Marian D. Kumm, 91, of Aransas Pass, TX, passed away on May 19, 2021, peacefully, after a struggle with heart disease. Marian was the daughter of E. A. Davis and mother Lucille (Sweeny), and was raised on their ranch between Bowling Green and Mexico, MO, with her older siblings, Dwight M. Davis (decd., Kansas City, MO) and Marjorie (Tennyson, Minneapolis, MN). From an early
Cheryl Mitchell
Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 76
Cheryl (Lauffer) Mitchell, 76, of Oskaloosa passed away peacefully on Friday, February 5, 2021, at Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Cheryl was born to Charles and Leona (Prickett) Lauffer on February 14, 1944 in Fort Madison, Iowa.
Cheryl attended elementary, middle, and high school in Denmark, Iowa, where she graduated salutatorian in 1961. Her interest in teaching led her to Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University) and she graduated with a degree in Elementary Education in 1964. She shared her love of learning as a first grade teacher in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for five years and in Ames, Iowa, for two years.