Area Obituaries

CLEOLA MARIE GEIST Cleola Marie, third child of Hugh and Gladys Reynolds Burchett, was born on November 9, 1925 and died on April 20, 2013 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Cleola was raised in the vicinity of Ringgold and Caledonia, Iowa. She graduated from Mount Ayr high school in the year…

DAVID DREXEL ‘BOUG’ STEWART David Drexel ‘Boug’ Stewart was born in Platteville, Iowa on April 18, 1926 the son of David Alfred Stewart and Amy Belle (Matheny) Stewart. He passed away peacefully with his family by his side on April 14, 2013 in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 86 years old. David spent…

EVAN L. OLNEY Evan L. Olney Jr. of Allendale, Missouri was born on February 9, 1971 to Evan Lavern Olney Sr. and Patricia Rodriques Olney. He passed from this life on April 6, 2013 at the Heartland East Hospital in Saint Joseph, Missouri following a brief illness surrounded by family. Evan, better known as Rod…

DIANNA HILL PETERS Dianna Lyn (Hill) Peters, age 67, died peacefully on Saturday morning, April 6, 2013, at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Dianna was born in Muscatine, Iowa on September 1, 1945 to Merle and Anita (Bell) Hill. Growing up, she worked hard in her parents’ grocery store and was a…

KAREN ENGLAND BALSTER Karen Readene (England) Balster, age 68, of New Market, Iowa, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2013. Karen was born May 7, 1944 to Walter Warren England and Dorothy Marie Rechtenbach in Creston, Iowa. Karen grew up on a farm near Clearfield, Iowa. She was married in 1960 and gave birth to…

JUNIOR ‘ROCKY’ BOLINGER Junior Lee ‘Rocky’ Bolinger, 78, of Creston, Iowa was the second oldest child of Rex Leo Bolinger and Austie (Spencer) Bolinger. He was born south of Mount Ayr, Iowa in rural Ringgold county on March 7, 1935. He said he was just born on a fence post. He worked as a farm…

MAX ELTON GREIMANN Max Elton Greimann son of Nicholas Lyle and Z. Florence (Messinger) Greimann, entered this world on April 12, 1928 in a farmhouse in Ringgold county, Iowa, just three/fourths of a mile south of where he would one day farm for over 60 years. He attended grade school at a country school and…

GERALDINE MAY  WAINWRIGHT McDANIEL Geraldine May Wainwright McDaniel was born March 11, 1927 in Creston, Iowa to Robert Reese and Ethel May Howie Wainwright. Jerri excelled in school and was on the honor roll. In 1937, when she was 10, her father passed away leaving her mother to raise three girls. Her three favorite sayings;…

MAURICE ‘JAKE’ HUNT Maurice ‘Jake’ Hunt was born October 30, 1929 to George R. and Ruth Orilla (Ewing) Hunt in Worth county, Missouri. He departed this life on March 21, 2013 in the Ringgold County Hospital. He was married to Helen Louise Sickels on February 19, 1956 and was the proud father of David Lee…

ROBERT ALLEN ERICKSON Robert Allen Erickson, son of Helen (Stroup) and Dale Erickson, was born July 14, 1935 at Harkin Hospital in Osceola, Iowa. He graduated from Lorimor high school in 1953. Robert married Shirley Strange on December 6, 1957 at the Presbyterian Church in Creston, Iowa. To this union they had a son, Mark…

KAREN LUCIA Karen Lucia, 74, of Ellston, formerly of Des Moines, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Kavanagh on 56th St.  Karen was born June 28, 1938 in Des Moines to Woodrow and Margert (Olson) Lynn. She was employed at UPS in the Customer Service department for 25 years before her retirement. Karen is…

KENNETH GENE BOLINGER Kenneth Gene Bolinger, son of John R. and Suzie H. (Scott) Bolinger, was born June 4, 1931 at home south of Mount Ayr, Iowa. Kenny grew up in Ringgold and Taylor counties. Kenny was united in marriage to Marcia Haynes in March 1950. To this marriage were born two sons, Mike in…