Area Obituaries

WAYNE LEE BUCKNER Wayne Lee Buckner of Silver City, New Mexico passed from this life on December 1, 2012. He was the son of Alfred Wayne and Marjorie Maude (Strait) Buckner. Wayne was born September 11, 1935 at home on a farm near Hamburg, Iowa. He started school in Fremont county but was interrupted when…

LAURA IONA STACY GROVES Lora Iona Stacy Groves was born December 28, 1909 at the home of her parents, Walter Alexander and Eva Lena Grubb Stacy, near Ellston, Iowa. She was welcomed by an older sister, Velma Zee, and later they welcomed Ruth Louise, Jesse Harold and George Albert. Her father was a farm worker…

ANNA HARRIET JOHNSON LONG Anna Harriet Johnson Long, 97, passed through heaven’s gates on November 30, 2012 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Harriet was born November 26, 1915 on the family farm northwest of Shannon City, Iowa. Harriet was the daughter of Swedish parents, Swan Johnson and Amanda Amelia Pierson Johnson. She attended…

CAROLE F. ALLEN Carole F. Allen, who resided in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, passed away due to pancreatic cancer at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri on November 14, 2012. She was the daughter of Warren Weldon Fannen and June Pride Fannen of Saint Joseph, Missouri. Both preceded her in death.  She was…

FRANCIS WALLACE ‘BUCK’ LEEPER Francis Wallace ‘Buck’ Leeper was born in Ringgold county, Iowa to William Wesley and Liccie (Tedrow) Leeper on June 17, 1921. Francis passed away peacefully on December 1, 2012. Francis was united in marriage to May Luella Pearce on May 23, 1941 in Bethany, Missouri. To this union four children were…

DORA MAY THOMSON Mrs. Thomson, a beloved mother, grandmother and sister, passed away on November 9, 2012 at the Inn at SharonBrooke. She was born on February 4, 1930 to the late Forrest and Adelaide (Trisler) Robison in Ellston, Iowa. Mrs. Thomson received a bachelor of science degree from Tarkio College and a master’s degree…

HAZEL REICHERT TAYLOR Hazel Lillian Reichert was born on August 3, 1919 at Bluff Springs, Illinois. She was the daughter of Elmer and Cora Oetgen Reichert. She passed away on November 21, 2012 at the age of 93 years. Hazel attended local schools and was confirmed in the Lutheran Church at Bluff Springs where she…

RAYMOND HAROLD FROST Raymond Harold Frost, son of Roy Raymond and Bernice Laverta (Foland) Frost, was born June 2, 1930 at home west of Beaconsfield, Iowa. The family moved to a farm north of Diagonal and Harold went to country school there. The family would later move to a farm south of Mount Ayr where…

DONALD ‘JOE’ SOBOTKA Donald Edward ‘Joe’ Sobotka, son of Edward and Beulah (Roudybush) Sobotka, was born January 8, 1921 at the farmstead near Diagonal, Iowa. When he was eight, his mother died following childbirth. Joe was raised by his father and stepmother Frances (Cabaret). Joe worked on the family farm, then left to serve his…

    Myrna Laurette Dodge, age 92, died peacefully on November 18, 2012. Myrna was born July 12, 1920 in rural Bridgewater, Iowa, the daughter of James and Willena (Standley) Summerville.     Myrna spent most of her young life in Creston, Iowa where the family operated a neighborhood grocery store. In 1938, Myrna married Benjamin Dodge…

    Betty Gross, 80, of Creston, Iowa died Monday, November 12, 2012, at Creston Nursing & Rehab Center in Creston. Services were Friday, November 16, 2012, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Burial was at Graceland Cemetery, south of Creston. Memorials are to Iowa Hospice. Online condolences can be left at www.powersfh.com.      Betty Jean…

    1st Lt. Frank Joseph Lonetti was born July 25, 1936 in Vintondale, Pennsylvania to Jean and Frank Lonetti. He was the youngest of five children and is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Ralph, Dominick and Rick, and sister, Virginia (Dolly).     In 1954 he began his career with the United States Marine…