BOONE/AREA CONNECTED DEATHS

      Carolyn Heubner Coe, 81, Eastern Star/Ames. Services in Ames.  

      Peggy Ann Pepper Thomas, 64, Boone. Gilbert HS. Married Bruce Thomas in 1979. The couple enjoyed all aspects of their church life, from teaching youth group, Sunday school and serving soup suppers. She enjoyed living in Boone and was well known to the residents of Westhaven where she lived out her faith in Christ with all of those she met. Survivors include her husband, Bruce, her son Jestin (Tracy) Thomas, and six siblings, Pam (Darrell Lingelbach) Denning, Mark Pepper, Matt (Jolene) Pepper, Patti (Kevin) Cook, Jeff Pepper and Paula (Jeff) Parris. Services in Ames, burial in Boone.    

     Marvin Dean "Pat" Patterson, 89, Boone/Westhaven. Born in Boone County. Pilot Mound HS-53. Air Force vet. Married Janice Paris in 1955. She passed away in 2008. Marvin worked for Alliant Energy until retirement in 1996.Then, did part-time work doing property maintenance for T & L Properties. He also operated his own lawn care and snow removal business. In 2013, Marvin married Linda Decker in Boone. He raised livestock, enjoyed mushroom hunting, fishing and watching basketball. Survivors include his wife, Linda, his foster son, Ken (Jeri Lynn) Wolfe, his step-son, Tim Schmidt, all of Boone and two daughters, including Julie Murphy of Boone.      

      Timothy Jack "Tim" Strandberg, 67, Dayton. Dayton HS-76. Drafting degree from Iowa Central. Married Cheryl Hanson in 1978. Farmed for five years. Worked at Celotex in Fort Dodge, then as a salesman and drafter for Quinn Machinery and Foundry in Boone. Then worked for IMAGINIT in Des Moines, prior to retirement in 2023. Active in church and a talented craftsman. Survivors include his wife, a son and a daughter. Services in Dayton.  

       Rose Mary Keller Kempe, 86, rural Boone. Born in Boone. BSH. Worked at Sundstrand for many years. With friend Nancy Hunter, started their own commercial and new construction cleaning business in Ames. Rose also operated a seasonal antique shop, Bittersweet N Berries, out of her chicken coop on her acreage near Boone with her daughters and daughters in law. She enjoyed being a part of "shop hops." She also loved quilting, flower gardening, baking, cooking and feeding the animals. Survivors include five children, Tom, Ed and Arla Mather, John and Nicolle Kempe. A sister, Shirley, also survives. Visitation in Boone.

     Teresa Ruth Peterson-Smith, 65, Boone. Born in Anita. AHS-76. AIB-78. She was a Certified Municipal Clerk and a member of the Iowa Municipal Finance Association. Worked for the city of Johnston, starting in 1978. Served as City Clerk there for 15 years. She married Scott A. Smith in 1992 and the couple moved to the suburbs of Chicago in 1993. She worked there for the Western Springs Public Works Department and as the executive assistant to the Naperville Public Library director. The couple returned to Boone in 1998. Teresa was the City Clerk for Nevada and then Kelly before retiring in 2017. She became a Master Gardener in 2000 and was also an avid quilter and seamstress. Survivors include her husband, Scott, two brothers and a sister-in-law. Services in Anita.