Judy Keep, 64, of Tingley, Iowa, died Saturday, February 19, 2011, at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr. Judy Arlene (Rummans) Keep, daughter of Charles LeRoy Rummans and Dorothy Arlene (Smeltzer) Rummans was born July 25, 1946 in Des Moines, Iowa.

  Roy Eugene Fell, 87, was born on July 27, 1923 and raised in Walnut Iowa the son of Glen and Gladys Fell. Roy died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa following a brief illness.

   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 6, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

  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. Retha passed away at the Health Care Center on February 13, 2011.

   Leo E. Sams, 52 of Cook, Minnesota passed away unexpectedly at the Cook Hospital on Thursday, February 3, 2011. Leo was born in Des Moines, Iowa on July 5, 1958.

   Luella Ann Carpenter, 89, of Mount Ayr, Iowa passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011. Luella was born August 22, 1921 in rural Wright county, Iowa to Anna Francis and Ole Albert Olson

   Nina Grace (Carman) Elliott was born on September 12, 1937 on the family farm near Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Glenn Hayworth and Esther Naomi Carman.  Nina entered into eternal peace on February 1, 2011 at her home in Blockton, Iowa at the age of 73 years.

 Eleanor Louise Miller, 88, passed away on February 3, 2011. She was born to Floyd and Bernice Campbell on March 7, 1922 in Mount Ayr, Iowa.

 Ervin Ray Spencer, 91, formerly of Lenox was born September 29, 1917 in Caledonia, Iowa to Dora (Pyle) Spencer and Samuel Owen Spencer. He died Sunday, February 6, 2011, at the Mill-Pond Care Center in Ankeny. 

   Eugene Woollums 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.