Area Obituaries

Lavena Leota Fletcher Wimer was born March 5, 1922, to Mary Ella Roach and John William Henry Fletcher in Hatfield, MO on their family farm. Lavena was the youngest of six children. Siblings, Lena Mae, Vergie Lucille and Everett Troy welcomed her. Those first years were rough as older siblings, Eliza Ellen and Millard Emerson,…

Bill Lantz BILL LANTZ Bill Lantz, 81, of Kellerton, IA, passed away on June 2, 2022, at Des Moines Methodist Hospital. Bill was a very kind and thoughtful man. He valued the time he spent with his family and friends. He was a quiet, private man with a sly sense of humor. He will be…

Ivan Frank Dolecheck was born March 31, 1929, near Diagonal, IA, the second son of Frank Joseph Dolecheck and Ethel Valentine (Blauer) Dolecheck. He welcomed three more siblings, Iona Mae, Leland Duane and Karen Marie. Ivan passed away peacefully on June 2, 2022, at the age of 93. Ivan started his early education at Fairview…

Richard Lee (Dick) Reynolds, 89, passed away peacefully in his home on May 3, 2022. He was born February 6, 1933, in Ringgold County, Tingley, IA, the son of Everett Gerald Reynolds and Orpha Vivian Reynolds (Combs). Reynolds graduated from Mount Ayr High School, class of 1951. He was an outstanding athlete, playing football, basketball…

Craig A. Grindstaff of Independence, MO, formerly of Clearfield, IA, passed away September 28, 2021. Craig was born March 22, 1963, in Mount Ayr, IA to Rolland and Linda Grindstaff. Craig lived in Los Angeles, CA until he started his school years in Independence, MO. Craig attended Clearfield School until he transferred to Mount Ayr…

Pearl Ruth (Sanderson) Grout was born March 26, 1928, in Lorimor, IA to Avery Roy and Lily Florence (Johnson) Sanderson, the fourth of six children. She passed away May 19, 2022 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, IA. In 1936 the family moved to Shannon City and Pearl graduated from Shannon City High School in…

Daniel Michael Reynolds passed away peacefully on May 18, 2022, at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center at 69 years, 7 months, and 22 days. On September 26, 1952, Danny was born in Mount Ayr, IA, to Alberta (Smith/Blauer) and Manson Reynolds. Danny had five brothers, Dale, Doyle, Dickie, Dean and Darrell, and he also…

Kenneth Paul Weeda was born September 25, 1936, to Paul and Helen Swank Weeda on a farm east of Tingley, IA. He was the oldest of two boys, to his younger brother, Keith. Kenny passed away on Monday, May 9, 2022, at the age of 85. Kenny enjoyed riding horses and helping his dad farm.…

Gary Lee Gourley, 59, of Shawnee, KS, passed away on May 10, 2022 surrounded by his family at Olathe Medical Center. Gary was born on October 13, 1962 to John and Phyllis Gourley in Corning, IA. After graduating from Lenox High School in 1981, he went on to study science and teaching at Northwest Missouri…

Phyllis Ann (Hammond) Andrews, daughter of Foster Hammond and Mary (Novak) Hammond was born July 29, 1940, in rural Diagonal, IA. Phyllis passed away peacefully at Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, IA on April 28, 2022. Phyllis attended school and graduated with the Class of 1958 Diagonal Community Schools. On November 15, 1958, Phyllis…

Kenneth Rex Clymer was born July 15, 1939 to Earl and Mabel Bradshaw Clymer on his grandparent’s farm east of Diagonal, IA. He was the youngest of five brothers and three sisters. He passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at age 82. Kenny enjoyed growing up in Tingley and had a lot of friends.…