Area Obituaries

  Herbert Dwain Callies, son of Marie Schutt and Herbert Callies, was born March 21, 1933 in northern Iowa. Dwain owned and operated Dwain Callies Excavating since 1951. Dwain married Patricia Pohlman on June 6, 1962 in Miami, Oklahoma. In 1972, the family moved from Kansas City, Missouri to a farm southeast of Clearfield where…

  Timothy A. Simpson of Corning, Iowa passed away at his home on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at the age of 47 years old.  Tim was born on April 29, 1964 to D.C. and Janice (Stringham) Simpson in Independence, Missouri and welcomed home by his  older brother, Randy.  Tim’s early years were spent in Independence…

 Olive Virleen Verploegh passed on October 21, 2011 just a few days after celebrating her 96th birthday while under the excellent and compassionate care of the staff at North Central Health Care, Wausau, Wisconsin. Her family was by her side. As a daughter, friend, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Olive Virleen (Blackmore) Verploegh did her…

  Bertha May Brown Motsinger, only daughter of Charles and Susan Winstone Brown, was born December 30, 1931 in Adams county near Corning, Iowa. She attended various schools around Villisca, Iowa and graduated from the Villisca high school with the class of 1950. Bertha attended the Villisca Advent Christian Church.  Following graduation, Bertha was employed…

  Dorothy Louise Keller, age 81, of Grand River, Iowa, was born September 10, 1930 to Virgil James and Bessie Lorraine (Glazebrook) Buell, north of Grand River in Decatur county, Iowa. She passed from this life at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Dorothy graduated from Grand River…

  Wilma Jean Pottorff, daughter of Ruth Davis and Samuel Grimes, was born May 10, 1931 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jean grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from Swan high school. On February 5, 1972, she married her soul mate, Glenn Pottorff. They were happily married for 24 years. For most of her…

  Leonard Lee Still, 82, of Conesville, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at Colonial Manor in Columbus Junction, Iowa. A memorial has been established at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Leonard’s name. Sympathy notes may be left for the Still family at www.lewisfuneralhomes.com. Leonard Lee Still was born…

  Vernice Pauline Adkisson, 93, was born on July 28, 1918 to Lewis and Hazel (Baker) Adams in Worth county, Missouri. She departed this life on October 4, 2011 at the Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Pauline was raised on the family farm, one of 10 children, and attended school in Worth county,…

    Mary ‘Kay’ Wion, 69, fought cancer for over 14 years, all of the time staying positive and living life to the fullest. Kay died September 25, 2011 with her family by her side.     Kay, daughter of Richard and Jean Kinsey, was born June 14, 1942. She grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with…

John Henry Sudduth, age 88, was born March 5, 1923 to Henry Otis and Clara Helena (Ackerman) Sudduth in Nevada, Iowa. He attended and graduated from Nevada high school in 1941. He joined the United States Marine Corp on December 11, 1942 and served his country during World War II until his honorable discharge on…

Milton Ray Stone, son of Lee and Arzelle (Spencer) Stone, was born February 15, 1946 at Mount Ayr, Iowa. He passed away September 28, 2011 at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.     Milt graduated from Mount Ayr high school in 1964. He was a career military serviceman in Vietnam with tours in…

    Brenda Schmitz, 46, died Tuesday, September 27, 2011, after a courageous battle with cancer. She passed away at Mercy Hospice in Johnston surrounded by family and friends. Brenda was born in Atlantic, Iowa and is a graduate of Atlantic high school and Hawkeye Institute of Technology in Waterloo, Iowa.     Brenda’s memory will be…