Area Obituaries

L. Ruth  Swigart, 92, of Creston, IA died Friday, December 26, 2008 at the Crest Haven Care Centre of Creston.  Services were conducted Tuesday, December 30 at the First Baptist Church in Creston.  Pastor Robert Sauser and Rev. Norman Hoag officiated the service. Burial was at the Graceland Cemetery south of Creston. The Powers Funeral…

Lori Hower, 42 of Creston, IA died Thursday, December 25, 2008 at the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston.  Services were held Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at the Powers Funeral home at the junction of highways 25 & 34 in Creston.  Pastor Dan Fields officiated. Burial was in the Graceland Cemetery.  Memorials are to be…

Eugene Fletchall was born January 24, 1926 in Worth county Mo, to Frank and Clida Maudlin Fletchall.  He departed this life on December 23, 2008 at the Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, IA at the age of 82.  Eugene graduated from the Grant City high school.  He served in the U.S. Navy. On August…

Curtis Glenn Wilson, son of Bert & Bessie (House) Wilson, was born March 3, 1929 in Allendale, MO and was the last of 10 kids. Curt served his country as a corporal in the U.S. Army from 1950-1952. He was stationed in Marysville, CA for one year before transferring to Alaska where he finished his…

MARY ELIZABETH POUSH WAS BORN DECEMBER 12, 1931 IN WESTLINE, MISSOURI TO WALTER ASHTON AND HAZEL OLIVE (JOHNSON) LARKIN. MARY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN CLEVELAND, MISSOURI IN 1949. SHE SOON MOVED TO CRESTON, IOWA. ON MARCH 29, 1950 SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JOHN HENRY RICHARDS IN CRESTON. TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN…

ROBERT WAYNE WOOLLUMS PASSED AWAY MARCH 1, 2008 IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO WILLIAM P. AND EVA (AMBROSIER) WOOLLUMS OF ELLSTON, IOWA, ROBERT “BOB” WAS THE LAST SURVIVING SIBLING. ROBERT WAS BORN AND SPENT HIS YOUTH IN ELLSTON WHERE HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, MET AND MARRIED HAZEL (TURPIN) AND…

FRANCIS MARTIN BARNER WAS BORN APRIL 8, 1962 IN DOVER, DELAWARE AND DIED FEBRUARY 21, 2008 IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA. HE WAS 45 YEARS YOUNG. MARTIN’S FAMILY INCLUDES HIS FIRST WIFE, REBECCA HUNT; DAUGHTER, TIFFANY HUNT; GRANDCHILDREN, MICHAEL ALAN, BELINDA KATHERINE AND CHLOE PATIENCE, ALL OF MOUNT AYR, IOWA; PARENTS, JOHN AND MARY BARNER OF…

CLIFFORD MILTON PETERSON WAS BORN JULY 24, 1926 IN UNION COUNTY, IOWA AND PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 25, 2008 AT CLEARVIEW NURSING HOME IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS, AND ONE DAY. HEW WAS BORN THE SON OF HARRY AND MINNIE MARIE (KOHNLECHNER) PETERSON. HE GREW UP ON THE FARM…

AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS LOREN E. BARRY GAVE UP THE FIGHT AND ENTERED INTO ETERNAL LIFE ON FEBRUARY 27, 2008 AT CLEARVIEW HOME IN CLEARFIELD, IOWA. HE WAS BORN AT THE SAINT JOSPEH’S HOSPITAL IN OMAHA, NE., ON  MARCH 13, 1924. HE AND HIS BROTHERS, EARL AND NORMAN, LIVED WITH THEIR PARENTS ON THE FAMILY…

WESLEY A. POORE, 85, OF SPRINGFIELD, IL. DIED AT 11:30 P.M. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2008, AT MAPLE RIDGE CENTER IN LINCOLN. WESLEY WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 30, 1922 IN KELLERTON, IOWA THE SON OF ALVIN L. AND KATHRYN “KATIE” HOLLAND POORE; THEY PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE MARRIED CLARA E. KESTER ON JUNE 22,…

MARY MARGARET SANDERS WAUGH WAS BORN NOVEMBER 28, 1912 ON A FARM IN LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON. HER PARENTS WERE ELMER SANDERS AND EMMA MAUD OUDERKIRK SANDERS. ELMER WAS FROM THE IRENA NEIGHBORHOOD IN WORTH COUNTY, MISSOURI. EMMA WAS FROM THE SHARPSBURG AND MALOY AREAS IN IOWA. MARY GREW UP IN WESTERN WASHINGTON, ATTENDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL…

BETTY ANN POWERS, 86, OF KELLERTON, IOWA PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 22, 2008 AT THE CLEARVIEW NURSING HOME IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA. BETTY WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1921 TO GLADYS REYNOLDS BURCHETT AND HUGH BURCHETT IN RILEY TOWNSHIP. SHE ATTENDED ALL OF HER ELEMENTARY YEARS AT THE RINGGOLD COUNTY SCHOOL IN RINGGOLD, IOWA. THE…