Area Obituaries

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…

WILLIAM SCOTT MUNYON     William Scott Munyon, son of William Gary and Bettie Jean (Axtell) Munyon, was born June 16, 1971 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Scott graduated from Grand Valley high school in 1989. In April of 1991, he was united in marriage to Sheila Trower and to this marriage two sons were born, William…

HAROLD NESS, SR.     Harold Ness, Sr., son of Joseph Edward Ness, Sr. and Hilda Grace Bolinger Ness, was born July 16, 1934 in Carroll County, Westminster, Maryland. Harold served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and spent one year deployed to Saudi Arabia. On March 5, 1971, he married Retha Middleton…

LYLE R. NICHOLS     Lyle R. Nichols, 94, of Mount Ayr, Iowa passed away Monday, March 31, 2014. Lyle was born November 9, 1919 in Ringgold County, Iowa to John Thomas and Verda Morgan Nichols. He was one of four children; he had two brothers, Donald and Lyndon, and a sister, Betty. Lyle was educated…

STACI LYNN PALMER     Staci Lynn Palmer was born October 26, 1981 in Creston, Iowa, daughter of Richard L. and Margaret C. (Phillips) Palmer.     She passed away April 4, 2014, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa, her home for the past 13 years. She was 32.     Staci grew up in Tingley, Iowa,…

MARY ANN (HOFF) MATHANY     MaryAnn (Hoff) Mathany was born December 25, 1935 in Newark, New Jersey to George Arthur and Margaret Mary (Kilmurray) Hoff. Her siblings included Joseph George, born December 23, 1928; Florence Marie, born September 15, 1930; Elizabeth Jane, born in 1932, and Patricia Ann, born March 11, 1943. She attended Our…

EVERETT DENTON KING     Everett Denton King, son of Ernest and Reva P. Waldrip King, was born June 22, 1919 in Jefferson Township near Blockton, Iowa and departed this life on March 24, 2014.     He lived most of his life in Blockton. Everett attended the Blockton school and graduated in 1937. He was very…

DARLENE LOUISE BEDIER REASONER     Darlene Louise Bedier Reasoner was born July 20, 1933 to Grover and Arvilla (Zurmuehlen) Bedier. She attended school at Sandcreek County school and Dikon Country school through the eighth grade and went to Murray high school.     One of her favorite things growing up was attending local dances with her…

BETTE DOBEY McNEILL     Bette Dobey McNeill, daughter of  Harron and Jeane Dobey,  was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 30, 1926 and died peacefully on March 10, 2014 at the Village Care Center in Maryville, Missouri. Bette spent most of her childhood in Park Ridge, Illinois and after high school attended Drake University in…