Area Obituaries

EUGENE THOMAS MOSIER WAS BORN OCTOBER 13, 1913 ON A FARM HE CALLED HOME FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. THE SON OF JOE AND MILDRED MOSIER, HE JOINED OLDER BROTHER ARLO. HE WAS LATER JOINED BY A YOUNGER SISTER, CHARMION AND BROTHER FRANK. EUGENE ATTENDED THE SAME ONE ROOM COUNTRY SCHOOL WHERE HIS SIBLINGS, MANY…

VERA JEAN MERCER, 63, DIED ON FEBRUARY 2, 2008 AT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN DES MOINES, IOWA. JEAN WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1944 TO WILLIAM AND INEZ BURCHETT IN LEON. JEAN LIVED WITH HER TWIN SISTER, VEVA DEAN BUELL, IN DES MOINES. JEAN GREW UP ON COUNTRY FARMS IN RURAL RINGGOLD COUNTY. SHE BEGAN…

ANTHONY (TONY) WIELE OF MILO, IOWA PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 6, 2008 IN DES MOINES, IOWA AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. TONY MARRIED LORI COMER FORMERLY OF KELLERTON, 26 YEARS AGO IN DAVENPORT, IOWA. THEY HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS, ANGELA OF DES MOINES, IOWA, NICOLE OF OSCEOLA, IOWA AND ASHLEY OF THE HOME. LORI’S MOTHER, BETTY, LIVES IN…

CLEO CHRISTINIA JOHNSTON MILLER WAS BORN OCTOBER 25, 1910 IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, THE DAUGHTER OF JAY ELBERT AND ELVA OSBORN JOHNSTON. CLEO PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 9, 2008 AT THE AGE OF 97. ON MAY 19, 1934 SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE WITH MERRILL JONES MILLER AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH PARSONAGE IN CRESTON,…

GAYLE ELAINE BURCHETT, 82, OF MOUNT AYR, IOWA, DAUGHTER OF FRANCIS AND LUCILLE CARNS, WAS BORN MARCH 31, 1925 IN ADAMS COUNTY, IOWA AND DIED FEBRUARY 6, 2008 AT THE RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA. GAYLE GRADUATED FROM MURRAY HIGH SCHOOL IN MURRAY, IOWA. SHE MARRIED WAYNE BURCHETT ON JULY 18, 1942. TWO…

ALBERTA WARDRIP, 91, OF LAMONI, IOWA, PASSED AWAY THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008, AT THE MOUNT AYR HEALTH CARE CENTER IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA. SERVICES WILL BE IN THE SPRING IN LAMONI. DORIS ALBERTA WARDRIP WAS BORN APRIL 17, 1916 IN HARRISON COUNTY, MISSOURI TO FANNIE ALICE (BOWEN) STRICKLAND AND WILLIAM STRICKLAND. SHE ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL…

MARTHA AUGUSTINE STOLL, 87, A RESIDENT OF LIVING COMMUNITY OF SAINT JOSEPH, PASSED FROM THIS LIFE MONDAY, JANUARY 21 2008. MARTHA, THE OLDEST OF 12 CHILDREN WAS BORN APRIL 8, 1920, TO JOHN AND ANNA MEYER ON THE FARM TWO MILES EAST OF CONCEPTION, MISSOURI. SHE WAS BAPTIZED AT THE CONCEPTION MISSOURI BASILICA THE SAME…

CLYDE R. SWINEHART, 85, OF CRESTON PASSED AWAY FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008, AT THE CLEARVIEW NURSING HOME IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA. CLYDE R. SWINEHART WAS BORN OCTOBER 8, 1922 IN DENVER, CO. TO HAZEL MARY (STONER) AND GEORGE JACOB SWINEHART. HE ATTENDED SHANNON CITY SCHOOLS THEN ENTERED THE US NAVY IN NOVEMBER 1940, SERVING UNTIL…

NAOMI ARLENE JOHNSTON WAS BORN AUGUST 29, 1926 AT PERCIVAL, IOWA, THE LONE GIRL AMONG SIX CHILDREN BORN TO RILEY FLETCHER AND ORA ELEANOR PADDOCK McALEXANDER. IN 1941, SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO BEACONSFIELD, IOWA WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SHE ATTENDED CCCC BUSINESS COLLEGE IN DES MOINES. NAOMI WORKED AT…

MILDRED MARINE RUSH, 91, OF KELLERTON, IOWA, DIED SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008, AT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER WITH ALL OF HER FAMILY BY HER SIDE. MILDRED WAS BORN DECEMBER 1, 1916 IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA TO NATHAN AND ANIS HENDERSON. SHE MARRIED LOREN RUSH, THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, ON JANUARY 16, 1935. MILDRED WAS A…

WILLARD W. PERCIFIELD WAS BORN JUNE 24, 1934 IN AVA, MISSOURI, TO BLEVINS AND FAYE PERCIFIELD. AS A CHILD WILLARD ATTENDED THE ANCHOR SCHOOL IN DOUGLAS COUNTY MISSOURI. LATER HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN PROTECTION, KS. WHERE HE HELPED HIS UNCLE IN WHEAT HARVEST. AFTER LEAVING KANSAS, HE MOVED TO EXETER, CA. WHERE HE WORKED AS…

RUTH MORSE, 58, OF ORIENT, DIED AT HER HOME ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008. RUTH MORSE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 5, 1949 IN PERSIA, IOWA TO RUTH (SPRACKLIN) DITZLER AND LOUIS DITZLER. SHE ATTENDED PERSIA COMMUNITY SCHOOL. ON OCTOBER 11, 1986 SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO FRANKLIN LEROY MORSE IN REDDING, IOWA. SHE HAS LIVED…