Our Obituaries
Rollie Cannon
November 12, 1943 - May 7, 2012
Rollie Wayne Cannon, son of Bernard D. & Elowene I. (Duff) Cannon, was born November 12, 1943 at Bedford, Iowa. Rollie grew up at Mount Ayr and graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1962.
Rollie enlisted and served in the US Army National Guard. After his time in the Guard, Rollie worked as a Police Officer in Des Moines from 1967 to 1971. Rollie worked and retired as a Customs Agent with the...
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Thomas Shay
December 15, 1928 - April 15, 2012
Thomas Edward Shay, 83, died Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center. A memorial visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, April 23, 2012 at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 West Monroe Street, Mt. Ayr.
Thomas was born December 15, 1928, to John "Clem" and Winifred Shay. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He worked as a salesman and supervisor for the Metz...
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Lila Overholtzer
May 15, 1937 - April 15, 2012
Lila Mae (Reynolds) Overholtzer, 74 years old, was born May 15, 1937 to Earl (Shorty) Reynolds and Opal Lucille (Puttroff) Reynolds near Kellerton, IA. She passed away April 15, 2012 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr after fighting a courageous battle with cancer.
Before graduating high school in 1955, she attended Poe #6 country school. Lila had various occupations beginning with...
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Mary Anne (McGehee) Lane
December 17, 1947 - April 9, 2012
Mary Anne Lane was born December 17, 1947 in Marshalltown, Iowa. She is the daughter of Wayne & Rosetta Rush McGehee. Mary Anne graduated from Mount Ayr Community High School in 1966. On June 5, 1966 she was united in marriage to Roger Lane at the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr. Mary Anne & Roger farmed near Mount Ayr until 1987. Mary Anne lived in Cordova, Tennessee until the untimely death...
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Geraldine Stephenson
January 10, 1920 - April 8, 2012
Delores Geraldine (Colvin) Stephenson, daughter of James and Lena (Miller) Colvin, was born January 10, 1920 in Worth County Missouri and passed away April 8, 2012. At age 5 she moved with her family to Mills County Iowa where she grew up. After returning to Missouri, she met Claude Stephenson and they married in Grant City, Missouri in 1939. Three daughters, Sharon Gayle, Janet Marie and...
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Eloise (Hall) Schmidt
September 8, 1928 - April 3, 2012
Eloise Marie Hall Schmidt, age 83, beloved wife of the late TSgt. Robert T. Schmidt, died on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at her home at Sumter, South Carolina.
Eloise was born on September 8, 1928 in Kellerton, Iowa. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Cora A. Hall. She was employed with Meredith Polishing Company for 6 years and was the owner of Carolina Mobile Court. She was the President...
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Mervin "June Bug" Walter
May 2, 1937 - March 21, 2012
Mervin D. "June Bug" Walter, eldest child of Glenndon Russell (Denny) Walter and Juanita Mae Wyant, was born May 2, 1937 at the home place. He attended grade school at Union #9 Country School a half mile south of the family home. He graduated from Lenox High School in 1955 with special interests in music and trumpet trio. Mervin entered the U.S. Army on December 3, 1956 and completed his basic...
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Mary Berg Honnold
March 18, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Honnold, 90, of Iowa City, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Marengo Memorial Hospital in Marengo, Iowa.
Mary was born June 27, 1921 in Clearfield, Iowa, the daughter of Robert Gustav Berg and Dolly Stamper Berg. She graduated from Clearfield High School as valedictorian of the Class of 1938. She attended Creston Junior College for two years and the University of...
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Barbara Shields
November 10, 1949 - February 26, 2012
Barbara Ann (Sefrit) Shields was born November 10, 1949 in Leon, IA to Robert and Kathleen (Garrett) Sefrit. Barbara grew up on a farm near Delphos, IA and attended elementary school in Redding and Delphos. She was baptized and received Christ as her Savior as a young girl. She graduated from Mount Ayr Community High School in 1968. Barbara was united in marriage to Barton Shields on August 3rd,...
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Elizabeth (Love, German) Campbell
July 13, 1926 - February 17, 2012
Elizabeth (Love, German) Campbell passed away on Friday, February 17, 2012, at Valley View Village in Des Moines IA. at the age of 85.
Mrs. Campbell was born July 13, 1926, in Lotts Creek Township, Ringgold County, IA to Martin and Lucy (Hamblin) Love. She married Everett German on September 7, 1946, in Troy Kansas. He passed away in 1984. There were 2 children born to this union, Jim ...
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Donald Huff
October 4, 1928 - February 15, 2012
Teddie Donald Huff Jr, the eldest child of Ted D. and Verna Rains Huff was born October 4th, 1928 near Nehli in Antelope County, Nebraska. At the age of 4, he moved with his family to Decatur County, Iowa and in 1941, the family moved to Highpoint Hill in Ringgold County.
Don worked on the farm with his father as a teenager and later went to Newton where he worked for the Maytag Company. The...
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Frankie K Johnson
October 10, 1963 - February 15, 2012
Frankie Kay Johnson, 48, was born October 10, 1963 in Ringgold County, Iowa to Frank E. & Joyce G. (Hale) DeBoard.
Frankie worked for several years at Clearview Home and the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. She married Randy L. Johnson of St. James, Minnesota in 1985 and they later divorced. Together they had one daughter, Ashly Lynn Johnson. Frankie became paralyzed in 1991 due to a motorcycle...
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Perry Woollums
October 2, 1934 - February 9, 2012
Perry Vaughn Woollums was born October 2, 1934 to John and Edith (Gray) Woollums. He passed away February 9, 2012 at the age of 77. He graduated from Ellston High School in 1953 and attended the RCA Institutes vocational school in New York City. Perry served his country in the US Army from April, 1957 to April, 1963 stationed on the Islands of Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines.
On March 6,...
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Norma Paxson
February 24, 1937 - February 8, 2012
On February 24, 1937, Violet Allen Blauer and Clarence Eldon Blauer welcomed to this world a 10-pound baby girl they named Norma Jean Blauer. They Lived at Tingley Iowa in Ringgold County.
Norma lived on a farm south of Tingley with her parents. In 1938, Shirley Mae Blauer was born and now Norma had a little sister. Her family moved to a farm in Diagonal, Iowa and Norma and Shirley attended...
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Robert "Bob" Taylor
May 25, 1971 - January 13, 2012
Robert Darren Taylor, age 40 of Mt. Ayr, Iowa, died January 13, 2012. He was born May 25, 1971 at Ringgold County Hospital to Alan and Gerri (Caldwell) Taylor.
Bob enjoyed fishing in Grandpa Jack and Grandpa Lynden's ponds, and watching Lynden feed the catfish. He loved time on the farm with Mike and Connie Lynch. Bob learned to drive by mowing Randy and Karen Taylor's yard endlessly on their...
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Cleone Thompson
August 13, 1920 - January 7, 2012
Elsie Cleone (Johnson) Thompson daughter of William Albert Johnson and Mary Edith (Lutman) Johnson was born in Tingley Township, Ringgold County, Iowa August 13, 1920. She was 91 years, 4 months and 25 days of age when she passed from this life January 7th 2012 at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa.
As a young girl, Cleone and her family lived in the Tingley and Shannon City areas. She...
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John "Jack" Bonebrake
November 19, 1918 - December 30, 2011
John E.W. (Jack) Bonebrake, son of Rollo and Ruth (Wilson) Bonebrake, was born November 19, 1918 at the family home in Diagonal, Iowa. He was welcomed by his older sister Lyla and older brother Corwin and later they all welcomed their brother Ronald.
He recieved his elementary and high school education in Diagonal, graduating with the class of 1936. He worked at the Diagonal Reporter while in...
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Lela Dukes
March 26, 1913 - December 29, 2011
Lela Ione Pershin Dukes, daughter of Forest Pershin and Audrey Raynor Pershin, was born March 26, 1913 near New Market, Iowa and departed this life at her home at Ellston, Iowa on December 29, 2011 at the age of 98.
Lela graduated from Gravity High School and then attended teachers college at Red Oak. She taught school north of Ellston at the Dickson Country School.
Lela married Vincent Dukes...
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Lola Terwilliger
March 13, 1919 - December 26, 2011
Lola Marguerite (Corll) Terwilliger, daughter of Floyd J. and Sarah E. Corll, was born March 13, 1919, along with her paternal twin sister, Nola, and departed this life on December 26, 2011, while in the Ringgold County Hospital in Mt. Ayr, at the age of 92. Lola, in addition to Nola, was welcomed into the family by two older brothers, William and Donald and one older sister, Robyn. Her family...
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Wilbur Landphair
March 20, 1919 - December 17, 2011
Leslie Wilbur Landphair was born to Katie and Kingsley Landphair March 20, 1919 on the family farm in southern Decatur County near Pleasanton, Iowa. Wilbur was welcomed by older sister Lavera, and was later joined by younger siblings Venita, Blanch, Harl, Charles, Helen, Donald, and Macyl. Wilbur passed away at the age of 92 on December 17th, 2011 at the Clearview Nursing Home with daughter...
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Evelyn Sissel
May 12, 1915 - December 15, 2011
Evelyn Grace Pollard Sissel was born May 12, 1915, at home in Derby, Iowa, and passed away December 15, 2011 at the Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa at the age of 96 years. Evelyn was the oldest child of Grover C. and Kizzie Griffin Pollard. Howard Dean Pollard and Ferne Louise Pollard Gleason were her siblings.
In 1930 the family moved from Derby, IA, to Eagleville, MO, where she...
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Helen Oshel
April 6, 1919 - December 12, 2011
Helen J. Oshel, daughter of William (Bill) & Gladys (Woosley) Sickels, was born April 6, 1919 near Kent, Iowa and passed away December 12, 2011 at Clearview Home in Clearfield, Iowa at the age of 92 years and 8 months and 6 days.
Helen graduated from Lenox High School in May of 1937. Helen was married June 3, 1937 at Shenandoah, Iowa to Ralph Oshel. To this union were born three children; Mary...
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Melvin Doolittle
August 16, 1942 - December 6, 2011
Melvin Eugene Doolittle, son of Clifford Dorman & Ethel Arena (Still) Doolittle, was born August 16, 1942 in Nevada, Iowa and passed away at his home in Kellerton on December 6, 2011.
Melvin married Judy Maxine Reed on September 20, 1959 and to this union three daughters were born; Debbie, Penni, and Teena.
Melvin enjoyed fishing and hunting with his family & friends; being a member of the...
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Velma Hill
March 12, 1921 - December 5, 2011
Velma Louise Hill, daughter of Orville & Mary Sheldon, was born March 12, 1921 at Diagonal, Iowa and passed away December 5, 1011 at West Bridge Care & Rehabilitation in Winterset, Iowa. Velma graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1939. She worked seven years for Northwestern Telephone Co. in Mount Ayr.
On April 14, 1946, in Mount Ayr, IA, she was united in marriage to Harris Hill of Tingley,...
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Michael Graham
August 24, 1952 - December 2, 2011
Michael Henderson Graham was born August 24, 1952 in Helena, Montana and died December 2, 2011 in Mount Ayr, Iowa.
Michael was adopted by Ward and Nettie (Davidson) Graham and raised around Missoula, Montana.
When he was growing up, Michael loved to visit his grandparents because they lived "in the country". He told many stories about his love for the outdoors and spending time with his...
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Mary Novak
February 16, 1928 - December 1, 2011
Mary Lucille Novak, daughter of Orville and Nina (Evans) Swett, was born February 16, 1928 at Delphos, Iowa. Mary graduated from Delphos High School in 1946. On April 21, 1947, Mary was united in marriage to Cyril Laverne (Bus) Novak. With the exception of one year, they lived on the same farm south of Diagonal for forty-seven years.
Mary was a loving wife who was devoted to her children,...
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Francis Bud Ayres
July 3, 1938 - November 23, 2011
Francis Harlan Ayres, son of Francis & Doris (Wheelen) Ayres, was born July 3, 1938 at Lincoln, Nebraska. Bud, as he was known, grew up on a farm and attended country school until the 8th grade. Bud transferred from a one room rural school house to high school at Lincoln High; what a change! In 1956, the family moved to Maloy, Iowa. He graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1957.
In 1959, he...
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Darlene Groves
October 15, 1935 - November 11, 2011
Darlene Joyce Bailes Groves was born on October 15, 1935 in Kansas City, Kansas to Aca & Lillian (Perkins) Bailes. She was one of four children, being the youngest daughter. The family home continued to be in Kansas City.
Darlene later met Walter Donald Groves and they were married January 6, 1953 in Kansas City, Kansas. Born to this union were 13 children the elder being born there before the...
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Bob Poush
August 10, 1921 - November 11, 2011
Robert Lee (Bob) Poush, son of Sim and Mabel (Pottorff) Poush, was born August 10, 1921 near Lamoni, Iowa.
Bob was united in marriage to Marie Scott on October 28, 1938. Together they had two children Byrle and Roberta.
Bob and Marie lived for a short time in Colorado and Bob worked in the beet fields. They returned to Mount Ayr where they raised their children. Bob was a mechanic and worked at...
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Martin Hintz
December 18, 1934 - November 10, 2011
Martin Frederick Hintz was born December 18, 1934 to Emil and Clella Osta Johnson Hintz on a farm north west of Clarinda, Iowa and passed away November 10, 2011.
Martin graduated from Clarinda High School in 1953. He served three years in the U.S. Army which included 16 months in Korea.
In June 1959 Martin married Wanda Kingsolver. To this union three sons were born; Robert Martin, Rodney...
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June Rinehart
June 2, 1929 - November 7, 2011
June Mardale (Liles) Rinehart was born June 2, 1929 to Jay and Opal Liles of Mount Ayr. She departed this life on November 7, 2011 at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr surrounded by family and friends.
June graduated from Mount Ayr Community High School. On August 19, 1950, she was united in marriage to Clayton (Bill) Rinehart of Mount Ayr at the United Methodist Church in Mount Ayr. To this...
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Lois E. Johnson
August 17, 1934 - October 24, 2011
Lois Elaine Johnson was born August 17, 1934 to Albert and Eva (Waddel) Deemer on a farm south of Kellerton, Iowa. She passed away at age 77 on Monday, October 24, 2011 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa of complications from heart valve surgery.
Lois was raised on a farm south of Mount Ayr and was the second of four girls. Lois attended country school and had many memories of...
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Bertha Motsinger
December 30, 1931 - October 21, 2011
Bertha May Brown Motsinger, only daughter of Charles and Susan Winstone Brown, was born December 30, 1931, in Adams County near Corning, IA . She attended various schools around Villisca, IA and graduated from the Villisca High School with the class of 1950. Bertha attended the Villisca Advent Christian Church. Following graduation Bertha was employed by the Villisca Municipal Telephone Company...
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Jean Pottorff
May 10, 1931 - October 9, 2011
Wilma Jean Pottorff, daughter of Ruth Davis and Samuel Grimes, was born May 10, 1931 in Colorado Springs, CO. Jean grew up in Des Moines, IA and graduated from Swan High School. On February 5, 1972, she married her soul mate, Glenn Pottorff. They were happily married for 24 years.
For most of her life she called Mount Ayr, Iowa her home. She worked for Pioneer cap and alongside her husband,...
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Pauline Adkisson
July 28, 1918 - October 4, 2011
Vernice Pauline Adkisson, 93 was born on July 28, 1918 to Lewis and Hazel (Baker) Adams in Worth County, Missouri. She departed this life on October 4, 2011 at the Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa
Pauline was raised on the family farm, one of 10 children and attended school in Worth County, Benton and graduated from the Redding High School. One of her highlights during school was winning...
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Milton Stone
February 15, 1946 - September 28, 2011
Milton Ray Stone, son of Lee and Arzelle (Spencer) Stone, was born February 15, 1946 at Mount Ayr, Iowa. He passed away September 28, 2011 at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Milt graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1964. He was a career military serviceman in Vietnam with tours in the Philippines and Taiwan during the Vietnam War. Milt retired as a Master Sergeant after...
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James King
July 29, 1927 - September 26, 2011
James Harlan King, son of Willard Benjamin and Edna Mae (Jones) King, was born July 29, 1927 on a farm near Indianola, Iowa. He graduated from Indianola High School in 1944. James worked the harvests for 2 years with his brother, Dale. He was then drafted into the US Army in 1950. On March 15, 1951, he was united in marriage to Myrtle Lee Bodeman at the Avon Christian Church near Carlisle, Iowa....
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Konner Klommhaus
March 25, 1996 - September 24, 2011
Konner Evan Klommhaus, son of Kory and Deborah (Faris) Klommhaus, was born March 25, 1996 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Konner entered into Gods gates on September 24, 2011.
Konner was a playful boy who grew into a mature and caring young man. He loved spending his summer days with Papa Lyle on the farm and in the fields. Konner was proud of his...
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Carolyn Reno
October 31, 1934 - September 9, 2011
Carolyn Jean Reno was born to Iva Justine Main/Minnick and Lelan "Lee" Francis Minnick on October 31, 1934, and moved on from this life on September 9, 2011.
Jeanie raised her children in California and will be remembered for her management and health care abilities on the job and off during those years. The last several years she lived in Mt. Ayr, IA. She spent her life sharing with others at...
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Charlotte Summers
October 5, 1930 - August 29, 2011
Charlotte Jean Summers, 80, of Mount Ayr, passed away August 29, 2011 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Charlotte was born Charlotte Garrels on October 5, 1930 at the family home in New London, Iowa. She graduated from Pleasant Lawn High School in 1948. She attended and graduated from Burlington Beauty School in 1949 and then earned a two-year teaching degree from Iowa Wesleyan College. She earned...
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Loren Drake
July 8, 1909 - August 29, 2011
Loren Drake, 102, of Mount Ayr, passed away August 29, 2011 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr.
Loren, son of Gertrude Meanor and Henry Drake, was born July 8, 1909 near Mount Ayr, Iowa. He married Velma J. Hailey on August 15, 1929 in Brighton, Colorado. Loren was a farmer for 30 years. He later owned & operated Drake's Grocery in Kellerton for 9 years. Loren attended the Baptist Church.
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Althea (Mona) Schad
January 30, 1922 - August 27, 2011
Althea Ramona (Mona) Schad, daughter of James Franklin Hineline and Martha Green Hineline, was born January 30, 1922 at Florence, Nebraska. After graduating from high school, Mona married Earle N. Schad on December 2, 1948 in Creston, Iowa. Mona was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother.
Survivers include her husband Earle Schad of Mount Ayr; sons Larry D. (Joyce) Schad of Creston...
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Charles Caldwell
October 27, 1926 - August 26, 2011
Charles R. Caldwell passed away Friday, August 26, 2011 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center of heart failure at the age of 85 years.
Charles was born in Lenox, Iowa on October 27, 1926, the son of Charles and Faye Caldwell.
In Charles' working days, he was a professional truck driver, skilled carpenter, mechanic, and amateur fisherman.
Those left to remember Charlie include his children...
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Neva Fisher
December 31, 1925 - August 23, 2011
Frances Geneva Matthews Fisher was born on December 31, 1925 in
Delphos, Iowa, and left this earth on August 23 at the Ringgold Co.
Hospital. She was the youngest of nine children born to Rose and
Fletch Matthews. Neva attended elementary school in Delphos and later
graduated from Mt. Ayr High School with the class of 1944. She worked
at Horne Hardware in her high school and young adult...
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Todd Kramer
October 2, 1968 - August 22, 2011
Todd Robert Kramer (known as Oopy to all in Mt. Ayr), 42, Grinnell, died August 22, 2011, at his home in Grinnell, Iowa.
Todd was born October 2, 1968, in Norfolk, Nebraska. He graduated from Mt. Ayr Community High School in 1987 and from Northwest Missouri State University in 1991. He married Amy Wacha in 1999 and they were later divorced. The light of his life, Eli, was born March 15,...
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Leroy Blessman
February 3, 1924 - August 21, 2011
Leroy Blessman, 87, passed away on August 21, 2011 of cancer. The funeral service was held on Tuesday, August 23 at the Mount Ayr United Methodist Church with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, under the direction of the Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home.
Leroy was born February 3, 1924 to John and Grace Blessman on their farm in Union County and later moved to Clearfield where he...
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Melvin Adams
April 27, 1926 - August 20, 2011
Melvin D. Adams, 85, of Mount Ayr died August 20, 2011, at Mount Ayr Health Care in Mount Ayr.
Born April 27, 1926 to Luther David and Evalena (Pottoff) Adams. Graduated from Hatfield High School in 1944. Melvin served in the US Navy during WWII as a Gunner’s Mate on the USS Vella Gulf Aircraft Carrier from 1944 and was honorably discharged in 1946. Melvin married Kathryn Louise Rinehart on...
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Naomi Shafer
August 28, 1921 - August 14, 2011
Naomi Ruth (Searles) Shafer was born August 28, 1921 in Blockton, Iowa to Harry Ransom & Ida (Simpson) Searles. Naomi passed away at the age of 89 years on August 14, 2011 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr.
Naomi graduated in 1938 from Blockton High School. Following graduation, she continued her education at business courses for a couple of years. She worked for Judge Lewis as a...
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Ned Foltz
January 31, 1956 - August 14, 2011
Ned A Foltz, son of Hazel Irene (Smith) Foltz and Claire LeRoy Foltz, was born January 31, 1956, in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Ned grew up and graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1974. Ned went on to motorcycle mechanics school in Kansas City and worked in Maryville, MO. He returned to the farm for a few years before going back to college; beginning at Southwest Iowa Community College and graduating...
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Beverly Hall
July 9, 1934 - August 11, 2011
Beverly Jane Hall, daughter of Arlene (Arnold) Toney and Glen Toney, was born July 9, 1934 at home east of Ellston, Iowa. Beverly was known as ‘Sook’ by family and friends around Ellston. The family moved to California from 1941 to 1945. They returned to the Ellston area and Sook graduated from Ellston High School. On January 9, 1953, she married Robert Lewis (Bob) Hall in Missouri. They...
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Harold (Tom) Golliday
July 20, 1923 - August 7, 2011
HAROLD THOMAS (TOM) GOLLIDAY
Tom Golliday was born on July 20, 1923, and peacefully went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 7, 2011.
Tom was born in Blockton, Iowa, but moved to Mount Ayr as a child and has been a life-long resident of Mount Ayr. He graduated from Mount Ayr Community High School in 1941.
After high school, he attended sheet metal school in Milford, Iowa. Tom...
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LBanks Wilson
January 14, 1923 - August 3, 2011
LBanks Wilson, 88 years old, born January 14, 1923 south of Tingley, Iowa passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Ringgold County Hospital in Mt. Ayr, IA on August 3, 2011. He was the only son of Leo and Edna (Rood) Wilson. Upon the death of his mother at the age of two, he moved with his father to live with his paternal grandparents in the Clearfield, IA area. He attended country schools...
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Larry Blunck
March 1, 1939 - August 1, 2011
Larry Lee Blunck passed from this life to the loving arms of Jesus on August 1, 2011 at Clearview Nursing Home in Mt Ayr, Iowa. Larry was born March 1, 1939 to Esther (Beal) and Guy Blunck in Benton, Iowa. Larry lived his entire life in Ringgold County. He was the only boy member of the 1957 class of five, the last class to graduate from Benton High School. His classmates kept in touch with...
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Jim Overholtzer
December 30, 1924 - August 1, 2011
Jim Overholtzer, 86, of Mount Ayr, passed away August 1, 2011 upon arrival to the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr. Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 3 at 1:30 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr with Rev. Chris Conklin officiating. Burial is in the Grand River Cemetery. There will be military rites by Ringgold Post #172 American Legion in Mount Ayr. Open viewing will be...
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Vera Wilkins
August 17, 1911 - July 29, 2011
Vera Maude Miller Wilkins, daughter of Albert and Julia (Corsbie) Miller, was born August 17, 1911 at Salem, Iowa. She went to be with her Heavenly Father on July 29, 2011 at her home in Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa at the age of 99 years and 11 1/2 months.
On May 2, 1934, Vera was married to Irvin G. Wilkins in Malcolm, Iowa. To this union four children were born. Irvin was a Methodist...
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Hope Wynes
April 9, 1942 - July 26, 2011
Hope E. Wynes, daughter of Isaac and Ola (Pope) Thayer, was born April 9, 1942 at Fairfax, MO. She went to be with her Lord on July 26, 2011 after a 4 year battle with cancer.
Hope graduated from Fairfax High School in 1960. She went to nurses training in Kansas City, MO for 3 years. Hope married Rex Wilcox in 1963. They had one son, Cory, in 1969. They later divorced in 1978. In 1980, Hope...
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Betty Norris
January 29, 1923 - July 25, 2011
Mamie Neola “Betty” Norris, daughter of Cresser Cargo and Mamie Marie Norton, was born January 29, 1923 at Unionville, MO.
Betty was raised in ST. Joseph, MO and as a young woman she liked to sing and yodel.
She married Lawrence “LD” Norris in Princeton, MO in 1968. They made their home in Kansas City before moving to Des Moines, Iowa in 1971 where they would live for the rest of their...
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Frank Dredge
September 5, 1921 - July 25, 2011
Frank Alvin Dredge the son of Arlen and Arzetta (Colter) Dredge was born into this world September 5th, 1921 in Arispe, Iowa. Frank was one of 9 children born to this marriage.
Growing up Frank moved to several farms with his parents and attended different county schools. He started school at Oak Grove School northeast of Mt Ayr and after finishing 8th grade he began working.
Frank and Ellen...
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George Myers
September 4, 1922 - July 19, 2011
George Joseph Myers, the eldest son of George Joseph Schneider and Wealthy Mae Myers, was born September 4, 1922 in West Branch, Michigan and peacefully went to be with his Lord and Savior on July 19, 2011.
When George was four, his family grew when a half-brother, Henry Rosenthal, was born. Later, half-sisters Caroline, Alice, Leona and Betty Rosenthal (who died in infancy) would complete the...
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Bill Robertson
April 13, 1960 - July 9, 2011
William Allen Robertson was born April 13, 1960 in Koln, Germany. He was adopted by his parents Edgar and Opal “Jeane” Robertson, May 14, 1961. Edgar was serving with the U.S. Army and the couple was stationed in Germany. William became a citizen of the United States October 13, 1965. Bill, as he was known, passed away Saturday July 9, 2011 at his home in Creston IA.
Bill attended school in...
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Beth Ann Jennings Strange
October 14, 2011 - July 2, 2011
Beth Ann Jennings Strange of Tulsa, OK was welcomed into the arms of her precious Heavenly Father on July 2, 2011. Beth was born to loving parents Norman B. and Gertrude A. (Ross) Jennings on October 14, 1955 in Cedar Rapids IA. She was welcomed by a brother Bill and sister Linda. Later, the family was completed with the addition of another brother, Dwight. Beth lived in Iowa with her family,...
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Jerry Shinn
May 11, 1932 - June 27, 2011
Jerry Frank Shinn, son of Doris (Craven) Shinn and George Black Shinn, was born May 11, 1932 in Des Moines, Iowa. Jerry grew up at Macksburg, Iowa and moved to Adel, Iowa where he graduated in 1950.
Jerry’s love of sports and ability to play allowed him to pitch for the Adel High School baseball team. Jerry served his country in the Naval Air Corps for 4 years. Following his military service,...
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Judy Clymer
February 6, 1940 - June 23, 2011
Judy Clymer, 71, of Tingley, passed away June 23, 2011 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa.
Judy, daughter of Kathleen Dilly and Harold Townsend, was born February 6, 1940 in Muscatine, Iowa. She graduated from Muscatine High School. Judy was in the first graduating R.N. class at Southwest Iowa Community College. She worked as a Registered Nurse at Clearview Home and at the Gentry County...
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Alberta Moyes
November 23, 1926 - June 20, 2011
Alberta Fay Moyes (Toots), daughter of Cora Amanda and Albert Milton Hall, was born November 23, 1926 in Benton, Iowa. She departed this life June 20, 2011 in Petaluma California. She was formally of Thornton, Colorado. Last year, she moved to California with her son and family when they were transferred from Colorado.
Alberta retired from the Thornton Colorado School District. She was an...
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Doyle Campbell
May 20, 1933 - June 14, 2011
Elvin Doyle Campbell was born May 20, 1933 on a farm in Taylor County, IA to Rev. Ward and Carmen (Barnes) Campbell. He was welcomed home by his older brother, Cleo. Later, his siblings, Miriam, Yvonne, and Phillip would join the family.
Doyle attended country school and school in Corning, IA when he was younger. His family later moved to LeMars, IA where he graduated from high school in 1951...
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Karl Gepner
October 16, 1933 - June 14, 2011
Karl Oren Gepner was born October 15, 1933 in Garnett, Kansas to Oren “Skip” Gepner and Cleo Hawley Gepner. He departed this life at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
Cleo and Skip’s family included Marvin, who died as a small child, Karl, Bill, Mary Ann, Larry, Donald, and Joe. The Gepner family moved to Mount Ayr when Karl was a young child. Karl graduated from...
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Paul Trullinger
May 23, 1922 - June 12, 2011
Paul Trullinger, 89, of Redding, Iowa, passed away June 12, 2011 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr.
His body was cremated and a graveside memorial service will be held 10:00 am Saturday, June 18 at Middle Fork Cemetery rural Redding, Iowa. Rev. Gwen Trullinger is officiating the service. There will be military rites conducted by Ringgold Post #172 and the Iowa Honor Guard Unit. The family will be...
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Jack Moore
May 8, 1922 - June 12, 2011
Jack Edgar Moore, son of Roy Arthur and Sarah Blanche (Richards) Moore, was born May 8, 1922 at home north of Mount Ayr on Hwy 169. A few years later his family moved south about a mile. While living there Jack attended Side Hill School through the fourth grade. Jack was also baptized at the Wishard Chapel Church during that time.
The family then moved to Mount Ayr where Jack attended school...
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Clyde Brand
January 17, 1923 - June 10, 2011
Clyde Brand, 88, of Mount Ayr, passed away June 10, 2011 at his home.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am Tuesday, June 14 at the United Methodist Church in Mount Ayr. Rev. Skip Rushing will officiate the service. Burial is in Rose Hill Cemetery in Mount Ayr. Visitation, with the family present, will be held at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home 205 West Monroe St Mount Ayr on Monday from 6:00 to 8:00...
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Opal Webb
February 23, 1923 - June 8, 2011
Opal Marie Webb – formerly of Mount Ayr, Iowa – passed away on the 8th of June, 2011 in Loveland Colorado. Opal was born to Joshua and Merzetta (Fender) Hillebran in Sharpsburg Iowa on February 23, 1923. She grew up in the Beaconsfield/Tingley Iowa vicinity and graduated from Tingley High School in 1940. After high school she took a position with the U.S. Postal Service until World War II...
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Howard (Pete) Burgher
May 14, 1951 - June 5, 2011
Howard Eugene (Pete) Burgher, 60, of Fontenelle, passed away June 5, 2011 at University of Iowa Hospitals Burn Unit as a result of a house fire.
Pete, son of Noma Maxine Hull and Howard Daniel Burgher, was born May 14, 1951 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. He graduated from high school in Smithton, Missouri in 1969. Pete served two tours in the US Army, serving in Germany. Pete was an independent contractor...
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Charlcey Ann Bowen
May 13, 2003 - May 26, 2011
Charlcey Ann Bowen was born May 13, 2003 in Des Moines, Iowa to Judd & Christina (Shields) Bowen. Charlcey was welcomed home by big brother Trevor and two years later, she welcomed little sister Macey Kay, home.
Charlcey, or ‘Chuck’ as she was known to Macey, Trevor and friends, was a second grade student at Mount Ayr Elementary School. Charlcey was a very unique child. Not only did she...
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Wayne Kelley
April 22, 1926 - May 21, 2011
Ervin Wayne Kelley, son of Everet & Margaretta (Adair) Kelley, was born April 22, 1926 in Leon, Iowa. Wayne went through the eigth grade in Leon. He married Mary Corl in Leon, Iowa. To this union was born one son, Rodnie. They moved to a farm northeast of Kellerton where Wayne farmed as many as 800 acres in addition to raising cattle, hogs, soy beans and corn. His wife Mary was at one time the...
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Pearl Jones
May 26, 1915 - May 13, 2011
Pearl Katherina Jones was born in North Dakota May 26, 1915, the 6th of 7 children, to Charles and Katherina Porter. The family moved back to Iowa when she was small then back to North Dakota where she started school. There were many moves during her young life, always ending up back in the Atlantic/Cumberland/Reno area until they ended up on a farm outside Lamoni where she and her sister Ruby...
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Lela Rinehart
November 20, 1921 - May 10, 2011
Lela Marguerite Rinehart
Lela Rinehart, 89, of Mount Ayr, passed away at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.
Lela was born November 20, 1921 near Allendale in Worth County, Missouri to Perry and Audra Smith. She was united in marriage with Homer Rinehart in 1941 and together they have operated a farm south of Mount Ayr. They recently celebrated their 70th...
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Irene Elliott
October 15, 1914 - May 8, 2011
Irene Helen Davenport Elliott, daughter of Effie (Banks) Davenport and John Davenport, was born on her family farm, south of Kellerton, Iowa, on October 15, 1914. She passed away at the Lamoni Nursing & Rehab Center in Lamoni, Iowa on May 8, 2011 at the age of 96 years, 5 months, and 8 days.
Irene was raised near Kellerton and attended the Kellerton Community School for 12 years. Irene...
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Helen Schafer
February 9, 1932 - May 4, 2011
Helen Jo Schafer, daughter of Roy (Foxy) Schafer and Mildred (Ginn) Schafer, was born February 9, 1932 at home near Stringtown, Iowa. Helen graduated from Cromwell High School in 1950. She moved to Mount Ayr the same year and stated working at Ruth’s Café. She would also work at the Shamrock Café. Helen Jo worked 21 years for the local telephone company; beginning in Mount Ayr and later...
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Patricia (Pat) Johnson
December 30, 1927 - April 30, 2011
Patricia A. (Pat) Johnson, 83, of Mount Ayr, passed away April 30, 2011 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr. Her body has been cremated and private graveside services will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Mount Ayr. A memorial fund has been established in her name to be decided later.
Pat, daughter of Margaret Irene Sampers and William Christian Schott, was born December 30, 1927 at...
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Marvin Main
September 30, 1923 - April 28, 2011
Marvin Ernest Main was born at home on September 30, 1923 in Liberty township, Ringgold county, Iowa, the son of Corwin and Mabel (Wood) Main. He passed away on April 28, 2011 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa.
Marvin attended country schools until high school when he boarded in Mount Ayr during the week to attend classes, graduating with the Mount Ayr high school class of...
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Mildred Bickel
November 6, 1919 - April 27, 2011
Mildred Dorothy Bramer Bickel was born on November 6, 1919, at the home of her parents Minnie Plambeck Bramer and Louis Bramer. She passed away at Clearview nursing Home on April 27, 2011 at the age of 91.
Mildred graduated from Rockville, Nebraska High School in 1938. Mildred was united in marriage with William Henry Bickel in Maryville, MO on September 15, 1941. Born to this union were Dale...
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Georgia Campbell
December 29, 1915 - April 21, 2011
Georgia Dale (Webb) Campbell was born on a farm near Hatfield, MO at the home of her parents, Charles Dee and Jessie May (Marshall) Webb on December 29, 1915 and departed this life on April 21, 2011 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center.
Georgia was united in marriage on February 23, 1937 to Nicholas Harvey Campbell in Bethany, MO. To this union two boys were born; Larry Joe and Alan Lynn. Nick...
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George Saville
September 30, 1926 - April 21, 2011
George Lewis Saville was born September 30, 1926; the 1st child of Leland & Zanita Saville of Redding, Iowa. He passed away at the Ringgold County Hospital on April 21, 2011 at the age of 84.
George attended rural Ringgold county schools and graduated from Redding High School in 1944. He joined the U.S. Army in 1945 and following military service attended college at Northwest Missouri State...
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Connie Hubbard
June 28, 1964 - April 8, 2011
Connie Jo (Hull) Hubbard, of Mount Ayr, Iowa died peacefully Friday, April 08, 2011 at her home.
She was born at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr on June 28, 1964, to the proud parents of Lyle and Arnolene Hull and 2 siblings; Dick and Kim.
Connie began her nursing career by attending Southwestern Community College, Creston, Iowa in 1994 graduating with an LPN Nursing degree in 1995....
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Don Johnston
December 4, 1926 - April 5, 2011
Don Ellis Johnston was born on December 4, 1926 at Ellston, Iowa. Don was the oldest of three children born to Vaughn and Mildred Shields Johnston.
In 1928, Don moved with his parents to a farm near Beaconsfield, Iowa. He graduated from Beaconsfield High School in 1943. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1945 and spent the time in Japan.
On May 31, 1947, he married Naomi Arlene McAlexander . They...
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Scott Miringoff
March 21, 1952 - March 30, 2011
Scott Boyd Capwell, son of Clebert Boyd Capwell and Jean Ruth Capwell Miringoff, was born March 21, 1952 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Later in his life, Scott was adopted and at that time became known as Scott David Miringoff. Scott grew up in Florida. He had a sister, Diann Ruth Capwell and a brother Glenn Ross Capwell, both deceased.
Scott served in the U.S. Coast Guard, being discharged in...
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Alice Boyd
July 23, 1917 - March 28, 2011
Alice Virginia Boyd, daughter of Raymond and Florence Barnhouse, passed away at home, at the age of 93, on March 28, 2011 with her family by her side. Alice was born July 23, 1917 in Hatfield, Missouri where she grew up with her 6 brothers and sisters. She graduated from Hatfield High School in 1935. She married Robert Curtis Boyd on January 11, 1936 in Bethany, Missouri. They spent most of their...
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Gary Hensley
September 23, 1942 - March 23, 2011
Gary Lee Hensley, son of Lloyd Wayne Hensley and Ruby Belle Hobbs, was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa on September 23, 1942. Gary graduated from Mount Ayr High School in the class of 1961 before joining the Army Reserves. After the Army Reserves, he worked as a farmer and later Superintendent for the City of Mount Ayr for many years.
On July 16, 1967, Gary married Dianna Elizabeth Grune. They have...
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Lowell Watson
November 2, 1925 - March 20, 2011
Lowell James Watson, 85, son of Clyde Wesley Watson and Margaret Jane (Redman) Watson, was born on November 2, 1925 at home in rural Van Wert, Iowa. He passed from this life on March 20, 2011 at the Clarke County Hospital in Osceola, Iowa.
Lowell grew up near Van Wert and graduated from Van Wert High School.
He was united in marriage to Opal Oveda Hall on February 23, 1952, in Des Moines,...
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Thomas Miller
March 13, 1939 - March 19, 2011
Thomas James Miller, only son of John Duane and Laura Anderson Miller, was born in rural Blockton, Ringgold County, Iowa, on March 13, 1939 and passed away March 20, 2011 in Scottsdale, AZ.
Tom attended the one room Miller School and later graduated from Blockton High School with the Class of 1957; he also graduated from Northwest Missouri State College with a degree in Agriculture and Biology....
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Maxine Sickels
February 6, 1908 - March 18, 2011
Maxine Lance was born February 6, 1908 to William Ellsworth and Eliza Hobbs Lance at the family home in Hume, MO. She was welcomed by 8 year old brother, Leo, and was joined by sister, Fern, in 1911. In 1922 a 4 year old nephew, Clark Kenney, came to be their beloved little brother.
Maxine passed away March 18, 2011 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, IA at the age of 103 years.
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Naomi Bryant
September 5, 1914 - March 16, 2011
Naomi Bryant, daughter of Kenneth Burl (KB) and Ethel (Onstot) Scott, was born September 5, 1914 on the family farm west of Beaconsfield, Iowa. Naomi would live on this farm, which would become a family Century Farm, for nearly all of her life. Naomi was in the first class to graduate from the new Beaconsfield High School building. On May 3, 1933, she was united in marriage to Howard Bryant at...
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Richard Brock
January 5, 1917 - March 4, 2011
Richard Harrison Brock, son of Edward & Mary Olive (Jones) Brock, was born January 5, 1917 at Jewell, Iowa. On May 11, 1940, Richard married Esther Vold. He farmed near Woolstock and was also the service manager at Jones Implement in Woolstock. After retiring, they enjoyed winters in Texas. Richard enjoyed cards, dominos and square dancing. In 2003, he moved into Webster City and in October, 2008...
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Patricia (Pat) Johnson
February 24, 1924 - March 3, 2011
L. Patricia (Pat) Johnson died March 3rd, 2011 at the Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, (Ringgold County), Iowa after a short bout of cancer.
Louise Patricia “Pat” Eagan was born February 24, 1924, the third (3rd) daughter and seventh (7th) of twelve (12) children to Cornelius Joseph “Con” and Helen May “Nell” [Fagan] Eagan in rural Adair County, Iowa at the farm house built...
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Vaughn Case
December 21, 1923 - March 1, 2011
Vaughn Andrew Case was born to Orville Rolland Case and Jennie Miller Case born December 21, 1923 on a farm south of Ellston, Iowa where he lived all of his adult life. Vaughn graduated from Ellston High School in 1941. He married Betty Louise Dusenbery on February 4, 1942 in Bethany, Missouri. Born to this union was Charles Rolland & Marcia Ann Case Wharam.
Vaughn was a lifetime farmer on the...
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Roy E. Fell
July 27, 1923 - February 20, 2011
Roy Eugene Fell, 87, was born on July 27, 1923 and raised in Walnut Iowa the son of Glen and Gladys Fell. Roy attended school and participated in football, basketball, school plays, band, and glee club. He graduated in 1940 and attended Iowa State University. He decided to go to California and worked in the Basalt Rock Shipyards in Napa helping to build mine layers and destroyers for 2 years. He...
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Zelma Woollums
May 12, 1911 - February 18, 2011
Zelma Mae Woollums was born May 12th, 1911 on a farm south of Ellston, Iowa to Oscar and Nettie (Stephens) Roberts and passed away February 18th, 2011 at the age of 99 years at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Zelma was the third of four children and her siblings were Ella, Lee, and Leena.
Zelma attended country schools and graduated in 1928 from Ellston High School. After high school, she...
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Chris Christensen
July 6, 1920 - February 16, 2011
Chris Christensen went to be with the Lord on February 16, 2011. He passed away from a brief illness at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. He was born July 6th, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was adopted by loving parents Anna Bertha & Otto Waldemar Christensen. He was greeted at home by a loving sister, 2yrs. older & also adopted. Both babies were adopted into and raised in the Mormon faith....
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Retha Conley Herrold
March 3, 1923 - February 13, 2011
Retha Marrie Conley was born March 3, 1923 to Cora Belle Keller and Thomas Hartford Conley, at home, northwest of Knowlton, moving into Knowlton when she was three weeks old. She was welcomed into the family by a sister, Vesta Maxine. The family later welcomed Gilbert Gail, who died in infancy, Donald Everett, Marjorie Geraldine and Ronald Lee.
Retha graduated from the Diagonal High School with...
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Eleanor Miller
March 7, 1922 - February 3, 2011
Eleanor Louise Miller, 88, passed away on February 3, 2011.
Eleanor was born to Floyd and Bernice Campbell on March 7, 1922 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. She married Delmar Miller in 1942 and eventually moved to a farm east of Mount Ayr where they raised their four children; Linda Gouger (Mike), Gale Miller (Diane), Duane Miller (Donna) and Jim Miller. In 1968, Eleanor and Delmar moved to Altoona and...
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Carl Woollums
August 4, 1929 - February 3, 2011
Carl was born in Ellston, Iowa on August 4, 1929 to John and Edith Woollums. He passed away on February 3, 2011 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr.
Carl graduated from Ellston High School in 1947. On March 17, 1952, he married Jessie Ward of Mount Ayr in Columbia, South Carolina where they made their home until his honorable discharge from the US Army. Carl was a parts man for Barker Implement in...
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