Area Obituaries

DARLENE TAYLOR Darlene Taylor, daughter of Lyle and Bessie (House) Nelson, was born January 19, 1929 near Clearfield, Iowa. Darlene graduated from Clearfield high school in 1946. She taught in country schools until her marriage to Raymond D. Taylor on December 28, 1948. Darlene worked at Taylor Fiberglass in Diagonal before her career in nursing.…

PAULINE E. HOLLAND HANSEN Pauline E. Holland Hansen, 94, of Creston, Iowa passed away Friday, March 1, 2013, at Trinity Terrace Park Medical Center in Bettendorf, Iowa. Funeral services were Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Creston. Burial followed in the Redding cemetery. Memorials may be made to…

CALVIN LEE GREGG Calvin Lee Gregg was born October 6, 1928 to Alvin and Jenny Gregg in Hatfield, Missouri. On August 25, 1945 Calvin was united in marriage to Fern Louise Hanks at Troy, Kansas. To this union were born nine children. He farmed for 33 years and moved off the farm to town in…

PAUL E. DOSER Paul E. Doser of Thayer Hill Road, husband of Marlene P., passed away on February 10 2013 at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Boonville, New York. He was born in River Falls, Wisconsin on May 31, 1930, a son of Emery and Ethel Bigley Doser. Paul grew up in Kellerton, Iowa,…

CARL EUGENE CREES Carl Eugene Crees, son of Michael Samuel and Ruth Lavern (Ellars) Crees, was born on the family farm in Decatur County, Iowa on May 10, 1939. He grew up in the Grand River area and graduated from Beaconsfield high school in 1957. He was working at Adams Ranch in Odebolt, Iowa when…

MICHELLE SCHRODT Michelle Schrodt, 48, of Lorimor died Thursday, February 14, 2013. Michelle Robin Schrodt was born June 17, 1964 in Escondido, California, the daughter of David and Donna (Walters) Schrodt. She graduated from Chattooga high school of Summerville, Georgia in 1981. Michelle worked at Iowa Select Farms near Lorimor for 10 years as a…

HELEN ANDERSON Helen Anderson, 98, of Creston, Iowa passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at the Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston. Funeral services were Saturday, February 9, 2013, at the First Baptist Church in Creston. Pastor Robert Anderson, Pastor David Tebbenkamp and Pastor Dan Fields officiated the service. Burial was at the Oakland Cemetery.…

WILFRED ‘WILLIE’  EUGENE DOLECHECK Wilfred (Willie) Eugene Dolecheck was born July 29, 1942 at Leon, Iowa to Leo and Inez (Posler) Dolecheck. He grew up in Diagonal, Iowa graduating from high school there in 1961. For a time he ran movies at the theaters in central Iowa with Robert Gray. He attended technical school in…

W. JOYCE JOHNSTON Joyce Johnston was born and raised near Mount Ayr, Iowa on a farm, was a high school cheerleader and married her high school sweetheart. After marriage Joyce was a stay-at-home mom who enjoyed raising her children and supporting her husband. From Iowa Joyce and Andy settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado where they…

JESSE ALAN MINNICK Jesse Alan Minnick, son of Lellan F. and Iva J. (Main) Minnick, was born December 9, 1937 near Delphos, Iowa. Alan grew up at Mount Ayr and graduated from Mount Ayr high school in 1955. On December 18, 1956, in Kellerton, Iowa, he married Carolyn LaVon Keller in a ceremony performed by…

ARLOA JEAN  WACKERNAGLE Arloa Jean Wackernagle, daughter of Carl and Grace (Motsinger) Wyman, passed away on February 6, 2013 at the age of 88 years. She had been in failing health over the last year at the Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Arloa, was born August 16, 1924. Her parents, two brothers and…

VERNICE MAE BANNER SHIELDS Vernice Mae Banner Shields was born October 31, 1918 to Delno and Lola Banner on the family farm near Ellston, Iowa and died February 5, 2013 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Victor Shields March 5, 1938 in Mount Ayr. To this union were…