Nicholas Margaret Louise Nicholas, the daughter of James and Ethel (Morse) Carter, was born August 4, 1920 at Skidmore, MO and died August 3, 2012 at the Montgomery County Hospital in Red Oak, IA at the age of 91 years, 11 months, and 30 days. Margaret graduated from Graham High School and then attended Northwest Missouri State University....
A. Deane Urbanek
Jul 26, 2012
Alfred "Deane" Urbanek Alfred Deane Urbanek, the son of Frank Henry and Mary Eleanor (Bartunek) Urbanek, was born June 19, 1925 at Ellsworth, KS and died July 26, 2012 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA at the age of 87 years, 1 month, and 7 days. Deane attended school at Ellsworth. He enlisted in the Army and...
Buddy W. Smith
Jul 15, 2012
Buddy W. Smith, 90, of Atlantic, IA, and formerly of Elliott, IA, died Sunday evening, July 15, 2012, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Buddy Worth Smith was born at Elliott, Iowa, on April 2, 1922, the son of Ray "Biffie" Carroll and Jessie Elizabeth (Mercer) Smith. He graduated from Elliott High School in 1941 and was active...
Frederick William Coley
Jul 7, 2012
Frederick William Coley, the son of Fred and Emma (Bakkan) Coley, was born September 14, 1926 at Bedford, IA, and died July 7, 2012 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA, at the age of 85 years, 9 months, and 23 days. Fred moved to Council Bluffs and graduated for Thomas Jefferson High School. After graduating, he attended...
Larry Gene Wagner
Jul 2, 2012
Larry Gene Wagner Larry Gene Wagner, the son of George and Ramona (Wulff) Wagner, was born January 13, 1939 in Council Bluffs, Iowa and died July 2, 2012 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, Iowa at the age of 73 years, 5 months, and 19 days. Larry graduated from Oakland High School with the class of 1957. He...
Ryan Perdue
Jun 15, 2012
Ryan James Perdue was born on June 4, 1983, the son of James Albert Denny and Debra Kay Perdue. He grew up in the Griswold and Red Oak areas and attended school in both towns. Following his schooling, he worked in the construction industry as a drywall installer and painter. On October 13, 2006, he married Beth Booher at Red...
William Carpenter
Jun 9, 2012
William "Bill" Carpenter, 68, of Atlantic, IA, died Saturday afternoon, June 9, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. William Michael Joseph Carpenter was born on May 22, 1944 at Santa Monica, California the son of William and Irene (Morris) Carpenter. The family moved to the Omaha area when Bill was 4 years old and he attended schools in...
