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    BOONE CONNECTED/AREA DEATHS

   Kristy Mae Blaha, 66, Boone. Born in Sioux City. Crestland HS, Early IA-74. Iowa Central Community College. Married David Blaha in Sac City in 1976. The couple settled in Boone in 1979. Worked as a receptionist for several businesses, most recently for Dr. Cook at Forefront Dermatology in Ames. Loved Hallmark movies and the Hawkeyes as well as her entire family. Survivors include her husband, David, a daughter, Jodi Kuehl, and a son, Matthew Blaha, all of Boone. Another son and a sister also survive. Services in Boone.

   Leonard Dean Sternquist, 88, Boone

   Carol Jean Hedlund, 67, Boone. Born in Illinois. Married Larry Harold Hedlund. He passed in 2020. She loved traveling with Larry in his semi. Enjoyed latch hook, paint by numbers and her two special dogs. Survivors include two sisters and two step-sons. Services in Polk City.

   John Coleman, 82, Boone. Born in Boone. Elementary school in Frazier. Then the family moved to Boone in 1954. BHS-58. Met Leila at BHS and they married in 1961. Earned a degree from DMACC  and joined the Army National Guard. Worked for the DOT in Ames and Des Moines. Then, became Chief Information Officer for Iowa Beef Processors in Sioux City. Retiring from IBP, the family returned to Boone. John served numerous church positions as an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He and his sister, Carol, were talented musicians who performed together at many functions including the Bill Riley Talent Show at the Iowa State Fair. Survivors include his wife, Leila, three adult children, his sister, Carol Steininger, a brother, David Coleman, a brother-in-law and  daughter-in-law. Services in Ames.

   Diana Dee Huff Knauf, 67, Boone. Born in Mason City. Attended school in Sheffield. Married Mitchell Knauf in Nashua in 1999. Worked as a CNA in Hampton and owned a cleaning business in Phoenix, "All Hands Cleaning." Was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints in Boone. Survivors include her husband, Mitchell, a daughter, five sons, two sisters and a brother. Services in Hampton, with a later service sometime in Boone.

   Ruth Beaman, 90, Adel. Born in Madrid. Services in Adel. 

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