Saturday, October 26, 2024

BOONE/AREA CONNECTED DEATHS

      Patricia Griffith Smith, 94, Boone/Westhaven. Born in Eagle Grove. Married Bill E. Smith in Eagle Grove in 1950. She enjoyed coffee at the bakery and shopping, especially at TJ Maxx, Goodwill or any Dollar store. Was a member of the Purple Hat Society. Several Boone survivors, a son, Craig Smith, great granddaughter, Kennedi (Triston) Thomas, great, great grandson, Briggs Thomas, and daughter-in-law, Coke Smith. Also surviving is a grandson, Skyler Smith, of Ogden. Services in Boone.  

       Ronald Lee Trudo, 81, Ogden. Born in West Union. Postville HS-61. Wayne State College in 1965. Army vet. Married Linda Lee Muench in Ogden in 1974. Served as a teacher and coach in Omaha, Johnston and Ogden. Later, was a banker in Lone Tree and Ogden and a lab tech at ISU Vet Med. He enjoyed simple pleasures, fishing, refinishing furniture and woodwork and the Ogden Bulldogs. Survivors include his wife, Linda, and daughter Anne Trudo, both of Ogden, a son, Eric, and a sister, Cheryl. Services in Ogden.

      Patrick Fitzgerald, 74, Boone. Born in Boone. South HamiltonHS-68. FFA member and earned his Iowa Farmer Degree in 1968. An expert in swine judging, he won the National Barrow Show Swine Judging Contest in 1967. Farmed with his dad, Charles, then with Dean Pevestorf. Drove  a school bus for South Hamilton. Married Brenda Finnigin in Kansas in 1981. The couple farmed in rural Boone County until 1992. In 1984, started with Fareway as a truck driver and logged over a million miles before retirement in 2009. Always a farmer at heart, he collected and built farm toys, including Iowa Cornbelt Oliver Collectors and Hart Parr Oliver Collectors. He attended every Iowa State Fair from 1951-2023. Survivors include his wife, Brenda, three daughters, Angie, Catie and Theresa, son Charlie and Boone resident son, Jim (Ashley) Fitzgerald. Services pending. 

     Paul Clifford Grout, 84, Des Moines. Two sons survive, including Bradley Grout of Boone. Services in Des Moines.

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