Area Obituaries

 Georgia Dale (Webb) Campbell was born on a farm near Hatfield, Missouri at the home of her parents, Charles Dee and Jessie May (Marshall) Webb on December 29, 1915 and departed this life on April 21, 2011 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Georgia was united in marriage on February 23, 1937 to Nicholas…

  Arlo Carl Krumwiede, the son of George and Henrietta (Hilken) Krumwiede, was born on March 13, 1926 at Elm Creek township, Minnesota. He departed this life on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at the Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa at the age of 85 years and 27 days. He received his education in…

  George Wesley Johnston, Jr. was born in Sweetgrass county, Montana to George Wesley Johnston, Sr. and Marjory (Guthrie) Johnston on December 10, 1922 and died on April 7, 2011 at an age of 88 years. At an early age he moved with his parents to southern California where he attended grade school. In 1932…

  Melba Jackson, 91, passed away on April 7, 2011, at the Garden Terrace in Overland Park, Kansas. A funeral service celebrating her life will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Iles Funeral Homes-Westover Chapel with burial following at Maple Row Cemetery in Kellerton, Iowa. Melba was born on June…

  Connie Jo (Hull) Hubbard of Mount Ayr, Iowa died peacefully Friday, April 8, 2011, at her home. She was born at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr on June 28, 1964 to the proud parents of Lyle and Arnolene Hull and two siblings, Dick and Kim. Connie began her nursing career by attending…

  Jubal Ralph Hunt was born October 30, 1920 in Worth county, Missouri to John C. and Ethel (Waugh) Hunt. He died April 8, 2011 at the Worth County Convalescent Center in Grant City, Missouri.  Jubal attended first through eighth grade at the Hunt school. Later as an adult he obtained his GED.  Jubal spent…

  Scott Boyd Capwell, son of Clebert Boyd Capwell and Jean Ruth Capwell Miringoff, was born March 21, 1952 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Later in his life, Scott was adopted and at that time became known as Scott David Miringoff. Scott grew up in Florida. He had a sister, Diann Ruth Capwell, and a brother,…

 Robert Dean Liles of Sun City West, Arizona, a son of Jay and Opal F. (Hazen) Liles, was born July 22, 1932 in Thayer, Iowa. He departed this life on March 4, 2011 in Surprise, Arizona. On July 22, 1955, he married Anne Louise Jackson in Bedford, Iowa. To this union were born two children,…

  Gary Lee Easton, age 71 of Kellerton, Iowa, the son of John Edward and Marjorie (Fitch) Easton, was born February 11, 1940 at Van Wert, Iowa. He died at his home in Kellerton on Saturday, March 26, 2011. Gary was raised around Weldon, Iowa and lived in Decatur county until he enlisted and served…

  Alice Virginia Boyd, daughter of Raymond and Florence Barnhouse, passed away at home, at the age of 93, on March 28, 2011 with her family by her side. Alice was born July 23, 1917 in Hatfield, Missouri where she grew up with her six brothers and sisters. She graduated from Hatfield high school in…

  JB Routh, 89, of Clearfield, Iowa died March 22, 2011, at Clearview Home in Clearfield. JB was born February 25, 1922, in Clearfield to Addis and Gladys (Bailey) Routh. He graduated from Clearfield high school in 1940. In May 1943 he joined the navy, transferring to the Seabees after boot camp and was discharged…

  Thomas James Miller, only son of John Duane and Laura Anderson Miller, was born in rural Blockton, Ringgold county, Iowa on March 13, 1939 and passed away March 19, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Tom attended the one-room Miller school and later graduated from Blockton high school with the class of 1957; he also graduated…