Area Obituaries

Buford D. Hall, 83, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, surrounded by his family. He was born June 17, 1926, in Benton, Iowa, the son of Samuel Glenn Hall and Vella Ruth (Haviland) Hall. He grew up in Benton and attended Benton high school. He moved to Rockford, Illinois in…

  Nola Lavon Adams Swietlik, loving mother and wife, was born March 23, 1933 to Lewis and Hazel (Baker) Adams in Ringgold county, Iowa. She departed this life at the Ringgold County Hospital on September 19, 2009 at the age of 76 years, nine months and 19 days. Nola was born southwest of Mount Ayr…

  Byron ‘Gene’ Eugene Gunsolley, son of Floyd and Gladys Gunsolley, was born March 18, 1919 in Mondamin, Iowa and departed this life on September 21, 2009 at the Clearview Nursing Home in Clearfield, Iowa.  At the age of nine Gene’s family moved to Lamoni, Iowa and he graduated in 1937 from Lamoni high school.…

Darrell Eugene Monk, 84, of Clearfield, Iowa departed this life on August 31, 2009 at the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, Iowa. He was born September 29, 1924 in Clearfield, Iowa to Claude and Eva (Greer) Monk. Darrell attended school in Clearfield and then served his country with the U.S. Army during World War…

 William ‘Joe’ Barber, 26, of Creston, Iowa, formerly of Osceola, Iowa, died Sunday, September 13, 2009, from injuries sustained in a car accident south of Stuart in Adair county. Services will be 1 p.m., Friday, September 18, at Pearson-Coen-Beaty Family Funeral Service, Creston, Iowa.  Pastor Orville ‘Butch’ Black, Jr. of Mount Ayr will officiate. Interment…

  Ada Mae (Johnston) Bloomstrand, age 81, passed away on September 15, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, Luther and Nellie Johnston; sisters, Doris Ann Mote and Naomi Creveling, and son-in-law, Tim Cordes. She is survived by daughters, Sue and husband Dale Derscheid of Urbandale, Iowa and Janet Cordes of Omaha, Nebraska;…

  John Hoffman, 67, Humansville, Missouri, died Saturday, September 5, 2009. The son of John and Cora L. (Wedgeworth) Hoffman, he was born in Roseburg, Oregon March 22, 1942. Moving to Humansville in 1997 from LaMotte, Iowa, he was a member of the Humansville Community of Christ. He was a retired copier service technician, custodian…

 Lyle L. Thomas, age 66 of rural Lamoni, Iowa, passed away on September 10, 2009 at home with his wife, Bonnie, by his side, following a long battle with cancer and strokes. Lyle was born to Russell and Ruth (Little) Thomas on July 19, 1943 in Decatur county, Iowa. Lyle was united in marriage on…

 Ruby Naomi Anderson was born on a farm five miles south of Mount Ayr, Iowa on January 19, 1921 to L. Earl Anderson and Lena Arlena Saltzman Anderson. When Ruby was three months old, her mother died and Ruby stayed with her grandparents, Simon and Anna Saltzman, until she was five years old. After her…

Barbara Ann Wilkey, daughter of Buck and Rosella (Boham) Howard, was born May 27, 1956 in Newton, Iowa. After receiving her high school diploma, Barbara was a truck driver for many years. On October 19, 1993, Barbara was married to Curt Wilkey at the Calvary Baptist Church in Leon. They made their home on a…

 Bruce V. Travis, Sr. 80, of Creston, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at the Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston. Services were Saturday, August 29, 2009, at the First Baptist Church in Creston. Pastor Bob Sauser and Pastor Dan Fields officiated. Interment was at the Evergreen Cemetery near the Jerusalem Church, northeast of Creston.…

 Dale M. Trower, son of George Harry Trower and Effie May McMullin Trower, was born in a farm house located north of Kellerton, Iowa on May 8, 1916. He departed this life at Heritage Nurse and Rehabilitation Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 28, 2009. Dale was 93 years old. In his early years,…