Area Obituaries

Teddie Ray Bear, son of Glenn and Eula (Brockway) Bear, was born August 29, 1945, in Creston, Iowa. Ted attended school in Kellerton, Iowa and graduated from Grand Valley High School. On July 24, 1965, Ted was united in marriage to Bryce Daneen Carl at the Paton Methodist Church in Paton, Iowa. To this union…

ALEX JOHN STEPHENS Alex John Stephens, 39 of Creston, Iowa, died on May 7, 2025, in St. Louis, Missouri, after a courageous battle with cancer. Alex was born on July 23, 1985, in Creston, Iowa to John and Karleen (Cronbaugh) Stephens and welcomed home to the family farm west of Diagonal by his siblings Adam…

Larry Bert Grose, son of Bert Clifford Grose and Mary Tennessee (Glick) Grose, was born on July 6, 1950, in Creston, Iowa, and passed away peacefully on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Mount Ayr Healthcare Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa, at the age of 74. A lifelong resident of Ringgold County, Larry attended school…

Lloyd James Bishop was born at home in rural Elmo, Missouri on October 2, 1932, to Murrell “Casey” and Alverda “Verdie” (Horn) Bishop.  On April 26, 2025, Lloyd passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side. Lloyd was raised on a farm in rural Coin, Iowa.  He attended country school near Bingham and…

Mary Lou (Lambert) Cook, Grant City, Missouri, was born on July 18,1932,2 on a farm southwest of Grant City, Missouri to Owen and Lennis Lambert and passed away on April 17, 2025.   Mary Lou attended rural elementary schools until the family moved to Redding, Iowa where she graduated from Redding High School in 1950.…

Viola Annette (Annie) Roed, age 95, of Mount Ayr, Iowa, passed away Monday, April 7, 2025, at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Annie was born April 4, 1930, Indianola, Iowa, the daughter of Murrell and Mary (Hamilton) Hickman. She graduated from Indianola in 1947 and then nursing school at Mercy Hospital. She met the…

William Thomas Leeper of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands was born on August 7th, 1971, to Doris Ann (Rittierodt) and David Patrick Leeper. He was brought home to his big sister, Laura Ann Leeper. He later became a big brother himself to Robert Jay, Jeffery Allen, and Jennifer Lynn. Bill, or Billy as he was…

Robert Lee (Bob) Sickels was born at home south of Mount Ayr, Iowa, on October 21, 1936, to Roy Elvis and Edna Elsie (Mosier) Sickels. He was welcomed home by older brother, Carroll, and the family was completed by brother Bill and the twins, Jack and Janice. When Bob was 5 years old the family…

Berta Geraldine Morin was born on December 25, 1930, in Parnell-Worth County, Missouri, to Paul and Sybil (Carroll) Morin. She was the sixth of eleven siblings and grew up nurturing the bonds that made her large family so close-knit. From an early age, she exemplified humility, dedication, and a profound love for those around her.…

Carroll William Taylor, son of Edward William Taylor and Wilma Beatrice Schafer Taylor, was born May 16, 1938, in Corning, Iowa. At the beginning of World War II, his father enlisted in the Navy and Carroll and his mother moved to Malcolm, Iowa and then to Grinnell, Iowa. ShirleyMae, his only sibling, was born in…

Curtis Scott Braby, 66, died Thursday, April 3, 2025, at his home surrounded by his loving family under the care of St. Croix Hospice. Curt was born on December 16, 1958, in Mount Ayr, Iowa.  Following his graduation from Mount Ayr Community High School where he was a state champion heavy weight wrestler, he attended…