Category: Obituaries

Ruby Bernice Lamphiear, age 73, the daughter of Charles Andrew and Goldie Emmaline (Miller) Walters, was born August 16, 1944, in St. Joseph, Missouri. She went to be with God on Thursday,…

Merrill Williams, age 79 of Minburn, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2017 at the Bishop Drumm Retirement Center in Johnston, IA. Merrill Dale Williams was born on November 18, 1937 at…

James Russell Darby Jr, age 77, of Albia, passed away Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. James was born on September 12, 1940 to J. Russell Sr….

Thayis Chicquita Reed Breckenridge, 95, daughter of Roland and Ethel (Shaw) Reed, was born April 23, 1922, in rural Wayne County, Iowa, and passed from this life on October 27, 2017, at…

Larry L. Beasley, 81, passed away on the 9 of October, 2017, following a long and valiant fight with illness. He passed away at his home in Bella Vista, AR. He was…

Nancy Kay Wallace, age 65, of Lamoni, Iowa, the daughter of Frank Carl and Arlene Clara (Harvey) Steinke, was born July 4, 1952, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She died at her home…

Ellen Louise Applegate, age 93, died October 10, 2017, at Westview Acres in Leon, Iowa. Louise, as she was known, debunked any stereotypical notions that a woman should be soft, delicate, or…

Jeffery Lynn Foland, age 50, of Leon, Iowa, the son of Ronald Roe and Sondra Lee (Comer) Foland, was born April 20, 1967, at the Decatur County Hospital in Leon, Iowa. He…

Alberta Lee Grim, the only child of Leo and Gertrude Payton, was born in the midst of a winter storm on January 24, 1934. The Great Depression enveloped Decatur County, Iowa, but…

Farrel Lavene Hanson, 86, Lake St. Louis, MO (formerly of Fayette, MO) passed away Thursday, October 5, 2017 at her son’s home. Lavene was born May 8, 1931 in rural Mercer County,…