Area Obituaries
DAVID ALAN WOOLLUMS David Alan Woollums, son of Marvin Clair and Freida Pauline (Moler) Woollums, was born October 29, 1957 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. David grew up at Mount Ayr and graduated from Mount Ayr Community high school in 1976. He married Julie Bonnett and three children were born. In his earlier…
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ROBERT “DUDLEY” MARTIN Robert Dudley Martin, 81, son of Ila Fern (Brown) Martin and Albert M. Martin was born September 1, 1932 in rural Tingley, Iowa. Bob passed away in Mount Ayr, Iowa on May 5, 2014 after a heroic battle with cancer, with his family at his side. Bob attended country school…
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RODNEY “ROD” HAROLD CLOUD Rodney “Rod” Harold Cloud passed away Sunday, April 27, 2014 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr. Rod was born June 25, 1939 to Harold Ralph Cloud and Mildred Irene (Stranberg) in Galva, Iowa. Rod was educated in Dayton and Storm Lake Schools. He served in the National Guard…
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ADA ELIZABETH DeGRYSE STANLEY Ada Elizabeth (DeGryse) Stanley, 97, of Mount Ayr passed away on April 22, 2014 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Ada was born July 12, 1916 in Stoneham, Colorado to Edmond DeGryse and Bessie (Lybarger) DeGryse. In 1934 Ada graduated from high school in Snyder, Colorado. Ada was united…
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JOHN WARREN KNAPP John Warren Knapp was born February 10, 1925 to Everett Knapp and Jessie Galloway Knapp on a farm west of Centerville, Iowa. As a young boy he attended a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade and then attended high school in Centerville graduating in 1943. In February 1944 he enlisted in…
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WILMA MAE WHITE Wilma Mae White was born May 30, 1918, the daughter of Ira and Mary (Campbell) Bakerink in Adair County, Iowa. She passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Greenfield Manor in Greenfield, Iowa at the age of 95. Wilma grew up on a farm near Hoopy Hollow in…
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ARLENE M. BURDETTE Arlene M. Burdette of Mount Ayr, Iowa peacefully passed from this life on April 18, 2014 surrounded by family and loved ones. Arlene was born in her grandparents’ home to parents Albert and Maurine Brockman in Waterloo, Iowa on June 1, 1930. Arlene was swept off her feet at a…
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LAWRENCE WILLIAM OSBORN Lawrence William Osborn, son of John Eugene and Laura May (Brant) Osborn, was born December 8, 1973 in Iowa City, Iowa. Lawrence grew up at Tingley and attended Mount Ayr Community school. Lawrence was a truck driver and drove a rock truck in his earlier years. He enjoyed riding motorcycles…
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TIMOTHY EDMUND BECKER Timothy Edmund Becker, son of Edmund and Ella Becker, was born April 10, 1946 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He left this life to join his parents as he passed away at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa on April 9, 2014, the day before his 68th birthday. Tim…
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ALICE DEANE WAUGH GARDNER Alice Deane (Waugh) Gardner, 86, died peacefully on April 12, 2014. Alice Deane was born February 12, 1928 in Worth County, Missouri to Clifton Verne Waugh and Alta (Miller) Waugh. She was united in marriage to Glenn Gardner on June 9, 1946 in the Methodist church in Shenandoah, Iowa. Alice…
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GERALD VERNE SCOTT Gerald Verne Scott, son of Raymond Verne and Edna Maude (Bissell) Scott, was born March 26, 1921 in rural Villisca, Iowa. He graduated from Corning high school in 1938. He farmed with his dad until he was drafted in the U.S. Army in 1942. On August 1, 1942, he was united…
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HOMER ELDON RINEHART Homer Eldon Rinehart, 97, of Mount Ayr, passed away at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center under the care of HCI Hospice Care Services on April 9, 2014. He was also known as “Homer Ben” or “Ben” for many years. Homer was born on March 1, 1917 to Ira…
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