Area Obituaries

Gene Alden Hutchinson was born September 27, 1947, the son of Glen and Doris (Vanderflute) Hutchinson in Leon, Iowa. He passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019  at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 71. Gene was raised in Mount Ayr and Diagonal, Iowa, with the exception of four…

Barbara Ann Walter, daughter of Gerald and Ariel (Green) Keller, was born December 21, 1929 at Clearfield, Iowa. Barb later helped welcome into the family her younger brother, Phillip. Barb grew up on a farm southwest of Diagonal and she graduated from Diagonal High School with the class of 1949. On July 8, 1956, Barb…

Verna Mae Martin, 82 of Mount Ayr, IA passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019 at her home with her family at her side. Verna was born on August 17, 1936 in Ringgold County to Arlo and Ethel Dillenburg. She grew up on a farm in various locations in Ringgold and Union County and graduated from…

Robin Coleena Schwandt born March 10, 1958 in Powell, WY. She was adopted, along with her two brothers, Kelly and Richard, by Jamie and Donna Cawthorne. Robin grew up in Winner, SD. She enjoyed ranching and rodeos and was a rodeo queen. Robin then left home and lived some time on an Indian Reservation where…

Travis Vaughn, age 38, of Leon, Iowa was killed Friday, April 12, 2019, in an accident on his farm. Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 18, at Trinity Christian Church, west of Decatur, Iowa. Burial is in the Leon Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Kendra (Jones) Vaughn, formerly of Mount Ayr; sons, Connor Mahan,…

Glenda Rose Hall-Marlow, daughter of Albert Hall and Cora Fertig-Hall was born on September 22, 1938 in Benton, IA. She departed on November 1, 2018 in Lodi, CA at the age of 80 years old. Glenda was number nine of eleven children and grew up in Benton, IA on their family farm known as Happy…

LeRoy A. Wilmes, 88 of Maryville, MO passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at his home. LeRoy was born on February 28, 1931 in Bedison, MO to Herman and Agnes (Kohmetscher) Wilmes. He worked in sales most of his life. LeRoy graduated from Horace Mann High School and was a member of St. Gregory’s…

Myrtle Jane Comer was born July 20, 1930 in Maloy, IA to Rolla Bryan and Florence Marjorie (Smith) Comer. She graduated from Maloy High School in 1948. Later she got her teaching certificate from Maryville. After she received her certificate, she taught school at country schools, was the librarian at Diagonal School and substitute taught…

Daniel G. Shepherd, 76, passed from this life on April 4. 2019. He was born March 31, 1943 to George and Audrey Shepherd in Union County, IA. He grew up in the Thayer and East Union School District, where he began to date his future wife, when she was a freshman and he a junior.…

Cory Jay Kuonen, 63, of Creston died March 18, 2019 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.  A memorial gathering to celebrate his life will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the United Church of Diagonal. Private burial will be at the Diagonal Cemetery. Memorials are to the family.…