LORI WATSON     Lori Watson, 52, of California, MO passed away on Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Hospice House of Kansas City surrounded by her loving family.     Lori was born on January 9, 1964 in Mount Ayr, Iowa the daughter of Merton Knapp who preceded her in death and Evalyn Caldwell who survives…

NANCY KAREN NEEDHAM HULLINGER     Nancy Karen Needham was born on October 4, 1939 at the family home west of    Bedford in rural Taylor County, Iowa.  Dennis and Violet (Johnson) Needham had four children: Lilian, Glen, Nadine and Nancy.  Nancy attended elementary school at Timberlake Country School and then attended High School in Bedford and…

EVA LUCIELLE HAMMONS COMER     Eva Lucielle Hammons Comer was born in a farmhouse southwest of Tabor, Iowa to James Franklin and Alta (Brammer) Hammons. Born to this union were 11 children and Lucy being number 9.     She grew up in the country and attended country school through the 8th grade. She didn’t get…

LARRY EUGENE MAIN     Larry was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa October 25, 1938, as the tenth child of eleven to his parents Corwin and Mable Main. He grew up in the small farm town going to school in a one-room country schoolhouse.       At 12 years old, with his father ill much of…

VERA FLORENCE MOORE     Vera Florence (Austin) Moore, oldest daughter of John Elmer and Lula Alice (Akins) Austin, was born, August 18, 1922, at home in Lorimor, Iowa. Vera attended the Baptist Church in Lorimor and was baptized there as a young girl. Vera attended and graduated as Salutatorian of her class from Lorimor High…

PAUL T. HOLLAND     Paul T. Holland, 66, a local humanitarian and founder of the Washington Area Wheelchair Society, died at home in Alexandria, VA on December 11, 2014 after a brief illness.     Paul was born in Waterloo, IA on November 8, 1948 to Richard E. Holland and Patricia Simpson Holland. Paul’s mother’s family…

ETHEL CAMPBELL     Ethel Campbell, 78, of Shannon City passed away August 19, 2016 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center.     Ethel Alma (Rasmussen) Campbell was born April 9, 1938 in the home of her parents, Alfred Theodore and Alma Kirstine (Jacobsen) Rasmussen. She was baptized, confirmed, and married in the Lake Evangelical Lutheran…

EDNA SHIRLEY SWEENEY     Edna Shirley Sweeney, daughter of Charles William and Blanche Lucille (Vangorp) Lehmkuhl, was born November 22, 1924 in Percy, Iowa. Shirley graduated from Mitchellville High School in 1942.     Shirley had an adventurous spirit about her that her grandchildren think she passed onto them by listening to her stories; whether riding…

GENE PARMAN     Gene Parman, 88, of Mesa AZ, passed away on August 14, 2016 at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ. Gene was born in Hatfield, MO on August 26, 1927 to Albert and Cordia Parman. He spent the first 34 years of his life in Iowa where he married Martha, his wife of 68…

ROSS CRAFT     Ross Craft, 82, of Creston, died Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at Creston Specialty Care in Creston. Memorial Services were at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 13, 2016, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Pastor Chuck Spindler officiated. Flag presentation was performed by Theodore J. Martens Post #1797 of Creston.  Open visitation was from…