Area Obituaries
JACKIE JOY PADGITT Jackie Joy Padgitt, known to many as Jack, was born February 27, 1937, in Bartlett, Iowa, to Burbin and Viola (Asman) Padgitt. He departed this earthly life on April 1, 2016, at 79 years of age, in Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1941 the family moved to…
Read MoreJOHNNY ALFRED HAMBLEN Johnny Alfred Hamblen was born December 30, 1947 at the family farm just outside of Allendale, Missouri. He was called home on March 6, 2016 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. John was the third of four children born to Henry and Cora (Scott) Hamblen. John attended Allendale area…
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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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