Area Obituaries

Bryan Edward “Ed” Brown, 80, of Pickering, MO, passed away at home on Saturday, April 22, 2023, with his family at his side after a brief illness. Ed was born in Creston, IA, on June 29, 1942. His parents were Claire and Aleva (Snodgrass) Brown and preceded him in death. He was also preceded by…

Robert “Bob” Staats, 87 of Creston, died Friday, April 14, 2023, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Powers Funeral Home at the junction of Highways 34 & 25 in Creston. Pastor Jodi Rushing will officiate. The services will be live streamed. Full military honors will…

Evalyn L. Knapp, age 93, passed away on April 15, 2023. At the time of her death, she was residing at her daughter’s home in Bonner Springs, KS. A celebration of life service will be held at a future date in July, to be announced by the family. Evalyn was born in Mount Ayr, IA…

James Richard Wittmann, 72, of Greenwich, CT passed away on May 21, 2022, after a heroic, life-long struggle with Crohn’s Disease. He survived on TPN (an intravenous feeding system) for 47 years as his source of daily nutrition. Despite his physical limitations, he loved and served God through countless hardships with great perseverance, was a…

Anthony Wayne Stewart was born on August 29, 1974. He went to be with the Lord on April 5, 2023, at the age of 48. Anthony graduated from Diagonal High School in 1992. After graduation he served in the United States Army. He started his career with John Deere in September 2002 where he was…

Mary Lou Leriche, 82, of Albany, MO passed away April 1, 2023, at Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, IA. Mary Lou, the daughter of Chester and Kathryn (Johnston) Hasbrouck was born September 4, 1940 in Phoenicia, NY. Mary Lou graduated from Onteora Central School District in Boiceville, NY. She worked as a mother’s helper.…

James “Smokey” Butler, 73, of Creston, died Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 6, 2023, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Bill Armstrong will officiate the service. The Service will be live streamed. Burial will be at a later…

LeRoy Wayne Wood, son of Donald and Pauline (Gray) Wood, was born on June 14, 1938, at his grandparent’s homestead outside of Ellston, IA. He passed from this life on March 23, 2023, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (his paradise). He attended and graduated from Ellston High School in 1957. In May of 1957, he married…

Willis Gene (Willie) Cornelison 74, Cainsville, MO passed away Sunday March 19, 2023, at the Liberty, MO hospital. He was born May 5, 1948, in Osceola, IA the son of Oliver Harold and Pauline Charlotte (Smiley) Cornelison. Willie graduated from Webster City High School in Webster City, IA in 1966. He was united in marriage…

Georgia Mae (Terwilliger) Shaha, daughter of Gay Miller (Smokey) and Edna Pearl (Axtell) Terwilliger, was born on May 12, 1925, near Lesanville in Ringgold County, IA and passed away from this life on March 20, 2023, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr at the age of 97 years. She was united in marriage to Joseph…

Janice Jean Sickels entered into this life, along with her twin brother, Jack, on June 5, 1945, in Denver, CO. She was welcomed by her parents, Roy Elvis and Edna Elsie (Mosier) Sickels, and older brothers, Carroll, Robert and Bill. The family returned to Iowa and Janice graduated from Mount Ayr High School. Following graduation,…

Carol Ann Ethington Reed passed away on August 17, 2022, just shortly before she and her husband, Lloyd’s, 65th wedding anniversary. Especially since Carol Ann was an avid weekly reader of the Mount Ayr Record News, her family regrets not submitting an obituary to the paper at that time but wants to make the belated…