OBITUARIES
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Gladys Martens
Apr 9, 2009
Gladys Ida Petri was born July 15, 1908 to Charley and Mary Petri of Adair. She was baptized September 6, 1908 at St. John’s Lutheran Church north of Adair. The family moved to Dexter when she was age 3. Gladys was confirmed June 29, 1923 at Zion Lutheran Church and her confirmation verse was Psalm 37: 5 ‘Commit your...
Norbert Sitkiewicz
Apr 7, 2009
Service: Memorial Mass 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 17, 2009 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Winterset.
Russell A. Naylor
Apr 7, 2009
Funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Hastings Funeral Home, Jefferson He died at the Greene County Medical Center, Tuesday. Survived by son Alan Naylor ( Rochelle) of Palo, daughter Susan Hoffman (Gary) of Bagley. 6 grand children 5 great-grand children, brother Dee Naylor (Jean) of Scranton and sister Jean Taylor, of Jefferson. Burial in the Greenbrier Cemetery....
William Rube Reeves
Apr 4, 2009
William Rube Reeves was born May 5, 1935 in Marshalltown to Donald Raymond Reeves and Francis Elliot, and died April 4 at the Perry Health Care Center, at the age of 73 years 10 month and 3 days. His early child hood was spent at the orphanage at Boys Town, before moving to Dahlgren, IL. area as a teen....
Ida Grose Smith
Mar 31, 2009
Ida was born March 14, 1915 in Dallas County, Iowa, the daughter of Elbert ‘Carver’ and Bertha M. (Smith) Smith. She married Rosco Grose and was later married to Cal Smith. Ida is survived by her son, Ron Grose and wife, Caroline of Macksburg; a daughter Sandra Brown and husband, Mark of Macksburg; a son-in-law, George Bown of Winterset;...
Bernice Saunders
Mar 22, 2009
Mary Bernice Saunders, daughter of Matthew Ray Cowie and Hazel Florence Clark Cowie, was born April 6, 1915 in Coon Rapids, Iowa and died March 22, 2009 at the Lakes Care Center in Oklahoma City, OK at the age of 93 years, 11 months and 16 days. Bernice, as she liked to be called, lived with her two sets...
Raymond Dean Ford
Mar 22, 2009
Raymond Dean Ford, son of Hugh Ford and Irene Schissel Ford, was born June 10, 1943 in Cushing, Iowa, and died March 22, 2009 at his home in Perry, Iowa at the age of 65 years, 9 months and 12 days. Mass Of Christian Burial was at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Perry,...
Mary Bernice Saunders
Mar 22, 2009
Mary passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2009. Mary was a resident of Iowa.
Alberta Mary Knoll
Mar 21, 2009
Alberta Mary Knoll, daughter of John H. Stockburger and Mary Rose Wolber Stockburger, was born September 24, 1911 on a farm north of Bouton, Iowa, and died March 21, 2009 at the Dallas County Hospital, Perry, Iowa at the age of 97 years, 5 months and 27 days. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday March 26, 2009,...
Cheryl Joyce Carrel
Mar 15, 2009
Cheryl was born on September 28, 1944 and passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2009. Cheryl was a resident of Woodward, Iowa.
Karen Jean Roberts
Mar 14, 2009
Karen Jean Jones Roberts, daughter of Robert Clare Jones and Orpha Marie Laughman Jones was born November 4, 1942 at 602 S. Second Street in Perry, Iowa and died March 14, 2009 at the Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson, Iowa, at the age of 66 years, 4 months, and 10 days. Karen grew up in Perry, attending Lincoln...
Waneta Plath
Mar 10, 2009
Waneta Faye Plath, daughter of Samuel Delbert Anderson and Ruth Minerva Raaz Anderson, was born October 22, 1934 in Jamaica, Greene County, Iowa, and died March 11, 2009 at the Boone County Hospital in Boone, Iowa, at the age of 74 years, 4 months and 19 days. Growing up, she lived in Cooper, Iowa. She attended and graduated from...
Glenn R. Reed
Mar 8, 2009
Glenn R. Reed was born April 29, 1934 in Madison County, Iowa, the son of Clyde and Edith (Huss) Reed. He served in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1956. Glenn later married Bertha Louise Bailey on February 14, 1957 in Des Moines, Iowa. Glenn is survived by his wife, Bertha of Winterset; two sons, Michael Reed (Launa)...
Edna Florence Albright
Mar 8, 2009
Edna Florence Albright, daughter of Hershel Houston and Nova Ruth Kirkman Houston was born April 27, 1928 in Arroll, Missouri and died March 8, 2009 at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 10 months and 11 days. Edna graduated from High School in Grand Junction, Iowa. On March 30, 1947, she...
Craig Allen Mcdowell
Mar 2, 2009
Funeral Services were held for Craig Allen McDowell, son of Gary Neil McDowell and Jaclynn Sue Rutenbeck McDowell, was born December 10, 1968, in Perry, Iowa and died Monday, March 2, 2009 in Perry, at the age of 40 years, 2 months and 22 days. A Service Of Remembrance was held at 7:00 p.m. Friday March 6, 2009at Hastings...
Robert L. Heater
Feb 27, 2009
Robert "Bob" Heater was born November 1, 1913 at Rippey, Iowa. He died February 27, 2009 at the Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson, Iowa at the age of 95 years. Bob was a life long farmer in Greene County and raised the best beef cattle in the midwest. Robert married Vera Anschutz on May 4, 1931. They lived...
Don Ziemann
Feb 17, 2009
Don was born December 25, 1922 in Madison County near Van Meter; to Otto and Eveline (Wishmier) Ziemann. He graduated from Van Meter High School and was united in marriage to Norma Fogler on June 15, 1945 in Patterson. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Norma on July 23, 2002; a daughter, Donella and a...
Leonard R. Gortmaker
Feb 16, 2009
Leonard Raymond Gortmaker, son of Wirt Gortmaker and Susie Frieze, was born September 8, 1918 in Foley, Minnesota, and died February 16, 2009 at the Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 5 months, and 8 days. Leonard attended school in Turner County, South Dakota. He farmed with his father near Parker, South...
Edna Kephart
Feb 13, 2009
Edna was born April 5, 1917 in Peru, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas and Marvie (Smith) Kephart. She lived most of her life at the Horton’s County Home which later became Summerset Haven in Madison County. When Summerset Haven closed, Edna moved to the Winterset Care Center North. She was preceded in death by her parents and 11 siblings,...
Margaret Mae Jordan
Feb 12, 2009
Margaret Mae Jordan, daughter of Fred Maddux and Alice Nystrom Maddux, was born February 19, 1919 in Mora, Minnesota and died at her home in Jefferson, Iowa, on February 12, 2009 at the age of 89 years, 11 months and 23 days. Her family was anticipating celebrating her 90th birthday in a week. Margaret moved with her family to...


