KENNY MICHAEL MARKLEY     Kenny Michael Markley, son of Kenneth Kyle and Lillian Catherine (Novak) Markley, was born January 31, 1948 at Greater Community Hospital in Creston, Iowa.     Ken grew up in Mount Ayr and graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1966. He furthered his education at Creston Community College and transferred to…

FRANKIE ELLEN MEACHAM     Frankie Ellen Meacham passed away peacefully June 29, 2015 at Casa de la Luz Hospice in Tucson, Arizona after a short 2 day stay.  She was born on September 13, 1925 in Harrisburg, Illinois.  She is survived by her son, Chuck and wife Marlys, sister, Margaret Smenyak-Wright and husband Bill and…

“BUD” MARVIN EUGENE POWELL     Bud (Marvin Eugene) Powell went to meet his Lord on June 11, 2015 surrounded by his beloved family.  He was born on a farm between Mount Ayr, Iowa and Kellerton, Iowa, to Lyle Glen and Ruth Francis (Fletchall) Powell.  Bud grew up riding his horse to Poe #6 Country School,…

COLLEEN KNIGHT     Colleen was born August 22, 1927 in Promise City, Iowa to Corydon Minor and Lora Anderson. She had six siblings: Enid, Ellis, Clare, Karolyn, Fra and Naomi (who died as an infant).     As a child Colleen was blessed with a beautiful voice. At the age of 2 she could sing 32…

PAUL JENNINGS SMITH     Faith, family, friends and farming… that was Paul Smith.     Paul Jennings Smith passed away June 30, 2015 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Paul Jennings Smith, son of Bertha Johanna (Jennings) and Samuel Jesse Smith, was born September 5, 1923 on the family farm near…

THOMAS H. AUSTIN     Thomas H Austin, 75, passed from this life on Thursday July 2, 2015 at Iowa Methodist Hospital surrounded by his family.     Tom was born December 7, 1939 in Lenox, IA to Clarence and Nellie (Shaffer) Austin. He graduated from Diagonal High School in 1958 and went into farming on the…

Gary Lee Greene, Sr. was born on August 29, 1938 and died June 23, 2015.

LILLIE MARIE MATLAGE     Lillie Marie Matlage, the 12th child born to Earl and Lillie (Pearson) Dawson, was born December 21, 1932 at home in Des Moines, Iowa.     Lillie grew up on the southeast side of Des Moines and graduated from Lincoln High School. Soon after graduating, Lillie met Clem Edward Matlage while he…

CECIL EDWARD SMITH     Cecil Edward Smith was born May 12, 1937 to Cecil Joseph Smith and Vesta Maxine (Keller) Smith in Diagonal, Iowa. Cecil attended West Point Country School. On August 15, 1958 Cecil was united in marriage to Dorothy Rose Sissel at the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr. To this union four…