ARLOA JEAN  WACKERNAGLE Arloa Jean Wackernagle, daughter of Carl and Grace (Motsinger) Wyman, passed away on February 6, 2013 at the age of 88 years. She had been in failing health over the last year at the Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Arloa, was born August 16, 1924. Her parents, two brothers and…

JESSE ALAN MINNICK Jesse Alan Minnick, son of Lellan F. and Iva J. (Main) Minnick, was born December 9, 1937 near Delphos, Iowa. Alan grew up at Mount Ayr and graduated from Mount Ayr high school in 1955. On December 18, 1956, in Kellerton, Iowa, he married Carolyn LaVon Keller in a ceremony performed by…

W. JOYCE JOHNSTON Joyce Johnston was born and raised near Mount Ayr, Iowa on a farm, was a high school cheerleader and married her high school sweetheart. After marriage Joyce was a stay-at-home mom who enjoyed raising her children and supporting her husband. From Iowa Joyce and Andy settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado where they…

WILFRED ‘WILLIE’  EUGENE DOLECHECK Wilfred (Willie) Eugene Dolecheck was born July 29, 1942 at Leon, Iowa to Leo and Inez (Posler) Dolecheck. He grew up in Diagonal, Iowa graduating from high school there in 1961. For a time he ran movies at the theaters in central Iowa with Robert Gray. He attended technical school in…

HELEN ANDERSON Helen Anderson, 98, of Creston, Iowa passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at the Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston. Funeral services were Saturday, February 9, 2013, at the First Baptist Church in Creston. Pastor Robert Anderson, Pastor David Tebbenkamp and Pastor Dan Fields officiated the service. Burial was at the Oakland Cemetery.…

JACK E. HARTMAN Jack E. Hartman was born August 24, 1922 to Clarence and Bertha Moreland Hartman in Union county, Iowa. After attending rural schools for two years in Union county, the family moved to Adair county where he attended Orient school. In his senior year, his family moved near Greenfield where he graduated in…

GANUM VIRGIL FINDLEY Ganum Virgil Findley was born on October 7, 1926 in Grayson, Missouri. The son of a farmer and teacher, Ganum Alvin Findley, and his wife, Mary Leora Findley, Virgil shared their rural home with his sister, Mary Margaret, until her death at age two and three-fourths years on July 28, 1937 at…

DUANE ORVILLE POORE Duane Orville Poore, son of Orville and Pauline Mae (Stetzler) Poore, was born on the family farm south of Beaconsfield, Iowa. Duane graduated from Beaconsfield high school in 1949. While in high school, he acquired his nickname, ‘Sleepy’ Poore, which was given to him by his friend, Ralph Jones. He was known…

ERWOOD ‘COTTY’ HUFFMAN Erwood ‘Cotty’ Huffman, son of Zed and Mary D. (England) Huffman, was born March 18, 1925 at Clearfield, Iowa. Cotty served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; helping with the rebuilding of Pearl Harbor and Japan. Cotty was honorably discharged on February 17, 1946 and on March 21, 1946 he…

RICHARD JUNIOR BAKER Richard Junior Baker, 77, of Redding passed away Friday, January 25, 2013, at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines. A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Richard J. Baker was born June 20, 1935 to Richard and Dorothy (Stull) Baker in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He served in the U.S.…