Area Obituaries

Jerold James Adams was born July 22, 1956 to Harold Wayne and Anna Marie (Flagg) Adams in Tyndall, SD. Jerold passed away peacefully, at the age of 64, on January 8, 2021 at Mercy hospital in Des Moines from complications of COVID. Jerold was welcomed home by four older sisters, Donna, Charlotte, Sharon and Linda…

Norma Deloris (Olney) Beauchamp was born on a warm Tuesday, September 20, 1932, on a farm in Lotts Creek Township, near Mount Ayr, in Ringgold County, IA. She was the first of three children born to Alfred W. and Cleora (Armstrong) Olney and the first grandchild of Ethlyn Armstrong and H.M. and Ethel Olney. She…

Phillip Glen Foltz was born July 13, 1937 to Grayce (Vanatta) and William Glen Foltz at the family home of his parents and older sister, Peggy. This farm was a few miles north and west of where Phil spent most of his adult life caring for livestock and the land. He spent most of his…

Doris Geraldine Overholser, 93, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 7, 2021 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Doris was born August 28, 1928 to Beatrice Merle (Everhart) and Vern Francis Brown in Mount Ayr, IA. She graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1946. Doris met the love of her life, William “Bill”…

Eldon Lee Strange, son of Walter Eldon and Ocie Laveta (Schlapia) Strange, was born at home near Clearfield, Ringgold County, IA on February 27, 1943. Eldon began his education in a one room schoolhouse. In 1949, the family moved to the farm south of Diagonal and Eldon attended Diagonal school. He graduated from Diagonal High…

Mildred Louise Drake was born to Earl and Opal Reynolds on May 15, 1935 in Mount Ayr, IA. To all of her family and friends she was known and loved as Mickey. She grew up on the family farm with her siblings, Junior Reynolds, Olive Davis, Mack Reynolds, Lila Overholzer, Lou Church, and  Betty Davenport.…

Edward Linn Shields was born in Leon, Decatur County, IA on June 17, 1949, the youngest child of Kenneth Leo and Juanita Natalie Whisler Shields. At the age of seventeen, Ed accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and was baptized in the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Mount Ayr, IA. On…

Donald (Donnie) Edwin Waldeier, Jr, 55, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, at his home in Grant City, MO on December 25, 2020. Born March 26, 1965, in Mount Ayr, IA, to Don and Ann Waldeier, he graduated from Worth County R-III High School in 1983. He attended Baker University on a basketball scholarship…

Gene Leroy Sickels, son of Maxine (Lance) Sickels and Cecil Leroy Sickels, was born November 28, 1929. Surrounded by family, he passed away December 17, 2020 in the Ringgold County Hospital, Mount Ayr, IA at the age of 91 due to complications caused by COVID-19. Gene’s ashes will be interred in the family plot at…

Neil Evan Morgan (64), son of Leo V. Morgan and Darlene M. (Poore) Morgan was born in Mount Ayr, IA on January 4, 1956. He graduated from Mount Ayr Community High School in 1974. After high school he attended Iowa State University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business in 1978. After graduation, he remained…

Elsie Lorraine Creveling, daughter of Stanley and Fern (Graham) Cregeen, was born at Clearfield, IA on August 31, 1939. Elsie graduated from Diagonal High School with the class of 1957. Elsie married LeRoy Giles and to this marriage was born four sons; Tim, Tom, Terry and Ted. They later parted ways and Elsie married Garey…

Joan Hope Konopasek, daughter of Ray and Alberta May (Hutchcroft) Grannaman, was born October 15, 1935 at Leon, IA. Joan was raised by her mother and step-father, Walter Hughes, whom she loved dearly. On October 28, 1951, Joan was united in marriage to Doyle Vern Konopasek in Lamoni, IA. To this marriage was born four…