Century Farms

The Century Farms Program recognizes and honors those individuals who have owned the farm land for 100 years
or more. The program began in 1976 as part of the Bicentennial Celebration, when nearly 5,000 certificates
and farm markers were distributed across Iowa at local ceremonies.

The program is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, with the
endorsement of the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.

Last Name	First Name	City	County	Origin Year	Award Year	Century/Heritage
Anderson	Lucille	Curlew	Palo Alto	1919	2022	Century
Andreasen	Myra C.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1869	1976	Century
Arnold Cody	Ida E., Kenneth &	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1892	1994	Century
Augustine	Helen Phelan	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1917	2017	Century
Baker	Fred N. & Deborah S.	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1903	2016	Century
Barber	Dennis	West Bend	Palo Alto	1910	2017	Century
Bargman	James & Melva	West Bend	Palo Alto	1907	2007	Century
Bargman	Jim and Sis	West Bend	Palo Alto	1899	1999	Century
Bentech, Inc.		Ruthven	Palo Alto	1904	2017	Century
Berkland	Melvin	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1890	1991	Century
Berkland	Ritchie & Cynthia	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1891	2011	Century
Bisgaard	Arnold	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1872	1990	Century
Bisgaard	Donald	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1872	2023	Heritage
Bolte	Delond & Beverly	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1883	1996	Century
Bonnstetter	Bruce	West Bend	Palo Alto	1908	2015	Century
Bormann	Bill and Lois	West Bend	Palo Alto	1902	2003	Century
Brattmiller, Jr.	Fred W.	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1899	1999	Century
Brennan	Eddie J. & Ruth C. (Jensen)	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1869	1976	Century
Brennan	Martin & Barbara	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1907	2016	Century
Brennan	Marty & Barbara	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1877	2020	Century
Brennan	Marty & Barbara	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1890	2020	Century
Brennan	Marty & Barb	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1869	2020	Heritage
Bringleson	E.E.	Laurens	Palo Alto	1900	2000	Century
Bringleson	Thurma	Laurens	Palo Alto	1900	2000	Century
Brott	William H. & Glenna D.	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1883	1984	Century
Brown	Anna Zita Montag	West Bend	Palo Alto	1856	2014	Heritage
Brown	Anna Zita Montag	West Bend	Palo Alto	1914	2014	Century
Brown	Lillian S.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1891	1992	Century
Brown	Rex	West Bend	Palo Alto	1859	1976	Century
Brown	Richard Michael	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1883	1983	Century
Brown	Shirley J.	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1900	2003	Century
Brown	William & Catherine	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1894	1994	Century
Burns	James L.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1864	1976	Century
Carney	John F.	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1889	1990	Century
Carpenter	Virgie	West Bend	Palo Alto	1891	1992	Century
Carter	A. Benton	West Bend	Palo Alto	1855	1976	Century
Clasing	Albert W.	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1875	1984	Century
Clausen	Antone R.	Ayrshire	Palo Alto	1905	2013	Century
Coldren	Charles W. & Jo Ann	Laurens	Palo Alto	1894	1995	Century
Conlon	James J.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1870	1976	Century
Conlon	Matt	Curlew	Palo Alto	1872	1976	Century
Currans	Keyron J.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1871	1976	Century
Currans	Martin John & Barbara Jo	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1909	2017	Century
Currans	Philip M. & Linda K.	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1900	2019	Century
Cylyn Farm, Inc		Ruthven	Palo Alto	1894	1995	Century
Darling	Mrs. Marilyn	Curlew	Palo Alto	1893	1993	Century
Darr	James T. & Diane M.	Ayrshire	Palo Alto	1907	2007	Century
Doyle	Mrs. Anna M.	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1874	1976	Century
Drew Heirs	Isaac E.	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1878	1978	Century
Eaton	Virgil	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1898	1999	Century
Egland	Esther	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1888	1996	Century
Egland	Tillford	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1891	1996	Century
Elbert	Agnes M.	Rodman	Palo Alto	1891	1991	Century
Elbert Family Farm		Whittemore	Palo Alto	1920	2021	Century
Elsenbast	Bernard F. and Agnes	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1891	1992	Century
Elsenbast Revocable Trust	Jean	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1916	2016	Century
Farrell-Higgins Farm		Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1917	2023	Century
Fink	Luann	West Bend	Palo Alto	1916	2016	Century
Finnestad	Howard	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1893	1996	Century
Fisher	Mildred	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1869	1978	Century
Flaherty	Michael & Denise	Mallard	Palo Alto	1917	2017	Century
Flannegan	John & Irene	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1876	1976	Century
Fogarty	G. Esteleen	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1919	2019	Century
Fogarty	Lawrence J.	West Bend	Palo Alto	1890	1990	Century
Frederick	Mrs. Lyle	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1879	1985	Century
Frink	Lucile J.	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1881	1985	Century
FudeTrust	Joe Fude and Margaret	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1901	2001	Century
Fude	William John & Marie	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1895	1995	Century
Garber	Gloria J.	Curlew	Palo Alto	1869	2020	Century
Geeland	Francis	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1877	1983	Century
Geeland	Raymond	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1883	1983	Century
Gehrt	Joy Kingdon	Mallard	Palo Alto	1894	1994	Century
Goff	Berl V., Dean O.	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1877	1979	Century
Goff	Eldon	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1917	2017	Century
Graettinger	Ralph M.	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1889	1989	Century
Graff	Henry Vincent	Curlew	Palo Alto	1877	1979	Century
Greene	Maurice E. & Mary Jo	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1881	1985	Century
Greinert	Ted	Whittemore	Palo Alto	1906	2006	Century
Gunderson	Eileen	Whittemore	Palo Alto	1900	2005	Century
Hall	Richard L. & Jean Marie	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1881	1991	Century
Haman	Albert Charles	Curlew	Palo Alto	1897	1998	Century
Hankey	Roger & Darlene	Curlew	Palo Alto	1906	2020	Century
Hanson	Arne T.	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1882	1983	Century
Harvey	Mrs. A.L.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1870	1976	Century
Hauschen	Ellsworth L.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1890	1993	Century
Heath	Edith Brown	Rolfe	Palo Alto	1890	1990	Century
Hermansen	Esther V.	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1876	1984	Century
Hermanson	Andrew Christian	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1884	1984	Century
High	Erma L.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1882	1985	Century
Huskamp	Eugene H.	Ringsted	Palo Alto	1885	1987	Century
Huskamp	Robert J. & Laura K.	Fenton	Palo Alto	1884	2005	Century
Jacobs	Donald K.	West Bend	Palo Alto	1863	1976	Century
Jennett	Jerry J.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1915	2016	Century
Joenks	Hilda and Ronnie	Laurens	Palo Alto	1882	1993	Century
Johannesen	Willetta F.	Whittemore	Palo Alto	1899	2004	Century
Johnson	Beverly Oskvig Geesman	Ringsted	Palo Alto	1904	2008	Century
Johnson	Kenneth	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1882	1985	Century
Johnson	Russell O.	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1873	1976	Century
Joyce	Paul	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1912	2014	Century
Joynt	Frank	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1875	1996	Century
Joynt	Leo & Mike	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1875	1976	Century
Kassel	Craig and Debbie	Ayrshire	Palo Alto	1901	2023	Century
Kassel	Raymond L. & Henry W.	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1888	1988	Century
Kerns	Nicholas & Rachel	Mallard	Palo Alto	1908	2008	Century
Kollasch	Michael F. and Iris O.	Whittemore	Palo Alto	1902	2002	Century
Kongsback Trust	Kathleen B.	West Bend	Palo Alto	1893	2002	Century
Kramer	Marjorie	West Bend	Palo Alto	1901	2001	Century
Krieg	Charles C.	Mallard	Palo Alto	1871	1976	Century
Kubitschek	Ritamarie Washington	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1886	2003	Century
Kuhn	Ronald G.	West Bend	Palo Alto	1901	2001	Century
Leonard	Alice Jo	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1890	1992	Century
Leonard	Eugene J.	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1890	1991	Century
Leslein	Leonard E.	Curlew	Palo Alto	1880	1981	Century
Leuer	Gerald Joseph & Regina A.	Mallard	Palo Alto	1891	1996	Century
Leuer	LeRoy J.	Mallard	Palo Alto	1872	1976	Century
Lowman	Edra G.	Curlew	Palo Alto	1880	1980	Century
Mahan	Joseph	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1862	2010	Century
Mahan	Robert	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1862	2017	Heritage
Mahoney	Stella R.	Rolfe	Palo Alto	1896	2018	Century
Martini	Lloyd E.	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1881	1989	Century
Mathine	Gail Nelson	Ringsted	Palo Alto	1913	2018	Century
Mathisen	Joanne	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1869	2019	Heritage
McCormick	Walter C.	West Bend	Palo Alto	1883	1984	Century
Meyer	Debra S.	Rodman	Palo Alto	1897	2020	Century
Miller Farm	June & C.J.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1893	1993	Century
Miller	James L.	West Bend	Palo Alto	1914	2015	Century
Mitchell	Edward Emil	Fenten	Palo Alto	1895	1996	Century
Moran	Leo	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1901	2009	Century
Morey	Herbert & Charlotte	West Bend	Palo Alto	1879	1979	Century
Naig Life Estate	Florence	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1902	2003	Century
Naig	Obed & Dawn	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1913	2013	Century
Naig	Obed	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1891	1995	Century
Namer	J. Norman & Jeanette	Curlew	Palo Alto	1868	1976	Century
Neary	Joe	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1865	2015	Heritage
Neary	Joseph L.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1858	1976	Century
Nelson	John & Colleen	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1912	2012	Century
Nissen	Roy A. & Irene L.	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1894	1995	Century
Norland	Mrs. Virginia	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1888	1989	Century
Norris	Edna	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1890	1990	Century
Nyborg	Lowell & Sandy	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1894	1994	Century
O'Dell	Shirley M.	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1888	1988	Century
Ostwald	Esther E.	Whittemore	Palo Alto	1887	1988	Century
Paulsen Family Trust		Ruthven	Palo Alto	1903	2003	Century
Perry	Carolyn Runneberg	Laurens	Palo Alto	1893	1997	Century
Peterson	Donald M.	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1872	1976	Century
Prairie View Acres, Lth.		Curlew	Palo Alto	1919	2019	Century
Randa	Elmer A.	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1895	1996	Century
Reinders	Milo & Alice	Mallard	Palo Alto	1879	1980	Century
Reinders	Raymond & Virginia	Mallard	Palo Alto	1879	1980	Century
Riedel	Pamela Giffin	Ringsted	Palo Alto	1913	2021	Century
Rouse	David & Ruth Nolan	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1871	2022	Heritage
Rouse	David and Ruth (Nolan)	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1870	2017	Century
Rouse	Timothy G. & Cheryl A.	Curlew	Palo Alto	1919	2019	Century
Rouse	Victor & Eileen	Curlew	Palo Alto	1907	2007	Century
Ruppert	Francis	Mallard	Palo Alto	1875	1991	Century
Ruppert	Roumain & Lavonne	Mallard	Palo Alto	1884	2007	Century
Schmidt	Alan	Ayrshire	Palo Alto	1901	2001	Century
Schuller	Mae, Bruce, & Curt	Curlew	Palo Alto	1891	1996	Century
Schuller	Mark J.	Mallard	Palo Alto	1890	1993	Century
Seely	Harry Frank	Whittemore	Palo Alto	1869	1976	Century
Siddall	James G. & Karen A.	Curlew	Palo Alto	1914	2023	Century
Simonsen	Dean	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1911	2013	Century
Simonson	Philip L.	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1882	1982	Century
Smith	Mr. & Mrs. Raymond	Curlew	Palo Alto	1887	1989	Century
Soper Trust	Harland Robins	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1890	2003	Century
Soper Trust	Harland Robins	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1903	2003	Century
Stillman	William Howard	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1877	1978	Century
Suss	Merle A.	Ruthven	Palo Alto	1872	1976	Century
Swanson	Clarissa	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1869	1976	Century
Swanson	Elmer B.	Ayrshire	Palo Alto	1869	1976	Century
Thompson	Hugh & Virginia	Spirit Lake	Palo Alto	1903	2022	Century
Thompson	Monte	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1882	2002	Century
Thomson	John William	Rodman	Palo Alto	1883	1985	Century
Thu	Craig	Terril	Palo Alto	1917	2017	Century
Tindall	Carroll Lammers	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1911	2011	Century
Tonderum	Marylynn	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1902	2004	Century
Veltri	Frank & Marit	Cylinder	Palo Alto	1887	1995	Century
Voigt	Dale	Fenton	Palo Alto	1885	1991	Century
Voigt	William and Ina Mae Luhman	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1901	2001	Century
Votteler	Delond G.		Palo Alto	0	1984	Century
Webb	Paulette S.	Graettinger	Palo Alto	1910	2012	Century
Wegener	Robert H.	Whittemore	Palo Alto	1878	1981	Century
Wehrspann	Harlen & Elma	Whittemore	Palo Alto	1882	2010	Century
White	Vernon	Mallard	Palo Alto	1870	1976	Century
Wolfe	Sylvia	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1873	1983	Century
Wright	Kenneth R.	Rolfe	Palo Alto	1892	1997	Century
Yoch	Mary Juanita	West Bend	Palo Alto	1911	2011	Century
Zaugg	Richard F.	West Bend	Palo Alto	1897	1998	Century
Zeigler	Dan & Lisbeth	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	1910	2017	Century

From Iowa Dept of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
502 E. 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-3645
Email Address: centuryAndHeritageFarms@iowaAgriculture.gov

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