Area Obituaries

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…

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…

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…

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…

JODENE LAVERNE SCHUSTER BROWN     Jodene Laverne Schuster was born July 29, 1926 in Athelstan, Iowa to Honey and Ralph Schuster. She departed this life on January 19, 2014 at the Creston Hospice House at the age of 87.     Memorial services were held on January 23, 2014 at the United Methodist Church in Clearfield,…

DAVID JULIAN IRVING     David Julian Irving, son of George Oliver and Marjorie Eloise (Ritz) Irving, was born December 28, 1926 in Lizton, Indiana. Dave lived his life at Mount Ayr and he graduated from Mount Ayr high school in 1945. While in high school, Dave lettered four years in baseball, four years in basketball…

EUNICE IRENE ATHERTON MYERS     Eunice Irene Atherton was born October 12, 1923 in West Branch, Ogemaw County, Michigan. She was the daughter of John Eugene Atherton and Leora Eunice Twining Atherton and sister of Joseph and Dean Atherton. She lost her father at the age of five from an accident and her mother later…

JOHN WORTHINGTON     On November 20, 1942, James and Ruby (Lynch) Worthington and older siblings Laverne, Helen and Ed welcomed Judy and John Thomas into the home. John attended school in Maloy and Mount Ayr, leaving school at the age of 17 years old to join the United States Navy in 1959. Upon leaving the…

Margaret “Peggy”  Abarr  was born December 13, 1940 and died January 5, 2014.

MILDRED IRENE COLE BEYMER     Mildred Irene Cole Beymer was born in Atchison County, Missouri, on September 16, 1922.  She passed away on December 27, 2013 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, where she had lived for a year. She was the  first of 10 children born to Worley and Josephine (Kellison) Cole. She graduated…