Area Obituaries
Fred Albert Rychnovsky was born June 17, 1940 to Dola Dale (Saltzman) and Paul Fred Rychnovsky on a farm in rural Benton, IA. Fred attended school at Benton through the 10th grade. At that time the Benton school closed, and he attended Mount Ayr Community High School graduating in 1959. From a very young age…
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Estelle Marie (Hunt) Hall passed from this life on December 8, 2020 in Duluth, MN with family at her side, Estelle was born June 9, 1927 in Worth County, MO, the fifth of eight children of Orilla and George Hunt. She was a 1943 graduate of Grant City High School. Estelle married John Hall of…
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Dr. Dan A. Roe, 71, of DeWitt, IA, died Monday morning, December 14, 2020, at Westwing Place, DeWitt. Dan Alan Roe was born in Fairfield, IA, October 12, 1949, to Robert Edward Roe and Beatrice (Fleming) Roe. He attended grade school in Mount Ayr, IA, until sixth grade when the family moved to San Jose,…
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Charles Curtis Swanson was born on March 21, 1928, in Ohiowa, NE, and passed away December 10, 2020, at the Westwood Living Center in Clinton, MO at the age of 92 years and nine months. Charles “Chuck” was the third child of Maddes L. and Elsie Demaree Swanson. He graduated from high school in Danbury,…
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Kathy Sue Conley, daughter of William and Lois (Holtzman) Johnson, was born March 19, 1954. Kathy grew up in Ringgold County and attended school in Mount Ayr and Kellerton. Kathy married the love of her life, David Conley, in the late 1980’s. Kathy lived most of her life in Creston and also lived in Afton.…
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Wallace Edward Sobotka was born March 14, 1931 in rural Washington Township, Ringgold County Iowa, the fifth child of Andrew Joseph and Eva Marie (Driskell) Sobotka. He was raised in the Bohemian settlement southeast of Diagonal and started school in a one room school called Star Center where he attended through eight grade. He went…
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Julia “Judy” Louise Minnick, age 84, daughter of William “Bill” Lester and Lois H. (Hass) Motsinger, was born August 13, 1936, in her parents’ country home at Grant City, MO. Judy grew up helping her dad and brother, Bob, on the farm along with learning how to cook, can and sew from her mother. The…
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Lyle Edward Minnick, age 86, of Kellerton, IA, the son of Loyd Cecil and Leona May (Davenport) Minnick, was born April 17, 1934, on a farm northeast of Mount Ayr, IA. He grew up farming with his dad and brother, Richard, while attending school in Tingley, IA. There he played basketball and was on the…
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Danny Harlan Greenland, 83, of Waterloo died Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Presence Sacred Heart Home in Avilla. He was born September 1, 1937, in Kellerton, IA, to Harland Gerald and Martha Francis (Moore) Greenland. Danny honorably served in the U.S. Army. In 1982, he married Katherine I. “Kathy” (Rogers) Anderson. He owned and operated…
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Charles Allen Long, 78 of Mount Ayr, IA passed away on December 1, 2020 surrounded by his family. Per his wishes, cremation rites have been accorded. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Memorials may be left to the family. Online condolences may be left at www.Cunnick-Collins mortuary.com Charles was born…
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Bonnie Jean (May) Summa was born August 24, 1937 on a farm in Lotts Creek Township, Ringgold County, IA to Bessie Faye (Marsh) and Reuel Emerson May. She graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1958. On June 6, 1959 Bonnie was united in marriage to Gerald Lee Summa. To this union two boys were…
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Vivian Smith was born April 23, 1939 to Thomas and Marjorie (Gibler) Smith in Davis City, IA. She was the fourth child born out of six children. Vivian graduated from the high school in Leon, IA. She met her future husband, Gary Wayne Smith and they were married November 26, 1958 in Des Moines, IA.…
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