Area Obituaries
DOLORES IRENE FLETCHER Dolores Irene Fletcher was born to Bertha and Homer Day on April 2, 1946 near Diagonal, Iowa, on the Day farm, in Ringgold County, Iowa. She graduated from Diagonal High School at age 19, in 1965. She married David Ray Fletcher on June 6, 1965. After honeymooning in Colorado Springs,…
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EMERY C. PICKERING Emery C. Pickering, age 98, Grant City, Missouri died Wednesday, March 9 at Orilla’s Way Residential Care Center, Grant City. Emery Carol Pickering was born August 14, 1917 in Worth County, Missouri; the son of William Alexander and Susan Alice (Jones) Pickering. Emery was the 15th of fifteen children. …
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DAVID IRVIN WILEY David Irvin Wiley was born November 18, 1938 on a farm north of Diagonal to Donald Ivol Wiley and Lela Marie (Bunker) Wiley. Dave had an older sister Donna Lee and was later joined by a brother Wayne Willis. The family moved to a farm four miles east of Diagonal. Dave…
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LOUISE MOORE CORLL Louise Nina Lea Moore Corll, daughter of Henry and Hazel (Wendall) Moore, was born on May 16, 1923, on a farm in Kellerton, Iowa. She enjoyed growing up on the farm with her older brother, Hallie, and her younger sister, Wathena. She attended grade school at Mountain Brush, which is located…
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WILLIAM MARVIN MORSE William Marvin Morse was born October 27, 1951 at Saint Francis Hospital in Maryville, Missouri. He was welcomed into this world by his parents, Everett Leroy Morse and Opal Adell (Jones) Morseand one older brother Franklin Leroy Morse. He was born with a few health issues/special needs. Marvin never acted…
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BETTY JANE ROBERTSON Betty Jane Robertson was born the 2nd of March, 1932, the third of seven children born to Jesse and Lucy Barnhart Roach, near Allendale, Missouri. She passed away peacefully at Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa, on the 22nd of February, 2016. On June 27, 1949, she was united in marriage…
Read MoreDANNY DEAN ELLIOTT Danny Dean Elliott, 64, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2016 at his home in Lamoni, IA. He was born February 12, 1952 in Decatur County Hospital the son of Ralph and Betty Jean (Fuller) Elliott. They preceded him in death. Danny attended Lamoni Community Schools, graduating in 1970. He…
Read MoreTED LEE FOLAND Ted Lee Foland, 71, of Grant City, Missouri passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital on February 26, 2016. Ted was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on January 7, 1945 to Harold Clark and Eunice Berl Chitty Foland. He attended Worth County High School, graduating in 1963. Ted married the love of…
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HELEN BLUNCK Helen Margaret (Reece) Blunck was born July 24, 1913, in Xenia, Illinois, to Martin and Loula (Ernest) Reece. She passed from this life on February 20, 2016, at the age of 102, in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Helen attended schools in Bedford and Mount Ayr, Iowa. She married Roy Beal and to this…
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FRANCES SALTZMAN Frances Jeanette Sheumaker Saltzman passed away on February 5, 2016 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Frances was born on July 26, 1917 to Roy and Goldia Sheumaker on a homestead near Malta, Montana. The family remained in Montana for 10 years and then moved to the Redding, Iowa area where she…
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GEORGE LEROY DAILY George LeRoy Dailey was born August 18, 1923 to Clearance and Florence Dailey of Benton, Iowa. George passed away February 6, 2016 at the Ringgold County Hospital. He was the oldest of five children. George loved sports and played on his high school basketball, baseball and track teams. He graduated from Tingley,…
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CHESTER VANE MUNYON Chester Vane Munyon was born December 22, 1931 to Merle and Mary Munyon in Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa. He graduated from Kellerton High School in 1950. He worked for Powers Produce through high school and after graduation. In 1951 he joined the United States Air Force in support of the Korean War effort.…
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