OBITUARIES
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Louise D. Davis
Oct 19, 2008
Louise Darlene Davis, daughter of Clara Mozell Kelley and Alva George Schmidt, was born January 29, 1931 at Grand Junction, Iowa, and died October 19, 2008 at the Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa, at the age of 77 years, 8 months and 20 days. Louise Davis's funeral service was held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 24, 2008...
Veronice C. Durbin
Oct 18, 2008
Veronice C. Durbin, daughter of Henry Fredrick Ranniger and Anna Marguerita Schmielau Ranniger, was born May 31, 1928 in Manning, Iowa, and died October 18, 2008 at Regency Health and Rehab in Jefferson, Iowa, at the age of 80 years, 4 months and 17 days. Veronice's funeral was held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Hastings Funeral...
Mayola Wetzel
Oct 16, 2008
Mayola Wetzel was born September 26, 1930 in Madison County, Iowa; the daughter of William and Mabel (Gentry) DeBok. Her marriage to Chancey Wetzel took place on March 17, 1952 in Madison County. He preceded her in death on June 16, 1989. She is survived by her children, John Wetzel of Winterset, Connie Songer and husband, Ed of Patterson,...
Vera M. Wright
Oct 8, 2008
Vera M. Ritter Wright, 74 of Lisbon, formerly of Jefferson, Iowa, died October 8, 2007 at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, from complications due to cancer. Vera is survived by her husband Henry, daughter Robbie Ann (David) Fleener, of Buffalo, Minnesota and their children, Kyle and Krista; Lorrie(Jim) Poland of Cedar Rapids and their children, Joshua, Jared, and Jason....
Charlotte Meyers
Oct 7, 2008
Charlotte was born May 6, 1924 in Milwaukee, the daughter of Frank and Lillian (Piecheck) Meyer. Charlotte was never married. She made Winterset her home since 1986 having moved here form Milwaukee. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Winterset. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading, crocheting and taking care of her birds, Amy and Susie....
Darrell D. Booth
Oct 6, 2008
Darrell Dean Booth, son of Paul C Booth and Virginia Peterson Booth, was born October 3, 1951 in Jefferson, Iowa; and died October 6, 2008 at his farm home in Greenbrier Township near Bagley; at the age of 57 years and 3 days. Darrell lived on the same farm his entire life and graduated from Bayard High School in...
Dorothy M. Rogers
Oct 4, 2008
Dorothy Marie Rogers, daughter of Caleb B. Searl and Dora Gertrude Leonard Searl was born January 3, 1927 in Yale, Iowa and died October 4, 2008 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 9 months, and 1 day. Funeral services were held 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 9, 2008 at the Church...
Ana Guadalupe Whitcomb
Oct 3, 2008
Infant daughter of Jeff and Ana Whitcomb of Bagley. She is survived by her grandparents, Antelmo Sanchez and Antonia Sanchez of Mexico; and Daryl and Ann Adams of Grand Junction, Iowa.
Ronald D. Reitz
Sep 30, 2008
A memorial service for Ron will be held at a later date at the Perry Country Club.
Earl Conard
Sep 29, 2008
A memorial celebration is planned for Thursday, October 2, 2008 at the Sahuaro Baptist Church in Tucson, Arizona. He is survived by a daughter, Yvonne Meyer of Tucson, AZ; a son, Kenneth Conard (Carol) of Winterset; 6 grandsons, Joel, Jeremy, Jamie Conard of Winterset, Daniel Conard of West Des Moines, Steve Mead of Winterset, and David Meyer of Evergreen,...
Lucile Marie Friedrichsen
Sep 27, 2008
Lucile Marie Nagel Friedrichsen was born September 27, 1910 at her childhood home in Wichita, Kansas and died September 27, 2008 at the Perry Lutheran Home at the age of 98 years. She was the second of five children born to Henry John and Marie Anna Moser Nagel. As a youth she helped on the family farm and stayed...
Richard C. Loest
Sep 25, 2008
Richard C. Dick Loest was born October 18, 1938 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the son of Carl and Dorothy (Nunn) Loest. After graduating from high School and attending junior college in Calgary, Dick moved to Des Moines and attended Drake University; where he was a member of the SAE fraternity. He later married Rene Shipley on March 26, 1978...
Nancy Jean Mcclintick
Sep 24, 2008
Nancy Jean McClintick, daughter of Keith Harder Louk and Jeanne DeWitt Louk was born on September 12, 1942 in Jefferson, Iowa and died September 24, 2008 at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa at the age of 66 years, and 12 days. Nancy graduated from Jefferson High School in 1960. She married Hubert McClintick on April 7, 1961...
Mary Ann Erwin
Sep 22, 2008
Mary Ann Erwin, daughter of John Henry Fischer and Mary Elizabeth Emberling Fischer, was born on February 3, 1933 in Perry, Iowa and died September 22, 2008 in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 75 years, 7 months, and 19 days. Mary Ann grew up in Perry and graduated from Perry High School. She married Hershel Erwin on...
Theresa Cain Harkin
Sep 21, 2008
Theresa Elleen Dooley was born December 27, 1931 in Des Moines, the daughter of Thomas Bertram and Laura (Kelly) Dooley. She attended rural Madison County Schools before attending Mt. Loretto’s in Council Bluffs graduating in 1949. She married Hugh Francis Cain in 1952 at St. John’s in Cumming and after his death in 1964 she married Joseph Harkin in...
Joe Wesley Griffith
Sep 18, 2008
Joe was born on April 18, 1931 and passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2008. Joe was a resident of Jefferson, Iowa.
Hannah Louise Swain
Sep 12, 2008
Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson is in charge of arrangements for Hannah Louise Swain, 68, of Jefferson. Hannah died September 12 at the Greene County Medical Center. She is survived by her sons, Larry Swain (Jannet), and Lance Swain (Colleen), both of Jefferson; daughter, Delona Lagunas of Benton, Arkansas; 5 grandchildren; sister, Ruth Lee of California. Private services will...
Charles King
Sep 9, 2008
Charles ‘Bill’ King was born April 15, 1933 in Macksburg, Iowa, the son of George and Daisy Dell (Herren) King. He graduated from Lorimor High School and then went on to serve in the United States Army during the Korean War. Bill later married Barbara Jo Dowler on August 10, 1953 in Fort Bellvoir, Virginia. Together they raised their...
Patsy Joan Stofer Dowd
Sep 2, 2008
Patsy Joan Stofer Dowd was born May 5, 1931 in Greenbrier Township, near Cooper, Iowa to Claude Stofer and Mary Elizabeth Miller Stofer and died September 2, 2008 at Harvard Rest Haven in Harvard, Nebraska at the age of 77 years, 3 months and 27 days. She graduated from Cooper High School where she was active in basketball. After...
Lavern Schirmbeck
Aug 31, 2008
LaVern passed away on Sunday, August 31, 2008. LaVern was a resident of Jefferson, Iowa.