Margaret Ann Gates, daughter of Oral Dean Utterback and Katherine J. (Richardson) Utterback, was born on Dec. 28, 1955 in Creston, Iowa. She passed away Saturday, May 7, 2011, at the Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston.

   Patricia Ann (Pat) Johnson, daughter of Margaret Irene Sampers and William Christian Schott, was born December 30, 1927 at Schaller, Iowa. Pat passed away April 30, 2011 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr.

   Helen Jo Schafer, daughter of Roy (Foxy) Schafer and Mildred (Ginn) Schafer, was born February 9, 1932 at home near Stringtown, Iowa. Helen passed away on May 4, 2011 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr.

   Robert “Bob” M. Allyn, son of Earl K. and Nina B. Allyn, of Mount Ayr, Iowa died peacefully at the age of 85 on April 11, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona.  

   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.

   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.

   Robert John Taylor, age 69 of Grand River, Iowa, the son of Wellington Arthial and Cloris Vivian (Cooper) Taylor, was born March 31, 1942 at Osceola, Iowa. He died at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, April 25, 2011.

  George Lewis Saville was born September 30, 1926, the first child of Leland and Zanita Saville of Redding, Iowa. He passed away at the Ringgold County Hospital on April 21, 2011 at the age of 84.

   Doloris “Dee” Hammond, 79, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011, under hospice care. Per her request, cremation has occurred and no services are currently planned.

  Georgia Dale (Webb) Campbell was born on a farm near Hatfield, Missouri 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.