Area Obituaries

  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…

  Funeral services for Louis Clayton, age 94 of Blockton, who died Monday, February 28, 2011 at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center were held Thursday, March 3, 2011 at the Blockton Christian Church.Interment was held in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Blockton. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Central Iowa, the Blockton Ambulance…

  Vaughn Andrew Case was born to Orville Rolland Case and Jennie Miller Case born December 21, 1923 on a farm south of Ellston, Iowa where he lived all of his adult life. Vaughn graduated from Ellston high school in 1941. He married Betty Louise Dusenbery on February 4, 1942 in Bethany, Missouri. Born to…

  Richard Harrison Brock, son of Edward and Mary Olive (Jones) Brock, was born January 5, 1917 at Jewell, Iowa. On May 11, 1940, Richard married Esther Vold. He farmed near Woolstock and was also the service manager at Jones Implement in Woolstock. After retiring, they enjoyed winters in Texas. Richard enjoyed cards, dominos and…

        Zelma Mae Woollums was born May 12, 1911 on a farm south of Ellston, Iowa to Oscar and Nettie (Stephens) Roberts and passed away February 18, 2011 at the age of 99 years at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Zelma was the third of four children and her siblings were Ella,…