Area Obituaries

Margaret Edna Rhodes, 5th child of 11 children born to Roy and Gertrude (Davis) Dailey, was born February 4, 1920 in rural Mount Ayr, Iowa. Margaret was baptized in the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr at a young age. Margaret grew up at Mount Ayr and graduated from Mount Ayr High School. She married…

Gloria Manong Kelley was born August 9, 1951 in the Philippines. She was the daughter of Bernabe & Pelar (Manong) Manong. Gloria grew up in the Philippines. She graduated from the College for Secretarial and she worked in the Philippines for the Ministry of Agriculture as a secretary. Gloria married Rodnie Gene Kelley on April…

Betty entered into this world October 27, 1935 in Little Rock Arkansas. She later moved to Rockford, IL where she met and married Robert E. Adams on August 10, 1951; a marriage that would span just shy of 65 years. Over the years they lived in various places including, TX, MO, IL and IA. But…

EDGAR E. ROBERTSON Edgar E. Robertson was born to Elvin and Florence Robertson on October 27, 1931 in Worth County, Missouri. He departed this life on December 8, 2017 at his home in Fontanelle, Iowa at the age of 86. Edgar was united in marriage to Opal “Jeane” Reynolds on September 5, 1951. He entered…

MILDRED FRANCES PETERSON Mildred Frances Peterson was born April 5, 1929 in Union County, Iowa, and passed away December 10, 2017 at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr at the age of 88 years and 8 months. She was born the daughter of Clement and Lora (Hageman) Todd. On May 10, 1950 she was married…

ROBERT (BOB) CAMERON Robert (Bob) Alan Cameron was born on August 31, 1956 to Theola Maxine (Monk) Cameron and Lloyd Eugene Cameron in Corning, Iowa. He was the second eldest of four children. Robert graduated from Clearfield High School in 1975. He was known, in his already rowdy bunch of classmates, for pulling a few…

Ralph Barker, 89, of Charles City, passed away Friday, November 24, 2017 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa with his family by his side. A funeral service for Ralph Barker was held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City with Pastor Wendy Johannesen from…

Donna Marie (Hasselkus) Dittman, 91, formerly of Cheyenne, WY, passed away November 14 in Mount Ayr, Iowa. She was born in rural Sandusky County, Elmore, Ohio on September 23, 1926 to Willet Lee Hasselkus and Frieda Dorthea Martha (Bergman). She was a 1944 graduate of Harris-Elmore High School. On October 12, 1946 she married James…

Gary Allen Schwab, age 80, of Lamoni, Iowa, son of the late Harold F. Schwab and Doris Freda (Chase) Schwab, was born on July 12, 1937 in Exira, Iowa. He passed away at Lamoni Specialty Care in Lamoni, Iowa on Monday, November 13, 2017. Gary graduated from Exira High School in 1955. He attended Iowa…

Doyle Dean Saville left us for his heavenly home on on November 14, 2017 at the age of 78. Surrounded by his loved ones, he peacefully passed at the Ringgold County Hospital. Doyle was born to the late Ansel and Ila (Sutherland) Saville on Christmas Eve in 1938 at his home, on the farm, in…

Martha Ann Waugh was born February 28th of the year 1962 in Des Moines, Iowa to parents Denzil and Socorro Waugh. She joined her parents and big brother, Eugene Waugh, at the family’s country home in Redding, Iowa. Martha spent her early childhood like most Midwestern children do: running around the family farm and surrounding…

Darlene Weeda, 86, of Afton, died November 11, 2017. Open visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday November 15, 2017 with family receiving friends from 5-7:00 p.m., and concluding time of prayer and sharing at 7 p.m. Wednesday November 15, 2017 at the Powers Funeral Home, 612 N. Dodge in Afton. Private burial…