Area Obituaries

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

GARY LYLE REED     Husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, Gary Lyle Reed lost his life to cancer on March 18, 2014, in Wasilla, Alaska. He spent his last days at home surrounded by the people he loved, in the state he loved.     Gary was born on July 4, 1942, to his parents,…

DORIS DELENE COULSON     Doris Delene Coulson, age 86 of Lamoni, Iowa, daughter of Laurence Frederick and Bernice Ivena (Shields) Borrusch, was born February 14, 1928 in Tingley, Iowa and died April 1, 2014 at home in Lamoni under the loving care of her family.     Doris grew up in Tingley and graduated from Tingley…

HELEN LOUISE (BATA) FROIT     Helen Louise (Bata) Froit was born on May 14, 1930 north of Diagonal, Iowa to Joseph Frank Bata and Fairy Helen (Jones) Bata. Louise had two younger sisters, Reva and Donna. The three girls remained very close throughout the years.     Growing up Louise lived in Texas and Iowa and…

ORVAL FRANKLIN HAYS     Orval Franklin Hays, son of Virgil and Nellie (Johnson) Hays, was born October 1, 1931 in rural Diagonal, Iowa. Orval graduated from Diagonal high school in 1950. He served in the U.S. Army, in a M*A*S*H unit, during the Korean War; he was honorably discharged in 1954.     Orval was united…