The senior Tibbets went to Florida to visit his mother, who always wintered there, and as Tibbets Jr. Photos: Iowa's five famous Sullivan brothers, World War II casualties.Iowa values carried Donna Reed to Hollywood stardom and an Oscar.Elvis Presley draws 4,000 to Vets for his first Iowa show.Iowa native Bob Feller throws baseball's only Opening Day no-hitter.The senior Tibbets had met his Glidden-born future wife while crossing Iowa on business.Ī turning point came during a particularly nasty Iowa winter. His father was employed by his family-operated wholesale grocery company, Warfield, Pratt & Howell, that was based in Chicago and had branches in Davenport, Des Moines and Sioux City.
