Area Obituaries

James Jeffrey (Big Jim) Routh, the only son of Francis Aaron and Velda Eleanor (Chandler) Routh, was born October 12, 1957, and departed this life on April 14, 2018, after a courageous battle with cancer. Jim was baptized into the Clearfield Methodist church on June 15, 1958. He graduated from Diagonal High School in 1976.…

Frank Smith “Bill” Bone II, age 76, of Council Bluffs, IA passed away March 3, 2018. He was born in Osceola, IA on March 21, 1941 to the late Boyd and Marie (Boling) Bone. Bill spent most of his youth on the family farm north of Grand River, IA. He worked for 33 years for…

Ethel Ruth Moffatt Angus was born January 8, 1916, the first child of Alex Grant and Elsie Rose (Holloway) Moffatt south of Mount Ayr, IA. She entered into eternal rest on March 30, 2018 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center eager to meet her Savior Jesus Christ. Ruth grew up on the Moffatt farm…

Bob was born on June 19, 1922, in Putnam County, Missouri, to Marshall Walter and Elsie Olive Wright. After his graduation from Mount Ayr High School, Bob hitchhiked across the country holding jobs to keep going. He worked at Boeing Air in Washington State with his sister and mother building aircraft during WWII. Bob was…

Howard Randal Shields, age 60, of Grand River, Iowa, the son of Oscar Edgar and Beth Larraine (Hill) Shields, was born June 9, 1957, in Osceola, Iowa. He left this life on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Howard grew up on the family farm at Grand River. He graduated from Grand Valley High School in 1975.…

Clarice Minnick, 97, of Creston, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Creston Specialty Care. Celebration of Life Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 26, 2018, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Pastor Tony Thurston will officiate. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery in Afton. Open visitation, with family receiving friends will be 2…

Keith O. Walters, 78, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics after a long and complicated health journey. Keith was born August 10, 1939 in Benton, Iowa to Hugh and Louise (Woollums) Walters. He graduated from Benton High School and attended business school in Omaha, Nebraska. He…

Doris Marie Hannon, daughter of Harry Glen and Lois Pearl (Buck) Trimble, was born December 30, 1924, at home in Rice Township, Ringgold County, Iowa. Doris attended Delphos Community School until her senior year; graduating from Mount Ayr Community High School. On March 5, 1946, Doris married Paul Donald (Pill) Hannon in the vestibule of…

Ronald Dale Johnston, age 87, of Osage, formerly of Mount Ayr, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Osage. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2018, at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March…

Funeral services for Doris Maye Crecelius, who passed away February 26, 2018, at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab center in Bedford, were held Friday, March 2, 2018, 11 a.m., at the Cummings Family Funeral Home in Bedford. Visitation was held Friday from 9:30 until service time. Interment was held at the Maple Row Cemetery in…

Dale Edward Arnold, age 89, of Grand River, Iowa, the son of Forest Lee and Hazel Manila (Audelhelm) Arnold, was born October 21, 1928, in Clarke County, Iowa. He died at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Dale grew up in Iowa’s Clarke and Decatur Counties. After school, he…

Robert Elston Linn was born on March 21, 1929 to Jackson Linn and Mildred (Pugh) Linn in Jefferson Township, Adair County, Iowa. He died on March 11, 2018 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. His family initially farmed in Grove township and then moved to the family homestead in Jefferson Township in 1937. He…