The Minneapolis Star
December 24, 1964Bryant - Evelyn M., age 55, of Maple Plain.
Survived by husband, Hugh; daughter, Marion (Mary) Bryant, Mnpls; two sons, James, Long Lake and Philip, U.S. Navy.
Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
July 27, 2003Bryant Lydia, age 95, of Maple Plain, passed away July 17, 2003. Preceded in death by husband, Kenneth; daughter, Irene Bryant; son, Donald Bryant.
Survived by grandsons, Steve, Greg, Bruce, Ken & their families; daughter-in-law, Delores Gummert; 6 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great- grandchildren; brothers, Albert Japs & wife Oline and George Japs; sisters, Florence Heinzen and Laverne Wandersee; and nieces & nephews.
Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
April 14, 2013Bryant, Lawrence, (Bud) age 97 died April 12, 2013 at Golden Age Manor in Amery, Wisconsin. Bud was born in Maple Plain Minnesota on January 29, 1916. He was the youngest of seven children born to Rufus and Minnie Bryant.
He was preceded in death by his parents, siblings, his daughter Linda and wife of 44 years, Hazel.
Bud will be missed by family and friends who respected his wise and gentle manner. Bud began his career with IBM and eventually became a founding partner of Associated Typewriters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He and Hazel spent as much time as possible at their cabin on Lake Metonga in Crandon, Wisconsin. Bud was an outdoorsman who enjoyed many sports, particularly fishing and football. He was a loyal and enthusiastic Packer and Badger fan.
Mukwonago Chief (WI)
June 29, 2011Hazel M. Bryant (Nee Gleason) of West Bend, formerly of Crandon, found rest in God on Friday, June 24, 2011 at the age of 85.
She was born on March 20, 1926 to the late Charles and Anna Gleason of Milwaukee.
Hazel married Lawrence "Bud" Bryant in 1968. She was active in her church and community, volunteering her time often, and had many friends. She enjoyed gardening, fishing-with Bud at her side, and taking care of her home on Lake Metonga, sitting on the deck and watching the Blue Herons land on the dock, the ducks swim by and the eagles soar. Hazel will be missed and thought of often.
She is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Lawrence (Bud) Bryant. She is also survived by her 2 daughters Sandra (Richard) Ciotti and Nancy (Gordon) Smith; 5 granddaughters: Sheila (John) Anderson, Patricia (Joe) Harvey, Teresa Horvath, Tara (Eric) Beck, and Sarena (John) Lawrence; 5 great-grandchildren: Katy (Dan), Alan, Myles, Damien, and Erica-Jade; and 1 great-great grandson, Aiden-Daniel.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI)
February 22, 1996Louise Geraldine Lawrence, 71 of Holton, died Feb. 21, 1996 at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka. She was born Sept. 22, 1924 in Independence, KS, the daughter of Cecil J. and Ethel M. Barnes Haley.
She was graduated from Independence High School in 1942 and spent many years in Topeka and Milwaukee, WI. before moving to Holton 8 years ago. She was a teller at the 1st National Bank in Topeka for several years before she retired in 1960
She was married to Calvin A. Lawrence, July 17, 1943. He preceded her in death on Jan. 24, 1988.
Mrs. Lawrence is survived by 2 daughters Sheri K. Lawrence of Allenton, WI. and Tammie J. Lawrence of Holton, a sister Loma Ashcraft of Holton and 3 grandchildren.
75779. Robert Allen Herren Sr.
The Oregonian (Portland, OR)
October 1, 2000A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000, in Cedar Mill Bible Church for Robert "Bob" Herren Sr., who died Sept. 27 at age 83.
Mr. Herren was born June 8, 1917, in Portland. He attended Benson Polytechnic High School. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. He was an engineer for Tektronix for 34 years until retiring in 1981. He was a longtime member of the church. In 1941, he married Alvena Hergert.
Survivors include his wife; sons, Robert Jr., Warren and David; daughter, Christine Steinkamp; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Interment will be in Willamette National Cemetery.
The Billings Gazette
April 14, 1953Hardin - Funeral services for Charles DeForest Goddnow, 73, deputy Big Horn County treasurerwill be conducted ...
Mr. Goodnow died at the Big Horn Community Hospital. He had been ill for about a week. Death was attributed to coronary thrombosis.
He was born Oct. 10, 1979, in Hutchinson, Minn. He came to Montana in 1908 from Sheridan, Wyo., where he had lived for 23 years. Before coming to Hardin in 1936, he lived at Broadview for several years. He formerly held the post of treasurer of Big Horn County.
He was married to Miss Alta Crane June 12, 1906, in Long Lake, Minn.
He was a member of the Hardin Kiwanis Club and the Odd Fellows Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Freeman of Conrad and Mrs. Audrey Goddard of El Paso, Tex., and three grandchildren.
Southern Illinoisan
December 8, 1974Vivien O. Swan Crane, 52, 1221 Centerville Ave., Belleville, died Saturday morning at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville.
She was a former resident of Crab Orchard.
Mrs. Crane was born Sept. 1, 1922 to Roy and Christine Josdahl Swan in Crab Orchard.
She married Roger Crane August 22, 1959 in Carbondale.She was a former secretary to the president of Southern Illinois University, to the dean of the Graduate School of SIU and at the Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass. She was a former singer with the Wilson-Karnak Funeral Home Quartet. Mrs. Crane was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Belleville.
She is survived by her husband; a daughter Christina Edith Crane, at home; brothers, Ivan and Amos Swan, both of Marion; a her mother, of Crab Orchard. She is preceded in death by one sister.
75790. Jeanne Adelaide Follansbee
Charles City Press
September 08, 2008Jeanne was born on March 13, 1915, in Long Lake, Minn., the daughter of Clarence Daniel and Gladys "Crane" Follansbee and she became one of four daughters. After moving several times she graduated from Floyd Consolidated High School with the class of 1933. In the early 1930s, her future husband Franklin D. Kicherer attended a band concert in Floyd where he met Jeanne who was a drummer. Over the next several years, loved blossomed and they were united in marriage on June 23, 1937, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church where she had previously been baptized and confirmed. She was an excellent seamstress and worked for Bea's shop for several years and then ventured into a partnership and started Park Fashion in 1959 and then retired in 1962. Jeanne then worked part time for Roberts. Her skill with needle and thread led her to restoring antique dolls and fashioning teddy bears from fur coats. Every summer for years the family would go to Round Lake near Brainerd, Minn. to be by the lake and try her hand at fishing. Her love of travel with her traveling companions Marge and Bob Rabe created a wealth of trips which spanned the globe, including Europe, New Zealand, Hawaii, the British Isles and London, to name a few.
Her husband Franklin of 71 years survives her along with their son David and his wife Rita of St. Ansgar; three grandchildren: Misti Peppler of Chicago, Michele Kicherer of Clear Lake and Daniel Kicherer, Taos, N.M.; six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Marilyn and her husband Len Butler, Tempe, Ariz.
Her parents and two sisters, Fern Elizabeth "Betty" and her husband Elston Castle, and Geraldine and her husband Bob Isham, preceded her in death.
Globe Gazette
June 30, 2010CHARLES CITY � Franklin Kicherer, 94, of Charles City died Wednesday (June 16, 2010) at Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City.
Franklin was born on March 1, 1916, in Charles City, the son of Joseph L. and Augusta F. (Hanneman) Kicherer. He attended Charles City High School, and soon after graduation he began working for Oliver Tractor. He eventually became foreman of the heat treater department, then the gear department, and finally as an inspector. He retired in 1975 after 40 years of service.
Franklin was united in marriage to Jeanne Adalaide Follansbee at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church on June 23, 1937.
Franklin was a lifelong member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, as well as a member of the BPO Elks No. 418 and the UAW No. 1315. He enjoyed fishing and hunting and loved going on the annual family fishing trip to Minnesota. He also liked to read and especially enjoyed searching through his family history. Franklin also enjoyed talking to his neighbors, or anyone else that would listen, and he looked forward to his 5 p.m. phone call every night from Robert in Florida.
Franklin was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Jeanne, on Sept. 3, 2008.
Those left to honor his memory include his son, David (Rita) Kicherer, of St. Ansgar; grandchildren, Misti (Jon) Peppler, Michele Kicherer and Daniel Kicherer; seven great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Marilyn Butler; and his special friend, Robert Rabe.
Find-a-Grave
Geraldine "Gere" Isham, 80, of Osage, died Wednesday (Jan. 26, 2000) at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.
Gere was born Sept. 7, 1919, in Oxford, N.Y., the daughter of Clarence and Gladise (Crane) Follansbee. She moved with her family to the family farm near Floyd where she grew up. She graduated from Charles City High School.
Gere was united in marriage to Dr. Robert B. Isham on Dec. 24, 1942, on the family farm near Floyd. They made their home in Osage.
She was very active in the Girl Scouts, serving as a troop leader and two terms as president of the North Iowa Girl Scout Council. When Gere died, her three daughters were at her side.
She is survived by three daughters, Elizabeth Meillier and her husband, Steven, of Eagen, Minn., Mary Ekeland and her husband, Craig, of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Judith Bowen, of Des Moines; four grandchildren, Alexander Meillier, of Los Angeles, Calif., Bennett Meillier, of Vail, Colo., Amy Ekeland, of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Jane Bowen, of Des Moines; two sisters, Jean Kitcherer and her husband, Franklin, of Charles City and Marilyn Butler and her husband, Len, of Tempe, Ariz.; a special niece, Jane Isham Wheatly, of Reno, Nev.; several nieces and nephews and special friends, Ruth Sams, Maureen Blonigan, Willard and Evelyn Koch, all of Osage.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dr. Robert B. Isham in 1993; and a sister, Betty Castle.
Casa Grande Dispatch (AZ)
April 20, 2014TEMPE - Marilyn F. Butler, 88, of Tempe died on April 11, 2014, at her son's home.
The celebration of life will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Edna Vihel Center for the Arts, 3340 S. Rural Road in Tempe.
Mrs. Butler was born on June 29, 1925, in Charles City, Iowa, and was a daughter of Clarence D. Follansbee and Gladise Crane. She was an office manager for city government before retirement and an avid league bowler in Tempe for four decades. She was an expert quilter and was well known for her skills and teaching. In the 1970s and '80s she was involved in many local 10K runs and won many of them in her age group.
Survivors include two daughters, Nancy Raymon of Irvine, Calif., and Patricia S. Behner of Fairbanks, Alaska; two sons, Tony Simon of Hidden Valley and Craig Simon of Maricopa; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two husbands, James A. Simon and Leonard W. Butler, and three sisters, Geri Isham, Betty Castle and Jean Kicherer.