Area Obituaries

Pamela Joyce Larsen was born February 2, 1952 to Priscilla Ann (Aukland) and Harold Lee Larsen in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Pam graduated from Clearfield High School in 1970. Pam lived in Clearfield and most recently in Mount Ayr. She worked as a ward clerk at the Ringgold County Hospital for many years. Pam passed away…

Dean Herbert Bastow, 82, of Temple passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas. No services are planned at this time. Mr. Bastow was born April 3, 1936 in Tingley, Iowa to Ernest and Leola Bastow. He graduated from Tingley High School in 1954. Dean then graduated from…

Carl Dwayne Peppmeier son of Ruth J. (George) and Laurence Ray Peppmeier was born August 27, 1939 in Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa. Dwayne grew up in Kellerton and graduated from Beaconsfield High School in 1957. In 1964 he married Gloria Badgerow in Grand River, Iowa and in 1966 they made their home in Des Moines,…

Ronald Lewis Shields was born southwest of Kellerton in Ringgold County, Iowa on the family farm September 13, 1934. Ronald was the first-born child of Kenneth Leo and Juanita Natalie Whisler Shields. He was later joined by sister Sheryol Lee and brother Edward Linn. He attended country schools and then high school in Mount Ayr.…

Edwin “Ed” Rotert, age 86 of Algona, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2018 at his home. Mass of the Christian Burial was held on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Algona with Rev. Ed Girres celebrating. Visitation was held on Friday, July 6, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. until…

Kathleen Louise (Eisele) Hayse was born September 28, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to Henry P. Eisele and Kathleen Mary (Plum). She was an older sister to two brothers, John and George. Katie Lou grew up in Boston, Indianapolis and Chicago. In 1960 she graduated from Wheaton High School in Wheaton, Illinois. She decided to follow…

Larry Joe Campbell was born on a farm south of Kellerton, IA, at the home of his parents, Georgia Dale (Webb) and Nicholas Harvey Campbell on April 27, 1938. He departed this life June 28, 2018, at the age of 80 years, at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center, where he had resided since October…

Helen Mae Reynolds, daughter of Fred and Bernice (Clark) Rice was born September 23, 1925 in Ringgold County and departed this life on June 26, 2018 at her daughter’s home, at the age of 92 years, 9 months and 3 days. Helen grew up in Ringgold County and attended the Oak Grove Country School and…

LeAnn Keenan, daughter of Lee and Sheryl (Henderson) Keenan, was born in Corning, Iowa on May 20, 1960. LeAnn was welcomed home by her two older sisters, Lynn and Cheri. LeAnn attended and graduated from Mount Ayr Community School. She furthered her education at Northwest Missouri State University where she earned and received her Masters…

Ernest Robert (Bob) Schilling, second to youngest of seven children, was born January 30, 1926 to Sherman and Anna (Koeppen) Schilling near Lytton, Iowa. Bob passed away June 16, 2018 peacefully in his home in Diagonal, Iowa. Bob grew up on a farm near Lytton, Iowa where he helped his mom while going to school,…

Rodney Gene Stark, son of Dale E. and Helen (Van Dyke) Stark, was born May 1, 1945 at the Clarke County Hospital in Osceola, Iowa. In 1963, Rod graduated from Grand Valley Community School in Kellerton, Iowa. He furthered his education at the Universal Trade School in Omaha, Nebraska. Rod was an auto body repairman…