BOONE/AREA CONNECTED DEATHS

        Linda Kay Anderson, 80, Boone. Born in Boone. BHS-63. In 1963, she married Michael Stokka and they owned and operated Stokka Studio in Boone. Linda had earned an Associates Degree from DMACC, Boone Campus. She worked part-time at Boyd's Dairy and then became a service writer for Van Wall Equipment in Perry from 1988 until retirement in 2013. She had married Stanley Anderson in 2008. Family activities provided her greatest joy. Survivors include three daughters, including Sheri (Troy) Nordholm and Michelle (Roger) Reiff both of Boone, seven grandchildren and a sister. Service in Boone.     

        Georgia Rose Capellen, 88, Ames. Survivors include a son, Steven (Cindy) Capellen of Boone. Georgia was proud to have met and had her hand kissed by Garth Brooks at the Boone County Fair, long before he became a national star. Graveside service in Ames.     

        Bruce G. Anderson, 87, Boone. Born in Harcourt. HHS-56. Iowa State. Army Reservist. Bruce managed the Somers Coop from 1959-66 and was later employed by Ag Partners in Albert City, retiring as CEO in 2001 after 35 years of service. He moved to Boone in 2004. In 2009, he married Deanna Hicks in Boone. He was an avid fisherman and grateful member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Survivors include his wife, Deanna of Boone, three sons, a daughter and three step-children, including Kerry (Pat) Carson of Ogden and Rusty (Heidi) Hicks of Boone. Services in Ogden.       

        Richard "Dick" Glover Wilhite, 85, Boone/Moingona/Eastern Star. BHS-57. Air Force vet. He married Rose in Fraser in 1958. The couple lived in Dickinson, ND and Cape Cod, Massachusetts during Dick's service time. After discharge, he took a job an air traffic controller in Denver. Dick and Rose also lived  in numerous other states with the FAA, Butte, Montana; Olathe, Kansas and Prescott, Arizona. In 1989, Dick retired from the FAA after 30 years of service and the couple returned to Moingona where they built their dream home on the Hornbeck property. The couple enjoyed traveling, salmon fishing, trips to Alaska, Arizona and while residing in Prescott, trips to Laughlin and Las Vegas. A son, Steven, survives. A COL will take place at a later date.