BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS

   Boone Connected Deaths

 

   Mary Jane Taylor Downey Echternach, 98, Chicago. Born in Boone. BHS-42. Served as a nurse at BHS, 1958-64. Married Dick Downey and the couple moved to Chicago. After Dick passed, married John Echternach, BHS-43, and the couple moved to Sidney, NE.. After John's death, moved back to the Chicago area near her son, Brett Downey, BHS-64, who survives. Services will be held in Boone in late Spring, 2023.

   Karen L. Holmes Ricklefs, 67, Boone. Born in Guthrie Center. Waverly HS-72. Earned a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Nebraska in 1975 and a Masters Degree from Viterbo University in 2002. Taught elementary at Conrad for two years and Chambers, NE for two years before coming to Boone in 1980. Married Carl Ricklefs in Boone in 1988. In Boone, taught grades 2-6 Special Education students at Lincoln and Franklin schools until her retirement in 2017. A total of 42 years of service to schools. Survivors include her husband, Carl, of Boone, a daughter, a son, her father, two brothers and a sister. Services in Boone.

   Alma Lenore Rodenbusch Howard, 95, Boone. Born in Illinois and graduated from Gregg College with an executive secretarial diploma in 1945. Married Cecil (Ted) Howard in Chicago in 1946. The couple moved to Boone where Ted started his practice as a podiatrist. Was a homemaker, then spent several years working as Ted's assistant in the clinic. She helped found the Boone County Hospital Auxiliary. Survivors include her daughter, Susan Herrick, of Boone and a sister-in-law. A private family service will be held later this year.

   Elizabeth (Liz) Karl Parr, 79, Ankeny. Born in Wisconsin but graduated from high school in Michigan. Family moved to Marshalltown in 1961 and she earned a degree from Marshalltown Community College in 1962. Married Steve Parr in Marshalltown in 1965. In Marshalltown, she worked for Boss Van Lines, Welcome Wagon, sold Avon, was a homemaker, worked for the Marshalltown area catholic schools and in 1989, began work for the Iowa DOT in Ames, retiring in 2004. In 1992, Steve was promoted and the couple moved to Boone where they resided for the next 20 years. She earned a Bachelor's Degree from ISU in 1997 and enrolled in the culinary program at DMACC. Long after retirement, the couple moved to Ankeny. An avid gardener she was also a gifted crafter and good cook, who created cook books. Volunteered for the Boone Goodwill retail store, Iowa Public Television and other community projects. Survivors include her husband, Steve, a son and daughter and five siblings. She desired no formal ceremony.

   Shirley Fae Cox Brock, 90, Ogden. Born in Harper, IA.Knoxville HS-49. Married Donald Brock in 1951. Lived in Des Moines and then managed the Assemblies of God (Sunstream) campgrounds near Ogden. She held several secretarial positions, supported First Assembly of God church programs and supported her husband's role in the Royal Rangers program.Survivors include a daughter, Linda Morgan, of Ogden and a son-in-law. Services in Ogden.

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