Area Obituaries
GERALD ROY GARDNER Gerald Roy Gardner, better known as Newt, passed away in the Mount Ayr Health Care Center August 11, 2014 at the age of 91. Gerald, one of five boys born to Roy and Madge Gardner, was born November 8, 1922 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. He graduated from Mount Ayr in 1940…
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HELEN MAE BANKS PADGITT Helen Mae Banks Padgitt was born June 14, 1938 in Leon, Iowa, to Glen and Hazel (Harris) Banks. She passed away at the Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa on August 7, 2014 at the age of 76. Helen suffered an injury at birth, which caused her lifelong…
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CHARLES E. BLACK Charles E. Black, 76, of Canton, Illinois passed away at 8:23 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at Heartland Health Care Center in Canton, Illinois. He was born June 9, 1938 in Mount Ayr, Iowa to Ernest and Sadie (Hensley) Black. They preceded him in death. Surviving are two children,…
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N. BERNEICE LENT N. Berneice Lent, 83 years of age, departed this life to be in glory with her Heavenly Father on August 7, 2014. She was born in Diagonal, Iowa on August 14, 1930 to Roy and Lois Hammond. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by…
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PAUL GENE HARVEY Paul Harvey, 84, died Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Urbandale Health Care Center. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 9, at Urbandale United Church of Christ (UCC). Paul was born October 20, 1929, in Denver, Colorado to Harold and Hazel Harvey and was raised in Kellerton,…
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VERA MADELINE CARSON Vera Madeline was born August 6, 1918 to John F. and Anna C. (Holms) Haidsiak the family farm home near Bedford, Iowa. There were two world-wide crisis at this time – World War I and the deadly flu epidemic, but Vera made the world better bringing sunshine and happiness to her…
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MICKEY RAY AUSTIN Mickey Ray Austin, age 60, of Cassville, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2014, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Mr. Austin, son of Charles Austin and Jo (Davis) Parkis was born on November 3, 1953, in Oceanside, California. On April 30, 1977, he was united in marriage to…
Read MorePERMELIA ANN FLETCHALL Permelia Ann Fletchall was born October 9, 1920 to Rolley and Anna (Wilson) Eslinger. She passed away August 1, 2014 at the Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa at the age of 93. Permelia was baptized in the Assembly of God Church at an early age. She married Roland…
Read MoreBESSIE OPAL HAGANS-LINE Bessie Opal Hagans-Line was born in Hopeville, Iowa, December 14, 1911, as Bessie Opal Williamson, to Margaret and William Williamson. She met her husband Claude Hagans in Mount Ayr, Iowa and the two married. They soon moved to Stockton, California and resided here ever since. They had three daughters Betty, Patricia…
Read MoreRUTH DELORIS CAVENDER Ruth Deloris Cavender, 81 of Mesa, Arizona, passed away July 20, 2014 in Mesa. Ruth was the seventh child born on a farm in Adams County, Iowa to Emory Leon and Edna Nora Powell on January 15, 1932. She went to school in Redding, Iowa and graduated in 1951. She…
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ELIZABETH LYNCH Elizabeth Caroline Butler Lynch was born in Lotts Creek Township, Ringgold County, IA, on November 11, 1922 to Murray Abraham and Clara Acenitha Jones Butler. In her early years she lived in Irena and Eagleville, MO before moving to a farm in Lotts Creek Township where she attended school at the Ringgold…
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MAXINE ELOISE HENDERSON WERNER Maxine Eloise Henderson Werner, the daughter of Ruth Henderson Culver and Carl Henderson was born March 27, 1921 in rural Kent, Iowa. She passed away Sunday, July 27, 2014 at Mt. Ayr Health Care at the age of 93. Maxine graduated from Creston High School in 1939 and received…
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