Ed Augustine, 1941-2022

Edwin J. Augustine of Ames, Iowa, died Sunday, July 31, 2022, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 81 years old.

Ed, as he was known to his family and friends, lived most of his life on his family’s farm in Washington County, Iowa. He loved farming, teaching his children, nephews and nieces that a farmer was far more than someone working the land. The farmer had to be business savvy, a veterinarian, a mechanic, a meteorologist…he could go on and on making that point. And he often did.
But Ed took that notion of a farmer wearing many hats to heart, pivoting away from the land in the mid-1980s, eventually embarking on a career in international business working for the Iowa Department of Economic Development. His work fostering trade between agricultural businesses in Iowa and overseas led him on travels to Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Ukraine and China to name just a few.

Ed graduated from West Chester High School and Iowa State University. Two extraordinary associations began during his time at Iowa State: the lifelong friendships and brotherhood of FarmHouse Fraternity, and meeting the love of his life, Gwyneth Jones. They were married July 3, 1965, and recently celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary.
Ed was deeply involved in Farm Bureau. He was the Washington County president and served several years on the Iowa board of directors. He was a veteran, serving in the U.S. Army Reserves.

Ed was a baseball coach, a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan who loved watching them play at Wrigley Field (and where he developed an uncanny ability to multiply by 35…ask his son about this), a passionate rooter for Iowa State athletics, hosting hundreds of tailgate functions prior to football games and cheering madly at those and at basketball games, eagerly walking to each one from his home near the Iowa State Center. He never missed a track meet, basketball or football game, theatrical performance or band concert of his children, Amy and Martin. If you were a fan of community theater, you would often see Ed on stage acting, singing and dancing in many musicals and plays in Washington, Iowa. One of his favorites was South Pacific.
He loved to fish, casting his lines in waterways as varied as the Skunk River, the Great Lakes and central Canada. Like all fine anglers, he fibbed remarkably well to his large circle of fishermen cronies about the fish that he caught.

If you knew Ed for any time at all, you learned quickly that he was engaging, smart, loquacious, caring, witty and stubborn…very stubborn. That quality served him well in much of his life, especially when sorting cattle, and while an admirable trait–it was less so if you were on the other end of his obstinance. Even he would stubbornly acknowledge that.
Ed was immensely proud of his family, who will cherish their countless memories and re-tell the endless stories of him, including his wife, Gwyn; children Amy (Aaron) of Seattle, Wash., and Martin (Lisa) of Kansas City, Mo.; grandchildren Andrew, Otto, Seth and Rowan; sister, Janet Ferguson of Pueblo, Colo.; sisters-in-law Miriam (Greg) Kenning of Richfield, Minn., and Nancy Jones of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; five nephews and three nieces. He was predeceased by his parents, Marion and Vera Augustine, a sister, Ruth Bainbridge, and brothers-in-law, Eldon Bainbridge and Joseph Jones.

Burial and celebration of life services pending for later this fall.

Bob Studer, 1935-2022

Robert Dale Studer, 86, passed away at the Israel Family Hospice Home in Ames on Monday, August 15, 2022. Visitation will be Thursday, August 18 from 4:00 to 6:00p.m. at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way, Ames Iowa 50010. Services will be Friday, August 19, at 11:00 a.m., at the First United Methodist Church, 516 Kellogg, Ames Iowa 50010.

Robert was born on October 13, 1935, to Henry and Merna (Anderegg) Studer. He attended a one room country school for several years. He graduated valedictorian from La Verne High School. He attended Iowa State University and graduated in 1957 on a Friday and started work the next Monday for the Iowa Highway Commission which later became Iowa DOT. He was employed there for 43 years retiring in 2000.

He was united in marriage to Zella (Jensen) Studer on April 14, 1961. To this union was born three children, Diane, David, and Dan.

Bob was a big bicycle enthusiast riding twice across the USA, spent a month in Scandinavia and amongst other places rode in Alaska and Hawaii. As well as 40 plus years of RAGBRAI.
He was a very active member of First United Methodist Church serving on most committees at one time or another.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers. He is survived by his wife Zella of 61 years, his children, Diane (Patrick) Russell of Westminster, CO, David Studer of Ames, and Dan Studer of Tabernash, CO, grandchildren: Sarah Studer of Chicago, Andrew (Nicole) Russell of Lacey, Washington, Marryssa Russell (Blake Dowen) of Fruita, CO and Morgan (Michael) Morgan of Fort Hood, Texas, and two greatgrandchildren Liam Dowen, and Wyatt Morgan, and many nieces and nephews.

We would like to thank the Doctors and nurses at Mary Greeley Medical Center and Story County Skilled Care in Nevada. They are the best! Also, a big thank you to Pastor Amanda for her many visits and our family, friends, and neighbors who helped us along the way.

Memorials may be directed to the First United Methodist Church. Online condolences may be expressed at www.grandonfuneralandcremationcare.com

Milt Allison obituary

 

Milton Allison, age 90, of Ames, the best and kindest man many of us have ever known, died on Sunday March 6, 2022, at Green Hills Health Care in Ames, Iowa.

A gathering of friends and family will be 4-6:00 p.m. Monday March 14, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way Ames, with a Celebration of Life memorial service at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, at St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 209 Colorado Ave., Ames, Iowa. Inurnment will be in St. Andrews Columbarium.

Milton was born on May 10, 1931 in South Dakota, the son of James Albert and Gunda Mathilda (Amdahl) Allison. He graduated from South Shore High School in 1949. He received his B.S and M.S degrees from South Dakota State University. He married Marjorie Peterson on December 27,1953. He was inducted in the US Army and after an honorable discharge he received his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Maryland. Milton worked at the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa retiring in 1993. In his career, he was considered a top research person in the area of rumen and other bacterial metabolism. He had such a passion for his research, that upon retirement he continued to work on special projects at NADC and maintained a lab at ISU up until his death.

He was an active member of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church where he sang tenor in the choir and served on numerous boards. Milton loved growing up on Punished Women’s Lake in South Shore South Dakota and from that idyllic boyhood grew a life long love for fishing. Some of his very favorite times were spent on his boat fishing for Walleye with his buddies, his brother Paul, his nephews, his children and his grandchildren. Milt had a way of listening to everyone with a quiet smile on his face, asking thoughtful questions and assuming the best of all.

Milton is survived by his wife Marjorie Allison of Ames, his South Dakota sweetheart, who agreed to get a ride back home with him from college and fell in love with him even though he was a year younger than her. He is also survived by daughters, Linda (Hessam) Rejvani, Brenda Allison (James Trahan), and a son Bradley, grandchildren, Kelsey (Kyle) Dunn, Hunter Torgerson, Lauren Rejvani (Julian Hirschbaum) and Alex Rejvani, a great granddaughter Sofia Dunn, sister, Ruth (Vic) Godfrey and four nephews, Ryun Godfrey, Nathan Godfrey, Michael Pearce and Monte Kramer.

Milton was preceded in death by his parents, a 4 year old brother Orlyn Allison and a brother, Paul Allison.

Memorials may be directed to St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Lakes Life Skills in Spirit Lake Iowa or NAMI of Central Iowa.

Forrest Dubberke obituary

Forrest V. Dubberke, 88 of Ames, died January 21, 2022, due to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. There will be a private family graveside burial and memorial services will be planned for a later date due to Covid concerns. He was born in Eldora, Iowa on May 10, 1933, the second son of John and Wilma (Meeker) Dubberke, and grew up on a farm south of Hubbard, attending Grant #2 country school through eighth grade and graduating from Hubbard High School in 1951.

Forrest attended AIB business school in Des Moines until being drafted in May of 1953. In the Army he was stationed at Fort Eustis, Va, and enrolled in William and Mary College in Williamsburg while stationed there. On April 27, 1954, he married Joan Janssen of Hubbard, before he was transferred to the 7th Transportation Company based in Nelligen, Germany, where Joan joined him for their first year together.

Forrest was honorably discharged from the Army in May of 1955, and returned to Des Moines to complete his studies at AIB while working part-time at Bruce Motor Freight. After graduation in May, 1956, he was employed by Eagle Iron Works in Des Moines and J.W. Janssen Implement CO. in Hubbard, before being employed at Iowa State College (as it was named at that time) in Ames in November of 1960. His first (and favorite!) job at ISU was being the Student Organizations’ Auditor, after which he moved to the Iowa State Center as Business Manager, and then returned to Beardshear Hall, working in the Treasurer’s Office until he happily retired in 1994.

Forrest was a member and faithful usher at St. Andrews Lutheran Church. He enjoyed the fellowship of the Friday Noon Kiwanians, and later the Golden K Club, and spent many hours picking apples and sweet corn to sell, and cleaning up after Pancake Days! Forrest and Joan were long-time volunteers delivering Meals-on-Wheels for 30 plus years, and Forrest was always there to provide a cheerful, helping hand to friends and family, or any one in need! He served as treasurer of the University Lutheran Student Center, and on the board of Ames Ecumenical Housing/Keystone & Stonehaven.

Forrest will be greatly missed by all who knew him, but most of all by his beloved family; wife, Joan; two sons, Dennis Dubberke (Cheryl Bara) of Ames, Matthew Dubberke (Tonya Walker) of Kalona, IA; and daughter Becky Dubberke of Des Moines, IA; three sisters; Janet Uskudarli (David) of Istanbul, Turkey; Pat Weiss (Marty) of Omaha, NE; and Yvonne Hartung of Ames; two brothers Dick Dubberke of Hermosa Beach, CA; and Kenneth Dubberke of New Brunswick, Canada; two sisters-in-law Diane Dubberke of Nevada, IA and Chris McCaslin of Altoona, IA; and two brothers-in-law John Janssen of Ankeny, IA and Jack Speech of Neenah, WI, and many dear nieces, nephews, and friends.

Forrest was preceded in death by two brothers, Donald and Wendell; sister and brother-in-law, Dolores and Jack Galbreath; and sister-in-law Joyce Speech.

The family is very thankful for the kind and loving care he received from Accura Health Care and Suncrest Hospice these past months.

An obituary can be viewed on-line, and on-line condolences may be left for the Dubberke family at www.info@desmoinescremation.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to Iowa Public Radio, P.O. Box 6400, Johnston, IA 50131; or St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 209 Colorado, Ames, IA 50014.