Area Obituaries

Velma Pimper arrived at her eternal home on June 2, 2010 at the age of 97 years. Velma Marie Pimper, eldest child of Alfred and Lydia (Hohensee) Meeske was born on November 22, 1912 near Daykin, Nebraska. She was baptized and confirmed in Saint John’s Lutheran Church in Daykin. She graduated in 1930 from Fairbury…

 Gary Dale Lindsey was born August 23, 1948 in the old Decatur County Hospital in Leon, Iowa to William L. and Margaret Dale (Lionberger) Lindsey. He died May 31, 2010 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.  Gary grew up in Leon doing all the things that growing up in the 50s and 60s…

Opal Leona Huber was born on November 26, 1917 at Clarinda, Iowa, the oldest daughter of Ernest and Nellie (Kerns) Huber. Opal grew up in the Gravity-Sharpsburg area and graduated from Sharpsburg high school in 1935. Opal was united in marriage to Vernon Leslie Day on February 16, 1940 in Clearfield, Iowa. To this union…

Everett Lee Kinder, son of Emery Leonard ‘E.L.’ and Bessie Athena (Newman) Kinder, was born on December 19, 1929 at Mount Ayr, Iowa and departed this life unexpectedly at his home on May 29, 2010. Everett spent his childhood in Mount Ayr attending the Mount Ayr Public School until he moved to Porterville, California for…

  Pauline McCutchan, daughter of Willard R. and Maud E. (Rusk) Willey, was born July 19, 1918 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Pauline received her education in Mount Ayr. She gave her life to Christ at an early age. Following her graduation from Mount Ayr high school, Pauline worked for Art and Bertha Holland at the…

  Karen K. Kesterson Vary, age 71 of Tabor, Iowa died Thursday, May 20, 2010, at Tabor Manor following a lengthy illness. Karen was born February 21, 1939 in Tabor to Edwin Guy Kesterson and Dortha Lavern (Chambers) Kesterson. They later moved to Mount Ayr, Iowa where she attended school.  Karen played the bassoon in…

  Agnes Hampton, daughter of Henry and Matle (Lethco) Hampton, was born January 18, 1915 in Pansy, Missouri. Agnes married her childhood sweetheart, Clarence Sutherland, on January 31, 1939 in Ava, Missouri. They moved to Tingley, Iowa in the summer of 1939. Agnes lived in her Tingley home until the spring of 2006 at which…

 Lois Maxine (Collier) Schaefer was born the second of five children to Lela Maud (Allensworth) Collier and Roy Emery Collier on November 11, 1922 at their homestead near Imogene, Iowa. She graduated from Farragut high school in 1940. On August 1, 1942 she was united in marriage to Lowell Raymond Schaefer in Rockport, Missouri. To…

Eldon Lavern Boese was born July 10, 1933 in Vona, Colorado to Arthur and Lydia (Becker) Boese. He departed this life May 9, 2010 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Eldon grew up in the Vona, Colorado area. After high school he attended the Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, Nebraska. It was…

  Vera Korrean Morey, daughter of Margaret Irene (Madole) Goodale and Bard Weaver Goodale, was born May 1, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois. Her dad graduated from Moody Bible College the day she was born and the family returned to Diagonal, Iowa. Vera grew up in Diagonal and was blessed with musical talent on every level.…

  Jerry Dean McAlexander, son of Kenneth and Virginia (Walters) McAlexander, was born December 13, 1948 at Creston, Iowa. He graduated from Mount Ayr Community high school in 1967. Jerry served in the Vietnam War from February 24, 1969 to September 28, 1970. On March 3, 1972 he was united in marriage to Rosalie Cheryl…

Mary Ruby Crowson, wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, ascended into heaven on May 10, 2010. Ruby’s remarkably rich life was characterized by a passion for serving others, taking care of her family and friends and living life to its fullest.  Born to Tommy and Annie Lou Rogers in Louisville, Mississippi on September 15, 1923,…