Area Obituaries

  Patricia, ‘Aunt Red,’ Ann Ewalt, 68, of Brownfield, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2009, in Brownfield. Services are pending in Clearfield, Iowa. Patricia was born April 22, 1941 to Volney ‘Speedy’ and Hazel Hamby in Hooker, Oklahoma. They later moved to Clearfield, Iowa and began farming. Patricia was a member and Sunday school…

Charles Francis Foster, 90, of Clinton, Missouri, passed away January 1, 2010, at the Veteran’s Home in Warrensburg, Missouri. Funeral services were held January 5, 2010.  Charles was born March 4, 1919 in Mount Ayr, Iowa, the son of Hugh and Lena (Walter) Foster. He graduated from Mount Ayr high school in 1937 and was…

Richard Dwayne Saville, son of John William and Ethel Louise (Ferris) Saville, was born December 2, 1937 at Blue Rapids, Kansas. Richard served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1956 until 1969. Richard married Lucy Long and to this marriage two children were born; Richard, Jr. and Cyndi. On August 17, 1968, Richard…

Anna Margaret Larson, 86, of Mount Ayr, Iowa died January 8, 2010 at the Ringgold County Hospital. Ann was born to Russell and Hazel (Dugan) Hogue on August 14, 1923 in rural Kellerton. She attended several country schools in the county and finished her education at the Mount Ayr high school before going to work…

Charles Morton Cobb passed away Thursday, December 24, 2009, in the loving care of his family and staff at Marian Home and Trinity Hospice. He was born November 5, 1916 on the home farm two miles south of Blockton, Iowa and spent his entire life in the community except for four years in the Air…

Esther Maurine Muir, second daughter of Gene and Myrtle (Darlington) Muir, was born on a farm north west of Clearfield, Iowa on December 3, 1916. Esther grew up on a farm near Clearfield and attended a country school until going into high school in Clearfield where she graduated in 1935. On April 29, 1938, she…

Max Eugene (Ike) McGehee, son of Kenneth and Loueva Shaughnessy McGehee, was born June 12, 1932 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. He passed away at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr on January 2, 2010, after a courageous four-month battle with cancer, at the age of 77 years. Ike grew up in Mount Ayr and…

  Jerry Lee Campbell, 53, of Clearfield, Iowa, died December 24, 2009 at his home in Clearfield from heart disease. He was cremated and there are no services planned at this time. Burial will be at a later date in the Clearfield cemetery. Memorials are to the family. Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Clearfield is in…

Darrel D. Campbell, 66, of Leavenworth, Kansas passed away suddenly Tuesday, December 1, 2009, in El Valle, Panama. Memorial services were Thursday, December 17, 2009, at Belden Larkin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Allendale, Missouri at a later date. Darrel was born May 3, 1943 in Allendale, Missouri, the son of William and Fern…

Mildred L. Rinehart was born March 5, 1906 near Allendale, Missouri to Bert and Bessie (House) Wilson. She departed this life on December 19, 2009 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa at the age of 103 years. Mildred was preceded in death by her husband, Orval, in 1981; son, Dennis…

 John Arnold Combs, a resident of Houston, Texas, passed away at his home on December 4, 2009.  John was born the son of Arnold and Lorene Combs on June 30, 1939 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. John graduated from Mount Ayr high school and completed the IBEW Electrical Apprenticeship Program in Houston, Texas. John was a…

  Mary Lynn Caldwell was born May 31, 1951 to Jack and Rebecca (Montgomery) Caldwell in Pasadena, Texas. She passed away December 9, 2009, at the age of 58 years. Mary attended school in Pasadena until the family moved to Redding, Iowa in 1964. She then began attending school at the Christian church taught by…