BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS

     Elizabeth Grace Pfannes, 25, Boone. Born in Boone. BHS-2016. Active in numerous organizations and sports, including quiz bowl, excel soccer, diving and drama, including participating in the 2015 Iowa Thespian Festival. Played a variety of instruments and loved writing poetry or drawing. Also had a passion for photography. Worked at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Pat Clemons Auto and CDS Global. Survivors include her parents, Steve and Jane Pfannes of Boone, four siblings and a grandmother. Services in Boone.

     Rosemary Evelyn Wisecup Kemmerer, 90, Boone. Born in Ogden. OHS-51. Married Donald Kemmerer in 1954. Was a farm wife. Enjoyed cooking, gardening, going to auctions to expand her doll collection, ballroom dancing and traveling, including many overseas trips. Survivors include three daughters, Jeannie Nelson and companion Johnny Smith, Leanne Duitsman and Deanna Stumbo and husband Larry all of Boone. Also surviving is a brother, George (Carla) Wisecup of Boone and three sisters. Services in Boone.

     Ione May Eckley Brown, 101, Boone. Born in Boone County. Stanhope HS-39. She and her husband, Robert, moved to Oregon. Eventually, Ione moved back to Boone to help her father run the family tavern, 12 Bells. She owned and operated that tavern for 30 plus years until her retirement. Her husband had passed. Ione was a member of the VFW and American Legion Auxiliaries and the Hunt and Fish club. She loved camping at Don Williams lake, fishing and tending to her flower beds. She loved the Hawkeyes, gardening, snowmobiling, traveling and bowling in tournaments. A son, Larry Sturtz, of LeGrand survives. Services in Boone.

     Thomas Alan Wingfield, 69, Boone. Raised in Ogden. OHS-72. U.S. Navy vet. Married Pamela Spurgeon in 1977 in Lake Mills. The couple lived in Ogden and then moved to an acreage north of Boone in 1988. Tom worked for Nebbe Brothers in Ogden, the Boone County Home, Boone Community School District, Stratford Care Center, Boone News Republican and the Boone County Landfill. He enjoyed woodworking and model building. Survivors include two adult sons, three siblings, including Jim (Betty) Wingfield and Pam (Gary) McClain both of Boone and a sister-in-law, Lori Spurgeon of Boxholm. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.