![]() Often found tinkering in his garage, whether working on his Jeep or building furniture for his wife. Loved spending time with his great-grandchildren. Served at least four Iowa school districts as an award-winning counselor.įorrest Alcott, 65, Waterloo. Enjoyed gardening and hunting mushrooms.ĭuane Keith Ahrens, 83, West Des Moines. Raised English springer spaniels and Brittany spaniels at Ada's Kennels.ĭoris Adams, 93, Riceville. Creator of the Slim Jim.Ĭlifton Adams Jr., 76, Cedar Falls. Competed in Special Olympics.Īlonzo Adams II, 95, Davenport. Loved the color red whether on clothes or cardinals. Together, we can make certain the Iowans lost will always be more than a number.Ĭonnie Abegglen, 74, Merrill. If you would like your loved one remembered in this way, email me at or submit their name here. We remain committed to telling these stories. Iowa Mourns was made possible by an unprecedented partnership of nine daily newspapers across Iowa’s two premier newspaper organizations - the Register, Ames Tribune, Burlington Hawk Eye and Iowa City Press-Citizen of the USA TODAY Network and the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, Mason City Globe Gazette, Quad-City Times, Sioux City Journal and Waterloo Courier of Lee Enterprises. Journalists from all over the state contributed, ensuring we painted a true picture of how Iowa has changed from river to river. In writing about them, we focused on the light of their lives instead of the darkness of their diagnoses, and sought to chronicle who they were, what they did and how they’ll be remembered. The Iowa Mourns project is a result of months of research to reveal the stories of neighbors and friends lost to the pandemic. Behind these numbers are our fellow Iowans. In the routine of it all a callus grows, a protection against what these numbers actually stand for - people.īehind these figures are storytellers and hard workers, Cubs fans and pie bakers, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons. They appear in our inboxes and on our feeds like clockwork, sandwiched between big box store discounts and emails from friends. The numbers associated with Iowa’s coronavirus pandemic come regularly. Watch Video: Iowa Mourns: Friends and families remember those lost to COVID-19
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