OBITUARIES

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Helen Dudney

Helen Dudney

Apr 1, 2010

Helen was born August 19, 1921 in Warren County, Iowa the daughter of Maurice and Mabel (Haines) McVay. She graduated from New Virginia High School, class of 1939. She married Lyle G. Dudney on August 30, 1941 in Albany, Missouri and to this union three children were born, Kenneth, Linda, and Maurice. She was preceded in death by her...

Darwin K. Adams

Darwin K. Adams

Mar 24, 2010

Darwin was born April 12, 1932 in Clarke County, Iowa, the son of Ralph and Ruby (Chandler) Adams. He attended school in Murray graduating from Murray High School in 1949 and later graduating from Barber College in Des Moines. In 1952 Darwin joined the United States Army being stationed in Germany and was honorably discharged from service in 1954....

Francis M. Mckinney

Francis M. Mckinney

Mar 13, 2010

Francis was born February 26, 1937 to Dale and Mary (Creason) McKinney in St. Charles where he lived his entire life. On September 21, 1957 he married Jacquelyn Shreves and together they raised six children. Francis is survived by his wife Jackie of 52 years and her mother Edna Shreves Keeton of St. Charles. His children, son, Mark McKinney...

Chris Harrison

Chris Harrison

Mar 13, 2010

Chris was born December 23, 1961 in Des Moines, the son of Clair and Patricia (Jenkins) Harrison. He grew up in Winterset and graduated from Winterset High School in 1980. Chris' marriage to Barbara Wambsgans took place on June 3, 1982 in Winterset at the Madison County Court House. He was preceded in death by his father and a...

Richard Mclaughlin

Richard Mclaughlin

Mar 4, 2010

Richard Joseph McLaughlin, the son of the late John McLaughlin and Alice McCusker, was born January 18, 1928 in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended school in Winterset along with his four sisters and two brothers, and later graduated with the Class of 1946. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor of Des Moines; a son, Steven (wife, Aysel) of...

Marcella 'Sally' Darling

Marcella 'Sally' Darling

Feb 20, 2010

Sally was born January 26, 1923 in Alton, Iowa the daughter of Martin and Bertha (Van Zandbergen) Dykstra. She grew up in Alton and graduated as valedictorian of the Alton High School class of 1940. Sally later attended Drake University, where she met Gordon K. Darling. She married Gordon on August 30, 1947 at the Presbyterian Church in Alton,...

Maxine Gheer

Maxine Gheer

Feb 19, 2010

Maxine was born December 25, 1939 in Crowder, Missouri; the daughter of Dewell and Elta (Jones) Wise. She graduated from Bettendorf High School in 1957. Her marriage to Ivyl G. Gheer took place on May 24, 1958 in Pleasant Valley and to this union two sons were born, Rusty and Rick. She was preceded in death by her parents;...

Shirley Wagoner Booe

Shirley Wagoner Booe

Feb 7, 2010

Shirley was born March 31, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Homer and Lucille (Lacey) Pinyerd. Shirley married Lowell Wagoner and moved to Iowa in the 1940's living in Perry, Adel and later in Des Moines. She later married John Holtz and after his death, married Bernard Booe. She later moved to Branson where she lived for...

Ronald E. Cornelison

Ronald E. Cornelison

Jan 28, 2010

Ronald was born August 30, 1943 in Osceola, Iowa, the son of Wayne W. and Opal D. (Miller) Cornelison. He attended school in Murray and Truro. In 1948, his family moved north of Lorimor and he graduated from East Union High School in 1962. Later Ronald joined the United States Air Force and took his base training at Lackland...

Bonnie Johnson Moore

Bonnie Johnson Moore

Jan 26, 2010

Bonnie Johnson Moore, the first daughter and second child of six, born to William and Dorothy Johnson, was born April 9, 1955 in Winterset, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm between St. Charles and Winterset. While growing up, she enjoyed the daily life on the farm including working in the vegetable garden and dressing chickens. She graduated...

Katherine Bowman

Katherine Bowman

Jan 14, 2010

Katherine Louise (Yetter) Bowman was born June 5, 1980 in Ogallala, Nebraska to Samuel and Lois (Ralston) Yetter. She graduated from Earlham High School in 1998 and attended DMACC, where she studied photography. Her marriage to Jerod Bowman took place on July 15, 2006 at the Crossroad Evangelical Free Church in Earlham and to this union a son, Nathan,...

Lucile Morrissey

Lucile Morrissey

Jan 10, 2010

Lucile was born March 1, 1916 in Dallas County, Iowa to the late Ross and Cleta (nee: Walters) Spillers. Her parents farmed near Earlham and she graduated from Earlham High School in 1934. Her marriage to Patrick Henry 'Hank' Morrissey took place on February 1, 1939, in Des Moines and they made their home in Winterset. Lucile, a homemaker,...

Krista Ann Hamilton

Krista Ann Hamilton

Jan 8, 2010

Krista Ann Hamilton was born on June 1, 1987 in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Edgar and Susan (Johnson) Hamilton. She attended grade school in Winterset and graduated from Winterset High School in 2005. Following graduation Krista worked as a CNA for Westbridge Care and Rehabilitation as well as the Winterset Care Center North. Krista wanted to become...

Betty Rae Sienkiewicz

Betty Rae Sienkiewicz

Jan 8, 2010

Betty was born on November 21, 1927 and passed away on Friday, January 8, 2010. Betty was a resident of Des Moines, Iowa.

Beverley Grandfield

Beverley Grandfield

Jan 7, 2010

Beverley was proud of the loving family she raised in fifty-five years of marriage. She is survived by husband Robert; daughters Anita (Darrell) Brown of St. Charles, Janice (Ron) Brown of West Des Moines, and Brenda (Terry) Loy of Indianola; mother Edith (Carns) Clifton Baird of Escondido, California; brother George 'Jack' (Doris) Clifton of Duncanville, Texas, and sister Barbara...

Blaine K. Tucker

Blaine K. Tucker

Jan 5, 2010

Blaine K. Tucker 91, passed away January 5, 2010. He was born on November 7, 1918, Macksburg, Iowa, as the sixth child of nine to J. Ira and Mattie Cochran Tucker. August 14, 1941 Blaine married Darlene Goodman. Surviving is his wife, Darlene of 68 years and son, Thomas K. Tucker of Branson. Daughter, Becki (Bob) Bradford and granddaughter,...

Jody Stout

Jody Stout

Jan 3, 2010

Jody DeVerne Stout was born on a farm north of Murray, Iowa on April 13, 1928, the son of Otho Doan and Veronica (Letz) Stout. When Jody was ten, the family moved to a farm near Peru and he was educated in the rural schools and attended the Peru High School until the eleventh grade when the school closed...

Joyce Hansen

Joyce Hansen

Jan 3, 2010

Joyce M. Hansen was born on November 16, 1916 in Farnhamville, Iowa and died January 3, 2010 in Perry, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 1 month, and 18 days. Joyce was the daughter of Forrest William Bassett and Florence Crandell Farnham. She graduated in 1934 at Seneca High School and then got her degree in Business Education...

John Leonard Mcmichael

John Leonard Mcmichael

Jan 2, 2010

John Leonard McMichael, 88, passed away Saturday afternoon, January 2, 2010, at the Rowley Home in Perry. Leonard was born May 11, 1921, at home near Perry, Iowa. He was a 1939 Perry High graduate and married Elaine Alberta Anderson on June 3, 1944. He worked in the Vultee Aircraft assembly plant in Long Beach, CA, and served in...

Shirley M. (Klug) Bush

Shirley M. (Klug) Bush

Jan 1, 2010

Shirley Mae Klug was born August 4, 1936 in Wynot, NE, the second child born to Vincent and Veronica (Burbach) Klug. She was married to George Houlette and after his death she married Wray Bush. She is survived by her siblings, Leon (Linda) Klug of Creston; Keith (Mary) Klug of Des Moines; Terry Klug of Winterset; Vicki Cameron of...

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