Area Obituaries

VIRGIL DEAN HOWIE, SON OF CLYDE AND MARIE (LANE) HOWIE, WAS BORN MAY 9, 1926 AT KENT, IOWA. VIRGIL GRADUATED FROM REDDING HIGH SCHOOL IN 1945. ON NOVEMBER 10, 1945, HE MARRIED JEAN WILSON IN MOUNT AYR. THE HOWIE FAMILY MOVED TO GILROY, CALIFORNIA IN 1945 TO WORK IN FRUIT ORCHARDS. VIRG REALLY LOVED THE…

GLENN LEWIS WINN, SON OF M. DOLEEN (BRAY) WINN AND CARLOS H. WINN, WAS BORN ON AUGUST 2, 1940 NEAR AFTON, IOWA AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON JANUARY 13, 2008 AT IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER IN DES MOINES, IA. GLENN GRADUATED FROM AFTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1958. ON JANUARY 15, 1972, GLENN MARRIED SANDRA J.…

RUBY JANE JENSEN, DAUGHTER OF VERNON LEO AND MIDREDE KING CANNON, WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 3, 1937 IN OSCEOLA, IOWA. SHE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2008, AT HER HOME IN BRIDGEWATER, IOWA AT THE AGE OF 70, AFTER A YEAR LONG COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER. JANE STARTED HER EDUCATION IN BEDFORD, IOWA IN…

LOUISA LUCILLE CLARK MERCER, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES WILLIAM AND LIZZIE JANE ROACH WARNER, WAS BORN OCTOBER 26, 1925 IN WORTH COUNTY, MISSOURI. SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON JANUARY 12, 2008 IN THE GREATER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN CRESTON, IOWA. LUCILLE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MOUNT AYR, IOWA AND LATER COMPLETED HER G.E.D. WHICH WAS A GREAT…

VERA ‘”JEAN” COMBS BOECKMAN WAS BORN IN REDDING, IOWA TO VERA GENEVA OLNEY AND HARLEY LESTER COMBS ON FEBRUARY 10, 1947. JEAN LOST HER BATTLE WITH BONE CANCER IN LINCOLN, NE., ON JANUARY 4, 2008. JEAN LEAVES BEHIND HER HUSBAND OF FORTY YEARS, GEBRIEL; HER THREE DAUGHTERS, CHERYL, AMANDA, AND BARBARA, AND THEIR SPOUSES; FOUR…

JOHN OSBORN, SON OF LAWRENCE AND MYRA ADA MEIXNER OSBORN, WAS BORN JUNE 5, 1936 AT WEST LIBERTY, IOWA. JOHN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE US AIR FORCE. JOHN WORKED AT A NUMBER OF JOBS INCLUDING TRUCK DRIVER, CARPENTER, GENERAL HANDY-MAN AND ACCOMPLISHED GARDENER. HE ALSO HAD DIFFERENT STORES OVER THE YEARS INCLUDING A MAT…

RUSSELL LOWELL NORRIS, SON OF DAYTON AND EUNICE (SHAFER) NORRIS, WAS BORN AUGUST 6, 1929 ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR REDDING, IOWA. RUSSELL MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO THE KELLERTON AREA IN 1941; GRADUATING FROM KELLERTON HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1948. RUSSELL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE US ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.…

MILDRED WAS BORN APRIL 20, 1920 ON A SMALL FARM NORTH OF OSBORN, MO., TO MARY AND TOM McMAHILL. IN LATER YEARS SHE WAS JOINED BY A SISTER, CYNTHIA, BROTHER, TOMMY, AND BABY SISTER, ROSE. AFTER GRADUATION FROM OSBORN HIGH SCHOOL, MILDRED ATTENDED NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE COLLEGE IN MARYVILLE, MO., IN PURSUIT OF A DEGREE…

JOHN WALLACE DAILEY WAS BORN JUNE 4, 1927 IN RURAL RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA TO CLARENCE AND FLORENCE PAGE DAILEY. HE GRADUATED FROM TINGLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1945. ON JULY 17, 1948 HE MARRIED DORRIS A. MATHANY AT THE METHODIST PARSONAGE IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA. TO THIS UNION SEVEN CHILDREN BORN. JOHN WAS TRUCK DRIVER, BRIDGE…

SCHAWANDA ROSE GRIMES, DAUGHTER OF LAURENCE AND VIOLA MAE (FLETCHER) WHITESIDE, WAS BORN MAY 12, 1931 AT CHESNUT, ILLINOIS. SCHAWANDA GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN BEASON, ILLINOIS IN 1949. SHE WORKED AT THE ASCS OFFICE IN LINCOLN, IL., BEFORE HER MARRIAGE TO DONALD DEAN GRIMES IN BEASON, IL. SCHAWANDA AND DON LIVED AND FARMED NEAR…

ROBERT (BOB) HAMMOND, AGE 71, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, DIED OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2003. HE WAS THE SON OF ROY AND LOIS HAMMOND AND WAS BORN IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA. HE WAS A FOREMAN FOR RUAN TRANSPORT AND WAS THE FORMER OWNER OF POP-A-TOP. HE ENJOYED FISHING AND AUTO RACING. HE…

Lee Edward Keenan was born April 21, 1921 to Rew T. Keenan and Gladys (Elliott) Keenan. He passed away March 27, 1995 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines at the age of 73 years, eleven months. On December 28, 1953, he was united in marriage to Sheryl Henderson of Waukee, Iowa. To this…