Area Obituaries
ROSE MARIE HUNT Rose Marie Slavik Hunt was born October 18, 1925 in Diagonal, Iowa to John and Anna (Beta) Slavik and was the eldest of their seven children. She graduated from Mount Ayr high school with the class of 1943. She was employed with the Security State Bank where she made a good…
Read MoreKENNETH EUGENE WOOD Kenneth Eugene Wood was born in Creston, Iowa on February 24, 1948 to Donald and Pauline Wood. He died at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 5, 2013. Kenny graduated from Mount Ayr Community high school in 1966 enjoying football and track. He enlisted in the Army in…
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KYLIE HUNTER Kylie Hunter, 10, of Afton, Iowa, passed away Friday, August 16, 2013, at her home. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, August 22, 2013, at the Powers Funeral Home junction of Highways 34 and 25 in Creston. Pastor Tim Allen will officiate. Burial will be at Saint Edward’s Catholic Cemetery at a…
Read MoreEDWIN WENDELL KING Edwin Wendell King was born on July 4, 1920 to Ray L. and Lois (Remmington) King in Hopkins, Missouri. He departed this life Friday, August 16, 2013, at Mount Ayr Health Care in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Edwin attended school in Hopkins and graduated in 1938. He joined the United States…
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ALLEN KEITH ELLIOTT Allen Keith Elliott, the only child of Allen and Laura Parker Elliott, was born January 15, 1931 in rural Lamoni, Iowa and died August 19, 2013 in Des Moines, Iowa. Keith attended school at Togo, Evergreen, Happy Hollow and Black country schools until the ninth grade when he attended Lamoni high…
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KATHERINE FAY WERNER Katherine Fay Werner, 73, of Osceola, formerly of Lamoni, Iowa, died Monday, August 19, 2013, at Clarke County Hospital, Osceola, Iowa. Funeral services were Friday, August 23, 2013, followed by a luncheon at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery Street, Creston. Pastor Karen Norton, River Of Life Assembly Of God,…
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BRADLEY MARION WEST Bradley Marion West was born in Leon, Iowa on September, 20, 1979 to Sandi Jo (Smith) West and Marion Everett West. Brad has always enjoyed farming and as a child played tractors and loved anything John Deere. He loved the snow and playing outside. At the age of five, Brad’s…
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LOIS ARLENE NEWBY Lois Arlene Newby, daughter of Edgar and Neva (Milligan) Harris, was born August 3, 1936 at Siam, in Taylor county, Iowa. Lois grew up with one brother and four sisters in Taylor county. When Lois was 16, she met and fell in love with Willis Gene Newby. They were married on…
Read MoreGladys Elizabeth Wickett Faris Gladys Elizabeth Wickett Faris was born February 1, 1914 on the family farm near New Virginia, Iowa, and passed away August 4, 2013 in Santa Rosa, California, at the age of 99. She died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Gladys grew up and went to school in New Virginia.…
Read MoreCleta Lavaun Force Cleta Lavaun Force, daughter of Guy Ora & Ada Belle (Brown) Burch, was born June 6, 1920 at home in Liberty township, Ringgold County, Iowa. Cleta moved with her family to Benton when she was 3 years old and she grew up there and attended and graduated from Benton…
Read MoreRaelin Jo Sumpter Raelin Jo Sumpter, daughter of Desirae Sumpter, was born at 6:32 p.m. on October 22, 2012 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She entered this world at six pounds, 6.7 ounces and was 18.5 inches long. Raelin may not have lived a long life but she was loved by…
Read MoreRoger Allan Horne Roger Allan Horne, son of Stanley and Mary (Hoover) Horne, was born October 14, 1941 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. After Roger graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1960, he went on to earn a Bachelors of Science in Education degree from Northwest Missouri State University, and his Master’s degree…
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