Mark Robert (Bob) Brice, 74, Urbandale. Born in Boone. BSH-68. Attended DMACC and was a National Guardsman. Married Linda Beal in Ankeny in 1989. Was a lifelong salesman. Retired in 2020. Enjoyed music. Survivors include a son, a sister, Pat, and brothers, Earl, Tom and Don. Services in Waukee.
James Parke Caffrey, 59, Boone. Passed away in Florida. Survivors include two brothers, Kelly (Marcy) McMullan of Polk City and John Caffrey of Moingona. Services pending.
Vernon Moorman, 93, Boone. Born in Raulston. The family moved to Boone in 1943. BHS-47. Married Gloria Green in Pocahontas in 1948. A National Guardsman, he entered electrical school in Omaha and after 44 years in that field, he retired from commercial and industrial work as a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1992. Vern was very active in the Mount Olive Masonic Lodge. He became Scout Master and in 1963, became the oldest Past Master in Iowa. He had received the Order of Arrow award. Vern also dedicated much time and work to the Boone community with longtime service to Pufferbilly Days, the Tall Corn Antique Club, the Scenic Valley Railroad and the Marion Street Methodist Church. Survivors include seven children, Bruce, Ronna, Lynn, Valerie, Mark, Todd and Scott. Four brothers and three sisters also survive. Services in Boone.
Diana Desher Stensland, 69, Nevada. Born in Ames. Grew up in Boone and Nevada. NHS-73. Bernel's College of Cosmetology in Ames in 1974. Married John George in 1984 and they divorced. Married Tom Stensland in 2010. Three children, a brother and a sister survive. Services in Nevada.
James H. (Jim) Olson, 88, Boone. Born in rural Roland. Roland HS-53. Waldorf College and then UNI for a degree in math education. After military service, taught math at Clinton, North Mahaska and Woodbine schools. Also worked as a computer programmer, a field inspector for Pioneer Seed, a Ballard school bus driver, part-time as a math instructor at DMACC/Boone and a substitute school bus driver for Boone schools. Survivors include his companion of 24 years, Irene Winters. The couple spent 15 winters in Mesa, AZ. and enjoyed dancing and playing cards. Jim was also a talented singer and enjoyed karaoke. Services in Boone and Roland.
Gary Lee Blomgren, 77, West Des Moines. Formerly of Boone. Born in Ames. United Community HS-65. Married Diane Doran in Boone in 1965. Attended auctioneering school and also farmed. Operated Blomgren Grain, and raised hogs and Belgian horses. He loved farm sales, antiques and holding hay auctions. Loved watching his grandkid's sporting events and fishing. Attended his 75th State Fair just last year. In 1921, with a trip to Oregon, he completed his travel to all of the U.S. states. Survivors include his sister, Pat Blomgren Winstead, and two children, Jason (Stacy) Blomgren and Melissa (Steve) Ahrens. Services in Boone.
Patrick (Pat) William Lyons, 72, Boone/Eastern Star. Born in rural Boone. BHS-70. Worked for Sandler Built Homes prior to Air Force service. Then worked for Sunstrand until 1981 when he enrolled in Northwest Iowa Community College where he earned an AA degree in Electrical Technology. He worked for Brinks Electric in Milford and then 31 years for Milford Electric, retiring in 2018. He earned a Master Electrician certification and trained many young electricians in the Okoboji area. During 42 years of living in the Iowa Lakes region, he maintained the cabin, boat and yard of family-owned property on Lake Minnewashta and supervised the building of his own house on that property in 2004-05. Dementia developed and due to a rapid decline in his health, he passed away at the Hearthstone Memory Care unit at Boone's Eastern Star. Survivors include a sister, Joyce (Randy) Patterson, and a sister-in-law, Sondra Lyons both of Boone. Services in Boone.
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