Category: Obituaries

Phyllis Jean Martin, age 90, of Leon, Iowa was born July 20, 1930, to Harry and Susan Irene (Moore) Smith, in Decatur County, Iowa. She died at the Greater Regional Hospice Home…

Loren Lyle Owens, age 84, of Indianola, Iowa, the son of David Wesley and Lucille Elvia (Wasson) Owens, was born November 9, 1936, in Leon, Iowa. He died at Windsor Manor in…

Rev. Max Duane Carmichael, age 91, of Leon, Iowa was born May 29, 1929, in Mercer County, Missouri, to Orville Leroy Carmichael and Kathleen Ardeania Booher. He retired from this life on…

Dorman Eugene Reed, son of William Edward Reed and Elsie Fry Reed was born March 15, 1944, in Osceola, Iowa. After battling cancer, he passed from this life at 76 years of…

Ruth Anna Maughan, 84, of Cedar Falls, passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.Ruth was born Sept. 6, 1936, in Iowa City, the daughter…

Gary Lynn Neal was born September 4, 1963 in Leon, Iowa the son of Edward Eugene Neal and Mary Lou (Doggett) Neal.As a boy, Gary grew up in Lineville, Iowa and Grant…

Garry Smith, 56, of Lamoni, passed away February 13, 2021. Memorials may be made to the family to be decided at a later date.Garry Neal Smith, son of Billy Junior and Margaret…

Delores Jean Ritchardson, daughter of Lowell Nase and Phyllis Ann Hickey Nase was born March 30, 1955 in Emmetsburg, Iowa and passed from this life Sunday, January 17, 2021 at Banner Desert…

Dennis Murray Dale, age 75, of Garden Grove, Iowa, the son of Rollie Fay and Bernice Irene (Murray) Dale, was born September 8, 1945, in Leon, Iowa. He died at his daughter’s…

Opal Irene Cowles, 91, of Des Moines, IA passed away on February 1, 2021. She was born on the family farm in rural Lucas County, IA on May 8, 1929. Opal was…