Area Obituaries

Helen Maxine (Thompson) Schardein was born November 10, 1920 in Worth County, MO to Leslie Earl Thompson and Gladys Opal (Combs) Thompson. Helen Schardein passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2019 at the United Methodist Church in Mount Ayr.…

Don Ella Marie Dailey Reed was born on August 7, 1927 to David Leroy and Gertrude Edna (Davis) Dailey, the ninth of eleven children in the family. She left this earth on March 25, 2019 at the age of 91, living a long and happy life. Don Ella graduated from Mount Ayr High School in…

Sophie Hemann, best friend to Dr. Dennis and Kathy Hemann of Mount Ayr. and to hundreds of patients who always take the time to give her a pat on the head and a howdy do when they come by, returned to doggy heaven Sunday night after a brief illness. Sophie started life in a rabbit…

A funeral service for William S. Tjaden, 90, of Titonka, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 29, 2019, at Good Hope Lutheran Church, Titonka. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at Oakcrest Funeral Services, Titonka. William Stephen Tjaden was born January 14, 1929 on…

Patricia Ruth (Corll) Straight was born to Charlie and Margaret (George) Corll in Decatur County, IA on June 4, 1933. She was welcomed home by sister, Mary. From the time Pat was big enough, Mary had her on a horse. This remained a life long passion. They also raised and competed coon hounds. Pat continued…

Lawrence Lee Rychnovsky passed away peacefully from this life on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The second son of Clarice Ruth Cabaret and Joseph John Rychnovsky, Lawrence came into the world on March 2, 1933. As a child, he attended Harmony Country School, southwest of Diagonal and graduated from Diagonal Community High School in 1952. After…

Carlton Greenman passed away on March 21, 2019. Carlton was born Clarence Carlton Greenman on September 28, 1932, at the family farm in Ringgold County, IA, to Clifford and Bessie (Reynolds) Greenman. He was the sixth of seven children and often told stories about the time he spent with his siblings and the farm dogs,…

Dale Haight, 81, of Mount Ayr, formerly of Arispe, died Monday, March 18, 2019 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr. Celebration of life memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at the Powers Funeral Home 612 N. Dodge in Afton. Pastor Joel Sutton will officiate. Burial will be at Cornwall-Haight…

Norman “Norm” Burl Jennings went to be with his Savior on March 4, 2019. Norm, son of Clark and Mary (Young) Jennings, was born in a house constructed by his Grandfather Jennings on the family farm near Beaconsfield, Iowa, on August 13, 1929. Norm was the fourth child born into this family: sisters, Ione and…

Laurie Ann McGilvrey was born on November 17, 1963 in Mount Ayr, Iowa, to John Bennett and Lois Maxine Jones McGilvrey and died on March 6, 2019. She attended Woodward-Granger school where she graduated in 1982. In 1985 Laurie began serving in the military and received an honorable discharge from the Army in 1987. She…

Sweet, smart, spiritual, silly and clever, stubborn and unwavering in her commitments to her faith, to her Paul and to all her family and to her friends…that was Frances Smith. Frances’ father, Ezra Smith, passed away as the result of an accident with a team of horses when Frances was six. The early loss of…

Shirley A. Henry, 89, of Creston passed away Wednesday February 27, 2019, at Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston. Mass of Christian burial was at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Creston with Father Kenneth Halbur, Jr.,  Celebrant.  Interment will be at a later date in Calvary Cemetery in…