Area Obituaries

    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…

    James Harlan King, son of Willard Benjamin and Edna Mae (Jones) King, was born July 29, 1927 on a farm near Indianola, Iowa. He graduated from Indianola high school in 1944. James worked the harvests for two years with his brother, Dale. He was then drafted into the U.S. Army in 1950. On March…

 Konner Evan Klommhaus, son of Kory and Deborah (Faris) Klommhaus, was born March 25, 1996 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Konner entered into God’s gates on September 24, 2011. Konner was a playful boy who grew into a mature and caring young man. He loved spending his summer days with Papa…

  David Oren Allen, retired editor and publisher of the Lamoni Chronicle for 38 years, passed away on July 24, 2011 at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa from Parkinson’s disease at the age of 73 years. He was born October 7, 1937 to Oren Isaac and Opal Irene (Smith) Allen in Leon, Iowa.…

Edith Elizabeth Goins was called home to become an angel September 11, 2011. She was surrounded at that moment in time by her son, Jim, as she made a peaceful passing. Edith was born to Harry and Josephine Sisson May 30, 1923 and was the eldest of four children.  She attended school in Council Grove,…

Patricia ‘Patty’ Hainline, 64, of Bloomfield, Iowa died September 5, 2011 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.   She was born August 24, 1947 in Creston, Iowa to Ivan and Dorothy Sevier Sterling. She married Fred Hainline September 29, 1968 in Maryville, Missouri. He preceded her in death December 16,…

      Kenneth Leon Taylor, age 83, of Grand River, Iowa, the son of Clyde Smith Taylor and Ruth Edith (Crandell) Taylor, was born March 22, 1928 in Creston, Iowa. He died at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa, his home for the past five months, on Wednesday, September 7, 2011.   Ken was…

  Carolyn Jean Reno was born to Iva Justine Main/Minnick and Lelan ‘Lee’ Francis Minnick on October 31, 1934 and moved on from this life on September 9, 2011. Jeanie raised her children in California and will be remembered for her management and health care abilities on the job and off during those years. The…

CHARLOTTE JEAN SUMMERS     Charlotte Jean Summers, 80, of Mount Ayr, Iowa passed away August 29, 2011 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Charlotte was born Charlotte Garrels on October 5, 1930 at the family home in New London, Iowa. She graduated from Pleasant Lawn high school in 1948. She attended and graduated from Burlington…

    Loren Russell Drake was born July 8, 1909 to Henry and Gertrude Meanor Drake and departed this life August 29, 2011 at the age of 102.     Loren was educated through eighth grade at Jackson Hill country school. On August 15, 1929, he married Velma Hailey in Brighton, Colorado. To this marriage they were…

ALTHEA RAMONA ‘MONA’ HINELINE SCHAD     The light of my life has gone out for my life’s love, but a soft, gentle comforting glow remains, it will never go out. She is on her way to forever. Soon I will catch up with that glow and we will be together forever. I will miss the…

    Todd Robert Kramer (known as Oopy to all in Mount Ayr), 42, died August 22, 2011 at his home in Grinnell, Iowa.     Todd was born October 2, 1968, in Norfolk, Nebraska. He graduated from Mount Ayr Community high school in 1987 and from Northwest Missouri State University in 1991. He married Amy Wacha…