Area Obituaries

PEARL LOIS VANDIVER HAUPTMANN    Pearl Lois Vandiver Hauptmann, age 104, of Macon, MO, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2016, in Loch Haven Nursing Home in Macon, MO.  She was born at Locust Hill, MO on December 29, 1911, to Robert and Myrtle Troutt Vandiver.  She had two sisters Jewel Daugherty and Helen Taylor and…

DONELLA JEAN CREVELING     Donella Jean (German) Creveling was born August 29, 1927 to Clyde Leroy German and Florence (Nobles) German in rural Ellston, Iowa. Donella attended school in Ellston and graduated from Ellston High School in 1944. While attending school, Donella met her best friend, Ray “Lee” Creveling, who she later was united in marriage…

TWILLA RUTH HALL LININGER     Twilla Ruth Hall was born September 19, 1920 on a farm near Atkinson, Nebraska, to Leon and Lula (Fullerton) Hall. She passed away May 23, 2016 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa.     The family, including older siblings Marvin and Vienna, moved to Tingley, Iowa when Twilla was three…

MARLENE JOAN GILES ZARR     Marlene Joan Giles Zarr was born February 22, 1933, two miles north of Tingley, Iowa to John and Fern (Dunlap) Giles. Marlene passed away at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center on May 27, 2016.     Marlene was baptized as a baby at the Tingley Methodist Church and reconfirmed in…

MYNA IONE HUGHES GIBBENS     Myna Ione Hughes Gibbens, age 88, of Madison, WI, died Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at Meriter Hospital in Madison, after an illness of two months.      Born to Russell Santford Hughes and Lois Edna (Allen) Hughes on February 7, 1928, she grew up in Wayne, Decatur, and Ringgold counties in…

MARGARET LOUISE CAMPBELL     Margaret Louise (Euritt) Campbell was born January 24, 1918 to Everett Euritt and Bernice (Laird) Euritt in Ringgold County, Iowa. She graduated from Mount Ayr School then attended a Bible school in Nebraska in 1934.  Margaret came back to Ringgold County and taught rural country school for 5 years. She then went…

LORETTA LUCILLE REYNOLDS     Loretta Lucille Reynolds, daughter of Billie Moore and Opal Irene (Vanderpool) Robison, was born, in Iowa, on February 16, 1934.     Loretta grew up in various Ringgold County communities and attended country schools. Loretta married Francis Marion (Frank) Reynolds on June 1, 1950 at the Christian Church parsonage in Mount Ayr,…

CECIL OWEN DAVENPORT     Cecil Owen Davenport was born on June 11, 1939 in Benton, IA to Roy Richard Davenport and Sylvia Ellen (Spencer) Davenport. After finishing country school, Cecil graduated from MounAyr High School in 1957. He later attended NWMSU in Maryville, MO. Cecil went on the wheat harvest and worked for various farms…

DONNA LEE SCOTT     Donna Lee Scott, daughter of Herbert Ryder and Alma (Robertson) Knapp, was born January 27, 1939 in Wisconsin.     The family soon moved to Des Moines, and Donna grew up and lived most of her life on the East side of Des Moines. For the last 15 years, Donna has made…

JANE LEA BEAMER SIMPSON     Jane Lea Beamer Simpson passed from this life May 2, 2016 following a two year battle with ovarian cancer. Jane was born June 10, 1942 to Cecil and Evelyn Beamer in southwest Iowa. Her father died when Jane was three years old. She was raised with her brother John by…

JERRY D. NEAS     Jerry D. Neas, 78, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 15, 2016 under hospice care at Deerfield Retirement Community in Urbandale. Jerry was born on September 11, 1937 in Coldwater, Kansas to Pearl and Lela Mae Neas. As a young boy his family, along with his two brothers, moved to Redding,…

CHARLES ROLLAND CASE     Charles Rolland Case was born October 23, 1943 in Osceola, Iowa to Vaughn Andrew and Betty Louise (Dusenberry) Case. He lived on a farm south of Ellston, Iowa and attended school in Ellston until it closed, and then he attended Mount Ayr Community Schools. In January of 1961 he joined the US…