BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS

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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Alice Marie Cryder Flockhart, 88, Boone. Was married to Elwin Flockhart in 1948 in Boone. He passed away in 2004. Elwin was in the service so the couple moved a lot. Alice moved back to Boone in 2004..........Nadine Reeves, 103, Boone. Born in Boone. BHS-32. She married Delbert Atherton in Boone in 1935 and he passed in 1941. She married Jack Reeves in 1961 and he passed away in 1993. Nadine worked at Mitchell/Thompson Drug, at Farm Bureau and Kinney Finance prior to retirement in 1977. Two daughters survive, including Sandra Snedden of Ogden........Wayne Goos, 87, Boone. Attended school in Beaver. Married Ramona York and she passed away in 1995. He then married Joyce Ahrens. Wayne was a police officer in Ogden, worked at the DOT maintenance garage and at McDonalds. Boone area survivors include his wife, Joyce, two sons, including Dennis Goos of Boone, a daughter, Jean Lykins of Ames, two step sons, Kevin and Jeff Ahrens, both of Boone and a step daughter, Janelle Browning, of Boone.

BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS

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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: John Veale, 89, Boone. BHS-46. Worked for Fareway and was a Boone postal employee. Boone area survivors include his wife, Barbara, of Boone, a son and a daughter who live out of state and a daughter in law, Kellie Veale, of Ames. Also surviving is a sister, Janet Buck, of Boone and a brother..........Chad Brensel, 47, Boone. BHS-88. Owned and operated Belluci's Pizza. Boone area survivors include his mother, Lynn Belluci-Adams, his grandmother, Lorraine Belluci, aunt, Kristine Fisher, and uncle, Larry Adams, all of Boone.......Leslie Portwood, 94, Harlan. Formerly of Boone and Clear Lake. Military vet. He and his wife, Pat, moved to Boone in 1964 and he worked at ISU from 1968-86.The couple moved to Harlan in 2002. Three girls and two boys are among the survivors........Earl (Butch) Lyons, 72, Ogden. Formerly of Beatrice, NE. Military vet. He was Police Chief in Kansas for 12 years. Worked as a custodian at a church in Beatrice from 1985-2004. He and his wife, Vera, moved to Perry, then to Ogden. Boone area survivor is his wife, Vera, of Ogden. Three boys and a girl and stepchildren, a son and a daughter, survive........Arlene Toepfer Topper Leeper, 89, Arvada, CA. Was born in Boone. BHS-46. Earned a degree from Iowa State Teachers College and married Tom Leeper in Boone in 1949. Moved to Arvada in 1958.

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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Leslie Portwood, 94, Harlan. Formerly of Boone and Clear Lake.........Jeanne Wilson Blyth, Grimes. Formerly of Ogden. OHS-40. Earned degrees from Drake and the University of Iowa. A teacher, she taught in Ogden and she and her husband, Paul, deceased, lived in Ogden for 55 years before she moved to Grimes in 2006. Two sons survive.........Phillip Johnson, 80, Jewell. Born in Stratford. A Marine vet. Owned and operated his own trucking firm. Was a Boone VFW member. Boone area survivors include his wife, Julia, daughter, Rochelle Hill of Stratford, and son, Nicholas, of Stanhope.........Julia (Judy) Shuey, 78, Boone. Ames HS-57. Married Ken Shuey, deceased, in 1958. Worked at the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Boone area survivors include a daughter, Sue, and sons, Steve and Monty, all of Ames.
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BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS

      BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Julia (Judy) Shuey, 78, Boone.
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     The desk is clear.........HELP. Hope to have some material for a Saturday edition.
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     Just 362 days to go.................JUST KIDDING!
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There's More to This Boone Story

     Through my 65 years of writing and speaking about the Boone community and its citizens you would think I have, sometime, mentioned EVERYONE of note......those who have excelled on the state and even national scene, as well as locally.
     For instance, I recall doing a special series of stories on successful Boone High School graduates, those who earned special status by securing high government positions, were highly thought of as educators, excellent musicians and/or athletes or simply provided great service as community leaders.
     Examples would, of course, include Mamie, Governor Erbe, Curtis and Ray Wilbur, who held cabinet positions in the U.S. government under Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, M'el Dowd, who became a Broadway and movie star, Hap Horan, who played in the NFL, and Dr. Ed Updegraff, who was the nation's number one amateur golfer in his prime.
     However, I've now discovered there are other Boone-connected people who made their mark and have not been mentioned by me or, perhaps, anyone else, but are deserving of similar respect.
     One of the most interesting stories I found involved Howard Savage, who was born in Boone in 1884. A businessman, he not only served as the National Commander of the American Legion in 1926-27, he was also given credit for helping introduce the forward pass to the game of American football.
     It seems that Savage and Bradbury Robinson were teammates on the 1904 University of Wisconsin football team when Robinson threw the first legal forward pass ever in college football AND he gave credit to Savage for "inspiring him" to do so.
     Robinson was quoted as saying that he was being developed as a kicker and Savage would catch his punts. In his memoir he wrote, "I noticed he (Savage) could throw my punts back almost as far as I could kick them. Here was a trick I must learn. I got Savage to show how he did that."
     Robinson learned well and his forward passes revolutionized the game of football.
     Here are some other folks with Boone connections that you may not be aware of:
     Charles Sparks practiced law in Boone, was Boone County prosecuting attorney from 1899-1902 and served four years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He died in 1937.
     Adoniram Holmes was Iowa's first U.S. House of Representative member from Iowa's 10th congressional district, which included Boone County. He died in 1902.
     Jackson Orr was a lawyer and Civil War officer who was initially involved in mercantile pursuits in Boone (Montana) but then became a member of the Iowa House in 1868 and was a two-term U.S. Representative from western Iowa. He died in 1926.
     Merrill Burlingame was born in Boone. He was a history professor at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT and specialized in Montana history. He died in 1994.
     Donald Hustad, who lived in Boone for a time, was a recognized leader in evangelical church
music for six decades. He died in 2013.
     Mike Verchio was born in Boone in 1944 and is a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
     Patrick Snyder was born in Boone in 1956, graduated from the University of Iowa, served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and worked for Sean Duffy, who is currently a member of the U.S. House from Wisconsin.
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     Here's another reunion alert.......the class of 1961 is planning their celebration for April 6-7.
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     The Kornerman noted that three Booneites were involved in the recent Iowa High School Boys Basketball Tournament. Rich Collison, BHS-80, was one of the floor officials, Gary Long, BHS-73, was a coordinator of the stats (statistical) crew and Everett Johnson was one of the scorekeepers.
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     One day to go.
     The suspense has been building and, again, Bernie Lewiston was fretting with wonderment.
     But Ross Hanson, BHS-74, nailed it........he wrote, "is it a happy birthday for you, Mo? I love hearing all the news. Take care." He and his wife, Gerlie, have two addresses, Phoenix and Davao City in the Philippines.
     Yes sir, Sunday, March 18, this old guy hits..........either 38 or 83.........I know those are the two numbers involved.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Richard (Dick) Ray, 79, Marshalltown/Rhodes. Formerly of Boone. BHS-57. Worked at Swift's in Marshalltown and, with his wife, Sharon, operated the End Zone bar in Rhodes. His wife and four children survive.........William (Bill) Hull, 81, Des Moines. Formerly of Boone. Worked for Rolfes and Goeppinger Farms. Was a bus driver for the Urbandale school system. Retired in 2015. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Vicky Lonergan, of Boone. A son and two other daughters also survive.........Gary Siedelmann, 64, Ames. Boone area survivor is a sister, Jan Stiles, of Stratford.
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When Shots Were Fired in Boonetown

     There's been lots of noise recently about guns and the Kornerman has a story to share about how a gun effected my family right here in Boonetown. If you're old enough and have been a Boone resident from "way back" you may remember it. At the time, it was a big story, even statewide. Here goes.
     My parents owned the Superette Grocery at 521 17th street, one of several such neighborhood stores in the 1950's and 60's. On Saturday night, November 5, 1960, my dad, Clinton Kelley, was the victim of an armed robbery.
     His store closed at 8 p.m. and just like clockwork, my mother turned on an outside light and waited for dad to arrive home. The back door of the store, at the north end of the building, was, perhaps, 40 yards from the back door of the house at 1710 Crawford.
     With a money bag and a couple bottles of pop in his hand, dad backed out of the store, set to begin the short walk home and, immediately, someone approached from behind and indicated "this is a holdup."
     I can recall my dad always saying if there ever was such an occurrence, there would be no resistance at all. HOWEVER, as he turned to hand the money bag to the robber, panic apparently set in,........the robber sensed his victim was turning on him for battle and fired off a .22 calibre automatic rifle which hit the money bag and dad's middle finger on his left hand.
     There was simply no choice then, a battle ensued.
     The two grappled around, each seeking possession of the weapon. Both fell over a fence behind the store, the robber on top of dad and the weapon in between. It was estimated the gun was fired four more times with two of the close range shots hitting dad in the abdominal/stomach area.
     Actually, the gun eventually jammed. Police indicated it still had 12 cartridges left.
     At that point, the commotion, including my mother's screams and the shots being fired, brought a response from some neighbors but the robber was able to flee.
     Dad had numerous blood transfusions and a three-hour surgery. Dr. Louis Greco, who performed the surgery, told me later, "we didn't know immediately what we were dealing with........just that we had some severe wounds. Our only option was to enter the initial wounds and follow the flight of the bullets, repairing as we went. He was one lucky guy that the bullets just missed major organs that, had they been hit directly, would have resulted in his death."
     It took awhile, but in early February of 1961, two young men, who lived in the area, were charged with robbery with aggravation and, eventually, were convicted and served time in prison.
    My dad, 50 years old at the time of the shooting, eventually recovered and lived 43 more years with what had to be a terrible memory and an immovable middle finger on his left hand, a stark reminder of what had occurred on that November night. Mother had a good, long life as well. She lived to be 91.
     I, the Kornerman, also have memories of the event. I was 25 at the time, just back from a stint in the military and on that particular night, was at the Rialto watching the original, "Magnificent Seven" starring Yul Brynner,........that is until I was called home for an emergency.
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     An update on the story in the last edition about the disappearance, 40 years ago, of  Boone resident Norma Maynard.
     Thanks to Janelle Henry for informing us that Mrs. Maynard was not divorced as we had stated. Janelle wrote, "I was talking to my mom about Mrs. Maynard and we believe she was not divorced. Her husband had died. They lived only two blocks from us. I remember Mr. Maynard always having peppermint candy for me at the auction sales."
     The Kornerman says, "Janelle is absolutely correct. As we look back at material concerning this story, it does say that Mrs. Maynard was recently widowed. In fact, she vanished just two weeks after her husband's death."
     One other addition I noted. There is a publication called, "Iowa Cold Cases" and in that material, it states that Mrs. Maynard's son, Carl, told police that his mother "took a bus and left the area." That, of course, is another part of the story that has been disputed by the author, who is skeptical that a bus ride was ever involved."
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     Four days to go.
     Ross Hanson, BHS-74, and Bernie Lewiston are both anxious. They're wondering what this latest countdown is all about.
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      LATE WORD.....received word, via his son, of the death of Robert (Bob) Harvey, BHS-50. Mark Harvey, BHS-83, informed us that his father, a builder until the age of 77, is survived by his wife, Margaret Atherton Harvey, BHS-50, and a daughter, Lynn, BHS-80. The Harvey's were married in 1955.
      BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Geraldine (Jerry) Bell, Boone. Was 15 days shy of celebrating  her 102nd birthday..........Henry Calonkey, 77, Stratford. Boone area survivors include his ex-wife, Linda Calonkey, daughter, Susie, and son, Henry, all of Boone........Paul Jensen, 90, Ames. Formerly of Ogden. OHS-45. Born in Ogden. An ISU grad, a member of the Army Reserve and also, active military duty. Was the City Engineer at Oskaloosa, then a civil engineer for several midwest companies. He married his wife, Dixie, in 1945 and they had four children. In 1996, Paul retired and he and Dixie moved to Ogden. Boone area survivor is his wife, Dixie, of Ames.............William (Bill) Hull, 81, Boone.........Deloris Christensen, 82, Boone. She married Cameron Christensen in 1953. Cameron passed away in 1980. Deloris worked at the Hamilton County Hospital for 30 years before retiring in 1995. Three daughters survive, two of them, Christy and Tracy Christensen, of Boone.
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An Unflattering Portrayal of Boonetown

     In recent months, the Korner has hosted its own Book Fair as the work of several authors with Boone connections have been touted. Most have been positive laden but now, we just received a tip concerning a book that paints an unflattering portrayal of our town.
     The cover reads: For Shame, Boone! For Shame, Iowa! The Disappearance of Norma Maynard.
     The book was written by Sidney Louis, a retired U.S. Public Health Service commissioned officer, who resides in Fort Worth, TX.
      Googled information states that Mr. Louis, a brother of Norma Maynard, "was born and raised not far from Boone, knows the area well and can write, knowingly, about her murder."
      A review indicates, "the author provides readers with the ability to set up their own investigative files" regarding this case." The book is lengthy.........1,116 pages, published by Dorrance Publishing in 2017.
     Norma Maynard, 61 and recently divorced, disappeared in late January to early February of 1979 and the author wrote, "an innocent woman was murdered and made to vanish as if she had never existed."
     The Table of Contents show that the author left no stone unturned in his search for an answer to his sister's disappearance. Through the years, he has met, personally, with two Boone Chiefs of Police, Boone City and County Attorneys, the Iowa Attorney General, the FBI, the Iowa DCI., even a U.S. Senator and "Boone city and county officials and Iowa State law enforcement were never able to determine what happened. To this day, it is not known exactly when the missing woman was murdered, who committed the murder, how it was done, why it was done and where the missing woman's remains are," Louis wrote.
     There are, of course, two sides to every story and, in this case, there is some disagreement as to whether a murder was even committed. Mr. Louis was once told by authorities that,"Mrs.Maynard disappeared of her own volition and was seen boarding a Greyhound bus." Then too, at least a pair of witnesses had, supposedly, disclosed "sightings" of Mrs. Maynard after the date of her disappearance.
     In a Foreword, the author writes, "today, more than 35 years after the disappearance, what was a simple, local murder case remains unsolved. I will show that from the beginning, there was no mystery. It will be made clear that both the missing woman's son, my nephew and the Boone Chief of Police knew who the culprit was."
     To add salt to our community wounds, Louis uses the Epilogue to revisit a 1976 brawl at  Wilson's, a Boone tavern, that resulted in one death and five injuries. Even a Grand Jury failed to produce indictments in that matter, causing the author to spank Boone for its, "two unsolved murders in a three-year period."
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     On a much happier note, Jo and I have received an early invitation to attend the 50th class reunion of the classes of 1968.
     It will be held July 20-21 with events at the Adobe Lounge and Cedar Pointe Golf Course as well as the usual tour of Boone High School.
     Plans are being made for the "largest turnout ever of the 1968 class......we're going to break the record."
     Leading the planning are Michael Sundall, Carol Erickson Fairchild and Shelly Lovin Dannatt.
     I guess the Kornerman shouldn't ignore his own class reunion. We, the class of 1953, have set a date of August 18 for our 2018 reunion.
     Its early......but now you know.
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     Jerry Manriquez, BSH-57, reports the death of a former Boone resident. Darrell Dean Knox, 73, who passed away in November in Bakersfield,CA. He was born in Boone and his family farmed north of Boone until moving to California in 1953 when Darrell was in fifth grade. His sister, Wilma Knox Horan, would have been a BHS graduate of 1953 if the family still had lived in the Boone area at that time.
     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Burton Patterson, 81, Stratford. Born in Boone. Married Ronda Bornholt in 1960. Vet. Farmed south of Stratford and was an outstanding fast pitch softball pitcher. Drove a school bus for 18 years in retirement. Boone area survivors include his wife, Ronda, and son, Nolan, both of Stratford............Wanda Harrington, 94, Boone. She married Earl Harrington in 1972 and they farmed southeast of Ogden. Boone area survivors include sons, Dave and Dennis Borsos, and daughter, Sandy Wells, all of Boone. Two other sons and a second daughter also survive.
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