Alabama School Yearbooks by State and County
WATERLOO -- Robert A. Johnson, 46, of Waterloo, died Saturday, May 5, 2001, at Allen Hospital of cancer; services pending with Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street, 234-6274.
HUDSON -- Mary A. Anderson, 84, of Hudson, died Friday, May 4, 2001, at home of natural causes; services 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hudson United Methodist Church, with burial in the Hudson Cemetery; visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138; memorials to the family.
FAYETTE -- Marvin R. Sunnes Sr., 70, of Fayette, died Saturday, May 5, 2001, at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, from renal failure due to diabetes; services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Hawkeye, with burial in Dunham Grove Cemetery, rural Randalia; visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home, Hawkeye, (319) 578-3451, and for an hour before services Wednesday at the church.
WAVERLY -- Margaret Hinrichs, 81, of Waverly, died Saturday, May 5, 2001, at Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community, Waverly, from complications of a stroke; services pending with Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Waverly, 352-1187.
WEST UNION -- Florence Martin, 95, of Grants Pass, Ore., formerly of West Union, died Friday, May 4, 2001, at her home of natural causes; services pending with Burnham-Wood Funeral Home, West Union, (319) 422-3615.
ELDORA -- Deborah Willig, 51, of Crystal Lake, formerly of Eldora, died Wednesday, May 2, 2001, at Mercy Hospital North Iowa, Mason City, of natural causes; survivors include her father, Glenn Willig of Grundy Center; and three sisters, Diane Hart of Marshalltown, and Denise and Donna Willig, both of Waterloo; services were Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Forest City, with burial in Eldora Cemetery, Eldora; Petersen Lund Funeral Home, Forest City, was in charge of arrangements; a scholarship memorial fund has been established in her name.
CHARLES CITY -- Doris LaVonne Geesman, 67, of Charles City, died Thursday, May 3, 2001, at St. Marys Hospital, Rochester, of heart complications; survivors include her husband, John; two daughters, Lois Gilmore of Eagan, Minn., and Jayne Pluth of Iowa City; a son, John T. of Diesbach, Minn.; seven grandchildren; her mother, Eunice Riebhoff Strayer of Algona; a sister, Maxine Marlow of Clear Lake; and a brother, Donald Riebhoff of Algona; she was preceded in death by a sister, Clarice Luedtke; services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, Charles City, with burial at 2 p.m. in Riverview Cemetery, Algona; friends may call from 9 a.m. until services Monday at the funeral home; Mrs. Geesman received her registered nursing degree from Iowa Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in 1954; she was employed as a registered nurse for 43 years, working at Cedar Valley Hospice (Floyd County Memorial Hospital), Charles City, retiring in 1994.
DUMONT -- Gertrude Hovenga, 86, of Dumont, died Wednesday, May 2, 2001, at North Iowa Mercy Health Center-East Campus, Mason City, of natural causes; survivors include two daughters, JoAnn Bruns of Dumont and Eunice Walkenhorst of Lincoln, Neb.; four grandchildren; a stepgrandchild; and 13 great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by her husband, Harm; six sisters; and a brother; services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Dumont Reformed Church, with burial in Dumont Cemetery; friends may call from 1 to 4 p.m. today at Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home, Dumont; Mrs. Hovenga worked in the housekeeping department at Allison Care Center.
INDEPENDENCE -- Harold Allen Carson, 70, formerly of Independence, died Wednesday, May 2, 2001, at Veterans Hospital, Des Moines, of cancer; survivors include his wife, Mary; a daughter, Julie Shannon of Ankeny; a son, David of Independence; five grandchildren; and two brothers, Richard and Ralph; he was preceded in death by two brothers, Willard and Ernie; and two sisters, Irene and Doris; friends may call from 1 to 4 p.m. May 13 at Independence Senior Center; his body was cremated; Ankeny Funeral Home, Ankeny, is in charge of arrangements; Mr. Carson was a U.S. Navy veteran; he worked at John Deere, Waterloo, as a centerless grinder, and did landscaping and carpenter work; he also had a Jewel Tea franchise in Independence, Waterloo and Des Moines, retiring in 1992.
OELWEIN –- Mae E. Watson, 84, of Oelwein, formerly of Aurora, died Friday, May 4, 2001, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home after a lengthy illness; survivors include two daughters, Karen Schmitt of Grundy Center and Gail Reed of Urbandale; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by her husband, Dale, on July 22, 1991; three brothers, Rueben Teague in infancy, Alvin Teague and Harold Teague; and a sister, Gladys Geisler; services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at United Methodist Church, Aurora, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein; friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, and for an hour before services Monday at the church; a memorial fund has been established in her name; Mrs. Watson farmed with her husband north of Aurora for many years.
DECORAH –- Dean "Bear" Einck, 47, of Decorah, died Thursday, May 3, 2001, at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital, Decorah, of an apparent heart attack; survivors include a special friend, Marty Aegler of Decorah; two brothers, Duane of Ossian and Donald of Decorah; and three sisters, Darlene Benedict of St. Paul, Minn., Denise O'Shea of Ridgeway and Deb Palmersheim of Spillville; he was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin and Irene Einck; and maternal and paternal grandparents; services will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Calmar, with burial in the church cemetery; friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at French Funeral Home, Calmar, where there will be a 5 p.m. Scripture service, and for an hour before services Monday at the church; Mr. Einck attended St. Aloysius Catholic School and South Winneshiek Schools, graduating in 1972, and had been employed by Camcar for 27 years.
FAYETTE –- Herbert C. Brown, 91, of Fayette, died Friday, May 4, 2001, at the Franciscan Skemp Health Care Hospital, Arcadia, Wis., of congestive heart failure; survivors include two sons, Jerry of Independence, Wis., and Ron of Versailles, Mo.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; he was preceded in death by his wife, Alice, on March 25, 1990; an infant daughter, Carla; three brothers, Harry, Elmer and Allen; and three sisters, Madge, Edith and Bessie; services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, with burial in Grandview Cemetery, both in Fayette; friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home, Fayette, and for an hour before services Tuesday at the church; Mr. Brown farmed outside of Fayette from 1948 until semi-retirement in 1990.
NEW HAMPTON –- Evelyn Gebel, 87, of New Hampton, died Thursday, May 3, 2001, at the Breckenridge Retirement Center, Rocky Mount, N.C., of natural causes; survivors include a son, Dale Brown of Conrad; two daughters, Donna King of North Platte, Neb., and Marge Rethamel of Nashville, N.C.; a stepson, Ed Gebel of New Hampton; two stepdaughters, Marlys Zimmer of Fredericksburg and Pat Shalks of Grant Park, Ill.; 20 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Donald Rosauer of La Porte City and Gene Rosauer of Dysart; she was preceded in death by two husbands, Francis V. Brown, in July 1953, and Ralph Gebel, in 1997; three sons, Richard, James and Gayle Brown; and four sisters, Ardella Christopher, Magdeline Christopher, Margaret Eastman and one in infancy; services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, both in North Washington; friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Conway Funeral Home, New Hampton, where there will be a 4 p.m. rosary and a 7 p.m. Scripture service; Mrs. Gebel worked for Northwestern Bell, Waterloo, and then later farmed with her husband Ralph near New Hampton.
QUASQUETON –- Hailey Marie, Blake Eugene, Hunter David and Tyler Thomas Huggins, infant quadruplet children of Albert and Tracy King Huggins, died shortly after birth Friday, May 4, 2001, at University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, from complications of premature birth; survivors include their parents of Quasqueton; grandparents, Thomas and Mary Huggins of Central City and Morris and Diana King of Quasqueton; and great-grandparents, Junior Huggins of Urbana, Charlotte Kirby of Quasqueton and Emma Christopherson of Cedar Rapids; they were preceded in death by a sister, Angel Huggins, in 2000; services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Union Church, Quasqueton; friends may call for an hour before services Saturday at the church; Fawcett Funeral Home, Winthrop, is in charge of arrangements.
ELGIN -- Dale John Jensen, 76, of Elgin, died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at Gunderson Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, Wis., following a brief illness; survivors include his wife, Betty; a daughter, Dayra Jensen of Golden, Colo.; five sisters, Grace Albrecht and Kay Swarz, both of Florida, Arlene McLaren of Independence, Jane Meyer of Lansing and Ann Olander of Oelwein; and eight brothers, Bob of Marshalltown, Jim, Paul and Dr. Lee Jensen, all of Independence, John of Winthrop, Kenneth of Cedar Rapids, Rollis of Denver and Tom of New York; services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Elgin, with burial in Elgin Cemetery; friends may call from 3 to 6:30 p.m. today at Leonard Funeral Home, Elgin, and for an hour before services Monday at the church.
NEW HAMPTON -- Leo E. Steinlage, 66, of New Hampton, died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at his home after a brief illness; survivors include his wife, Corrina; four sons, Dan, Daryl, Dennis and Darren, all of New Hampton; four daughters, Denise Bock and Dora Hayen, both of Charles City, Darla Weisenstein of Ventura and Diann Michels of Lakewood, Wash.; 13 grandchildren; four brothers, Ferdinand of New Hampton, Florian and Nicholas, both of West Union and Anthony of Decorah; and three sisters, Rosemary Bouska of Hawkeye, Elizabeth Matt of Clermont and Francelia Matt of Castalia; he was preceded in death by a grandson; and a brother, Herman; services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, both in New Hampton; friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Hugeback Funeral Home, New Hampton, where there will be a 4 p.m. rosary and a 7 p.m. Scripture service; a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Steinlage worked at Roth and Associates in Storm Lake until 1980; he then worked as a self-employed general contractor known as L&C Builders and in 1999 began LF Supply and Rental, both in New Hampton.
SHELL ROCK -- Henerena J. Strauser, 72, of Shell Rock, died Friday, July 13, 2001, at her home from complications of cancer; survivors include her husband, Paul; two sons, Dan of Elgin, Ill., and Dave of Shell Rock; three daughters, Jo Powelka of Janesville, Mary Strauser of Shell Rock and Jean Osborn of Sumner; eight grandchildren; and a brother, John Henrichs of Allison; she was preceded in death by a sister, Anna Epley; services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Faith Lutheran Church, with burial in Riverside Cemetery, both in Shell Rock; friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to noon Monday at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Shell Rock, and for an hour before services Monday at the church; memorials may be directed to the family; Mrs. Strauser worked as a bookkeeper for the Shell Rock Hatchery.
HAMPTON -- Phyllis Stewart Levy, 80, of Hampton, died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, of natural causes; survivors include two sons, Terry Stewart of Waterloo and Sam Stewart of Rifle, Colo.; three daughters, Meredith Stewart of Floyd, Arlouine Needham of Charles City and Pamela Coburn of Lodi, Calif.; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Harold Kinder, Roland Kinder and Dale Kinder, all of Kiester, Minn.; and two sisters, Pearlie Heinrich of Blue Earth, Minn., and Marjorie Kinkaid of Waseca, Minn.; she was preceded in death by her husbands, Bob Stewart, on Dec. 5, 1970, and Leonard Levy, on June 17, 1985; a daughter, Vicky Stewart; and a sister, Dorothy Kinkaid; services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Hampton United Methodist Church, with burial in Hampton Cemetery; friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home, Hampton; she had been a clerk at Lighthouse Candles and dispatcher for the Hampton Police Department.
IONIA -- Lois Roes, 64, of Ionia, died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minn., after a brief illness; survivors include her husband, Lawrence; two sons, Tom of Nevada and Dan of Onalaska, Wis.; two grandchildren; three brothers, Vincent Testroet of Hales Corners, Wis., Thomas Testroet of Chicago and Jim Testroet of Ionia; and two sisters, Norita Clark of Charles City and Janice Smith of Ankeny; she was preceded in death by her parents, Leo and Mary Brown Testroet; two brothers, Hubert Testroet and Leon Testroet; and a sister, Mary Eickenberry; services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Ionia, with burial in the church cemetery; friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Conway Funeral Home, New Hampton, where there will be a 4 p.m. rosary and a 7 p.m. Scripture service, and for an hour before services Monday at the church; Mrs. Roes worked as a bank teller in Nashua and Ionia and as a grocery clerk.
TRAER -- Norma M. Snow, 94, of Traer, died Friday, July 13, 2001, at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, after a sudden illness; survivors include four sons, William of Winston Salem, N.C., Robert of Seattle, James of Traer and Dale of Kirkland, Wash.; two daughters, Margaret Ramsay of Roanoke, Va., and Berry Coleman of Vientiane, Laos; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a brother, Roy Sievers of Youngstown, Ariz.; and a sister, Edna Rix of Lakewood, Colo.; she was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey, on Dec. 20, 1991; two brothers, Lee Sievers and Harold Sievers; and a sister, Lillian Dahms; services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the United Presbyterian Church, with burial in Buckingham Cemetery, both in Traer; friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at Overton Funeral Home, Traer.
ACKLEY -- Vivian J. Schultz, 80, of Ackley, died Friday, July 13, 2001, at Allen Hospital, Waterloo, from complications of surgery; survivors include two sons, Lowell of Independence and Dennis of Anamosa; a daughter, Donna Boren of Grundy Center; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur; and two sisters, Grace Schultz and Amelia Hippen; services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. John's United Church of Christ, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery, both in Ackley; friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Sietsema Funeral Home, Ackley, with the family present from 2 to 4 p.m.; Mrs. Schultz worked at the canning factory in Ackley, Shugar Super Value, Cleves Grocery Store and the post office.
OELWEIN -- Harold S. Smith, 95, of Oelwein, died Saturday, July 14, 2001, at the Hillcrest Home, Sumner, of natural causes; survivors include his wife, Iva; a son, James of Hawkeye; a grandson; two brothers, George of Waterloo and Marvin of La Veta, Colo.; and two sisters, Marlys Duffy of Des Plaines, Ill., and Kathryn Bohan of Waterloo; he was preceded in death by two brothers, Donald and Francis; and two sisters, Thelma Liebe and Virginia Garvey; services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, both in Oelwein; friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, where there will be a 7 p.m. parish Scripture service; Mr. Smith was a mechanic for 35 years at Iowa Motor Co. in Oelwein, retiring in 1971.
MARBLE ROCK -- Elizabeth Turner, 91, of Marble Rock, died Friday, July 13, 2001, at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, of natural causes; survivors include a son, Andrew of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; a daughter, Charlotte Parcher of Mason City; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by her husband, George, in 1970; and a sister, Emma Baker; services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Marble Rock, with burial at 1:30 p.m. in Union Prairie Cemetery, Decorah; friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Reid's Funeral Chapel, Marble Rock, where there will be a 7 p.m. Scripture service, and for an hour before services Monday at the church; memorials may be directed to the family; Mrs. Turner was a schoolteacher in Winneshiek County for many years.
INDEPENDENCE -- Donald Benz, 89, of Independence, died Friday, July 13, 2001, at People's Memorial Long Term Care Center, Independence, after a lengthy illness; survivors include his wife, June; a son, Kenneth Whigham of Barrington, Ill.; a daughter, Donna Cornellier of Ayer, Mass.; and five grandchildren; services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Fawcett Funeral Home, with burial in Fairview Cemetery, both in Winthrop; friends may call for an hour before service time Monday at the funeral home.
WAVERLY -- Elva Sara McDade, 65, of Waverly, formerly of Williamsburg, Va., died Friday, July 13, 2001, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home, Waterloo, from complications of cancer; survivors include two sons, Thomas J. of Hockessin, Del., and John P. of Aston, Pa.; three daughters, Sharon L. McDade of Webster, N.Y., Karen M. Loveland of Janesville and Jennifer M. McDade of Aston, Pa.; seven grandchildren; and her former husband, Thomas McDade of Virginia Beach, Va.; she was preceded in death by her parents, Grant Adam and Francis Andrews Shaner; and a son, Michael E.; private family services will take place at a later date; her body was cremated; Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Waverly, is in charge of arrangements; after graduating from high school, she modeled for Block's Department Store in Norristown, Pa.; in 1988 she moved to Williamsburg, where she was employed by Williamsburg Landing, a retirement community, until October 2000.
