Area Obituaries

    LBanks Wilson, 88 years old, born January 14, 1923 south of Tingley, Iowa passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa on August 3, 2011. He was the only son of Leo and Edna (Rood) Wilson. Upon the death of his mother at the age of two, he…

   James Christian Overholtzer, 86 years old, was born December 30, 1924 in Leon, Iowa and passed peacefully at home August 1, 2011 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. He was the only son of Christian Ellis and Margaret Gale Overholtzer of Grand River, Iowa. He graduated with the Grand River high school class of 1942. Jim…

    Don Richard Keller, age 82, was born September 1, 1928 to Leroy K. and Juanita L. (Crees) Keller in Grand River township of Decatur county, Iowa. He passed from this life on August 3, 2011 at the Creston Regional Hospice House in Creston, Iowa.     Don graduated from Grand River high school and was…

   Harold Thomas (Tom) Golliday was born on July 20, 1923 and peacefully went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 7, 2011.     Tom was born in Blockton, Iowa but moved to Mount Ayr as a child and has been a lifelong resident of Mount Ayr. He graduated from Mount Ayr Community…

    Larry Lee Blunck passed from this life to the loving arms of Jesus on August 1, 2011 at Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Larry was born March 1, 1939 to Esther (Beal) and Guy Blunck in Benton, Iowa. Larry lived his entire life in Ringgold county. He was the only boy member…

  Frank Alvin Dredge the son of Arlen and Arzetta (Colter) Dredge was born into this world September 5, 1921 in Arispe, Iowa. Frank was one of nine children born to this marriage. Growing up Frank moved to several farms with his parents and attended different county schools. He started school at Oak Grove School…

  Mamie Neola ‘Betty’ Norris, daughter of Cresser Cargo and Mamie Marie Norton, was born January 29, 1923 at Unionville, Missouri. Betty was raised in Saint Joseph, Missouri and as a young woman she liked to sing and yodel. She married Lawrence ‘LD’ Norris in Princeton, Missouri in 1968. They made their home in Kansas…

    Vera Maude Miller Wilkins, daughter of Albert and Julia (Corsbie) Miller, was born August 17, 1911 at Salem, Iowa. She went to be with her Heavenly Father on July 29, 2011 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa at the age of 99 years and 11 1/2 months.   On May 2, 1934, Vera…

  Hope E. Wynes, daughter of Isaac and Ola (Pope) Thayer, was born April 9, 1942 at Fairfax, Missouri. She went to be with her Lord on July 26, 2011 after a four-year battle with cancer. Hope graduated from Fairfax high school in 1960. She went to nurses training in Kansas City, Missouri for three…

    George Joseph Myers, the eldest son of George Joseph Schneider and Wealthy Mae Myers, was born September 4, 1922 in West Branch, Michigan and peacefully went to be with his Lord and Savior on July 19, 2011.     When George was four, his family grew when a half brother, Henry Rosenthal, was born. Later…

   Calvin Coolidge Rinehart was born March 4, 1925 in Allendale, Missouri to Ira and Pearl (Montgomery) Rinehart. He died July 14, 2011 at his home in Creston, Iowa at the age of 86.     Calvin married Leatrice M. Golliday on July 12, 1946. Calvin served in the United States Navy during World War II.…

    Alice Lorene Potter, age 89 of Murray, Iowa, daughter of Wert and Elizabeth Mae (Doser) Munyon, was born January 19, 1922 in Ringgold county, Iowa and died July 14, 2011 at Clarke County Hospital in Osceola, Iowa.       Alice grew up around Kellerton and Beaconsfield, Iowa, graduating from Kellerton high school in 1938.…