Area Obituaries

WELDON SWIGART, 97, OF CRESTON, IA DIED THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2009 AT CREST HAVEN CARE CENTRE IN CRESTON. SERVICES WERE SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2009 AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN CRESTON. PASTOR ROBERT SAUSER AND REV. NORMAN HOAG OFFICIATED THE SERVICE. BURIEL WAS AT THE GRACELAND CEMETERY SOUTH OF CRESTON. MEMORIALS CAN BE MADE TO…

RAMONA SWEENEY OF FRIENDSHIP, WI PASSED AWAY OF CANCER ON JANUARY 30, 2009 AT ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL, ADAMS, WI. RAMONA WAS BORN ON JUNE 19, 1922 IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, IA TO EMLIN AND IRMA (CALDWELL) SMITH. IN 1940 RAMONA GRADUATED FROM MOUNT AYR HIGH SCHOOL, IN MOUNT AYR, IA. RAMONA MARRIED LYLE SACKETT. CHILDREN BORN TO…

JOHN HENRY McFARLAND WAS BORN AT BENTON, IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, IA ON AUGUST 5, 1912 TO JOHN WILLIAM AND CLARA (EVANS) McFARLAND.  HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 25, 2009 AT THE MOUNT AYR CLEARVIEW NURSING HOME AT THE AGE OF 96. JOHN RECEIVED HIS ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN IOWA AND GRADUATED FORM MOUNT AYR…

BERNICE BANDERA, 85, FORMERLY OF CARSON CITY, NV PASSED AWAY JANUARY 22, 2009 AT MERIDIAN, ID HOSPITAL. CREATION IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CLOVERDALE FUNERAL HOME, BOISE, ID. BERNICE WAS BORN APRIL 11, 1923 IN BENTON, IA TO W. MILTON AND ELECTA I. JONES.  SHE MOVED TO CARSON CITY, NV IN 1944. SHE MET AND…

ESTHER VELMA SAVILLE PARKER WAS BORN NOVEMBER 27, 1913 THE ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN TO ZULA ALMA DENNEY SAVILLE AND JAMES BERNARD SAVILLE.  ESTHER WAS BORN ON HER GRANDPARENT SAVILLES’ FARM FIVE MILES EAST OF REDDING KNOWN AS THE OLD BELMAY PLACE. ESTHER LIVED ALL  HER YOUNG LIFE BETWEEN REDDING, IOWA AND MOUNT AYR, IOWA. …

JESSE PAUL THURMAN WAS BORN ON JULY 13, 122 IN WORTH COUNTY, MO TO JAMES AND ELLA ROACH THRUMAN.  HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT WORTH COUNTY CONVALESCENT CENTER ON JANUARY 25, 2009 AT THE AGE OF 86. ON MAY 31, 1949 JESSE PAUL WAS UNTIED IN MARRIAGE TO WILMA JANE CAMPBELL. TO THIS UNION TWO…

FREDRICK MYLES LARSON, SON OF CATHERINE HELENE LARSON, WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 29, 1982 IN MOUNT AYR, IA AND PASSED AWAY JANUARY 23, 2009 IN THE DECATUR COUNTY HOSPITAL IN LEON, IA. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR CHILDREN AND HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, CATHERINE LARSON OF KELLERTON,IA; SISTER TAMERA ANN LARSON AND…

FRANCES ANN (GARRITY) WILMES WAS BORN ON JANUARY 30, 1944 IN CAMP GORDON, GA TO JOHN FRANCIS AND WILBERTA LEE (GERINGER) GARRITY.  ANNE PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2009 AT SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN MARYVILLE, MO AT THE AGE OF 64 AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS WITH ALZHEIMER’S. ANNE GREW UP IN DES MOINES, IA…

FERN LEELLA WOOLLUMS JEANES, THE DAUGHTER OF FLOYD AND BLANCHE WOOLLUMS, WAS BORN SOUTH OF MOUNT AYR, IA ON AUGUST 28, 1924 AND PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 17, 2009 AT THE LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER AT CHARITON, IA AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. FERN WAS THE ELDEST OF THREE CHILDREN, SHARING THE FAMILY HOME WITH SISTER,…

ORVAL ALBERTUS BLACK, JR. SON OF ORVAL ALBERTUS BLACK AND ADA PEARL (TILLOTSON) BLACK, WAS BORN IN CLARKE COUNTY ON AUGUST 28, 1926 ON THE FAMILY FARM.  HIS COUSIN FERN SMITH, WAS THE MID-WIFE.  HE PASSED FROM THIS LIFE JANUARY 12, 2009 AT THE CLARKE COUNTY HOSPITAL IN OSCEOLA, IA AT THE AGE OF 82…

PAULINE BRAMMER WAS BORN MAY 7, 1913 TO ALICE AND CHARLES PHIPPS AND WAS RAISED IN A RELIGIOUS FAMILY AND SHE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST INTO HER LIFE AT A VERY EARLY AGE AND CONTINUED HER FAITHFUL SERVICE ALL OF HER LIFE. PAULINE MARRIED RALPH BRAMMER ON AUGUST 14, 1930 AT THE AGE OF 17.  THEY…

MAONA BROWN STERMOLE, DAUGHTER OF ALLIE AND HAZEL (KING) BROWN WAS BORN ON JUNE 11, 1914 NEAR BLOCKTON, IA.  SHE PASSED AWAY AT CLEARVIEW HOME IN MOUNT AYR, IA ON JANUARY 8, 2009. FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM BLOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1931, MAONA MOVED TO DES MOINES, IA WHERE SHE WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS UNTIL TAKING…