Area Obituaries

LOLA WINONA PEPPMEIER Lola Winona Peppmeier, 95, peacefully met Jesus on July 3, 2013 at Sunnyview Care Center in Ankeny, Iowa. She had resided there since October 2012. She was born to John and Clarissa Vanderflught on May 17, 1918 in Beaconsfield, Iowa. Growing up, Lola enjoyed life on the farm and playing with her…

RONALD E. SMITH Ronald Eugene Smith, age 83, was born at home on the farm northwest of Lamoni, Iowa to William and Wilma Fest Smith on December 31, 1929. He departed this life peacefully in the century farm home July 3, 2013. He farmed his entire life on the family farm. Ron married Lois Bierlein…

JOHN MACK SNEDEKER John Mack Snedeker of Mount Ayr, Iowa went to be with our Lord at his home Monday, June 24, 2013. John was born June 1, 1939 in Leon, Iowa to Donald (Mick) and Maxine (Terwilliger) Snedeker. He lived his entire life in Mount Ayr. In 1964 he married Karen Ann Cole of…

IDA BETH TOLAND Ida Beth Toland, age 82, of Washington, Iowa died Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at the Wapello Nursing and Rehab Center. A memorial service was held Monday, July 1, 2013, at the United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Private family interment took place at the Osceola Cemetery. Memorials have been established…

RUTH COLLEENE SAVILLE Ruth Colleene Saville, daughter of Merrill and Ruth (Harbold) Skinner, was born December 12, 1933 in Mills county, Iowa. She was welcomed by an older brother, Donald, and her younger sister, Alice, would complete the family. Colleene graduated from Redding high school in 1953. On September 18, 1955, she married Algie Saville…

FREDERICK (FRED) H. BARKER Frederick (Fred) H. Barker, 66, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born January 25, 1947 to Weldon and Lois Barker of Mount Ayr, Iowa. He graduated from Mount Ayr in 1966. After high school Fred attended Des Moines Vocational School, learning…

JAMES (JIM) CLARY James (Jim) Clary was born on July 22, 1940 in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Buel Clary and Sarah Craig Clary. He passed away in Lewisville, Texas on June 21, 2013 after a battle with bone cancer that left him with many complications his body could no longer tolerate.  He was preceded in…

OLIVER KENNETH EPPERSON Kenneth Epperson died on May 9, 2013 in his home in Caldwell, Idaho at the age of 76. Kenneth was born February 13, 1937 in Ellston, Iowa to Charles B. and Viola M. McMillion Epperson. He grew up in Ellston and became valedictorian of his 1954 graduating class. After graduating high school,…

CONSTANCE MARGARETTE FEEBACK HUFF Constance Margarette Feeback, daughter of Winnie Clyde and Orpha Estella Kelly Feeback, was born February 14, 1932 at home near Afton, Iowa. Connie moved with her family to Arispe, Iowa, near the Melrose school and then later to a farm north of Ellston, Iowa. When she was 17, she met the…

RUTH NOFTSGER Ruth Noftsger, 80, of rural Kellerton, Iowa, recently residing in Mount Ayr, passed away with her family by her side June 16, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Ruth was born on November 15, 1932, in rural Monroe county.  She was the oldest of six children born to Morris and Lenna…

GERALD HENRY BAKER Gerald Henry Baker was born May 12, 1926 on a farm two miles north and one mile east of Clearfield. Gerald was the second of three sons born to Ernest and Rosa Beck Baker. He died June 14, 2013 at Clearview Nursing Home in Clearfield. Gerald graduated from Clearfield high school in…

NORMA MARIE SEARLES SMITH On August 24, 1923 Harry Ransome Searles and Ida Marie Simpson Searles welcomed a second daughter, Norma Marie, into their lives. A baby brother would join them a few years later. She grew up on a Blockton area farm where she spent a happy childhood helping her father milk cows, gather…