CALEB M. COUTS     Caleb M. Couts, 42, of Keosauqua, until recently of Oskaloosa, died at 7:52 A.M. Monday November 3, 2014 at Van Buren County Hospital, Keosauqua. He was bom July 26, 1972 at Maryville, MO to George and Lesa Perry Couts and married Katherine McElroy November 12, 2005 in Jubilee Family Church, Oskaloosa.…

FRANKLIN J. SMITH     Franklin J Smith, oldest child of Jim and Georgia Smith was born on September 11, 1932 in Mount Ayr, IA, and went home to Jesus on November 15, 2014 at Arbor Springs in West Des Moines, IA.     On December 9, 1951 Hank married his high school sweetheart, Phyllis Ann Fletchall.…

IVAN L. DENNIS     Ivan L. Dennis, 88 of Independence, Missouri passed away Friday, November 7, 2014. Funeral service were Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at Liberty Church of Christ, 1401 Glenn Hendren Drive, Liberty, Missouri. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa.  In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Liberty…

JAMES EDWARD JOBE     James (Jim) Jobe passed away peacefully on November 7, 2014 in Chandler, Arizona surrounded by his family. Jim was born to Genevieve and David Jobe on February 21, 1939 in Tingley, Iowa.  He married Glenda Wood on June 7, in 1957 and spent the next 56 years by her side. He…

MICHAEL “MIKE” MORADO     Michael “Mike” Morado, Jr., 67, of Kansas City, Mo passed away October 21, 2014 after a brave year and a half long battle with cancer. He entered the heavenly gates surrounded by his loving family at Kansas City Hospice House. Mass of Christian Burial was on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at…

DEAN MARK MERRILL     Dean Mark Merrill was born September 30, 1924 at the ranch his parents, Forrest R. and Millie “Lucile” (McCreary) Merrill, owned near Wray, Colorado. He grew up and was educated at Wray, Colorado. Dean was drafted into World War II in 1942. He served in the European Theater, England, Germany, France,…

MONA MARY DWIGHT     Mona Mary Dwight, 91, of Burlington, died at 7:55 p.m. Monday, October 27, 2014, at her home surrounded by her loving family.     Born September 14, 1923, in Burlington, she was the daughter of Albert Frederick and Clara Alvina Jackson Gerdom.  She married John R. Dwight on February 14, 1946, in Burlington. …

WILLIAM JOHN CLARK     William “Willie” John Clark, 49, of Collins, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2014.     Willie was born March 8, 1965, in Keosauqua, Iowa to William Clyde Sr. and Sherry (Lee) Clark. He graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1983 and was united in marriage to Sherridee Richardson on August 12,…

JAMES WALKER ROBERTSON     James Walker (J.W.) Robertson was born the 20th of February, 1931, the second of ten children born to Claude Lee Robertson and Ollie Edith Robertson, near Denver, Missouri.     On June 27, 1949, he was united in marriage to his childhood sweetheart, Betty Jane Roach, in Grant City, Missouri, before a…

BLANCHIE FERN SMITH SCHIPPER     Blanchie Fern Smith Schipper was the eighth child born to Francis Emory and Effie Ollie Belle (Dye) Smith. She was born at 11 p.m. on June 20, 1924 in Athelstan, Iowa. She grew up in Athelstan where she attended school there until 10th grade. At that time, she met and…