Area Obituaries

Gary Lee Stewart, son of Melvin Dean “Pete” Cavender and Ruby Marie Sutton was born July 21, 1953 in the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Marie married Donald Stewart and the family lived in Nevada and Canada before settling in Duluth, Minnesota. Gary helped establish a free clinic in Duluth for low income…

Sheryol Lee, second child born to Kenneth Leo and Juanita Natalie Whisler Shields, came into this world December 17, 1943, at the hospital in Creston, IA. She entered her eternal rest on October 26, 2018, surrounded by her loving family and pets. In 1948, the family moved southeast of Mount Ayr and Sheryol began attending…

Mary L. Chiesa 71,  1292 Bee Tree Lane, Ellston Iowa  formally of Des Moines, Iowa  passed away October 18, 2018 at Unity Point Health Des Moines Methodist. Mary is survived by her husband of 56 years, Ron; daughter, Deena (Ray) Murphy; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; siblings, Pat (Gary) Hagenkord and Frank (Pamela) Schoonover; several nieces,…

Donald Wilfred Poore was born March 6, 1931 in rural Ringgold County, Iowa to Orville and Pauline Mae (Stetzler) Poore. He went to school in Ellston and later attended school at Beaconsfield and graduated in 1948. After high school, he worked for a year farming before going to Iowa State College (University) and obtaining his…

Larry Wayne Fletcher was born March 26, 1949 at Iowa Lutheran in Des Moines, Iowa to Everett Troy Fletcher and Alice Alcista (Wimer) Fletcher. He graduated from Diagonal High School in 1967. Larry was united in marriage to Linda Staats in 1968 and to this union had one son, Larry Wayne, Jr. Larry and Linda…

Uncle Bobby Don McCallum was born in Dallas, Texas on December 23, 1944 to Grady and Margaret (Polley) McCallum. On December 29, 1961 Bobby joined the United States Navy and served until July 3, 1963. Bobby loved to go fishing. He was a very giving person and loved to make everyone laugh. He traveled many…

Marvin Lee Sobotka was born to Otto and Albena (Jezek) on February 17, 1924 in Benton, Iowa. He graduated from Benton High School in 1941. After graduating he went into the United States Air Force and served until the end of the war in 1945. During this time, he served with the 98th Bomb Group…

Michael Martin Bainum, 71, was born on July 20, 1947, in Maryville, Missouri, to Martin and Clorine “Cody” (Mitchell) Bainum, and passed away on September 24, 2018, at his home in Redding, Iowa. He attended Sheridan schools and Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville prior to enlisting in the United States Air Force, serving during…

Esther Catherine Doser was born to Emery and Ethel (Bigley) Doser in the family farm home northwest of Kellerton, IA on January 16, 1932. Esther attended the Kellerton Public School graduating in 1950. She continued her education at Northwest Missouri State College in Maryville, MO. She returned home and taught in the Woodland School in…

      Dorothy was born on July 28, 1926 in Delphos, Iowa to Merle and Gladys  (McCarty) Reynolds and passed away September 15, 2018, in Fremont, NE. She attended Tingley High School and graduated as the Valedictorian of the class of 1944. For her academic achievements Dorothy was awarded a full teaching scholarship. On November 5, 1944…