Alabama School Yearbooks by State and County
CEDAR FALLS -- Gladys L. Seaver, 97, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999 at Sartori Memorial Hospital of a stroke; services pending with Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, 266-7525.
WATERLOO -- John "Jack" D. Knight, 73, of 940 Nancy Road, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, at Covenant Medical Center of cancer; services pending with Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, 233-3339.
LA PORTE CITY -- Daniel D. Reedy, 41, of 211 Valley Drive, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, from injuries suffered in an explosion near Oelwein; services pending with Huisman Funeral Home, 342-3131.
EVANSDALE -- William C. "Bill" Smith, 62, of Evansdale, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo; cause of death pending an autopsy; services pending with Parrott & Wood Family Funeral Care, 232-3235.
WATERLOO -- Morgan Alexis Anderson, 12-day-old daughter of Todd and Manette R. Bell Anderson of Waterloo, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, of congenital myopathy; family services Saturday at Richardson Funeral Home, 266-3525, with burial in Fairview Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls; no visitation; a memorial fund has been established.
CEDAR FALLS -- Josephine Fuller, 98, of the Western Home, formerly of 2515 Ashland Drive, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, at the home of natural causes; services pending with Richardson Funeral Home, 266-3525.
CEDAR FALLS -- Randall L. Barnes, 82, of the Lutheran Home, died today, Nov. 12, 1999, at the home of natural causes; services pending with Richardson Funeral Home, 266-3525.
WINTHROP -- Lorene Timson, 77, of Winthrop, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, at home after a brief illness; services pending with Fawcett Funeral Home, Winthrop, (319) 935-3327.
VINTON -- Don Whitson, 78, of Vinton, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, at home after a lengthy illness; services pending with Overton-Van Steenhuyse Funeral Home, Vinton, (319) 472-2223.
ST. LUCAS -- Anna Schmitt, 91, of New Hampton, formerly of St. Lucas, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, at the New Hampton Care Center, after a lengthy illness; services pending with Larkin-Martin-Hugeback Funeral Home, New Hampton, (515) 394-4334 or 1-888-201-3708.
TRIPOLI -- Wendell Jordan, 71, of Tripoli, died Friday, Nov. 12, 1999, at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, from complications of cancer; services pending with Chenoweth & Son Funeral Home, Nashua, (515) 435-4134.
BRADFORD -- Virginia Hartwig, 81, of Bradford, died today, Nov. 12, 1999, at home of natural causes; services pending with Surls Funeral Home, Iowa Falls, (515) 648-9554.
INDEPENDENCE -- Donald L. Hayzlett, 81, of Independence, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, at West Village Care Center, Independence, after a brief illness; survivors include four sons, Tom and Charlie, both of Hazleton, Bob of Janesville and Richard of Oelwein; three daughters, Joan Mills and Carol VanNote, both of Independence, and Bonnie Jean Forney of La Porte City; and 23 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; he was preceded in death by his wife, Doris, in 1995; two sons, Jerry and David; and three brothers, George, William and John; services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Reiff Funeral Home, with burial in Wilson Cemetery, both in Independence; friends may call after 3 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until services Saturday at the funeral home.
OSAGE -- Thomas Blake, 49, of St. Ansgar, formerly of Osage, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at Mitchell County Regional Health Center, Osage, after a sudden heart attack; survivors include his wife, Joan; two stepsons, Mike Muller of Waverly and Larry Muller of Osage; a stepdaughter, Lynn Scott of Lawler; his mother, Gladys Blake of Stacyville; five brothers, Dean of Mason City, John of Cottonwood, Minn., Dan of Stacyville and David and Tim, both of Osage; and two sisters, Jean Hemann of Osage and Janet Chapman of Marshall, Minn.; he was preceded in death by his father, Othmar; a sister, Ruth Ann; maternal grandparents, Albert and Margaret Smith; and paternal grandparents, Carl and Mary Blake; services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Visitation Catholic Church, Stacyville, with inurnment at a later date; friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the church hall, where there will be a 7 p.m. Scripture service; Champion Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge of arrangements; Mr. Blake was a 1968 graduate of Marion High School, Stacyville, and was a member of the Iowa National Guard; he farmed for several years and worked at Tops Business Forms as a night supervisor.
RICEVILLE -- Merritt Eugene "Smitty" Messersmith, 75, of Riceville, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999, of a massive heart attack; survivors include his wife, Bea; two daughters, Karen Zahasky of Tucson, Ariz., and Gail Morris of Riceville; five grandchildren; a sister, Carla Pulley of Shenandoah; and a brother, Merlin of Edwards, Calif.; services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery, both in Riceville; friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Lindstrom Funeral Home, Riceville, where there will be a 5 p.m. Knights of Columbus rosary and a 7 p.m. Scripture service; Mr. Messersmith was a newspaper editor and was employed at the Shenandoah Sentinel, and at newspapers in Alliance, Neb., Maquoketa, Monticello and Independence; he and his wife purchased the Riceville Recorder in 1957 where he was editor for 39 years, retiring in 1996; he was past president of the Iowa Newspaper Association and the Iowa Newspaper Foundation.
INDEPENDENCE -- Rudolph A. Leytze, 86, of Independence, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at home after a brief illness; survivors include two daughters, Susan Garber of Independence and Catherine Basile of Cedar Rapids; a son, Dolph of Independence; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Helen Radcliffe of El Paso, Texas; he was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Elizabeth in 1991; and two sisters, Alberta Manz and Katherine Moffit; services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery, both in Independence; friends may call today at White Funeral Home, Independence, with family present from 5 to 8 p.m.; memorials may be directed to Buchanan County Health Trust or the Mustang Foundation; Mr. Leytze graduated from business college at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and had served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; he currently was chairman of the board of directors of BankIowa.
WAVERLY -- Herbert J. Max, 88, of Waverly, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999, at Bartels Lutheran Home, Waverly, of natural causes; survivors include his wife, Esther; a daughter, Lois Obregon of Brooklyn, N.Y.; three sons, George of Hickory, N.C., Dale of South Holland, Ill., and Myron of Champaign, Ill.; and 11 grandchildren; he was preceded in death by a brother, Fred; memorial services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Waverly; there will be no visitation, his body was cremated; inurnment will be later in Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago; memorials may be directed to Herbert J. Max Scholarship Fund at Wartburg College or to Bartels Lutheran Home; Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Waverly, is in charge of arrangements; Mr. Max obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1933; after working as a chemist for Abbott Laboratories for several years, he took a government position as a chemist at the USDA Regional Soybean Laboratory on the campus of the University of Illinois in Urbana; he received his master's degree in chemistry and later earned a doctorate in education from the University of Illinois; he taught schools in Rockford, Ill., Sheridan, Ill., and Chicago, and also served as assistant superintendent of the Illinois State Reformatory for Boys; in 1953 he accepted a teaching position in the education department at Wartburg College, and in 1954 became chairman of the department, retiring in 1976; he also was chairman of the Bremer County Democratic Central Committee for several years.
NEW HAMPTON -- Betty J. Visker, 71, formerly of New Hampton, died Friday, Nov. 5, at Dooley County Medical Center, Vienna, Ga., en route to her winter home in Avon Park, Fla.; survivors include her husband, Richard of Avon Park; a son, Scott of Kathleen, Fla.; a daughter, Virginia "Ginny" Visker of Iowa City; and a granddaughter; there were no services; Mrs. Visker was a psychiatric nursing graduate of New York State Hospital; she was employed as a registered nurse in New York state, Rochester, Minn., and at the Medical Associates in Waterloo and the New Hampton Care Center, retiring in 1988.
DUMONT -- Grace L. Wearda, 98, of Dumont, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at Franklin General Hospital Nursing Facility, Hampton, of natural causes; survivors include three daughters, Marlene Havig and Vera Borneman, both of Dumont, and Jeannette Muhlenbruck of Henderson, Nev.; a son, Jerold of Sheffield; and 10 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, a great-great-grandchild, two stepgrandchildren and two stepgreat-great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by her husband, John; three sisters; two brothers; and a stepgreat-grandson; services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Dumont Reformed Church, with burial in Dumont Cemetery; friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home, Dumont.
NASHUA -- Doris E. Lockey Dean, 89, formerly of Nashua, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center, Cedar Falls, of natural causes; survivors include three daughters, Wanda, Evelyn and Sophia Lockey, all of Nashua; a son, Wayne Lockey of Waterloo; and five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by her husbands, George W. Lockey on Feb. 17, 1939, and Lewis E. Dean on Jan. 11, 1978; three brothers, John, Chris and Ben Kellner; three sisters, Sophia Bachman, Iola Mandrell and Anna Wolff; and a grandson; services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Chenoweth & Son Funeral Home, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery, both in Nashua; friends may call from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. until services Monday at the funeral home; memorials may be directed to the family; Mrs. Dean worked as a waitress for Fred Fangmeier in Nashua.
ALLISON -- Velma L. Dralle, 93, of Allison, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at Allison Care Center, Allison, of natural causes; survivors include a son, Darold of Wabasha, Minn.; a daughter, Betty Jane Frey of Aplington; and five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by her husband, Ervin, in 1997; two sisters, Minnie Bochmann and Sophie Schrage; and four brothers, Fred, Henry, Conrad and Will Salge; services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Greene, with burial in the church cemetery; friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home, Allison.
WAVERLY -- Eileen Jeanette Albrecht, 78, of Waverly, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at Cedar Falls Health Care Center, Cedar Falls, of natural causes; survivors include her husband, Harley; a daughter, Nanci Schrader of Dallas; two sons, Dennis of Waverly and Gary of Iowa Falls; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and three brothers, Richard Hennings of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Billie Hennings of Sumner and Charles Hennings of Newark, Del.; services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with burial in Harlington Cemetery, both in Waverly; friends may call from 1 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Waverly, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.; visitation also for an hour before services Saturday at the church; memorials may be directed to the family; Mrs. Albrecht worked as assistant librarian for the Waverly Public Library and then work for the JC Penney's store in Waverly; she was president of the Bremer County Farm Bureau; was president of the Waverly Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Auxiliary for several years, and was district president for two years; she also served as chairman for Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary State Youth Activities for three years.
IOWA FALLS -- Ruth Caroline Reninger, 92, of Iowa Falls, formerly of Hastings, Neb., died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at Scenic Manor Care Facility, Iowa Falls, of natural causes; survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Eness of Iowa Falls and Eulyn Frostestad of West Branch; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; a sister, Gladys Butler of Manson; and a brother, Donald Helgesen of Chicago; she was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard, in 1980; a son, the Rev. Dean Reninger; and eight brothers and sisters; services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at First St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with burial in Parkview Cemetery, both in Hastings; friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at Brand-Wilson Mortuary, Hastings; memorials may be directed to the church; Linn's Funeral Home, Iowa Falls, is in charge of local arrangements; Mrs. Reninger was a school teacher for 20 years.
CHARLES CITY -- Leonard L. Hamm, 64, of Charles City, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at a hospital in Rochester, Minn., of natural causes; survivors include his wife, Irma; seven daughters, Jean Weigel, Sandra Mandt, Brenda Frahm, Sheila Ryan and Lori Novak, all of Charles City, Connie Garrison of Bremen, Ala., and Rhonda Balkenende of Mason City; three sons, Rodney of Westbrook, Conn., Terry and Craig, both of Charles City; 28 grandchildren; and a sister, Dorothy Baldwin of Austin, Minn.; he was preceded in death by a sister; three brothers; and a grandson; services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hauser Funeral Home, with burial in Riverside Cemetery, both in Charles City; friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home, with family present from 5 to 8 p.m.; visitation also from 9 a.m. until services Saturday; Mr. Hamm worked at Girards Greenhouse, owned and operated Charles City Cab for several years and then worked at Great Plains Lumber Yards for 14 years.
LAMONT -- Chris Schumacher, 92, of Lamont, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, at Strawberry Point Lutheran Home, Strawberry Point, after a brief illness; survivors include three sons, Larry of Lamont, LaVerne of Alden and George of Waterloo; and four grandchildren; he was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice, in 1983; services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with burial in St. Albert's Cemetery, both in Lamont; friends may call from 3:30 to 8 p.m. today at Fawcett Funeral Home, Lamont, where there will be a 4 p.m. rosary and an 8 p.m. Scripture service; Mr. Schumacher farmed near Lamont for many years.
DECORAH -- Grant I. Grinna, 89, of Decorah, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at the Eastern Star Nursing Home, Decorah, from complications of a stroke; survivors include his wife, Stella; a sister, Helen Ruen of Decorah; and two brothers, Alden and Marlin, both of Decorah; services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Glenwood Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, with burial in Glenwood South Cemetery; friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Fjelstul Funeral Home, Decorah, and for an hour before services Saturday at the church.
DECORAH -- Norman W. Noecker, 87, of Decorah, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital, Decorah, after a brief illness; survivors include his wife, Lillian; a daughter, Kristi Benzing of Decorah; and a brother, Melvin of Decorah; services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Decorah Lutheran Church, with burial and military rites in Russell Cemetery, rural Decorah; friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Fjelstul Funeral Home, Decorah, and for an hour before services Saturday at the church.
WEST UNION -- Carlton Chamberlain, 86, of West Union, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Palmer Lutheran Health Center, West Union, after a brief illness; survivors include his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Jo Ann Chamberlain of Hollywood, Fla., and Valerie Pierce of Dexter, Mich.; a son, Harvey of Whitmore Lake, Mich.; six grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and three sisters, Mildred Price of Sugarloaf, Pa., Bette Brands of Waterloo and Elizabeth Robinson of Bella Vista, Ark.; he was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter; memorial services will be later, with inurnment in West Union Cemetery; Burnham-Wood Funeral Home, West Union, is in charge of arrangements; Mr. Chamberlain was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II; he worked as a printer in Ohio for a few years and in Ann Arbor, Mich., for 40 years.
HAMPTON -- Helen A. Rowe, 95, of Hampton, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Franklin General Hospital Nursing Facility, Hampton, of natural causes; survivors include a daughter, Shirley Pitsor of Hampton; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Anna Oltmann of Hampton; she was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis James; two infant sons; four brothers; and a sister; services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home, Hampton, with burial in Wayside Cemetery, Chapin; friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
