Area Obituaries

Rex Ellis Brown was born on December 28, 1919 to Allie and Hazel Brown of rural Blockton, Iowa. Rex left his earthly home on December 9, 2009. He was raised on a farm north of Blockton. Rex joined the U.S. Army in 1942 during WW II. Rex served in the European-Africa-Middle Eastern Theatre Campaign where…

 Lillian Joyce Chittim was born October 10, 1919 to John Normer and Azalea (Young) McFall in McFall, Missouri. She passed away November 30, 2009 at Mount Ayr Health Care at the age of 90 years, one month and 20 days.  Joyce went to country school at Lone Rock, graduating from Albany high school. On December…

Clustie Dean Ashburn, daughter of Everett and Elsie (Burrell) McDowell, was born August 30, 1912 in New Buda Township, Decatur county, Iowa. Clustie was united in marriage to Leland Ashburn on August 3, 1927 in Leon, Iowa. Clustie was a farm wife and mother. In 1949, they moved to Diagonal and farmed until moving into…

Nora Ann Lilienthal, daughter of John William and Mallie Belle (Douglas) Moore, was born July 26, 1943 in Lincoln, Illinois. Ann graduated from high school. In 1961 Ann was united in marriage to Richard G. Lilienthal. Over the years, Ann has worked as a waitress, a factory worker and for the last 25 years in…

  Keith Clarence Lininger was born May 30, 1919 to Clarence and Blanche Moreland Lininger on a farm one mile west and a half mile south of Tingley, Iowa and passed away November 18, 2009 at the age of 90 years, five months and 18 days. Keith attended the Hiawatha and Bridge Academy rural schools…

  Margaret Bertha Pirtle, daughter of Garrett Robert and Johanna Marie (Peterson) Poortinga, was born February 4, 1918 at Newton, Iowa. She graduated from Osceola high school. Margaret married Cleo Gracey and to this marriage one daughter, Johanna, was born. Margaret would later marry John Pirtle, Sr. and to this marriage three children were born,…

  Alice Kay Greene, daughter of Floy Wilson and Maude Opal (McKee) Drake, was born April 21, 1937 at home northeast of Mount Ayr in Ringgold county, Iowa. Alice graduated valedictorian of the Mount Ayr high school class of 1955. Alice was united in marriage to Dale E. Greene on February 17, 1957 at the…

Mary E. Stageman, 78, passed away of Lou Gehrig’s disease on November 11, 2009 at home in the presence of her family. A memorial service was held Saturday at Norwalk Christian Church.  Mary was born January 30, 1931 in Des Moines, Iowa to George and Blanche Desenberg.  She attended Iowa Wesleyn College in Mount Pleasant,…

 Lucille Elizabeth Valentine Perry passed away on November 2, 2009 to be with her loving family. Lucille was born June 17, 1919 to Ward Valentine and Faye Foster Valentine in Taylor county, Iowa. She married Wayne Perry in Greenfield, Iowa on January 22, 1938 and had a beautiful daughter, Sadie Faye Perry Kibbe, on September…

 Craig Michael Henson, son of Orlin Richard and Deloris Arlene (Reitter) Henson, was born July 14, 1950 in Maryville, Missouri. Craig graduated from Bedford high school in 1968. He furthered his education by earning his bachelor’s degree at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Craig worked for Chicago Northwestern Railroad, which would later become…

 Jane De Vries, daughter of Erick and Luella Lay Anderson, was born on the family farm two miles east of Wishard Chapel on November 15, 1918. Jane graduated from Mount Ayr high school in 1936. She furthered her education by graduating from the teaching program at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. Jane taught…

Dale Eric Frost, son of Raymond Harold and Mary Roberta (Reynolds) Frost, was born October 31, 1965 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Dale graduated from Mount Ayr Community high school in 1983. While growing up, Dale and his best friend, Mike Bird, were ‘amateur engineers!’ They kept busy tearing things apart and trying to put them…