Area Obituaries

    Sandra Jean Johnson, daughter of Marcella (Brown) Johnson and Jesse Johnson, was born January 14, 1950 at Lincoln, Nebraska. Sandy grew up at Diagonal and graduated from Diagonal high school in 1968.     Sandy’s hobbies included crocheting and her grandsons all have an afghan made just for them. With each new niece or nephew…

    William Arthur (Bill) Scott, son of Lewis and Cora (Birtwell) Scott, was born July 20, 1928 at Kellerton, Iowa.     Bill attended Mount Ayr schools. He left high school to join the U.S. Army and served at the end of World War II. After his discharge, Bill went back to school and graduated. Bill…

    Tyrone James Briner, 70, of Eagleville, Missouri, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa.     He was born December 14, 1941 in Watterson, Iowa, the son of Burl and Violet (Grim) Briner.     On August 4, 1995, he married Denise Tull in Hatfield, Missouri.  She survives…

    Goldie Pearl (South) Stark, daughter of George and Ella Virginia (Fry) South, was born August 7, 1911 in Decatur county, Iowa near DeKalb, Iowa and passed from this life on August 17, 2012 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa at the age of 101 years.     Goldie graduated from…

    Gerald David Zoller, son of William F. and Carrie Lee (Lindsay) Zoller, was born at home on September 23, 1919 in rural Columbus, Illinois.     The family moved to southwest Iowa and settled in the Sharpsburg area in 1936. In 1942, his parents purchased a farm southeast of Clearfield, Iowa where he lived and…

    Connie Jean Richards Jacobson, 66, of Carolina Shores, North Carolina formerly of Lumberton, North Carolina, died Monday, August 6, 2012 at her residence.     Born in Decatur county, Iowa on November 14, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Earnest and Mary Elizabeth Moore Richards. Connie was raised in Mount Ayr, Iowa and…

    June Ellen Smith, daughter of Norma Lee Krueger and Harvey Lucien Krueger, was born June 29, 1957 at the Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa. With her family at her side, June passed away at her home on August 15, 2012 after a heroic battle with cancer.     June attended the AvoHa Community School…

    Soelistyati was born on March 13, 1936 in Turen – East Java, Indonesia to Joewono Bertham and Moerwani Kasihno. She was the second daughter of six children.     After graduating from middle school, Lis continued to midwife academy at the general hospital in Malang – East Java in 1960. She then worked at a…

    Gaylan Lewis Combs, son of Lewis ‘Sod’ and Cuma Brown Combs, was born April 16, 1935 in Redding, Iowa and passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family, on August 11, 2012.     Gaylan attended school in Redding and spent some time in Lodi, California. In November, 1950 he moved with his…

    Robert Allen Hightshoe, son of Johnney Merle and Clyta Drake Hightshoe, was born August 23, 1940 in Des Moines, Iowa.     Hightshoe served in the U.S. Army. He was a carpenter.     He passed away December 13, 2008 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include…

    Hazel Mathews, daughter of Lon and Ethel (Wiles) Karber, was born December 3, 1915 in Greene County, Iowa.     Hazel graduated from Jefferson high school. On November 3, 1934, she married Wilford D. (Bud) Mathews in Maryville, Missouri. They farmed in Greene county, Guthrie county and Polk county before moving to a farm south…

    Lucille Vivian Reed Mickael, daughter of Charlie and Helen South Reed, was born February 25, 1932 at Van Wert, Iowa.     After graduating from high school, she went to school in Maryville, Missouri to be a school teacher. She taught country school for three years at Van Wert and Grand River.     On May…