| MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA | |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Page |
| Forward | i |
| Atalissa History | 1 |
| Atalissa Incorporation | 3 |
| Atalissa Government | 5 |
| Schools | 8 |
| Churches | 30 |
| Businesses | 33 |
| Armed Forces | 50 |
| Organizations | 57 |
| Cemeteries | 63 |
| Century Farms | 66 |
| Pioneer Families ~ Surnames A thru G |
| Ady, James H. | 67 | Carr, Phillip | 71 |
| Ady, T. L. | 67 | Collison, Charles Clinton & Sarah Jane Fralick | 71 |
| Arnold, Gilbert A. | 67 | Collison, Frederick | 71 |
| Arnold, William Tully & Linn Slosser | 67 | Cope, John | 72 |
| Askam, George | 68 | Coss, Elmer & Ida | 72 |
| Baker, Edward & Elizabeth Burnett | 68 | Croxen, Samuel & Ovilla | 72 |
| Balmos, Jacob & Anna | 68 | Croxen, Fred | 73 |
| Barkalow, D. G. | 69 | Dallas, Alexander | 73 |
| Beveridge, Dr. Thomas F. & Sara Overman | 69 | Davis, Charles | 73 |
| Black, Arthur | 69 | Desbros, S. & Lizzie | 74 |
| Black, James | 69 | DeVore, Herman & Martha Tice | 74 |
| Black, W. L. | 69 | Dove, H. C. | 74 |
| Booth, Robert | 70 | Doyle, Owen & Priscilla Cornwalt | 75 |
| Brooker, Edwin | 70 | Fiderlien, Louis & Maggie Shetler | 75 |
| Buckman, Charles E. & Louisa Walter | 70 | Fiderlein, Ernest & Euella Crees | 75 |
| Buckman, Phineas | 70 | Gladstone, Thomas & Rachel Johnson | 75 |
| Burnett, John A. & Nellie B. Crees | 70 |
| Pioneer Families ~ Surnames H thru O |
| Hallock, Samuel & Lucinda Miller | 76 | Lundy, John & Dora Norris Lundy | 81 |
| Hawker, Thomas & Ann | 76 | Lundy, Levi & Lucinda Hiatt | 81 |
| Heberling, Andrew & Elinor W. Combs | 77 | Lundy, William & Mary | 81 |
| Hepker, Thomas & Wecie Amanda Trimble | 77 | Markham, H. H. | 82 |
| Heston, Franklin & Ella A. Jackson | 77 | McDonald, Emma | 82 |
| Hines, Alexander & Mary Boydston | 77 | McGown, Samuel & Rebecca Osborn | 82 |
| Holmes, William G. | 78 | McKillip, Lawrence & Mildred | 82 |
| Hudson, William & Flora Alger | 78 | McIntire, Thomas & Mary | 82 |
| Hunter, Curtis Ellsworth & Mary Isabelle Mills | 78 | McLaughlin, John M. | 83 |
| Ireland, L. L. | 78 | Melick, Justus & Eveline | 83 |
| Ireland, John A., James E. & Olive | 79 | Melick, J. Warren & Mary Croxen | 83 |
| James Family: Dave & Lily Corker | 79 | Moylan, Patrick & Maria | 83 |
| James, Arch & Alice McCann | 79 | Nachbaur, Frank & Nellie Law | 84 |
| Jones, Sameul M. | 79 | Oepping, Edward "Uncle Ed" | 84 |
| Jones, William A. | 79 | Oepping, Frederick & Carolina Pfluger | 84 |
| Kline, Harvey & Rowena Jones | 79 | Oepping, Hiram "Hi" | 85 |
| Lamb, Charles & Jennie Howard, also family members | 80 | Oepping, Henry & Ida Marticke | 85 |
| Lamb, Emerson & Martha Louise Stucker | 80 | Oepping, Fred & Eva Devore | 86 |
| Lamb, Leonard | 80 | Oxley, Emerson E. | 86 |
| Lambert, Samuel V. | 81 | Overman, Cyrus & Elizabeth D. Barkalow | 86 |
| Lundy, Charles & Catherine Moore | 81 |
| Pioneer Families ~ Surnames P thru W |
| Parry, Daivid | 87 | Stucker, William & Jessie Lundy | 93 |
| Parry, J. A. & Lucinda Lyons | 87 | Stucker, James H. & Emma Worrell | 93 |
| Richardson, Joseph W. | 87 | Tice, B. F. & Rebecca Desbro | 93 |
| Rochau, Roland & Thelma Arp | 87 | Toyne, Charlie & Rachel | 93 |
| Schmidt, Louis & Laura Frenzel | 87 | Turner, Charles Edward | 94 |
| Scott, George M. | 88 | VanHorn, Carl | 94 |
| See, William & Emeline Arnold | 88 | VanHorn, Erma & Ernest | 94 |
| Shelter, Simon & Mary | 88 | VanHorn, John B. | 94 |
| Smith, John & Catherine Davis | 89 | VanHorn, Jesse & Eugenia Smith | 95 |
| Smith, Grant & Ada McGill | 89 | Watters, Hanson B. | 95 |
| Smith, Benjamin & Sarah Drake | 89 | Watters, Henry Q, & Dora A. | 95 |
| Smith, Walter | 89 | Watters, Dr. William W. | 96 |
| Stiles, R. M. & Alice Fullmer | 89 | Weiss, George & Elizabeth Fuhr | 96 |
| Spilger, Nicholas | 90 | Weiss, Phillip & Rosina D. Kauffman | 96 |
| Spilger, Phillip & Anna Gatzke | 90 | Weiss, William & Melinda Lange | 97 |
| Stauffer, Family | 90 | Werth, Willhelm | 97 |
| Staley, Charles & Sarah Jane "Sadie" Beggs | 91 | Wilkinson, George R. | 97 |
| Staley, Jacob & Catherine E. Keeler | 91 | White, William & Margaret | 97 |
| Sterner, Gale & Esther Melick | 92 | Worrall, George | 98 |
| Stucker, Sameul B. & Mattie E. Oxley | 92 | Worrall, George II & Erma Stucker | 98 |
| Stucker, Oscar & Lucy | 92 | Wright, Charles & Lucy McCroskey | 98 |
| Former Families ~ Surnames A thru G |
| Ahrens, Dr. | 100 | Corriell, Lester | 105 |
| Arnold, Otis & Erma VanHorn | 100 | Coss, Floyd & Iola | 106 |
| Arnold, Ralph & Bonnie Streat | 100 | Coyner, Perry | 106 |
| Arnold, Stewart | 100 | Dallege, Floyd & Jeanetta | 106 |
| Atkins, Jeff & Julie | 101 | Daufeldt, Albert | 108 |
| Aye, August & Marian Oepping | 101 | Daufeldt, Charles & Alvena | 108 |
| Baker, Bert | 101 | Demean, Family | 108 |
| Barkhurst, Elizabeth | 101 | Devore, Dewey & Beryl Arnold | 108 |
| Barkalow, Elmer & Elsie | 102 | Devore, Harry & Hazel | 109 |
| Beaver, Lawrence "Buck" & Nellie | 102 | Dickey, Claude & Hazel Haitt | 109 |
| Beggs, Hugh & Matilda | 102 | Edwards, Robert & Karen | 109 |
| Binggeli, Robert & Elma Oepping | 102 | Elder, Waldo & Ruth Arlene Derby | 109 |
| Brotchie, Bill | 102 | Erick, Herman | 109 |
| Cale, Dick & Gert | 102 | Esmoil, Mike | 109 |
| Carlisle, Cecil | 103 | Essex, Clyde & Margaret Ola Arnold | 110 |
| Carlisle, George | 103 | Essex, Darlene | 110 |
| Carlisle, Ruth Savacoal | 103 | Eusler, William "Bill" & Lill | 110 |
| Chambliss, George & Norma | 104 | Eusler, Vernon & Sarah | 110 |
| Chapman, George & Elitha Pearl Fry | 104 | Fiagle, Ray & Dorthea | 110 |
| Chesebrough, Samuel & Theresa Hindee | 104 | Fuhrmeister, Ralph & Daphne England | 111 |
| Collison, Harry | 105 | Garvin, John & Lillie Sutton | 111 |
| Conner, John & Helen | 105 | Gerdts, Louis & Lota | 111 |
| Corriell, George & Minnie | 105 |
| Former Families ~ Surnames H thru P |
| Hawk, Roy | 112 | McKillip, William F. & Treva | 118 |
| Hepker, Hubert Sr. & Florence L. Gauger | 112 | McMichael, Audrey Phillips White | 119 |
| Hiatt, Joe | 112 | Miller, Verl H. & Neta Shaw | 119 |
| Hildebrand, Guy & Harriet Arnold | 112 | Montgomery, Clyde "Short" & Myrtle | 119 |
| Hinkhouse, Harold & Florence Jensen | 113 | Morrison, Clemmie | 120 |
| Hohnke, Julius | 113 | Morrison, George & Gladys Schafnit | 120 |
| Hohnke, William "Bill" | 113 | Morrison, Robert & Ruby | 120 |
| Hunter, Tony & Teressa Staley | 113 | Nebergall, Mearl & Lois | 120 |
| Jensen, Glen & Helga Nissen | 114 | Oepping, Frank & Ida's Children | 121 |
| Jensen, Martin & Catherine | 114 | Oepping, Verne & N. Emily Scott | 121 |
| Keith, Derwood & Arlene Roberts | 114 | Oepping, Raymond O. & Judith L. Filter | 121 |
| King, George & Bertha | 114 | Osborn, Walter & Anna Demean | 122 |
| Kelly, Bob & Ike | 115 | Oostendorp, Wilfred "Shorty" | 123 |
| Kline, Elmer & Louise Ridenour | 115 | Ohl, Jack & Orpha | 123 |
| Kline, Joseph & Clella Fiederlein | 115 | Passmore, Fred & Theresa Gatzke | 123 |
| Lewis, Raymond | 116 | Passmore, Chester "Chet" & Lois Hepker | 123 |
| Long, Jacob & Miranda S. | 116 | Peeters, John & Ann | 124 |
| Lovell, Frankie E. & Myrtle "Monty" Collison | 116 | Penny, Jay | 124 |
| Lowenberg, Jim & Marie | 117 | Pelzer, Ralph & Pauline | 124 |
| Maplethorpe, Floyd M. & Bernice | 117 | Phelps, Glen & Laura Weikert | 124 |
| Markham, Elvin "Mutt" | 117 | Phillips, Carl & Elsie Gatzke | 125 |
| Marticke, Ben & Vennie | 117 | Phillips, Dalton "Johnny" & Jean Ann Lindle | 125 |
| McDonald, Anna | 117 | Phillips, Delbert E. | 126 |
| McKillip, Marilyn V. & William | 117 | Phillips, Harlan S. "Skeeter" & June Sisk | 126 |
| Former Families ~ Surnames R thru Z |
| Roberts, Alvin N. & Edna Jensen | 126 | Sterner, Darel & Donna Faye Passmore | 133 |
| Rock, Harry & Wima Tomasson | 127 | Sterner, George & Florence Aye | 133 |
| Ruess, Louis & Margaret White | 127 | Stillman, Scott | 133 |
| Schafnit, Bert & Wilma Schmidt | 127 | Stucker, Hilbert & Mary McGrann | 134 |
| Schafnit, Harry & Rena | 127 | Stucker, James & Grace Phelps | 134 |
| Schmidt, Calvin & Marion Wacker | 128 | Terpenning, Jason & Katrina | 134 |
| Schmidt, Ewolt & Lydia | 128 | Thomasson, Delbert & Fern | 135 |
| Schmidt, Christ & Henrietta "Blim" Devore | 128 | Thomasson, William & Grace | 135 |
| Schmidt, Clarence & Lillian Hunter | 128 | Turkle, Earl & Pearl | 136 |
| Schmidt, Robert & Leila | 129 | Vauble, Jake | 136 |
| Schnier, John & Edith | 129 | Wallingford, Harry | 136 |
| Sharpless, Duane & Julia Martinson | 129 | Walton, Lonnie & Clella Fiderlien | 136 |
| Smith, Alan & Pat | 129 | Warner, Louis | 137 |
| Stiles, Evelyn | 130 | Weiss, Leornard & Else Fuerst | 137 |
| Sterner, Orville V. & Gladys M. | 130 | Wieskamp, Leo & Wilma White | 137 |
| Stortz, Fred | 131 | Werling, Velda | 138 |
| Spilger, Wayne & Vivian | 131 | White, Walter & Inez Cunningham | 138 |
| Staley, Archie & Lillian | 131 | White, Wayne | 138 |
| Staley, Robert & Eleanor | 132 | Whyte, Mabel Carlisle | 138 |
| Staley, Louis & Bernice | 132 | Zimmerman, Chester & Mary | 139 |
| Statler, Zella A. Smith | 132 |
| Current Families (1999) ~ Surnames A thru G |
| Armey, Larry & Patty Buck | 140 | Cline, Mike & Mary Sue | 148 |
| Armey, Robert & Carissa Marlof | 140 | Coleman, Ray & Gert | 148 |
| Atkins, Cecil "Granny" | 149 | Daufeldt, Clarence & Frances | 148 |
| Axson, Robert & Kim | 141 | DeVoew, Mary & "Granny" Atkins | 149 |
| Baines, Mike & Becky | 141 | DeVore, Tim & Chris | 149 |
| Baker, Joan | 141 | Dewar, Tim & Darcie | 150 |
| Barnard, Tom | 141 | Dickey, Angie | 150 |
| Beaver, Rich & Linda | 142 | Dickey, Don L. & Gloria A. Jensen | 150 |
| Becker, Mark & Cynthia | 142 | Dickey, Norma & Chester | 151 |
| Beinke, Dennis | 142 | Dickey, Todd & Kimberly | 151 |
| Beinke, Richard John & Betty Kay | 142 | Dotson, Glen & Viola Buckman | 152 |
| Bierman, Stacy | 143 | Ervin, Robert & Jean | 152 |
| Black, Bob & Connie | 143 | Evans, Chuck & Evelyn Osborn | 153 |
| Blick, Ronald & Donna | 143 | Freyermuth, Clifford W. & Lucille Spilger | 153 |
| Blick, Joseph & Kandice | 144 | Gatzke,Herbert & Betty | 154 |
| Blick, Kori | 144 | Gatzke, Don & Maryann Becker | 155 |
| Blick, April | 144 | Gatzke, Ron & Donna | 155 |
| Brown, Bernice & Delos Jr. | 144 | Garvin, Richard & Donna | 156 |
| Brown, Tom & Cindy | 145 | Garvin, Edward & Dorothy | 156 |
| Burnett, Marion & Ethel | 145 | Goodale, William A. & Tammy Smith | 157 |
| Burnett, Steve & Edie | 145 | Goodale, Ernest & Francis | 157 |
| Carlisle, Francis & Dorothy | 146 | Guthrie, Robert & Virginia | 157 |
| Carlisle, Wilma Hargrave | 147 |
| Current Families (1999) ~ Surnames H thru P |
| Hammons, Gene & Vickie | 158 | McCleary, Robert | 167 |
| Hepker, Dennis & Mary | 158 | McConnell, Betsy | 167 |
| Hepker, Dwain & Lila | 158 | McKillip, Craig & Karla | 168 |
| Hepker, Melvin Leroy & Mary Kathleen Wieskamp | 159 | McKillip, Dale & Penny | 168 |
| Herrold, Charles "Tony" & Janene R. | 159 | McKillip, Daryl | 168 |
| Hinkhouse, Guy & Evelyn | 160 | McKillip, Dennis & Jody Ford | 168 |
| Hinrichs, Alven & Hilda | 161 | McKillip, Ernest & Lois | 169 |
| Hood, Richard | 161 | McKinley, Terry & Liz | 169 |
| Hollenbeck, Gayle & Joyce | 161 | McMichael, Jason & Tamra | 169 |
| Howes, Russell Frank & Kristina Marie | 161 | McMichael, Luther & Sadie Faulkner | 170 |
| Humphries, Richard & April | 162 | McMichael, Matt & Michele Brennan | 170 |
| Hunter, Wesley | 162 | McMichael, Ron & Doris Devore | 170 |
| Irwin, Marv & Carol | 162 | Messner, Dan | 171 |
| Isabel, Ralph & Lela Ridenour | 163 | Nebergall, Karl & Elizabeth "Betsy" | 171 |
| Jensen, Hilbert & Ina Frenzel | 163 | Newsom, Shane & Mindy | 171 |
| Klemme, Bob & Paula | 163 | O'Neill, Dennis & Carol | 171 |
| Kordick, Scott & Bethann | 164 | Pace, Bill & Carolyn "George" | 173 |
| Leggins, Gerald & Evelyn | 164 | Passmore, Donald F. & Arlene | 172 |
| Lyon, Richard & Susan | 164 | Passmore, Dwight & Judith | 173 |
| Madagrang, Anthony & Chris | 165 | Petersen, Bob & Sandra Kay | 173 |
| Madsen, Mark & Charlena | 165 | Pelzer, Raymond | 173 |
| Madsen, Paul | 165 | Phillips, Dave H. & Patricia Connor | 174 |
| Mahnke, Terry & Carol | 166 | Pierce, Wayne & Cindy | 174 |
| March, Clarence Family | 167 | Plank, Rod & Tami | 174 |
| McCleary, Dick & Denise | 167 |
| Current Families (1999) ~ Surnames R thru Y |
| Ridenour, Harold & Martha | 175 | Taylor, Lester & Evelyn | 184 |
| Rocha, Patricia | 175 | Taylor, Lester & Shirley | 184 |
| Rock, Jeff & Trina Glover | 175 | Tomasson, Kevin | 184 |
| Rock, Mark W. & Corrina Brierly | 176 | Trout, Ronald & Christine | 185 |
| Rock, Mike | 176 | Van Dusen, Brian & Pam | 185 |
| Rock, Tim & Tracie Drayfahl | 176 | Van Dusen, Donovan | 185 |
| Rock, William & Barbara White | 176 | Van Dusen, Joseph & Sheila | 185 |
| Ruess, Amy | 177 | Van Dusen Julie & Scott Williams | 186 |
| Ruess, Bill & Vonda Fix | 177 | Van Dusen, Lloyd & Sandra Stewart | 186 |
| Schmidt, Robert R. & Dawn Goody | 177 | Vandusen, Floyd Henry & Mary | 186 |
| Schmidt, Robert & Cynthia "Cindy" | 178 | Vandusen, Rick & Brenda Phillips | 187 |
| Shank, Harry & Alma Cozad | 178 | Wagner, Linus & Linda | 187 |
| Shetler, Louis & Dona Henderson | 178 | Weber, Dave | 188 |
| Shetler, Steven & Sharon | 179 | Weiss, Richard & Winifred Gosch | 188 |
| Sivia, Delores | 179 | Weiss, Ricky Alan & Deborah Clausen | 188 |
| Sivia, Ernest | 179 | Welsch, Dean & Janet | 189 |
| Skubal, Ronald & Jewel | 179 | Werling, Bob & Connie | 189 |
| Spilger, Dick & Brenda Booker | 180 | Werling, Dusty | 189 |
| Spilger, Leland & Loretta | 180 | Werling, Nancy & Brian Telleen | 190 |
| Spilger, Merlyn & Dorothy | 181 | Werling, Penny & Family | 190 |
| Struck, Don & Virginia | 183 | Wertzbaugher, Robert & Rosemary Howard | 190 |
| Struck, Terry & Giana Greewald | 181 | Williams, Howard & Donna | 190 |
| Stewart, Betty J. | 182 | Willits, Stu & Wilma | 191 |
| Stewart, Tom & Jessie Pearl | 182 | Wilson, Bill & Sharon | 191 |
| Stewart, Herman & Hazel Rick | 183 | Wilson, Gerald & Joyce Isabel | 192 |
| Yeager, James Franklin & Norma | 192 |
| Photographs (descriptions) of People and Happenings | 194 |