Area Obituaries
RANDALL (RANDY) ALAN PRATT Randall (Randy) Alan Pratt was born January 15, 1960 in Mount Ayr, Iowa to Robert Larry and Karen Kay Watson Pratt. He was later joined by his two brothers, Rick Allan and Robert Allen. Randy went home to the Lord on February 20, 2014 in Tempe, Arizona. During his…
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DIANA LYNN VICKER Diana Lynn Vicker, youngest child of A.J. and Beryl D. (Miller) Weber, was born November 3, 1946 in Creston, Iowa. Diana grew up at Shannon City and was involved in sports and other activities. Diana graduated from East Union high school in 1965. Diana was united in marriage to John…
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NOVA EDNA (BAKER) GILES Nova Edna (Baker) Giles, daughter of Jasper LeRoy Baker and Bertha Grace (Miller) Baker, was born March 3, 1916 in Clarke County, Iowa. Nova grew up in the Lucas area and was educated in the Osceola area schools. She was married to Floyd Giles in Leon on December 31,…
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BETTY LOUISE (MOORE) LOVING Betty Louise (Moore) Loving was born June 2, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ross Hunter Moore and Estella Clarice (Smith) Moore. She died at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Bob Kyser, of Independence, Missouri, on February 9, 2014 after a battle with cancer.…
Read MoreKELLY JOSEPH MONAGHAN Kelly Joseph Monaghan was born April 7, 1956 in the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr to Robert and Ruth Ann (Ward) Monaghan. Kelly was welcomed in by older twin brothers, Mike and Pat, and later joined by younger siblings Casey and Katie. The family lived in Mount Ayr through…
Read MoreRICHARD WEBB Richard Eugene Webb, 56, Villisca, Iowa, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. Richard was born January 13, 1958 in Mount Ayr, the son of Richard Lee and Lola Faye (Warner) Webb. He married Holly Little Gulling November 20, 1984, in Red Oak. Survivors include…
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RENA RAE SMITH Rena Rae Smith, daughter of Hugh Ord and Louise Miriam Walters, was born February 16, 1930, near Ellston, Iowa, and passed away February 9, 2014, at the age of 83 years, 11 months and 9 days. On August 12, 1950, she was married to Billie Jean Smith at the Methodist…
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JAMES KENNETH CLOUGH James Kenneth Clough was born on July 10, 1922 near Blackmore Corner in the town of Ellston, Iowa. He was the son of Harold Frederick and Dora Annabelle (McMillan) Clough. James passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2014, in West Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 91 years. His…
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LORABEL TAYLOR Lorabel Taylor passed away February 1, 2014 at Clearview Care Center in Clearfield, Iowa at the age of 102. She was born January 5, 1912 in Benton, Iowa to Guy and Julia Denhart Cornelison. She graduated from Diagonal high school in 1929. Lorabel moved to Maryville, Missouri with her parents in…
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DENNIS COOPER Celebration of Life memorial services for Dennis Cooper, age 65, of Bedford, Iowa, who passed away at his home Saturday, January 25, 2014, will be held Thursday, January 30, 2014, at 11 a.m. at the United Christian Presbyterian Church in Bedford. Memorials may be directed to Pancreatic Cancer Research or the Ronald…
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JANINE MARIE BURRIGHT KING Janine Marie Burright, third and youngest daughter of Kenneth Wayne and Lola Marie Danish Burright, was born August 1, 1960 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa. She was baptized and accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior in the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr in…
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EDNA SCOTT Edna Scott was born in southern Ringgold County on April 24, 1927 to Charles and Elsie (Brooner) Pearce. She passed away at Mount Ayr, Iowa on January 24, 2014. Edna was raised and lived on a farm southwest of Kellerton, Iowa with her siblings, May, Mary, Betty and Jim. She graduated from…
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