Area Obituaries

William P. (Bill) Crittenden, 89, of Afton passed away on February 6, 2022, at Creston Specialty Care in Creston. Celebration of Life services will be 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Powers Funeral Home in Afton. Reverend Jim Morris and Randy Goerndt will officiate the service. Services will be livestreamed with the link…

Walt Pritchard, 90, of Clarinda, IA, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2022, at his home in Clarinda, IA. Open visitation was 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday, January 31, 2022 at Ritchie Funeral Home, Clarinda, IA. Visitation with the family was 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the First Christian Church, Clarinda, IA. Funeral services…

Virginia Siverly, daughter of Rue and Gladys (Elliott) Keenan, was born on October 21, 1928 at her family’s home two miles west of Maloy, Iowa. She was welcomed into the family by an older brother, Lee, and two older sisters, Dorothy and Jean. The Keenan family was later blessed with two more sons, Robert and…

Lois Gayle Lamb, 82, most recently of Clear Lake, IA, a Mount Ayr, Iowa native and formerly of Des Moines, IA, and Stigler, OK, died Saturday, January 29, 2022, with family and friends by her side at the Oakwood Care Center in Clear Lake, IA. A public memorial was held at Clear Lake Christian Church…

Darlene Ellen Jackson, age 82, daughter of Earl Robert and Reva Helen (DeVault) Duff, was born June 26, 1939, in Union County, IA. She died at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, IA on Sunday, January 9, 2022. On April 5, 1957, Darlene was united in marriage to Junior Melvin Jackson. They were blessed with…

Ila Fay (Gregory) McMeans, 90 of Mount Ayr IA, passed away on Monday January 17, 2022 at Greater Regional Health, in Creston IA. She was born in Amsterdam, MO on October 30, 1931, to Jess and Ruby (Summers) Gregory. She was their ninth child out of 12. After graduating high school Ila married Richard Frazier…

Susan Diane Schaefer, 71 years of age, passed away January 21, 2022. Susan was born June 3, 1950, to Glenn and Helen (Manchester) Campbell. She grew up on a farm south of Mount Ayr, IA with two brothers, Gary Leroy and Dennis Glenn, and one sister, Sheryl Ann. Susan married Gerald Lee Schaefer on March…

Georgietta Mae Saltzman, 97, of Long Beach, CA passed away on January 7, 2022 of natural causes. Georgia was born on April 17, 1924 to George Washington Kelley and Emily Kelley in Colby, KS, where her family owned a farm. She had three brothers and one sister and was the youngest of the five children.…

Katherine (Kathy) Lee Novak Thomas, 69 of Creston, IA passed on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, IA due to coronary complications. Kathy was born June 1, 1952, in Mount Ayr, IA. She was the second child of George Mattias Novak and the late LaRetta LaVaun Brown Novak. Kathy graduated…

Jeanne Kay Stewart, the daughter of Vern Joseph and Helen Martha (O’Grady) Marler, was born November 13, 1944, at Estherville, IA. Jeanne entered eternal rest on January 14, 2022, at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, West Burlington, IA, at the age of 77. Jeanne graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1963. She married Dean…

Nancy Jean (Bishop) Chishala, 48, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 9, 2022. Nancy was admitted to the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, IA on Saturday afternoon January 8, 2022, due to Covid. Her husband Paul never left her side. In Glendive, MT, on September 6, 1973, Gary and…

Morris Don Boswell, age 80, of Lamoni, IA, the son of Leroy and Alma Deane (Osborn) Boswell, was born on March 14, 1941, in Lamoni. He passed away in Mount Ayr, IA, on January 7, 2022. Morris grew up in Lamoni, graduated from Lamoni High School, and attended Graceland College. He married Jennifer Sue Trammell…