PATRICIA LEE BRABY Patricia Lee Rusk was born July 31, 1937 in Mount Ayr, Iowa to Earl and Opal (Ceciel) Rusk.         Pat grew up in Mount Ayr and graduated from Mount Ayr High School.         On December 30, 1956 she was united in marriage to Kenny Scott. To…

JERRY POTTORFF Jerry Pottorff, 71, passed away at his home Monday, November 16, 2015. Jerry was born December 14, 1943 in Grant City, MO to Ivan and Maxine Pottorff. He was a 1962 graduate of Mount Ayr high school and was a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University. Jerry retired as senior Vice President of…

CURT TURNER Curt Turner, 62, of Creston died Thursday, December 17, 2015 at his home in Creston. Celebration of Life Services were held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Mary O’ Riley and Pastor Jim Woodworth officiated the service. There was a time of visitation, food and fellowship following the service…

ERIC L. REASLAND Eric L. Reasland, 39, of Creston, died Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 in Murray, from injuries suffered in a grain bin accident. Celebration of Life Services were 10:30 a.m. Wed. Dec. 23, 2015 at the Powers Funeral Home junction of highway 34 and 25 in Creston.  Rev. Pete Brantner and Rev. Daniel Moore…

PAUL CAMPBELL Paul Vere Campbell was born January 11, 1919. He was the ninth of ten children born to Frank Campbell and Mary Elizabeth (Kauble) Campbell of Athelston, Iowa. He had fond memories of his father who died when Paul was only eight. His mother moved to Blockton with her three youngest children and Paul…

JUDY HANSELL Judy Ann Hansell, 71, of Creston, passed away December 11, 2015 at Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell, Iowa. Judy was born January 7, 1944 at the hospital in Creston, Iowa to Ivan and Arlene (Shrimpton) Hansell. Judy grew up at Diagonal and while attending school, she was a member of the student…

CATHY NELSON Catherine Eva Bergman Nelson passed away peacefully on November 27, 2015, at her Lamoni, Iowa home. Cathy was born on December 16, 1930, in Independence, Missouri, the daughter of Arnold and Bertha (Kester) Weyerman.  She moved with her mother back to the family farm near the town of Idalia in Yuma County, Colorado,…

MILDRED FRANKLIN Mildred Maxine “Mickey” (Keller) Franklin passed from this life on December 5,  2015 at the age of 83. She was born in Tingley, Iowa May 22, 1932.  After graduation from Shannon City High School, she was employed by Bankers Life Insurance company in Des Moines. She married Richard Franklin on September 15, 1950.…

RHODA JOHNSTON Rhoda Lois Baker Johnston was born December 27, 1919, near Blunt, South Dakota, one of seven children of Edward and Lena Baker. In 1920 the family moved to the Clearfield area to reside again on the Baker farm. Rhoda graduated from Clearfield High School in 1938, and began in-home care for Estes Johnston…

IVAN GROFF Ivan Clifford Groff, son of Harold Groff and Ruby (Hardisty) Groff, was born June 3, 1925 on the family farm in Taylor, County. Ivan departed this life on December 5, 2015 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center due to suffering several strokes. He grew up in the Corning, Carl, and Brooks area,…