Area Obituaries
DEAN AUSTIN COBB Dean Austin Cobb, the youngest son of Glenn A. and Grace Goforth Cobb was born on a farm south of Blockton on June 8, 1919, living there all of his life, departing on December 17, 2014 at the age of 95. He attended country school (Brush College), and later graduating…
Read MoreLARRY LEE HULL Larry Lee Hull, son of Walter Eugene and Mary Louisa (Perry) Hull, was born June 19, 1937 near Afton, Iowa. Larry married Judith Shelburg in 1960 and together they had four children; Vickie, Larry, Lawrence and Roscoe. Larry and Judy later divorced. The family lived in West Des Moines for…
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ELON SWANSON Shorty (Elon) Swanson, son of Earl Ruben and Hazel Agatha (Irwin) Swanson, was born on June 15, 1924 in Palmer, Nebraska. Shorty grew up at Palmer and served his country in the US Army from April 17, 1945 until he was honorably discharged on October 28, 1946. Shorty married Mary Louise…
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DORIS MAE MAIN RULE Doris Mae Main was born July 18, 1925 on the Main family farm in Liberty Township, Ringgold County, Iowa. She was one of 11 children born to the late Corwin Ernest and Mabel Mae Wood Main. She attended country school in the county through the eigth grade and graduated…
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EARLE M. SCHAD Earle M. Schad, 97, of Mount Ayr Iowa passed away Monday, December 8, 2014 with his family at his side at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Earle left this life as a unsung artist in farming, pencil art, woodworking, geneology, his personal naval history and publishing of his own book. …
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CARL J. HULLINGER Carl J. Hullinger, age 89, a longtime resident of Belen, was born December 27,1924, in Tingley, Iowa, and passed away on Friday, November 28,2014. In 1956, Carl worked for Russell Bloomingshine at his dairy on Gun Club Road and then for Russell’s son on South El Cerro Loop. At one…
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FAYE LADENE MCKINNEY BROWN Faye LaDene McKinney Brown, age 81, passed away November 26, 2014 at the West Bridge Care & Rehabilitation in Winterset, Iowa. She was the daughter of Faye and Percy McKinney of Macksburg, Iowa. LaDene was born March 25, 1933 in Downey, Barnock County, Idaho. She married Ronald Joe…
Read MorePATRICIA ANN SON Patricia Ann Son was born June 5, 1953 in Maryville, Missouri to Lloyd Son Jr. and Virginia Barnes Son of rural Grant City, Missouri. The younger years other life were spent in and near Grant City, Missouri. In August of 1960, her mother married Joseph W. Seaton of Delphos, Iowa…
Read MoreJAMES J. SHELDON James J Sheldon born October 14, 1937, in Hartley, Iowa to Rufus and Margaret Sheldon. Jim graduated from Central High School, Sioux City, Iowa in 1955. Dr. Sheldon (Iowa State’61) of Mesquite, Nevada, died September 16, 2014. A pioneer in the feed yard consulting business, he was the founder of…
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BRYCE DANEEN BEAR Bryce Daneen (Carl) Bear was born October 26, 1944 in Jefferson, Iowa to Gordon Harris Carl and Berea Cleda (Sill) Carl. Bryce graduated from Paton High School in Paton, Iowa. After high school she went to X-ray school at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines. During this time she met the love…
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FRANKLIN J. SMITH Franklin J Smith, oldest child of Jim and Georgia Smith was born on September 11, 1932 in Mount Ayr, IA, and went home to Jesus on November 15, 2014 at Arbor Springs in West Des Moines, IA. On December 9, 1951 Hank married his high school sweetheart, Phyllis Ann Fletchall.…
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CALEB M. COUTS Caleb M. Couts, 42, of Keosauqua, until recently of Oskaloosa, died at 7:52 A.M. Monday November 3, 2014 at Van Buren County Hospital, Keosauqua. He was bom July 26, 1972 at Maryville, MO to George and Lesa Perry Couts and married Katherine McElroy November 12, 2005 in Jubilee Family Church, Oskaloosa.…
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