Area Obituaries

JUDY HANSELL Judy Ann Hansell, 71, of Creston, passed away December 11, 2015 at Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell, Iowa. Judy was born January 7, 1944 at the hospital in Creston, Iowa to Ivan and Arlene (Shrimpton) Hansell. Judy grew up at Diagonal and while attending school, she was a member of the student…

PAUL CAMPBELL Paul Vere Campbell was born January 11, 1919. He was the ninth of ten children born to Frank Campbell and Mary Elizabeth (Kauble) Campbell of Athelston, Iowa. He had fond memories of his father who died when Paul was only eight. His mother moved to Blockton with her three youngest children and Paul…

IVAN GROFF Ivan Clifford Groff, son of Harold Groff and Ruby (Hardisty) Groff, was born June 3, 1925 on the family farm in Taylor, County. Ivan departed this life on December 5, 2015 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center due to suffering several strokes. He grew up in the Corning, Carl, and Brooks area,…

RHODA JOHNSTON Rhoda Lois Baker Johnston was born December 27, 1919, near Blunt, South Dakota, one of seven children of Edward and Lena Baker. In 1920 the family moved to the Clearfield area to reside again on the Baker farm. Rhoda graduated from Clearfield High School in 1938, and began in-home care for Estes Johnston…

MILDRED FRANKLIN Mildred Maxine “Mickey” (Keller) Franklin passed from this life on December 5,  2015 at the age of 83. She was born in Tingley, Iowa May 22, 1932.  After graduation from Shannon City High School, she was employed by Bankers Life Insurance company in Des Moines. She married Richard Franklin on September 15, 1950.…

CATHY NELSON Catherine Eva Bergman Nelson passed away peacefully on November 27, 2015, at her Lamoni, Iowa home. Cathy was born on December 16, 1930, in Independence, Missouri, the daughter of Arnold and Bertha (Kester) Weyerman.  She moved with her mother back to the family farm near the town of Idalia in Yuma County, Colorado,…

EVERETT LEE FARIS Everett Lee Faris, 79, passed away on Thursday morning, November 26, 2015 at the Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Lee was born July 8, 1936 at home to Wilbur and Eva Sawyer Faris near Mount Ayr. Lee attended country school and then graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1954.…

JANICE JEAN LINDEMAN Janice Jean Lindeman, daughter of Morris Joseph LaVern and Laura Gweneth (Morgan) Carlson, was born July 15, 1941 in the Ogden Hospital in Ogden, Iowa. Janice was raised in Boone County. She began her education in a country school and finished by graduating from Ogden High School.  Janice married Harold Lindeman in Story…

MARJORIE PAULINE FISHER MCFARLAND Marjorie Pauline Fisher McFarland, daughter of Keith and Inez Fisher, was born June 23, 1922 near Redding, Iowa and departed this life November 20, 2015 at the age of 93. On August 16, 1941 she was united in marriage with John H. McFarland in St. Joseph, Missouri.  To this union were…