KATHLEEN ‘Kate’ BURCHETT Kathleen Amelia ‘Kate’ Burchett, age 85, of Grand River and Osceola, Iowa, was born April 7, 1928 in Grand River. She was the eldest of four daughters born to Harry Raymond and Alice Ellen (Owens) McGraw. Kate died May 16, 2013 at Clarke County Hospital in Osceola. Kate grew up in Westerville,…

 CLARANCE KENNEDY Clarance ‘Roy’ Kennedy, age 79, of Rogers, Arkansas passed away May 13, 2013. Roy was born Feb. 6, 1934, in Ottawa, Kansas, to parents Clarance D. Kennedy and Mary Mulvaney Kennedy. As a young man, he enlisted in the United States Air Force where he served during the Korean War. Roy later relocated…

SHIRLEY VIRGENE BROWN Shirley Virgene Brown, born June 11, 1932, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Mount Ayr Health Care at 80 years, 11 months and one day of age. Shirley was the eldest daughter of Clifford Warren and Emma Lorene (Glazebrook) Brown and was born at home in Grand River, Iowa. Shirley spent…

BEATRICE BOLES Beatrice Boles, age 89, of Grand River, Iowa, the daughter of Paul and Carrie Andrew, passed away May 5, 2013 at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Beatrice is survived by her daughter, Helen Boles; sisters-in-law, Lena Hewlett, Lucia Daughton and Carol Andrew; cousins; nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends.…

LUETTA LORRAINE KING Luetta Lorraine King, 85, formerly of Blockton, Iowa, departed this life May 7, 2013 at Mount Ayr Health Care in Mount Ayr, Iowa, where she had resided the past two years. Lorraine was born July 17, 1927 in Savannah, Missouri to Lonnie Gilbert and Mary (Brumfield) Cavin. Lorraine graduated from the Blockton,…

DOROTHY MAXINE KELLER Dorothy Maxine Keller, daughter of Alfred ‘Pete’ and Avis (Benson) Pacha, was born July 1, 1923 near Diagonal, Iowa. Dorothy grew up in Diagonal and graduated from Diagonal high school in 1941. Dorothy married Robert Earl Keller on April 4, 1942 in Grant City, Missouri. They farmed west of Diagonal for several…

GRACE JEAN KETTLE HAIDSIAK Grace Jean Kettle Haidsiak was born to Henry and Myrtle (Bean) Kettle on December 22, 1920 in Lena, Illinois. As a small child, she moved with her parents to Blockton, Iowa. Jean helped on the farm as a child. She rode her horse ‘Dandy’ to and from school. ‘Dandy’ lived a…

BETTY JO BARKER Betty Jo Barker, 92, died April 4, 2013 in the Sunrise at Hunter Mill Senior Living Center in Oakton, Virginia.  She was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of the late Ebon McAninch and Bertha Overholser McAninch and was raised in Mount Ayr, Iowa. A graduate of Mount Ayr high school…

GARY PITMAN Gary ‘Penny’ Allan Pitman was born February 15, 1937 in Portland, Oregon the son of Harry Pitman and Frances Opal (Joslyn) Pitman. Gary was raised by his mother and grandparents in Gravity, Iowa where he graduated from high school with the class of 1956.  He worked for Don Well’s Locker driving a stock…

CLEOLA MARIE GEIST Cleola Marie, third child of Hugh and Gladys Reynolds Burchett, was born on November 9, 1925 and died on April 20, 2013 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Cleola was raised in the vicinity of Ringgold and Caledonia, Iowa. She graduated from Mount Ayr high school in the year…