Charlcey Ann Bowen was born May 13, 2003 in Des Moines, Iowa to Judd and Christina (Shields) Bowen. Charlcey passed away May 26, 2011.

 Floyd A. Ferry, 88, was born December 21, 1921 at Piedmont, Kansas to Arthur and Mary Ferry.   Floyd A. Ferry, 88, passed away peacefully at the Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville, Arkansas on November 8, 2010 and was buried in Maple Row Cemteery in Kellerton June 4, 2011.

Gordon Sickels was born July 20, 1921 in Athelstan, Iowa the son of Glenn Sickels and Zelda (Freemeyer) Sickels. He died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center.

 Ervin Wayne Kelley, son of Everet and Margaretta (Adair) Kelley, was born April 22, 1926 in Leon, Iowa.  Wayne passed away at his home on May 21, 2011.

    Robert Maurice Hudson, 95, formerly of Mount Ayr, died Monday, May 23, 2011, at Fountain West Health Care Center in West Des Moines. A memorial service will be conducted at a later date.
    Bob was born October 12, 1915 in rural Ringgold county to James M. and Mary Hosteter Hudson.

    Funeral services for William H. “Bill” Gross III, 64, Lawton, were Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. John Cramer, retired United Methodist minister, officiating.
    Mr. Gross died Sunday in a local hospital.

  Pearl Katherina Jones was born in North Dakota May 26, 1915, the sixth of seven children, to Charles and Katherina Porter. On May 13, 2011, just two weeks shy of her 96th birthday, she went to her final heavenly home.

    Lela Marguerite Rinehart, 89, of Mount Ayr, Iowa passed away at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.
    Lela was born November 20, 1921 near Allendale in Worth county, Missouri to Perry and Audra Smith.

Robert Drexel Loutzenhiser was born December 9, 1924 at Blockton, the son of Robert David and Bertha (Warden) Loutzenhiser. He passed away on May 14, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Villisca, Iowa.

   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, five months and eight days.