Area Obituaries

  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…

  Gary Lee Hensley, son of Lloyd Wayne Hensley and Ruby Belle Hobbs, was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa on September 23, 1942. Gary graduated from Mount Ayr Community high school in the class of 1961 before joining the army reserves. After the army reserves, he worked as a farmer and later superintendent for the…

January 13, 1933 and went to be with the Lord on March 20, 2011.     Pat was preceded in death by her husband, William ‘Bill’ Wertz Sr. and son, William ‘Billy’ Wertz Jr.     She is survived by daughters Debbie and husband Jim Roach of Delphos, Iowa, Cindy and husband James Mullins of Cibolo, Texas,…

    Lowell James Watson, 85, son of Clyde Wesley Watson and Margaret Jane (Redman) Watson, was born on November 2, 1925 at home in rural Van Wert, Iowa. He passed from this life on March 20, 2011 at the Clarke County Hospital in Osceola, Iowa.     Lowell grew up near Van Wert and graduated from…

Maxine Lance was born February 6, 1908 to William Ellsworth and Eliza Hobbs Lance at the family home in Hume, Missouri. She was welcomed by eight-year-old brother Leo and was joined by sister Fern in 1911. In 1922 a four-year-old nephew, Clark Kenney, came to be their beloved little brother. Maxine passed away March 18,…

    Gifford F. Knapp, 88, of DeSoto, Kansas, went home to be with the Lord on March 16, 2011 and was reunited with Evelyn, his wife of over 65 years.     Gifford is survived by a son and a daughter, four grandchildren, one great-grandchild and over 30 nieces and nephews.      Visitation is at Hillcrest…

Naomi Bryant, daughter of Kenneth Burl (KB) and Ethel (Onstot) Scott, was born September 5, 1914 on the family farm west of Beaconsfield, Iowa. Naomi would live on this farm, which would become a family century farm, for nearly all of her life. Naomi was in the first class to graduate from the new Beaconsfield…

  Lawrence Ivan Kilgore, son of Zenas and Eunice White Kilgore, was born May 30, 1928 at home north of Diagonal, Iowa. Lawrence attended Diagonal high school before entering the US Navy. Lawrence later attended four years of art school. On November 23, 1946, he married Evelyn in Troy, Kansas. They moved to Mesa, Arizona…

  L. Patricia (Pat) Johnson died March 3, 2011 at the Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, (Ringgold county), Iowa after a short bout of cancer. Louise Patricia ‘Pat’ Eagan was born February 24, 1924, the third daughter and seventh of 12 children to Cornelius Joseph ‘Con’ and Helen May ‘Nell’ (Fagan) Eagan in rural…