Area Obituaries

MARGARET KAY HUNT     Margaret Kay (Bell) Hunt, daughter of Keith and Lillian (Sandy) Bell, was born June 19, 1946 in Independence, Missouri. She departed this life at the age of 70, on September 9, 2016 in the comfort of her home in Avondale, Arizona.     Margaret grew up in Lamoni and Winterset, Iowa. She…

JACKIE LEE CARSON     Jackie Lee Carson was born in Knowlton, Iowa on December 23, 1942. He was the first of two sons born to Leo Frank and Dorothy Marie (Ruby) Carson. Jack attended country school at Knowlton and east of Diagonal before entering Diagonal Community School.     Jack had a strong work ethic and…

KENNETH LAMBERT     Kenneth Lambert, age 75, Bethany, Missouri, formerly of Grant City, Missouri, passed away September 7, 2016, at his home with his family by his side.     Kenneth was born May 3, 1941 near Grant City, the son of the late Owen Kenneth and Lennis Bernice (Pritchard) Lambert. Kenneth was a graduate of…

DOROTHY JEAN BAKER    Dorothy Jean (Symonds) Baker was born February 11, 1929 to Ernest and Florence (Ray) Symonds. She was welcomed home by sister Darlene. Later the family welcomed brothers Dean and Tommy. Dorothy graduated from high school in Lenox, Iowa with the class of 1947. She attended summer school and began teaching that…

ROBERT G. KRAMER     Robert (Bob) G. Kramer, 78, of Dubuque, Iowa and Mission, TX and formerly of Nebraska, Epworth, and North Buena Vista, Iowa, died Tuesday at 4:10 a.m. at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa.     The family will greet friends and relatives of Bob from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, September 17,…

NANCY KAREN NEEDHAM HULLINGER     Nancy Karen Needham was born on October 4, 1939 at the family home west of    Bedford in rural Taylor County, Iowa.  Dennis and Violet (Johnson) Needham had four children: Lilian, Glen, Nadine and Nancy.  Nancy attended elementary school at Timberlake Country School and then attended High School in Bedford and…

LORI WATSON     Lori Watson, 52, of California, MO passed away on Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Hospice House of Kansas City surrounded by her loving family.     Lori was born on January 9, 1964 in Mount Ayr, Iowa the daughter of Merton Knapp who preceded her in death and Evalyn Caldwell who survives…

VERA FLORENCE MOORE     Vera Florence (Austin) Moore, oldest daughter of John Elmer and Lula Alice (Akins) Austin, was born, August 18, 1922, at home in Lorimor, Iowa. Vera attended the Baptist Church in Lorimor and was baptized there as a young girl. Vera attended and graduated as Salutatorian of her class from Lorimor High…

LARRY EUGENE MAIN     Larry was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa October 25, 1938, as the tenth child of eleven to his parents Corwin and Mable Main. He grew up in the small farm town going to school in a one-room country schoolhouse.       At 12 years old, with his father ill much of…

EVA LUCIELLE HAMMONS COMER     Eva Lucielle Hammons Comer was born in a farmhouse southwest of Tabor, Iowa to James Franklin and Alta (Brammer) Hammons. Born to this union were 11 children and Lucy being number 9.     She grew up in the country and attended country school through the 8th grade. She didn’t get…