Area Obituaries

Myron Arthur Ingram was born March 12, 1935, to Herman R. and Mildred E. (Spencer) Ingram. He graduated from Mount Ayr High School. Myron served his country in the US Army. Myron married Shirley J. Heggs on June 30, 1957, at the Kellerton Christian Church in Kellerton, IA. Myron and Shirley lived in Des Moines,…

Glenn LeRoy Trimble, son of Harry Glenn and Lois Pearl (Buck) Trimble, was born May 26, 1927, at home in Ringgold County, IA. LeRoy was welcomed into the home by his two sisters, Mary Margaret and Doris Marie. LeRoy attended and graduated from Kellerton High School. He served his country in the U.S. Army from…

Norma Jean Gilliland was born on July 3, 1936, to Lewis and Madge (Crittenden) Brand on the farm in Union County, IA. The tenth of eleven children, Jean was eagerly welcomed into a large family full of loving brothers and sisters. Jean grew up on a farm near Mount Ayr, attended country school and eventually…

The world lost a kind, curious and determined soul on June 11, 2022, when Robert Louis Williams passed away peacefully at the age of 92 in Fullerton, CA. Robert was born on December 18,1929 in Boise, ID to Robert E. and Marietta J. Williams but grew up in Kellerton, IA. He was raised largely by…

Susan Angus, 73, of Cedar Rapids; formerly of the Mount Ayr / Creston areas, died Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at her home. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 26, 2022 at the Powers Funeral Home 601 New York Avenue in Creston. Pastor Tim Maxa will officiate. The Service…

On Sunday, December 18, 1949, at Creston, IA, Elbert and Anna (Bowen) Haley welcomed into this world their first-born child and gave her the name, Cathy Ann. Cathy would later help welcome her younger sister, Lora, better known as Lou. Cathy grew up at Benton, IA and she graduated from Mount Ayr High School with…

Jerry Wayne Marler, youngest child of Roy and Maude (Rinehart) Marler, was born February 15, 1939, in Grant City, MO and passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, IA surrounded by family. He graduated with the class of 1957 from Grant City High School. Jerry was married to Mary Ruth…

Marian L. (Johnson) Ferry, 95, of Blue Springs, MO, passed away from natural causes on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at The Parkway Senior Living facility where she had been a resident for seven years. She was born March 15, 1927 in Fostoria, OH to Fred and Edith Brandeberry. At the age of five she moved…