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 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.