Area Obituaries

Sara Virginia Gamble, a resident of the Commons at Eagle Crest in Roseville, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on June 4, 2019. She was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa, on April 17, 1920, the first of two children of T. Harry and Fern Liggett. She was a graduate of Mount Ayr High School and Iowa State…

On June 29 at 10 a.m. there will be a Memorial Service at Elk Chapel Community Church 25658 Elk Chapel Rd. Lamoni, Iowa Sara Mae Clough Reese (born August 7, 1932) passed from this world on May 31, 2019. Appropriately near Memorial Day, we will remember her kind and gentle soul. Sara led a full…

Joseph Raymond Everhart was born April 21, 1942 to William Ezra and Mary Iva (Weatherman) Everhart at a farmhouse in Bedison, Missouri. He attended Udora Country School from first grade to eighth grade. He then attended high school at Quitman for ninth and tenth grade and later attended Clearmont for eleventh and twelfth grade and…

David Craig England was born May 13, 1951, the eldest child to loving and devoted parents, Mary Lou Votava England and Paul ‘Buck’ Martin England. Dave grew up on farmsteads surrounding Clearfield and later graduated from Clearfield High School in 1969. On February 14, 1971 Dave married the neighbor girl who lived down the road,…

Richard Theodore (Ted) Hawley was born the youngest of four siblings on November 28, 1935 in Denison, Iowa to Robert Theodore and Alice (Brockelsby) Hawley and died on May 22, 2019 at the family farm north of Vail. At the time of his death he had attained the age of 83 years, six months and…

Stanley Harold Scott was born on May 5, 1927, in Kellerton, Iowa and passed away in Boise, Idaho on May 16, 2019, as a result of a stroke. The family gathered the week before to celebrate his 92nd birthday. Stanley was born to Loren and Mae Scott and was a brother to Perry Scott, Helene…

Marilyn Ann Love was born February 12, 1936 in Waterloo, Iowa to parents Myrtle E (Grobb) and Lawrence Duncan (Pat). She graduated from East High School in Waterloo with the class of 1953. While in high school she worked for Black’s department store. She met a tall, red haired sailor named Harvey John after he…

Eleonore Warden Euritt was born July 5, 1926 in Heidelberg, Germany, population 140,000, the only child to Alois and Luise (Mack) Schonet. She grew up during World War II. Eleonor received her education in Heidelberg and attended the University in Heidelberg. On April 17, 1948, Eleonore married 1st Lieutenant Glenn A Warden U.S. Army in…

Dr. C. Collus Lawhead, 70 of Mount Ayr, Iowa passed on Monday, May 20, 2019. Collus was born in Leon, Iowa on November 9, 1948 to Dr. Charles W. Lawhead and Florence Abarr Lawhead. He grew up in Mount Ayr having fun as a kid playing baseball with friends in his parents’ front yard. In…

Sharon Kay Michael, 72, of Shannon City passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Sharon’s wishes were to be cremated and no funeral services to be held. Burial will be at a later date at the Murray Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the family. Armstrong Funeral…