SHIRLEY MAE MARTIN     Shirley Mae Martin, daughter of Clarence and Violet (Allen) Blauer, was born May 17, 1938 in Iowa City, Iowa. She lived all of her life in Ringgold county; mainly the Tingley, Washington and Liberty townships. She graduated from Tingley high school in 1956. Shirley married Howard LeRoy Martin on August 17,…

JACK HOUSTON HOFFMAN     Jack Houston Hoffman, second son of W.R. “Wally” and Elva (Whisler) Hoffman was born October 21, 1923, at a rural Kellerton, Iowa farm. He passed away on November 21, 2013 at the Lamoni Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lamoni, Iowa.     Jack loved the farm and spent the majority of his…

KATHRYN ANN (JENSEN) HALL     Kathryn Ann, 61, of Leon, Iowa, passed away at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, November 18, 2013.     Kathryn Ann (Jensen) Hall was born March 1, 1952, the first born child of William M. and Evelyn A. (Bucy) Jensen in the Decatur County Hospital at…

LINDA SUSAN MANNING     Linda Susan Manning, daughter of Jack and Phyllis (Holland) Manning, was born on November 19, 1956 in Des Moines, Iowa.     Linda attended Woodlawn elementary school; Monroe elementary school’s talented and gifted program; Meredith middle school, and Hoover high school, graduating in 1975. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University…

MERLIN DUANE CLEMENT     Merlin Duane Clement, son of Carl and Stella (Jerome) Clement, was born in Central City, Nebraska on September 2, 1926. Merlin lived most all of his life in and around Hopeville, Iowa. In 1957 he married Gertrude L. Lawrence and became a dad to Nadine and Joe. Joe passed away at…

GARY LEE SHIELDS     Gary Lee Shields, 69, of  Marion died Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He was in palliative care at Unity Point (Saint Luke’s) and UIHC. Memorial service was held at 11 a.m. on Monday at the Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Rev. Emory Gillespie and…

BEVERLY JEAN MOORE     Beverly Jean Moore, daughter of Jack Edgar and Vera Florence (Austin) Moore, was born December 12, 1946 in Creston, Iowa. Bev’s twin sister, Barbara Jane, died at birth. Bev was born with Cerebral Palsy and had other physical burdens but she did not let them hinder her. She attended Mount Ayr…

DOROTHY BIRD MAIN     Dorothy (Bird) Main was born to Fred and Ollie (Driskell) Bird on May 2, 1923 in Filer, Idaho. The family, which included her sister, Margaret, moved back to their roots in Ringgold county, Iowa where Dorothy lived most of her entire life.  She passed away on November 15, 2013 at the…

CHARLOTTE RICE CUNNING     Charlotte Rice Cunning, daughter of Douglas A. and Minnie Minnick Rice, was born January 10, 1925 at Mount Ayr, Iowa. Charlotte attended country school and later was proud to graduate by GED. On March 2, 1947, Charlotte married Dwight D. Cunning in Lenox, Iowa. Charlotte and Dwight settled on a farm…