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Selma Dauber
Jul 12, 2008
Selma Louise Kortum Dauber, the daughter of William Fredrick and Agnes Louise Schneider Kortum, was born May 1, 1921 in Tipton, Iowa. She attended school in Stanwood. Selma was united in marriage to Norman Stanley Dauber on April 2, 1941 in Clinton, Iowa. She worked as a licensed Cosmetologist, a seamstress and a quilter. She was a member of...
Lloyd Hein
Jun 28, 2008
Lloyd Paul Hein, son of Paul H. & Caroline K. Bunge Hein was born on February 16, 1923 in Lowden, Iowa. He attended Lutheran Parochial School in Lowden while growing up. Lloyd was united in marriage to Arlene Wilhelmina Lett on December 8, 1946 in Zion Lutheran Church, Wilton, Iowa. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church...
Verlon Weaver
Jun 22, 2008
Verlon Charles Weaver, son of Harold Edward and Pearl Margaret Brady Weaver, was born December 6, 1931, in Jones County, Iowa. He attended school in Tipton. Verlon served in the US Army during the Korean War. On November 24, 1954, Verlon was united in marriage to Donalee Sue Armstrong in Tipton, Iowa. He was a lifetime member of the...
Joyce Gray
Jun 3, 2008
Joyce Eileen Moore Gray, daughter of Leland and Alice Mundy Moore, was born February 9, 1932 in Iowa City, Iowa. She was a 1950 graduate of West Branch High School. On October 28, 1951, Joyce was united in marriage to Earl Gene Gray in West Branch, Iowa. Joyce retired from the Tipton Conservative where she was employed as an...
Gerald Osborn
May 29, 2008
Gerald Gene Osborn, son of Admiral Dewey and Myrtle Turner Osborn was born December 1, 1937 in Tipton, Iowa. He was a 1955 graduate of Springdale High School. Gerald served in the United States Army and was a member of Tipton Veterans of Foreign Wars - Post 2537. On August 26, 1960, Gerald was united in marriage to Sharon...
Vance Fletcher
May 13, 2008
Vance Fletcher, son of Charles and Mary Ann Callahan Fletcher, was born February 9, 1917, in Muscatine County, Iowa. He was a 1936 graduate of Muscatine High School. On April 30, 1947, Vance was united in marriage to Mardel Margaret Hering at St. Joseph's Church in Davenport, Iowa. Vance worked as a farmer and loved horses. He was a...
Stephen Tenley
May 8, 2008
Stephen LeRoy Tenley, son of Howard and Mildred Vernice Horne Tenley was born March 12, 1947, in Anamosa, Iowa. He attended Lincoln High School in Stanwood while growing up. On November 16, 1974, he was united in marriage to Marla Jean McCray in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He was a laborer by trade. Stephen is survived by his wife, Marla...
William Inks
May 5, 2008
William Ralph Inks, son of Ralph Henry and Kathryn Agnes Gleason Inks, was born January 15, 1943, in Mechanicsville, Iowa. He graduated from Tipton High School in 1961. William was united in marriage to Marcia Kay Kroemer in Stanwood, Iowa on October 21, 1961. They later divorced. In 1977, William married Kris Hamilton. The later divorced. He was a...
Wayne Ford
Apr 28, 2008
Wayne Allen Ford was born October 17, 1941 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was one of seven children born to James Franklin and Dorothy Maxine Horn Ford. Wayne attended school in Tipton while growing up. He worked as a painter and was employed at the Foundry in Durant, Iowa. Wayne was known for being mechanically inclined....
Ruth Riedesel
Apr 23, 2008
Ruth M. Riedesel, 91, formerly of Bennett and Tipton, passed away 1:00 pm on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 in Fejervary Nursing Home, Davenport, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at Peace Church of Christ United in Bennett on Monday, April 28 at 10:30 am. Visitation will be held Sunday from 3:00-6:00 pm at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Burial will...
Agnes Joyce Kent
Apr 18, 2008
Agnes Joyce Kent, daughter of Donald Allen and Ellen Margaret Willis McQuarrie, was born March 13, 1927, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She was united in marriage to Robert William Kent in 1956. Joyce was employed as a Registered Nurse. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels and as a...
Marjorie Bailey
Apr 17, 2008
Marjorie Kenyon Bailey, daughter of Guy and Ella Kathryn Scheets Bridgford, was born April 17, 1923, in Durant, Iowa. She graduated Valedictorian at Durant High School. Marjorie was united in marriage to Denver C. Kinyon on June 15, 1940 in Durant, Iowa. She was employed as an Inspector at Owens Brush for 25 years. She was a member of...
Martha Timmerman
Apr 4, 2008
Martha Timmerman was born September 13, 1910, the daughter of Victor and Sodonie Yde DeWulf in Eldridge, Iowa. She attended school in New Liberty, Iowa while growing up. Martha was united in marriage to Julius Timmerman on January 4, 1936, at St. Patrick's Church in Big Rock, Iowa. She was a housewife, a 4-H Leader, member of the Bennett...
Lorine Ford
Apr 1, 2008
Lorine Estella Meixner Ford, was born the daughter of Frank Fedale and Mary Matilda Vaughan Meixner, on June 4, 1913, in Cedar County, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Clarence John Ford on November 24, 1937, in Tipton, Iowa. Lorine was employed at the University of Iowa for 10 yrs in the Dietary Research Department, where her interest...
Daniel Hannes
Mar 29, 2008
Daniel Lee Hannes, was born the son of Robert George, Sr. and Mary Madgeline Kuklinski Hannes on April 3, 1946 in Menomonie, Wisconsin. He was a 1964 graduate of Bennett High School. He served in the United States Marine Corps. from 1965-1971. Dan was united in marriage to Linda Lou Mueller on January 9, 1983 in Tipton, Iowa. He...
Laverne Wood
Mar 28, 2008
Laverne Alvin Wood was born May 11, 1922 to Howard E. and Hazel McEwon Wood in Mechanicsville, Iowa. He was a 1939 graduate of Tipton High School. LaVerne was united in marriage to Geneva Worrell in 1942, they later divorced. On July 3, 1968, he married Irene Paustian. LaVerne was a lifetime farmer who loved and respected the soil...
Robert Sheets
Mar 27, 2008
Robert Clair Sheets, son of Clair Robert and Josephine Ann Plank Sheets, was born March 2, 1934, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a Tipton High School graduate and attended Mortuary Science College in St. Louis Missouri where he received his Mortuary of Science Degree. On December 15, 1951, Robert was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Smith in...
Anna Paul
Mar 24, 2008
Anna Marie Budreau Paul, daughter of Leo and Mary Neider Budreau, was born November 18, 1934, in Iowa City, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Donald Henry Paul on November 17, 1951, in Iowa City, Iowa. She retired from Thomas & Betts in 1985. Anna was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Tipton. Anna enjoyed her...
