Area Obituaries

  Surrounded by his family, Keith Main, 77, of Des Moines, Iowa, died at Iowa Methodist Medical Center on December 27, 2010 from complications of lung disease. He will be remembered and missed by  is wife, Donna (Teply) Main of 49 years; children, Linda (Curtis ‘Cactus’ Beck) Main and Bruce (Denise) Main; granddaughters, Heather and…

  Byron Willard Hervey, 80, passed away on December 21, 2010 at Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa. He was born June 22, 1930 in Scotland county, Missouri to Willard and Opal Wolf Hervey. He attended Keosauqua high school. He married Florencie Ewing on March 30, 1948. They divorced in 1993. He married Marion…

  Robert L. Elliott, 60, died Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, Iowa following a 22-month battle with cancer. A memorial service was held Thursday, December 23, 2010 at Saint Pius X Catholic Church in Urbandale. Iles Funeral Homes – Westover Chapel handled the arrangements. Bob was born October 25, 1950 in…

 Daughn Reasoner was born in a farm house, two miles south and one-half mile west of Ellston, on November 21, 1922 to Clarence Elmer and Lila (Noble) Reasoner. He was the sixth of seven children. He grew up on the same farm on which he was born and attended the Zwick country school three miles…

Bernadine Gladys Jones, 92, of Shannon City died Thursday, December 16, 2010, at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa. Her granddaughter, Tami Carlson, and grandson, Doug Jones, were at her side. Bernadine Gladys Hoffman, daughter of Ross and Cordelia Hoffman, was born March 4, 1918 on a farm northwest of Shannon City. Bernadine graduated…

Hazel Mae (Collier) Gibson was born the oldest of five children to Lela Maude (Allensworth) Collier and Roy Emery Collier on April 26, 1921 in White Clough township, Mills county, Strahn, Iowa. She graduated from Farragut high school in 1939 and married Ray Mott. To this union one child, Roy Stuart Mott, was born. Later…

Claire ‘Bud’ German, 80, of Baker City, Oregon, died November 13, 2010 at Saint Alphonsus Hospital-Baker City with family at his side. A grave side service was held on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at Mount Hope Cemetery in Baker City. Bud was born on March 1, 1930, at Lamoni, Iowa to Cleo and Lorraine Puttroff…

Velda Marie Adams, daughter of Virgil Lee and Mary Dorothy (Cartwright) Harris, was born July 25, 1931 at Diagonal, Iowa. She graduated from Diagonal high school in 1950. Velda married Raleigh Adams and they later divorced. Velda lived most of her life in Mount Ayr. She sold Stanley Home Products and provided home health care…

  Clyde Summers, 83, of Mount Ayr, passed away December 7, 2010 at Mercy Hospice-Johnston.  Clyde was born February 17, 1927 at New London, Iowa; graduating from high school in 1945. He served in the U.S. Army and then attended Parsons College; received his BA in education at Iowa Wesleyan College before earning his masters…

  William ‘Bill’ Clark, Jr., 71, of Creston, Iowa, died at his home Monday, November 29, 2010, in Creston. Memorial services were Saturday, December 4, 2010, at the Powers Funeral Home junction of highways 34 and 25 in Creston.  Rev. Tom Woodin officiated the service. Burial was at the Graceland Cemetery in Creston. Military rites…

 Thelma Jeanne Nelson Brown, daughter of Lyle and Bessie House Nelson, was born on December 4, 1927, in Clearfield, Iowa and passed away at Clearview Nursing Home in Clearfield on November 30, 2010. Thelma lived her entire life on farms around Clearfield. She attended country schools and graduated from Clearfield high school in 1945. She…

 Adra Leila Bailey was born January 6, 1924 at home in Lincoln township, Ringgold county, Iowa. Adra was the youngest of two daughters born to Reva (Bender) Morey and Harry Morey. Adra graduated from Clearfield high school in 1941. After high school, Adra taught in rural country schools. Adra married Richard R. Bailey at the…