Area Obituaries

ROBERT EUGENE ADAMS     Robert Eugene Adams passed from this life on April 10, 2015 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Bob was the youngest of six children when he was bom to Robert Bruce and Minnie Belle Adams on August 17, 1932 in Jackson, Missouri.     Bob married his bride Betty Giger of Rockford, Illinois on…

MARILYN ROSE RICHARDS     Marilyn Rose (Denhart) Richards, daughter of Lloyd James Denhart and Lela Pearl (Blunck) Denhart, was born September 3, 1931 in Mount Ayr, Iowa and passed away on April 10, 2015 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr with her family by her side.     Her high school principal told her ‘if you…

RICHARD LEE WEBB     Richard Lee Webb was born  March 4, 1928 on a farm in Ringgold County, Iowa to Charlie Dee Webb and Jessie May (Marshall) Webb.  He attended country school in Ringgold County.  Richard was united in marriage to Lola Faye Warner on April 9, 1947.  To this union were six children, Linda,…

BILL ANDERSON     Bill was born to Wilma Ina Mosley and Kenneth West Anderson in Clarinda, Iowa on September 25 1927. His parents were divorced when Bill was an infant, and after the divorce, he and his mother lived mostly with his grandparents. He remembered fondly Saturday evenings walking around the town square with his…

JUNIOR ARLEN DREDGE     Junior Arlen Dredge was born June 23, 1928 in Tingley , Iowa to Arlen Hubert Dredge and Arzetta Colter Dredge and passed away March 31, 2015 at the age of 86.     On July 31, 1948 he was united in marriage to Roena Faye Reynolds.  This union was blessed with four…

JACK EUGENE COATES     Jack Coates, 86, of Indianola, died Friday, April 3, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society of Indianola. A private graveside service will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Mt. Ayr on May 9.  Online condolences can be given at www.powersfh.com.         Jack Eugene Coates, son of Ambrose Edward Coates and…

LAURA MARIE BENTLEY     Laura Marie Bentley was born July 19, 1961 to LL & Alice Bennett Siverly. She passed away March 19, 2015 at the Hospice House in Creston after a long battle with cancer.  Laura was doted on by her older brother and sisters.  She graduated from Clearfield High School in 1979 and…

ELLA BELLE PETTENGILL     Ella Belle Pettengill, 81, of Beaconsfield, formerly of La Porte City, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 16, 2015 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr.  She was born July 19, 1933 in Davis City, Iowa the daughter of Jesse James and Roberta (Dunbar) Burrell.  She married LeMar F. Pettengill…

B. GERTRUDE LIVINGSTON     B. Gertrude Livingston, 101, of Fort Myers Florida passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband Lowell R. Livingston.     She is survived by her sons Joe (Sylvia), Bill (Karla) and Dale, nine grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.     She spent the first…

FOREST COLT CROPPER     Forest Colt Cropper was born on the Llano Estacado of Amarillo, Texas on May 4, 1992 to Sherri Lynn Cropper and Michael Leroy Barnes.  Forest grew up with his half siblings near Canyon and Fritch, Texas enjoying family canoe trips and nature exploration at Lake Meredith.  After relocating to the Midwest,…