Area Obituaries

ELNO HOFFMAN Elno Hoffman, 82, of Cedar Falls died Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born January 16, 1930 in Elkport, Iowa, the son of Elno Carl and Goldie (Amling) Hoffman. Elno married Carolyn Sue Kramer on April 12, 1997 in Cedar Falls. He worked at Waterloo Mills,…

GANUM VIRGIL FINDLEY Ganum Virgil Findley was born on October 7, 1926 in Grayson, Missouri. The son of a farmer and teacher, Ganum Alvin Findley, and his wife, Mary Leora Findley, Virgil shared their rural home with his sister, Mary Margaret, until her death at age two and three-fourths years on July 28, 1937 at…

JACK E. HARTMAN Jack E. Hartman was born August 24, 1922 to Clarence and Bertha Moreland Hartman in Union county, Iowa. After attending rural schools for two years in Union county, the family moved to Adair county where he attended Orient school. In his senior year, his family moved near Greenfield where he graduated in…

RICHARD JUNIOR BAKER Richard Junior Baker, 77, of Redding passed away Friday, January 25, 2013, at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines. A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Richard J. Baker was born June 20, 1935 to Richard and Dorothy (Stull) Baker in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He served in the U.S.…

ERWOOD ‘COTTY’ HUFFMAN Erwood ‘Cotty’ Huffman, son of Zed and Mary D. (England) Huffman, was born March 18, 1925 at Clearfield, Iowa. Cotty served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; helping with the rebuilding of Pearl Harbor and Japan. Cotty was honorably discharged on February 17, 1946 and on March 21, 1946 he…

DUANE ORVILLE POORE Duane Orville Poore, son of Orville and Pauline Mae (Stetzler) Poore, was born on the family farm south of Beaconsfield, Iowa. Duane graduated from Beaconsfield high school in 1949. While in high school, he acquired his nickname, ‘Sleepy’ Poore, which was given to him by his friend, Ralph Jones. He was known…

LAVON McMATH BROWN Lavon Brown, daughter of Leland and Edna (Hartman) McMath, was born July 11, 1922 at Clearfield, Iowa. Lavon lived her entire life at Clearfield and graduated from Clearfield high school. Following graduation, Lavon taught country school in Ringgold and Taylor counties. In 1945 Lavon married Paul C. Brown and lived on a…

MARGARET LOUISE ‘PEG’ TORRIN Margaret Louise ‘Peg’ Torrin, 65, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Denver, Iowa, died on Saturday, January 12, 2013, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Peg was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa, on February 20, 1947, the daughter of Eugene and Selma Mosier. She graduated from Mount Ayr high…

LIONEL NEAL ‘JACK’ KELLER Lionel Neal ‘Jack’ Keller, age 85, of Grand River, Iowa was born November 20, 1927 in Decatur county, Iowa and died January 12, 2013 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Jack was raised by his father and grandmother, Neal and Halsie Keller. Jack attended Grand River…

HERBERT RAY JACKSON Herbert Ray Jackson, son of Millard and Alice Jackson, was born January 6, 1929 on the farm near Kellerton, Iowa. Herb lived a rich and full life. Herb graduated from Kellerton high school in 1947. He married his sweetheart, Vivian, on January 20, 1950 in Maryville, Missouri. They established their home on…

LORRAINE DRAKE LESAN Lorraine Drake Lesan was born July 21, 1924 in rural Iowa near Kellerton, Iowa to Elgie L. and Mable Ray Drake. She loved and devoted her life to God and to her family. In 1944 Lorraine married Robert R. Lesan in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Bob was stationed in the service.…

MABLE LENORE KING Mable Lenore King, daughter of Frank and Mable (Severens) Zollman, was born May 7, 1919 at New Virginia, Iowa. Lenore’s family lived in Blockton, Iowa during her early childhood and after spending a few years in Henry, Nebraska the family returned to Blockton where she graduated from Blockton high school in 1937.…