LAVON McMATH BROWN Lavon Brown, daughter of Leland and Edna (Hartman) McMath, was born July 11, 1922 at Clearfield, Iowa. Lavon lived her entire life at Clearfield and graduated from Clearfield high school. Following graduation, Lavon taught country school in Ringgold and Taylor counties. In 1945 Lavon married Paul C. Brown and lived on a…

MARGARET LOUISE ‘PEG’ TORRIN Margaret Louise ‘Peg’ Torrin, 65, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Denver, Iowa, died on Saturday, January 12, 2013, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Peg was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa, on February 20, 1947, the daughter of Eugene and Selma Mosier. She graduated from Mount Ayr high…

LORRAINE DRAKE LESAN Lorraine Drake Lesan was born July 21, 1924 in rural Iowa near Kellerton, Iowa to Elgie L. and Mable Ray Drake. She loved and devoted her life to God and to her family. In 1944 Lorraine married Robert R. Lesan in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Bob was stationed in the service.…

HERBERT RAY JACKSON Herbert Ray Jackson, son of Millard and Alice Jackson, was born January 6, 1929 on the farm near Kellerton, Iowa. Herb lived a rich and full life. Herb graduated from Kellerton high school in 1947. He married his sweetheart, Vivian, on January 20, 1950 in Maryville, Missouri. They established their home on…

LIONEL NEAL ‘JACK’ KELLER Lionel Neal ‘Jack’ Keller, age 85, of Grand River, Iowa was born November 20, 1927 in Decatur county, Iowa and died January 12, 2013 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Jack was raised by his father and grandmother, Neal and Halsie Keller. Jack attended Grand River…

JEAN KEENAN WURSTER Jean Keenan Wurster was born October 24, 1925 to Gladys and Rue Keenan at the family home near Maloy, Iowa. She had five siblings, Lee, Dorothy, Virginia, Robert and Karl. Jean graduated from Maloy high school in 1942. She worked in the grocery store in Blockton, Iowa saving her wages so she…

MARSHA JUNE LUCKETT-SMITHSON Marsha June Luckett-Smithson, daughter of Charles and June (Ponader) Smithson, was born April 18, 1941 at Paterson, New Jersey. Marsha graduated from high school and college. Marsha’s husband was in the U.S. Army and she lived in several cities and military bases all over the world. Most recently she has lived in…

MABLE LENORE KING Mable Lenore King, daughter of Frank and Mable (Severens) Zollman, was born May 7, 1919 at New Virginia, Iowa. Lenore’s family lived in Blockton, Iowa during her early childhood and after spending a few years in Henry, Nebraska the family returned to Blockton where she graduated from Blockton high school in 1937.…

PATRICIA RUTH CREES Patricia Ruth Crees was born February 16, 1930 at her home in rural Decatur, Iowa and passed away on December 24, 2012 at the Westview Care Center in Leon, Iowa at the age of 82 years. The eldest child of Michael and Ruth Ellars Crees, Patricia suffered from a major illness at…

MILDRED ‘MILLIE’ SELMA STORHOFF Mildred ‘Millie’ Selma Storhoff was born May 21, 1918 to Peter and Caroline Swenson of Nome, North Dakota. She was the third of three daughters and had a younger brother whom she was very fond of. Millie was raised in Nome and graduated from Nome high school in 1936. She attended…