ARLENE M. BURDETTE     Arlene M. Burdette of Mount Ayr, Iowa peacefully passed from this life on April 18, 2014 surrounded by family and loved ones.     Arlene was born in her grandparents’ home to parents Albert and Maurine Brockman in Waterloo, Iowa on June 1, 1930. Arlene was swept off her feet at a…

HOMER ELDON RINEHART     Homer Eldon Rinehart, 97, of Mount Ayr, passed away at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center under the care of HCI Hospice Care Services on April 9, 2014. He was also known as “Homer Ben” or “Ben” for many years.         Homer was born on March 1, 1917 to Ira…

GERALD VERNE SCOTT     Gerald Verne Scott, son of Raymond Verne and Edna Maude (Bissell) Scott, was born March 26, 1921 in rural Villisca, Iowa. He graduated from Corning high school in 1938. He farmed with his dad until he was drafted in the U.S. Army in 1942. On August 1, 1942, he was united…

ALICE DEANE WAUGH GARDNER     Alice Deane (Waugh) Gardner, 86, died peacefully on April 12, 2014. Alice Deane was born February 12, 1928 in Worth County, Missouri to Clifton Verne Waugh and Alta (Miller) Waugh. She was united in marriage to Glenn Gardner on June 9, 1946 in the Methodist church in Shenandoah, Iowa. Alice…

TIMOTHY EDMUND BECKER     Timothy Edmund Becker, son of Edmund and Ella Becker, was born April 10, 1946 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He left this life to join his parents as he passed away at Iowa Methodist Medical  Center in Des Moines, Iowa on April 9, 2014, the day before his 68th birthday.     Tim…

GARY LYLE REED     Husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, Gary Lyle Reed lost his life to cancer on March 18, 2014, in Wasilla, Alaska. He spent his last days at home surrounded by the people he loved, in the state he loved.     Gary was born on July 4, 1942, to his parents,…

STACI LYNN PALMER     Staci Lynn Palmer was born October 26, 1981 in Creston, Iowa, daughter of Richard L. and Margaret C. (Phillips) Palmer.     She passed away April 4, 2014, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa, her home for the past 13 years. She was 32.     Staci grew up in Tingley, Iowa,…

LYLE R. NICHOLS     Lyle R. Nichols, 94, of Mount Ayr, Iowa passed away Monday, March 31, 2014. Lyle was born November 9, 1919 in Ringgold County, Iowa to John Thomas and Verda Morgan Nichols. He was one of four children; he had two brothers, Donald and Lyndon, and a sister, Betty. Lyle was educated…

HAROLD NESS, SR.     Harold Ness, Sr., son of Joseph Edward Ness, Sr. and Hilda Grace Bolinger Ness, was born July 16, 1934 in Carroll County, Westminster, Maryland. Harold served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and spent one year deployed to Saudi Arabia. On March 5, 1971, he married Retha Middleton…

WILLIAM SCOTT MUNYON     William Scott Munyon, son of William Gary and Bettie Jean (Axtell) Munyon, was born June 16, 1971 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Scott graduated from Grand Valley high school in 1989. In April of 1991, he was united in marriage to Sheila Trower and to this marriage two sons were born, William…