Area Obituaries

Faith Jewell Lamoreaux entered this world in Mount Ayr, Iowa on September 8, 1926 and was born and raised by Colorado pioneers Alvin Roy Lamoreaux and Mavia Fern Hollingsworth Lamoreaux; joining an older sister, Eva Carol. As the daughter of a World War I veteran and rural mail carrier in Ringgold County, she spent many…

NORMA LUCILLE SHAY Norma Lucille Shay, daughter of Trevor Lee and Mildred Rachel (King) Jones, was born November 29, 1921 at Wabash, Indiana. Norma graduated from Central High School at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Norma met Robert Thomas Shay while he was in the military and they were married on December 31, 1944. They returned to Robert’s…

Marjorie Ellen Perry MARJORIE ELLEN PERRY Marjorie Ellen Perry was 98 years old, residing with her daughter, Angie and son-in-law, Bill Hynek of rural Ellston at the time of her death. She passed away January 5, 2018 at home from congestive heart failure. Marjorie was born November 13, 1919 on a farm, three miles south…

FRANCES LOUISE McCALLA Frances Louise McCalla, was born December 10, 1926 to Roy and Maude Marler in Grant City, Missouri and passed away on January 4, 2018 at her home in Andover, Kansas. She grew up in Grant City, trained as a teacher and began teaching school at the young age of 17, teaching in…

Colleen Marie Greenman COLLEEN MARIE GREENMAN Colleen Marie Greenman was born January 11, 1937 to Lyman Laurence Larsen and Corene Elizabeth (Birkeland) Larsen in Roland, Iowa. She graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1955. Colleen was united marriage to Ronald Lee Smith and to this union three children were born, Stephen, Susan and Scott.…

ALEXANDER WALTER HUGGINS Walter was born November 11, 1924 to Asa White and Mary HeLena (Maxwell) Huggins in Cedar Rapids, IA. They moved to Berkly, CA. where his mother died in 1928. His father brought Walter and his sister, Margaret back to Mount Ayr, IA to the original Huggins family home. Margaret died in February…

Thelma Mae Ambrose, 94, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Thelma Mae was born May 5, 1923, in Honey Creek, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur Julius and Ethel Mae (French) Rief. Thelma was the last surviving of their four children, Gilbert Rief, Esther Peters and Ila…

Richard Lyle Pierick, 88, of Crystal, formerly of Des Moines, IA, died Monday afternoon, December 18, 2017 at Centennial Gardens Care Facility in Crystal. Richard was born July 6, 1929 at Des Moines to Katherine and Joseph Pierick. He grew up on their dairy farm. He graduated from East High in Des Moines. His first…

Margaret Fern Fletchall passed away at the age of 104, on December 21, 2017, at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Margaret was born on October 31, 1913, in Ringgold County, to Walter and Luella Harden. When she was six years old, her six year old cousin, Ilene Hutchinson, came to…

Denzil B. Walker, age 94, Grant City, Missouri died Friday, December 22, 2017 at SSM St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, Missouri. Denzil was born August 22, 1923, in the Victory neighborhood, near Redding, Iowa. He was the son of the late Blaine and Ruby Irene (Martin) Walker. Denzil attended Victory Grade School, and the Redding…

Edwin Gilbert Still passed away peacefully in his home on December 22, 2017. Those who loved him and will cherish his memory forever surrounded him in his final moments. Edwin, or Ed as he was known to most, was born on September 15, 1937 at his family farm just north of Mount Ayr, Iowa. His…

Wilmina Mae (Wilkey) Jennings was born in Douglas Township, Montgomery County, Iowa, to Harold Aaron (Jack) Wilkey and Lula Olive (Wagaman) Wilkey January 18, 1925. Wilmina lived, loved and served the Ellston and Ringgold County area since about 1939 when her parents moved to a farmstead one mile north of Ellston. Being the eldest daughter…