Area Obituaries
DARRELL “REX” SNETHEN Rex parked his truck for the last time on November 2, 2013. He was born to Albert and Gene Snethen in Mount Ayr, Iowa on September 19, 1934. Heaven gained an amazing angel who was a husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, brother and friend. After graduating from Mount Ayr high…
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RICHARD “DICK” TAYLOR Richard “Dick” Allen Taylor was born May 30, 1937 to Floyd Allen Taylor and Leona Marie (Hutchison) Taylor in Diagonal, Iowa. Dick graduated from Diagonal high school in 1955. He later attended Creston Community College and Iowa State University. On January 24, 1959 Dick was united in marriage to Janis Lea…
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THELMA TIPTON Thelma Belle (Mickael) Tipton was born March 8, 1934 in Mount Ayr, Iowa to Dick and Clara Mickael. She attended school in Mount Ayr and Idaho. On September 7, 1951 Thelma was united in marriage to Herman Tipton in Twin Falls, Idaho. Thelma and Herman lived a short time in Grove, Oklahoma…
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MARY LEE HILL Mary Lee Hill, daughter of Lee and Wilma Terwilliger, was born August 20, 1954 and passed from this life October 25, 2013 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Mary was born in Ringgold county, Iowa and was raised on a farm just outside of Mount Ayr. She received…
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JACQUELYN ANN MOSHER A memorial service for Jacquelyn Ann Mosher, 87, of Lawrence was held Tuesday, October 29, 2013, at the First Christian Church in Lawrence. Private family graveside services were at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died October 25, 2013 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Jackie was born May 18, 1926 in Fort Smith,…
Read MoreMARILYN CARR BESH Marilyn Carr Besh, age 75, of Livingston, Alabama died on October 27, 2013. The family will receive friends on Friday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Saint Francis Catholic Church in Livingston, AL. The funeral mass will be held Saturday, November 2, at 10 a.m. at Saint Francis Catholic Church.…
Read MoreEVELYN W. BONNELL Evelyn W. Bonnell was born to Floyd and Opal (Overholtzer) Walters on April 25, 1921. Evelyn attended Tingley high school graduating in 1939. She moved to Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from AIB College of Business. After graduation she became a secretary for Newton Manufacturing, making all types of promotional products.…
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FRANKLIN LEROY MORSE Franklin Leroy Morse, son of Everett and Opal (Jones) Morse, was born at home near Conway, Iowa on March 4, 1950. He grew up in Ringgold county and went to Mount Ayr Community school. Leroy worked at Gummy Bears factory in Creston for 15+ years and did farm work on the…
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MARIE CAMPBELL Marie Campbell was born Mildred Marie Weaver on March 3, 1925 in Blockton, Iowa. Her parents were Raymond Weaver and Dicey Fern (Golliday) Weaver, lifetime residents of Iowa. Marie remembered loving moments spent with her mother, but sadly she was only six when her mother died. There was great sadness and confusion…
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RUBY LOUELLA (GAULE) McGAHUEY Ruby Louella (Gaule) McGahuey was born July 10, 1924 to Patsy and Lenore (Perkins) Gaule on the family farm near Clearfield, Iowa in Taylor county and departed this life October 13, 2013 in Federal Heights, Colorado at the age of 89 years, three months and three days. She graduated…
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Dwight David Cunning Dwight David Cunning, son of William and Mamie Elizabeth (Nickle) Cunning, was born October 29, 1918 near Clearfield, Iowa. When Dwight was a child, he contracted scarlet fever and lost most of his hearing. After high school, Dwight lived in Indiana for a couple of years and worked in a…
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