Area Obituaries

EARL BAKER WAS BORN TO ERNEST AND ROSA (BECK) BAKER ON JANUARY 28, 1924. HE LIVED ON THEIR FARM NORTH OF CLEARFIELD UNTIL HE MARRIED NINA REED ON JANUARY 28, 1946. BORN TO THIS UNION WERE THREE CHILDREN, JUANITA HEIMKE OF CRESTON, IOWA, GALEN BAKER AND WIFE CINDY OF CLEARFIELD, IOWA AND MARVIN BAKER AND…

ROBERT BYRAL THURMAN WAS BORN MARCH 28, 1933 IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA, THE SON OF GEORGE AND TANZY (SCOTT) THURMAN. IN 1952 ROBERT ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1956. BOB WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO PHYLLIS HALE ON JUNE 9, 1954. BOB WAS A FATHER OF THREE AND A…

RUBY IOLA AMICK WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 6, 1918 IN BLOCKTON, IOWA TO MYRTLE RICHARDSON AMICK AND EDWARD AMICK. HER PARENTS WERE DAIRY FARMERS. SHE GREW UP IN BLOCKTON ATTENDING BLOCKTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FROM WHICH SHE WAS GRADUATED IN 1936. AFTER GRADUATION SHE ATTENDED BUSINESS COLLEGE IN DES MOINES AND FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF HER…

THEOLA DARLENE GREENE LESAN WAS BORN MAY 15, 1932 IN GRAND RIVER, IOWA. SHE LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCER ON FEBRUARY 21, 2008 AT HER HOME IN SAMARITAN VILLAGE, HUGHSON, CA. SHE WAS RAISED ON A FARM IN IOWA. ON AUGUST 20, 1950 SHE MARRIED DICK LESAN, HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART. THIS UNION PRODUCED FOUR…

ADALINE HEATON, 93, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2008 AT IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN DES MOINES, IOWA WITH GRAVESIDE SERVICES HELD AT THE CLEARFIELD CEMETERY NEAR CLEARFIELD, IOWA. ADALINE WAS BORN IN ANTHON, IOWA AND LIVED IN IOWA MOST OF HER…

JAMES EDWARD DARST, SON OF EDWARD AND ETTA DARST, WAS BORN JANUARY 21, 1921 AT SIDNEY, IOWA. JAMES MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO CLEARFIELD IN  1937 WHERE HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1939. ON AUGUST 15, 1943, JAMES WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HILDA LYDON. TOGETHER THEY LIVED AND FARMED SOUTH OF CLEARFIELD FOR…

GARY LEE SICKELS, 69, OF KELLERTON, IOWA PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY IN HIS HOME ON FEBRUARY 11, 2008.      IN KEEPING WITH GARY’S WISHES, HIS TISSUE, EYES, AND ORGANS WERE DONATED TO IOWA DONOR PROGRAM AND HE WAS CREMATED. GARY WAS BORN ON JULY 23, 1938 IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA TO HARLAN (EARL) AND JENNIE (ARMSTRONG) SICKELS.…

GARY DEAN McCULLOUGH WAS BORN JULY 19, 1936 IN LAMONI, IOWA, TO HILTON AND ZORETTA STRAIGHT. HE WAS WELCOMED INTO THIS HOME BY THREE SIBLINGS, DONALD, BEATRICE AND MONTE. SHORTLY AFTER THE BIRTH OF GARY, HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND HE WAS SOON AFTER ADOPTED BY HIS AUNT, MABEL McCULLOUGH. THIRTY YEARS LATER CLINTON JOINED…

BILLY MAX WYMAN, SON OF CARL AND GRACE (MOTSINGER) WYMAN WAS BORN AUGUST 6, 1922 ON A FARM EAST OF GRANT CITY, MO., AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUARY 13 , 2008 AT THE CLEARVIEW NURSING HOME IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA. BILLY MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS AS A YOUNG BOY TO A FARM NORTHWEST OF MALOY…

LELAND WALTERS WAS BORN DECEMBER 11, 1906 AT BEACONSFIELD, IOWA. HIS PARENTS WERE JAP AND JENNIE (BUNKER) WALTERS. LELAND PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 13, 2008 AT THE MOUNT AYR HEALTH CARE CENTER. IN 1927 LELAND MARRIED HELEN SHERMAN AND TO THIS UNION WAS BORN ONE DAUGHTER, VIRGINIA LEE. THEY LATER DIVORCED. ON JANUARY 11, 1958…

VIRGINIA MAY WADDELL AGE 88 OF ANDERSON, S.C. AND FORMERLY OF LEON, IOWA, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES FRANKLIN GREEN AND MINNIE LAVERNE (MCLAUGHLIN) GREEN, WAS BORN MAY 14, 1919 IN DECATUR, IOWA. SHE WAS THE THIRD OF 13 CHILDRENL VIRGINIA DIED FEBRUARY 12, 2008 AT ANDERSON ANMED HEALTH IN ANDERSON, S.C. VIRGINIA MARRIED RAY CHARLES “BUCK”…

ROBERT H. “BOB” JOHNSON, 67, OF CORNING, IOWA, FORMERLY OF CRESTON, IOWA, PASSED AWAY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008, AT THE IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER IN DES MOINES, IOWA. PRIVATE SERVICES WERE HELD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008, AT THE POWERS FUNERAL HOME IN CRESTON. REV. CLARK FINEHOUT OFFICIATED. BURIAL WILL BE AT A LATER DATE…