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Anita Remembers history of births deaths and weddings
A retrospective Tribune segment records obituaries and life events from Anita across years. It notes Mrs Helen Zastrow’s death at 80 at Woodward and graveside rites, Andrew Petersen’s last rites, and Bud Legg as chief score keeper for Girls' State Basketball. Engagements, marriages, and local hires appear with ties to Anita and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Zastrow
Anitan
Woodward
Anita Evergreen Cemetery
Andrew Petersen
Extra
Anita Evere Green Cemetery
Bud Legg
Kathleen Wilson
William Claussen
Ruth Barber
Tim Akers
Mar
Long Funeral Home
Ethel Musick
Roland Funeral Home
Atlantic
Larry Lee Baler
William Baler
Anita
Mike Lett
States
Germany
Bernard Legg
Neil Johnson
Rex Miller
Drexel Chadwick
Sidney Larsen
Walter Dorsey
W.B. Mcluen
W.F. Crawford
W.H. Wagner
Charles Barber
Shirlee Linfor
Harry Burgess
Des Moines
Ball Park
George Legg
Roger Rathman
Elmer Porchi
Niles Blake
Doris Scholl
George Scarlett
Roy Scholl
Kirksville
Edward G. Allanson
Wayne
Iam) Bullock
Alvin Wahlert
Arthur Garside
LaVem Robert
Anita Public Schools
Jake Nevens
Christensen Blacksmith Shop
Irene Sill
H.P. Ziegler
Carlsten Henneberge
William Petit
Clara Wag
Ruthven
Hattie Dorsey
Ray Vinall
Davenport