Area Obituaries
DOROTHY JEAN BAKER Dorothy Jean (Symonds) Baker was born February 11, 1929 to Ernest and Florence (Ray) Symonds. She was welcomed home by sister Darlene. Later the family welcomed brothers Dean and Tommy. Dorothy graduated from high school in Lenox, Iowa with the class of 1947. She attended summer school and began teaching that…
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ROBERT G. KRAMER Robert (Bob) G. Kramer, 78, of Dubuque, Iowa and Mission, TX and formerly of Nebraska, Epworth, and North Buena Vista, Iowa, died Tuesday at 4:10 a.m. at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa. The family will greet friends and relatives of Bob from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, September 17,…
Read MoreRANDY LEE PERCIFIELD Randy Lee Percifield was born June 23, 1964 to Willard and Bonnie (Sartor) Percifield in Creston, Iowa. He departed this life at his home September 5, 2016 at the age of 52. Randy spent the majority of his childhood around the Diagonal, Iowa area. He had many jobs in…
Read MoreMICKEY ROE POTTORFF Mickey Roe “Mick” Pottorff, 78, passed away September 2, 2016 at Clearview Nursing Home, Mount Ayr, IA. Mick was born October 22, 1937 in Ringgold County, IA, the son of Dee and Ruby Janie (Weddle) Pottorff. On December 3, 1957 he married Phyllis Kinyon in Creston, IA.Mick was a Navy…
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NANCY KAREN NEEDHAM HULLINGER Nancy Karen Needham was born on October 4, 1939 at the family home west of Bedford in rural Taylor County, Iowa. Dennis and Violet (Johnson) Needham had four children: Lilian, Glen, Nadine and Nancy. Nancy attended elementary school at Timberlake Country School and then attended High School in Bedford and…
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LORI WATSON Lori Watson, 52, of California, MO passed away on Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Hospice House of Kansas City surrounded by her loving family. Lori was born on January 9, 1964 in Mount Ayr, Iowa the daughter of Merton Knapp who preceded her in death and Evalyn Caldwell who survives…
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VERA FLORENCE MOORE Vera Florence (Austin) Moore, oldest daughter of John Elmer and Lula Alice (Akins) Austin, was born, August 18, 1922, at home in Lorimor, Iowa. Vera attended the Baptist Church in Lorimor and was baptized there as a young girl. Vera attended and graduated as Salutatorian of her class from Lorimor High…
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LARRY EUGENE MAIN Larry was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa October 25, 1938, as the tenth child of eleven to his parents Corwin and Mable Main. He grew up in the small farm town going to school in a one-room country schoolhouse. At 12 years old, with his father ill much of…
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EVA LUCIELLE HAMMONS COMER Eva Lucielle Hammons Comer was born in a farmhouse southwest of Tabor, Iowa to James Franklin and Alta (Brammer) Hammons. Born to this union were 11 children and Lucy being number 9. She grew up in the country and attended country school through the 8th grade. She didn’t get…
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ETHEL CAMPBELL Ethel Campbell, 78, of Shannon City passed away August 19, 2016 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Ethel Alma (Rasmussen) Campbell was born April 9, 1938 in the home of her parents, Alfred Theodore and Alma Kirstine (Jacobsen) Rasmussen. She was baptized, confirmed, and married in the Lake Evangelical Lutheran…
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PAUL T. HOLLAND Paul T. Holland, 66, a local humanitarian and founder of the Washington Area Wheelchair Society, died at home in Alexandria, VA on December 11, 2014 after a brief illness. Paul was born in Waterloo, IA on November 8, 1948 to Richard E. Holland and Patricia Simpson Holland. Paul’s mother’s family…
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TERRY GENE TULL Terry Gene Tull the third child of Archie Ivan and RoEmma Murlen (Sissel) Tull was born at home at Hatfield, Missouri January 18, 1958. He passed away at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Terry attended school at Mount Ayr Community and later got his GED. Terry was a…
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