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DONALD R. HIGHLAND entered into rest April 5, 1997, in Minneapolis, MN. Memorial services will be held Monday, April 14, at United Methodist Church in Sac City, IA. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery, Sac City. Memorials can be sent to Myositis Assn. of America, 1420 Huron Court, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Don was born to Clyde and Ethel Highland on January 29, 1923. He grew up and attended school in Sac City, then served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He had five children with Vel Stephens and he was also united in marriage to Shirley Head of Lee's Summit. He worked for Midwest Leather and Konomis Distributing of Kansas City. Don was diagnosed with a rare muscle disease, Inclusion Body Myositis, in 1985 and he retired in 1991 due to poor health.
Along with his first wife, Vel Carroll, of Rochester, MN, Don is survived by Shirley Highland, of Lee's Summit; children, Gary, Diane, Donna, Scot and Kevin; siblings, Maurine, Norman, and Dorothy; and grandchildren, Cory, Daniel and Adrianna. He was preceded in death by his parents. (Arrangements: Hansen's Funeral Home, Sandstone, MN) --Kansas City Star, The (MO) - April 13, 1997, contributed by A. Newell

IRENE H. LOWRY, 81, Blue Springs, MO, died Wednesday, September 9, 1998, at the Medical Center of Independence. Funeral services will be 12 noon Saturday, September 12, at Webb-Freer Funeral Home, Blue Springs; graveside services will 10 a.m. Monday, September 14, at the Sac City Cemetery, Sac City, IA. Friends may call 11 a.m.-12 noon Saturday at the funeral home. (Arrangements: Webb-Freer Funeral Home, Blue Springs, MO) --Kansas City Star, The (MO) - September 11, 1998, contributed by A. Newell.

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