Area Obituaries

ALBERTA NADINE GLAZEBROOK     Alberta Nadine (Power) Glazebrook, daughter of William Hull Power and Hallie (Vaught) Power, was born on a farm near Humboldt, Nebraska, May 12, 1921, and departed this life January 5, 2017, at the age of 95, following a short illness. Her schooling, K-12, was at Humboldt Public School, from which she…

SHERYL VIRGINIA KEENAN     Sheryl Virginia Keenan, daughter of Elmer Eric and Edna May (Ham) Henderson, was born at Waukee, Iowa on November 30, 1925. Sheryl’s dad passed away when she was 6 years old and the family continued to work the farm.     At the age of 16, Sheryl graduated from Van Meter High…

GLADYS ELDEEN ROACH     Gladys Eldeen (Percifield) Roach was born August 4, 1948 in Ava, Missouri to Blevins Quintine Percifield and Ethel Faye (Hitchcock) Percifield. Eldeen was educated in Ava, Missouri Schools.     On June 21, 1966, Eldeen was united in marriage to Harvey Ray Roach, Sr. in Grant City, Missouri. To this union were…

LOUISA ANN SHELTON TERWILLGER     Louisa Ann Shelton Terwilliger (LuAnn), 58, of Mount Ayr and formerly of Keithsburg IL and West Liberty, IA, passed away on Friday December 30, 2016. She was born February 6, 1958 in Aledo, Illinois.     She worked at United Technology Automotive as a painter for 25 years. Recently, she worked…

CAROL ANN KINDER     Carol Ann Kinder, 71, of Clearfield passed away January 1, 2017 at the Clearview Home in Clearfield.     Carol Ann (England) Varner Kinder, born May 19, 1945 in Page County Iowa, the oldest child of Everitt “Spec” and June (Hutchinson) England. Carol Ann grew up n? ?the? ?Clearfield community? ?and? ?attended?…

ROBERT DUANE JONES     Robert Duane Jones was born at Diagonal, Iowa to Wesley Thomas and Mary Elberta (Cregeen) Jones. Bob grew up at Diagonal and attended Diagonal School until his junior year. Bob completed his high school education in Oklahoma.     Bob’s working career touched people because he desired to serve. He became a…

PATTY LOU HAIGHT     Patty Lou (Perkins) Haight of Mount Ayr, formerly of Arispe, passed away of heart failure Friday, December 30, 2016 at the age of 78, one week before her 79th birthday, in Mount Ayr, Iowa. She was loved very much by her family and many friends. Family was the most important aspect…

NICHOLE ROSE PHELPS     At the Decatur County Hospital in Leon, Iowa, on April 5, 1994, Jeremy and Donetta (Reed) Phelps brought into this world a beautiful baby girl, and they named her Nichole Rose Phelps. Nichole was welcomed home by big sister, Ashley, and together, they will always be big sisters to Bradley and…

JOHN A. WEDDLE     John A. Weddle, 70, of Creston and Lenox passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Creston Specialty Care.     John was born March 31, 1946 at the 98th General Hospital in Munich, Germany to Victor and Ella (Gritsenko) Weddle.     He was a 1964 graduate of North Harrison High School in…

AGNES EILEEN MATHENY     Agnes Eileen (Freemyer) Matheny was born into this world on February 18, 1925 the oldest child of William Freemyer and Opal Deardorff Freemyer in Grant City, Missouri. She left this world on December 16, 2016.     Eileen was educated in Maloy, Iowa. She married the love of her life Earl Matheny…

JAMES ROBERT JOHNSON     James Robert Johnson son of Marcella (Brown) Johnson and Jesse Johnson was born on December 3, 1950 in Gunneson Colorado. Jim grew up in Diagonal and graduated from Diagonal High School in 1969, “Nothin’ Finer than a ‘69er.     After high school Jim joined the Army Reserves and served in Viet…