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  • Olinda Deines Patzer ’58

    Olinda Louise Patzer (Deines) July 12, 1936 — October 24, 2025 Our beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Olinda Louise Patzer (Deines), passed away peacefully at home in Cedaredge, Colorado on October 24, 2025. She was 89 years old. Olinda was the heart of our home and family. She was married for 57 years to her…


  • Norma Boyd Alfrejd ’62

    Norma Jean Alfrejd (nee Boyd), 84, passed away peacefully on October 22, 2025 with family at her side.   Norma was born in Nevada, Missouri to Maybelle Boyd Rabon (nee Warner) and William Emmett Boyd.   Her father passed when she was very young.  Her mother would re-marry, Estel Rabon. She was the eldest of three…


  • Zoe Worple ’25

    Zoe Worple ’25, New Hampton, is a brain injury specialist at Community NeuroRehab, Des Moines.


  • Dr. Robert Farner ’52

    Robert L. “Doc” Farner, MD passed away on Sunday, October 19, 2025, at Luther Oaks in Bloomington, IL. He was 95. Robert Lewis Farner was born to Fred (Fritz) and Marie Vallazza Farner on February 4, 1930. He grew up on a farm near Toluca, IL. He started his educational journey by attending Center School,…


  • Herbert Hildebrandt ’52

    Obituary for Herbert William Hildebrandt As usual…I arrived as a baby, a boy in January 1931, and ultimately the door closed in October 2025. I deeply tasted the world, anchored my life on a sea of love with Dee (nee Delores Bartels of Waseca, Minnesota), my wife of 65+ years who died in August 2018.…


  • Sara Webb ’24

    Sara Webb ’24, Tipton, is a graduate student in veterinary medicine at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames. 


  • Jordan Swiatkowski ’24

    Jordan Swiatkowski ’24, Stewartville, Minn., is a mental health practitioner at Fernbrook Family Center, Rochester


  • Anna Ohman ’24

    Anna Ohman ’24, Winterset, is a graduate student in applied economics and economic systems at the University of Belgrade/Freie Universität Berlin.


  • Robert Khoury ’24

    Robert Khoury ’24, Waverly, is a researcher at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 


  • Quentin Kelso ’24

    Quentin Kelso ’24, Keokuk, is an electrical engineer at Vermeer, Pella.


  • Laura Hovenga ’24

    Laura Hovenga ’24, Grinnell, is a graduate student in microbiology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.


  • Lauryn Henderson ’24

    Lauryn Henderson ’24, Independence, is a graduate student in communication and media at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, and a bookkeeping and marketing specialist at Roberts & Eddy P.C.


  • Kaitlyn Hall ’24

    Kaitlyn Hall ’24, Kenosha, Wis., is an autism therapy behavior technician at Sonnenberg Consultants.


  • Olivia Donlea ’24

    Olivia Donlea ’24, Winthrop, is a graduate student in occupational therapy at the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minn.


  • James Devine ’24

    James Devine ’24, Council Bluffs, is a graduate student in business at Oglethorpe University, Brookhaven, Ga.


  • Marlee Boyle ’24

    Marlee Boyle ’24, Janesville, is a kindergarten teacher at St. Paul’s Lutheran School, Waverly. 


  • Grace Benson ’24

    Grace Benson ’24, Mason City, is a graduate student in nutrition and dietetics at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Mo.


  • Olivia Walsh ’23

    Olivia Walsh ’23, Hugo, Minn., is a housing case manager at RS EDEN, St. Paul, Minn.


  • Malena Rumelhart ’23

    Malena Rumelhart ’23, Fairbank, is a PK-6 grade general music instructor in the Wapsie Valley Community Schools.


  • Savanna Richardson ’23

    Savanna Richardson ’23, Des Moines, is a technician II at Eurofins – Nutrition Analysis Center, Des Moines. 


  • Rev. Howard Buenting ’55

    Howard Buenting will be remembered most for his wry sense of humor that not only delighted people but often left people wondering. He was born in Green Bay, WI and was known for his pranks and playfulness. He had a kind and tender soul, and was loved wherever he went because of his ability to…


  • Betty Bakken Meyer Bodine ‘59

    Betty Ann Bodine September 7, 1937 — December 16, 2021 Betty Ann Bakken was born on September 7, 1937, to Walter and Rosella (Rude) Bakken in Decorah, IA. At the age of three, Betty was placed at The Children’s Home in Waverly, Iowa, along with her five siblings, due to her mom’s tuberculosis. At the…


  • Merlin Nomann ‘51

    Merlin (Mel) NomannJune 9, 1928 – October 21, 2021Modesto, California – Merlin (Mel) John Nomann died at home on October 21, 2021, at the age of 93.Mel was born on June 9, 1928, in Palmer Iowa. Mel grew up in Pocahontas Iowa after completing high school in 1947.After high school he obtain a variety of…


  • Lorraine Lynes Chester ‘47

    Lorraine Chester, 94, of Plainfield, Iowa, died on Thursday, July 8, 2021, at Good Neighbor Society Nursing Home in Manchester, Iowa, of heart failure.            Lorraine was born on June 11, 1927, at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital in Waverly, Iowa, the daughter of James Kendal and Lenora (Kuethe) Lynes.  She was baptized in 1927 and confirmed…


  • Dorothy Prottengeier Meier ‘48

    Dorothy M. Meier, 96, of Wapakoneta, died 3:30 a.m., Mon. June 28, 2021, at the Wapakoneta Manor.She was born July 27, 1924, in Buffalo, NY, the daughter of John Louis and Mary Ann (Erdman) Braun. On Feb. 6, 1943, she married Frederick Eugene Meier, who preceded her in death on May 8, 1986.Dorothy lived a long…


  • Bonita Karmie ‘75

    Bonita (Bonnie) Joy Karmie, 67, passed away peacefully in her sleep after a protracted illness on April 9, 2021, Gulf Breeze, FL. Bonnie was born on November 14, 1953 in Chicago, IL, to Alvin and Geraldine Karmie. She was Baptized on September 13, 1964, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Oaklawn, IL. Bonnie graduated with honors…


  • Rev. George Krumrey ‘51

    George Edward Krumrey, 95, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Edith (Mueller) Krumrey and his wife, Phyllis Christine Krumrey. George is lovingly remembered by his son, David Allen Krumrey (Julie); daughter, Carol Elizabeth Rouse (Garret); and grandchildren: Lauren, Garrett, Gracie, Dylan, and Emma.…