Area Obituaries

RICK WILLIAMS Rick Williams, 54, of Marshalltown, Iowa passed away July 31, 2013 at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Funeral services were Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at the Powers Funeral Home in Afton. Pastor Dwayne Henrichs and Monsignor Larry Beeson officiated the service. Burial was at the Oak Hill Cemetery south of Thayer. Memorials…

DEBBIE SHELLEY Debbie Shelley, 60, of Creston, Iowa, passed away Monday, July 29, 2013 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Services were Friday, August 2, 2013, at Powers Funeral Home junction of Highways 34 and 25 in Creston. Pastor Dianna Clark officiated. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are to the family.…

JACK R. TERRY Jack Richard Terry, oldest son of Gifford Clark and Romana Reins Terry, died at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri on July 26, 2013. Born July 31, 1924, in Waverly, Bremer county, Iowa, he moved with his family in 1926 to Polo, Illinois, where he graduated from high school in 1942. He attended…

GARRY CECIL BJUSTROM Garry Cecil Bjustrom was born June 3, 1960 in Algona, Iowa, to Francis Dale and Carole Sue (Becker) Bjustrom. Garry graduated from Algona high school in 1979 and began working on the family farm. Garry moved to Mount Ayr, Iowa to start farming in 1981. He had farmed full-time in the Mount…

PAULINE WOOD Pauline Wood, 94, of Mount Ayr, formerly of Ellston, died July 22, 2013, at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Services were Friday, July 26, 2013, at the United Methodist Church in Ellston. The Rev. Robin Thomas officiated the service. Burial was in the Ellston Cemetery. Memorials may be to the United Methodist…

PATRICIA LOUISE CLARK Patricia Louise Clark, only child of Albert and Edith (Wahl) Brady, was born May 22, 1932 in Des Moines, Iowa. Patricia graduated from East High in Des Moines and went to college in Washington and Missouri. Patricia married Ray Kirkman and later Leonard Clark, both whom preceded her in death. Patricia was…

MARY CATHERINE  DAHLGRAN CRAWFORD Mary Catherine Dahlgran Crawford, the only child born to Annas and Anna Williamson Dahlgran, was born September 19, 1918 and passed away July 20, 2013 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. She lived there for three and one-half years and really enjoyed the home and all the staff. To her…

WALTER MARION PUTNEY Walter Marion Putney, Sr., son of Olie Walter and Mildred Kathleen (Mosier), was born August 12, 1931 at the home place in Poe township, Kellerton, Iowa. After growing up on the farm, Walt drove a coal truck in Des Moines and later moved to Omaha, Nebraska where he hauled equipment. Walt returned…

BERNARD (BERNIE) R. ROUTH Bernard R. Routh, 81, of Whiting, Iowa entered into rest Friday, July 12, 2013, at Burgess Health Center in Onawa, Iowa.      Bernard Roe was born December 20, 1931 in Clearfield, Iowa, the son of Addis and Gladys ‘Sue’ (Bailey) Routh.  He graduated from Clearfield high school.      Bernard…

LAVON THOMAS Lavon Thomas, of Mount Ayr, Iowa, died after a short illness on July 21, 2013 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Narcissus Lavon, named for her grandmother, was born to William and Mary Scott (Richardson) Burchett on May 1, 1913 in rural Ringgold county, Iowa and was welcomed by four older brothers, Charles, Hugh,…

MAXINE SMITH KEAN Maxine Smith Kean passed away July 8, 2013 at Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Maxine was visited daily by her loving brother, Paul Jennings Smith, formerly of Blockton, Iowa. Maxine Smith Kean, the oldest child of Bertha (Jennings) Smith and Samuel Jesse Smith, was born on the family…

GLEN D. KONOPASEK Glen D. Konopasek, 59, of Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Fort Dodge, Iowa, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2013, at Fountain West Nursing Home in West Des Moines, Iowa. Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, 2013, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Des Moines, Iowa. The Main St.…