Obituaries 2
Aaron L. Roff
1904 – 1964
Buried in Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Iowa
Linda Kay Abernathy
1943 – 2017
Linda Kay Abernathy, 74, died on August 31, 2017, at the Hiawatha Care Center…
Fay E. Himes
1932 – 2016
Fay E. Himes, 84, of Ft. Collins, Colorado, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 18th…
Charlotte Thornton
1900 – 2005
Thornton Charlotte, age 105, of Friendship Village in Bloomington, Minnesota…
Margaret “Meg” Wegs
1931 – 2023
Margaret (Meg) Wegs connected God, science and herself when she excavated a fossil at age nine…
Joan Snell
1931 – 1987
Joan is buried in Springfield Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Oregon
Lyle W. Munson
1904 – 1963
Lyle Munson died of pneumonia Friday at Mercy Hospital…
Todd Owen Snell
1956 – 2012
Todd is buried at Sacramento Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, California
Rose Snell Sellers
1954 – 2009
Rose is buried at Camp Creek Cemetery, Springfield, Oregon
Dr. Daryoush Khoshbin
1933 – 1963
Dr. Khoshbin is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Independence, Iowa
Bonnie Lou Baum Hutchinson
1935 – 2014
Hutchinson is buried in Cedar Memorial Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Napolun Birdsong
1940 – 2023
Napolun Birdsong, 83, passed away on July 12, 2023…
Libba Cooperman
1953 – 2023
We sadly announce that our dear sister has completed her worldly life…
Claudia Murphy
1947 – 2023
Claudia Marie Murphy passed away on Sunday, October 15, surrounded by family…
Marguerite Ashlock
1906 – 1999
Marguerite Ashlock was very active in the Cedar Rapids Bahá’í community.
Arlene Jennrich
1921 – 2011
Arlene Jennrich of Wilmette, Illinois, died on April 21, 2011…
Kearney Boteler Griffith
1866 – 1930
With his wife Susan, possibly the first Bahá’ís to live in Iowa, documented in 1899.
Susan Perrie Shavere Kearney
1867 – 1920
With her husband Kearney, possibly the first Bahá’ís to live in Iowa, documented in 1899.
Ethel May Grapp Barth
1916 – 2014
Ethel May Barth, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, Feb. 28, at NewAldaya Lifescapes…
Don Calkins
1941 – 2023
Donald Romaine Calkins passed away in Great Falls, Montana, on December 31, 2023…
Barbara Farlow Bennett
1934 – 2024
Barb passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024 at the Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg, Iowa…
Christopher Paul Carpp
1956 – 2011
Kathleen Siegling
1947 – 2024
Kathleen Amor Siegling, age 76, passed away peacefully at home on June 5, 2024, surrounded by loved ones…
Henry Gerald Laursen
1920 – 1994
Buried in Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa
Dr. Jessie A. Parish
1883 – 1954
Burial site unknown
Ruth Ann Maxwell
1947 – 2009
Ruth Ann Maxwell passed away on February 8th at Valley View Village in Des Moines…
Virginia Ann VanDenover Finch
1921 – 2006
Virginia, born 3/9/1921 in rural Dexter County, MN, moved with her parents…
Frida Stjerna
1884 – 1934
Reported in the Bahá’í News January 1935, buried in Ottumwa, Iowa
Sharon Hendren
1938 – 2007
Sharon died on January 20, 2007, at Manor Care Healthcare Center, Davenport, Iowa.
Mary Alice McDowell
1954 – 2004
Mary died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004, at Arbor Court in Mount Pleasant…
Joy Ann Kortemeyer
1929 – 2010
Joy died September 3 at Windsor Nursing and Rehab Center…
Elmer J. Kortemeyer
1926 – 2003
Elmer died December 9 at Allen Hospital…
Randall Scott Monroe
1959 – 2013
Randall passed away Oct. 20, 2013, at Touchstone Living Center in Sioux City…
Loree Rosella Foroughi-Gross
1934 – 2025
Loree was born in Elk Creek, Nebraska, the fourth child of Galen Erb and Bernice Juanita Barkdoll…
Dr. Carole J. Miller
1947 – 2019
Carole was a Civil Rights and Interfaith activist in Atlanta, Georgia…
Anna Marie Iben
1897 – 1993
Anna Marie Iben died December 29, 1993 in Good Neighbor Home after a short illness…
Carolyn (Terry) Cavitt
1944 – 2004
Carolyn spent her final moments with friends and family in Iowa City… Find A Grave listing: Lois Carolyn “Terry” Cavitt (1944-2004) – Find a Grave Memorial
G. Leslie Rogers
1920 – 2000
“Les” was born to Harry Kendall and Dora Hickman Rogers December 15,1920…
Betty Geraldine Burger Rogers
1924 – 1993
Jeffrey James Jentz
1949 – 2025
Jeff Jentz passed away on December 10, 2025, due to complications related to Alzheimer’s Disease…
William D. Brown
1925 – 1999
Bill and Joann Brown are buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines
JoAnn Gale Stanton Brown
1927 – 2006
JoAnn was born September 25, 1927, to Martin & Edith Stanton…
Grace Kough
1905 – 1997
Grace and Karl are buried in Orange Township Cemetery, Waterloo
Karl H. Kough
1902 – 1997
Karl died January 31 at Covenant Medical Center of natural causes…
Buena J. Morgan
1876 – 1968
Services for Mrs. Buena J. Morgan will be today at Dunn’s Funeral Home in Des Moines…
Marie D. Willis
1907 – 1979
Marie is buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Des Moines
Roger William Horn
1939 – 2002
Roger passed away while riding RAGBRAI in 2002
Gregory Montour
1054 – 2026
Greg passed away April 27, 2026, surrounded by family in Ames, Iowa
