Area Obituaries

ETHEL CAMPBELL     Ethel Campbell, 78, of Shannon City passed away August 19, 2016 at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center.     Ethel Alma (Rasmussen) Campbell was born April 9, 1938 in the home of her parents, Alfred Theodore and Alma Kirstine (Jacobsen) Rasmussen. She was baptized, confirmed, and married in the Lake Evangelical Lutheran…

PAUL T. HOLLAND     Paul T. Holland, 66, a local humanitarian and founder of the Washington Area Wheelchair Society, died at home in Alexandria, VA on December 11, 2014 after a brief illness.     Paul was born in Waterloo, IA on November 8, 1948 to Richard E. Holland and Patricia Simpson Holland. Paul’s mother’s family…

TERRY GENE TULL     Terry Gene Tull the third child of Archie Ivan and RoEmma Murlen (Sissel) Tull was born at home at Hatfield, Missouri January 18, 1958. He passed away at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines.     Terry attended school at Mount Ayr Community and later got his GED.  Terry was a…

ROSS CRAFT     Ross Craft, 82, of Creston, died Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at Creston Specialty Care in Creston. Memorial Services were at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 13, 2016, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Pastor Chuck Spindler officiated. Flag presentation was performed by Theodore J. Martens Post #1797 of Creston.  Open visitation was from…

GENE PARMAN     Gene Parman, 88, of Mesa AZ, passed away on August 14, 2016 at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ. Gene was born in Hatfield, MO on August 26, 1927 to Albert and Cordia Parman. He spent the first 34 years of his life in Iowa where he married Martha, his wife of 68…

EDNA SHIRLEY SWEENEY     Edna Shirley Sweeney, daughter of Charles William and Blanche Lucille (Vangorp) Lehmkuhl, was born November 22, 1924 in Percy, Iowa. Shirley graduated from Mitchellville High School in 1942.     Shirley had an adventurous spirit about her that her grandchildren think she passed onto them by listening to her stories; whether riding…

IRIS GLORIA OSBORN     Iris Gloria Osborn, daughter of Frank H. and Edrie Irene (Day) Culbertson, was born at Knowlton, Iowa on February 12, 1924. Iris grew up in Ringgold County and attended high school in Mount Ayr and then Redding, graduating from Redding High School.     Iris married Ivan J. Brown, who died serving…

GRACE MOSER     Grace Moser, daughter of Ray and Frances L. (Mathews) McCauslin, was born February 11, 1924 at New Hampton, Iowa. Grace graduated from high school and received her teaching degree from Iowa State University in Ames. She taught home economics at Mount Ayr from 1946 until 1961. Grace had an influence on a…

LAURA MAY OSBORN     Laura May Osborn, daughter of William Lewis and Luella May (MaHaffy) Brant, was born December 21, 1939 at Lincoln, NE. Laura married John Osborn in Enid, Oklahoma. They lived in Atlantic, Iowa and Diagonal, Iowa before moving to Tingley, Iowa in 1968 where they raised their family.     Laura had a…

VELMA KING LORENZ     Velma King Lorenz was born March 1, 1922 to Sylvia Brown Kennedy and Reed Kennedy in Ringgold County, Iowa. She departed this life at Clearview Home in Clearfield, Iowa on July 25, 2016. Velma grew up and attended schools in Mount Ayr, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Russell King…

JOHN KEITH SICKELS     John Keith Sickels was born April 4, 1926 on the family farm near Kellerton to Sherman Rex and Fern Mildred Lavonne (Wehrle) Sickels. He graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1946. John helped his father Rex on the farm through his school years. John, at an early age, accepted Christ…