BOONE/AREA CONNECTED DEATHS

        Ramona Charter Gibbons, 88, Madrid. Born in Guthrie County. MHS. Married Floyd "Pinkie" Gibbons in 1955. Worked in various positions in the Madrid School System. She enjoyed water skiing, snow skiing, swimming, travel, dancing, cooking, watching the birds and deer and her church work. Survivors include her husband, Floyd, and two sons, including Kevin Gibbons of Madrid. A grandson, Jake Gibbons, of Boone also survives. Services in Madrid and Urbandale.       

         Keith Edward Dearborn, 66, Boone. Born in Boone. A good cook, Keith also loved coloring and drawing and writing about his adventures. He enjoyed hitchhiking, playing guitar, very black coffee, diet coke and Musketeers. He was a character but he loved and cared about all people. Survivors include three siblings, including Terry and Lisa Dearborn both of Boone. Private service later.

         Carolyn "Cari" Burkhart Lambert Swanson, 75, Ames. Formerly of Dayton. Born in Des Moines. Grand Community HS-67. Buena Vista and LaJames College of Hairstyling in Fort Dodge. Grew up in the Woodward and Granger area before the family moved to Ogden in 1959. Then the family lived on a farm near Pilot Mound for several years. Married Bill Edward Lambert in 1968. The couple lived on a farm near Dayton for 42 years. Cari owned and operated Cari's Country Curl for 31 years. She entered college, DMACC and ISU, and secured a degree in elementary education. Started teaching at Otho, then became Accelerated Learning Program director at Ames High School. Taught at Ames Middle School but returned to ISU for a Master's Degree in counseling K-12. She worked as a counselor at Gilbert Elementary starting in 2000 and retired in 2013. Husband Bill died of melanoma cancer in 2010. In 2016, Cari married Charles (Chuck) Swanson at Hidden Acres. The couple moved to Ames that same year and enjoyed a large lawn and beautiful flowers and a vegetable garden. Survivors include her husband, sons and daughters, and a brother. Services in Harcourt and burial in rural Pilot Mound.

         Terence D. Myers, 49, Ogden. Born in Missouri. Schooled in Missouri where be participated in football. Married Chriss and she passed in 2018. He then married Danielle Glauner in Ogden in 2019. Terence collected knives, enjoyed music, was a fan of Rob Zombie and actor Sid Haig, who played Captain Spaulding. Survivors include his wife, Danielle Myers, of Ogden, and five children, including Boone residents Ghabryel (Ryan) Myers, Lilith Myers, Desiree (Dennis Fields) Glauner and Kimberly (Cecil Caudill) Glauner. A COL will be scheduled for later.