Area Obituaries

    Angels welcomed Ronald M. Lamb to Heaven on Friday, June 11, 2010, where they are certain that he went right to work on improvements and perfections, making sure everything is in order for those there and those who will join him. He was 74. A mass of Christian burial was held Monday, June 14,…

  Leroy (Roy) Allen Beggs, 83, born at home on May 18, 1927, to Guy Allen and Pearle (Rogers) Beggs, passed away on Sunday, May 30, 2010, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Roy would joke that he wanted to go to college, and through his giving of himself, Roy donated his…

  Marvin L. Reynolds, 76, of Sedalia, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at his home. He was born January 2, 1934, in Lincoln township, MO, a son of Earl T. and Opal L. Puttroff Reynolds. Marvin graduated from Mount Ayr high school in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Marvin Lee ‘Mack’ was united in marriage…

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…