Area Obituaries

JACK HOUSTON HOFFMAN     Jack Houston Hoffman, second son of W.R. “Wally” and Elva (Whisler) Hoffman was born October 21, 1923, at a rural Kellerton, Iowa farm. He passed away on November 21, 2013 at the Lamoni Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lamoni, Iowa.     Jack loved the farm and spent the majority of his…

LINDA SUSAN MANNING     Linda Susan Manning, daughter of Jack and Phyllis (Holland) Manning, was born on November 19, 1956 in Des Moines, Iowa.     Linda attended Woodlawn elementary school; Monroe elementary school’s talented and gifted program; Meredith middle school, and Hoover high school, graduating in 1975. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University…

MERLIN DUANE CLEMENT     Merlin Duane Clement, son of Carl and Stella (Jerome) Clement, was born in Central City, Nebraska on September 2, 1926. Merlin lived most all of his life in and around Hopeville, Iowa. In 1957 he married Gertrude L. Lawrence and became a dad to Nadine and Joe. Joe passed away at…

CHARLOTTE RICE CUNNING     Charlotte Rice Cunning, daughter of Douglas A. and Minnie Minnick Rice, was born January 10, 1925 at Mount Ayr, Iowa. Charlotte attended country school and later was proud to graduate by GED. On March 2, 1947, Charlotte married Dwight D. Cunning in Lenox, Iowa. Charlotte and Dwight settled on a farm…

DOROTHY BIRD MAIN     Dorothy (Bird) Main was born to Fred and Ollie (Driskell) Bird on May 2, 1923 in Filer, Idaho. The family, which included her sister, Margaret, moved back to their roots in Ringgold county, Iowa where Dorothy lived most of her entire life.  She passed away on November 15, 2013 at the…

BEVERLY JEAN MOORE     Beverly Jean Moore, daughter of Jack Edgar and Vera Florence (Austin) Moore, was born December 12, 1946 in Creston, Iowa. Bev’s twin sister, Barbara Jane, died at birth. Bev was born with Cerebral Palsy and had other physical burdens but she did not let them hinder her. She attended Mount Ayr…

GARY LEE SHIELDS     Gary Lee Shields, 69, of  Marion died Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He was in palliative care at Unity Point (Saint Luke’s) and UIHC. Memorial service was held at 11 a.m. on Monday at the Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Rev. Emory Gillespie and…

KATHLEEN THOMAS FREED     Kathleen Thomas Freed, daughter of Glen and Bernice (Maloy) Thomas, was born November 8, 1918 and passed away November 3, 2013 in Mount Ayr, Iowa.     Kathleen was born in rural Redding, Iowa and resided in and around the area for most of her life. She received her associate’s degree at…

MILDRED ROBINSON SHIELDS     Mildred Robinson Shields, daughter of Glenn David and Mary Ellen (Wolfe) Robinson, was born April 3, 1919 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. She graduated from Kellerton high school and furthered her education at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. Mildred taught for a short time in country schools. In 1939 she…

MARY JANE ARMSTRONG     Mary Jane Armstrong, daughter of John William and Marie Evelyn (Kinnan) Frederick, was born November 13, 1933 in Cedar Bluff, Iowa. Janie graduated from Tipton high school in 1950 while still 16 years old. Janie fell in love with Grant H. Armstrong and while Grant was stationed in Boston, Massachusetts, she…

BEVERLY GILLESPIE     Beverly Gillespie, 64, Rea, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2013, at her home, surrounded by her loving family.     Beverly was born March 13, 1949 in Creston, Iowa to Frank and Pauline Deemer. She graduated from Kellerton high school in Iowa and moved to Rea, Missouri in 1985.     She was…