James Harlan King, son of Willard Benjamin and Edna Mae (Jones) King, was born July 29, 1927 on a farm near Indianola, Iowa.  James passed away at his home in Mount Ayr on September 26, 2011 surrounded by family.

    Brenda Schmitz, 46, died Tuesday, September 27, 2011, after a courageous battle with cancer.

    Mary “Kay” Wion, 69, fought cancer for over 14 years, all of the time staying positive and living life to the fullest. Kay died September 25, 2011 with her family by her side.

John Henry Sudduth, age 88, was born March 5, 1923 to Henry Otis and Clara Helena (Ackerman) Sudduth in Nevada, Iowa. ohn passed away on Monday, September 26, 2011 at Mount Ayr Health Care Center.

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.

  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 God’s gates on September 24, 2011.

   David Oren Allen, retired editor and publisher of the Lamoni Chronicle for 38 years, passed away on July 24, 2011 at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa from Parkinson’s disease at the age of 73 years. He was born October 7, 1937 to Oren Isaac and Opal Irene (Smith) Allen in Leon, I

 Patricia “Patty” Hainline, 64, of Bloomfield, Iowa died September 5, 2011 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.  

She was born August 24, 1947 in Creston, Iowa to Ivan and Dorothy Sevier Sterling

    Kenneth Leon Taylor, age 83, of Grand River, Iowa, the son of Clyde Smith Taylor and Ruth Edith (Crandell) Taylor, was born March 22, 1928 in Creston, Iowa. He died at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa, his home for the past five months, on Wednesday, September 7, 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.