OBITUARIES

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Clara Veronica Bell

Clara Veronica Bell

Nov 8, 2006

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Joseph Bell; a daughter, Catherine M. Noga; a son-in-law, Marvin Eldred and five brothers, Joseph, John, Paul ‘Pete’, Edward and Cyril Harkin. Clara Veronica Bell was born April 26, 1922, in Churchville, the daughter of Joseph and Julia (Waldron) Harkin. Her marriage to Joseph Bell took place on October...

Carl Sawyers

Carl Sawyers

Nov 7, 2006

Carl Sawyers was born December 29, 1912 in Webster Township, Madison County; the son of Andrew and May (Pope) Sawyers. His marriage to Dorothea Norris took place on December 12, 1950. She preceded him in death in 1974. As a young man, Carl served in the United States Army during WWII. He is survived by his daughter Cindy Winslow...

Thelma Mae Hitchcock Fritz

Thelma Mae Hitchcock Fritz

Oct 31, 2006

Thelma Mae Glasscock was born December 14, 1911 in rural Gettysburg, South Dakota, the daughter of Albert (Arnie) and Eva Pearl (McGinnis) Glasscock. Thelma graduated in 1930 from Stuart Iowa High School where she excelled in all areas of music and drama. She married Homer Newton Hitchcock on her birthday in 1933. Thelma and Homer enjoyed life as farmers...

Joe Stoeffler

Joe Stoeffler

Oct 29, 2006

Joseph Ryan Stoeffler was born April 15, 1979 in Winterset, Iowa, the son of Fred and Susan Kay (Jacobson) Stoeffler. He is a 1997 graduate of Winterset High School and later attended Iowa State University and graduated with a degree in Horticulture, with an emphasis in Turf Management, in 2002. He lived in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio since 2003...

Robert W. Cutshall

Robert W. Cutshall

Oct 24, 2006

Robert W. Cutshall was born August 12, 1937 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Perrie and Ida (Chase) Cutshall. His marriage to Judy Bice took place on September 6, 1958 in Urbandale. He is survived by his wife, Judy of Van Meter; a son, Bob Cutshall (Cathy) of Osceola; a daughter, Victoria Gordy (Roger) of Naples, Florida; a...

Kenneth Tuttle

Kenneth Tuttle

Oct 23, 2006

Kenneth Tuttle was born March 21, 1952 in Des Moines, the son of Wendell and Leota (Armstrong) Tuttle. At the age of 12 Ken accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his savior and was baptized at the Christian Church, Corydon, Iowa. His marriage to Patricia Ann Crooks also took place at the Corydon Christian Church on December 4, 1970....

Carolyn Wilson Jamison

Carolyn Wilson Jamison

Oct 19, 2006

Carolyn Marjorie Wilson Jamison was born December 26, 1924 in Winterset, Iowa, the daughter of Eldon and Carita (Neely) Wilson. She was the middle child of a family of five including Marvin, Dawn, Richard and Arnold. In May of 1946, she married her high school classmate, Rolland (Bill) Jamison, a marriage that lasted until her death, a total of...

Glenna Arlene Smith

Glenna Arlene Smith

Oct 10, 2006

Glenna Arlene Denney was born October 12, 1917 in rural Macksburg, Iowa, the daughter of Lyman Ray and Floy C. (Smith) Denney. She was welcomed into the world by an older sister, Lois R. Denney. She graduated from Macksburg High School in 1935. On May 18, 1935 she was united in marriage to Howard Lee Smith in Albany, MO....

Maxine Witt

Maxine Witt

Oct 3, 2006

Maxine was born July 27, 1923 in Page County, Iowa, the daughter of Ray and Minnie (Meyers) Paxton. She graduated from Lorimor High School in 1940 and then attended the University of Northern Iowa where she received her teaching certificate. She taught eight years in the rural schools and then five years for the Macksburg Consolidated schools. It was...

Mary Lou Johnson

Mary Lou Johnson

Sep 6, 2006

Mary was born June 14, 1934 in West Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Opal (Cooper) Hartman. She first married Richard Carter and later married Lester Johnson. She was preceded in death by her father, Arthur Hartman, mother, Opal Hartman Huddleson, step-father, Otis Huddleson, her son, Greg Carter and a sister, Viola Mae Younker. Mary was a...

Everett Hougham

Everett Hougham

Aug 31, 2006

Everett was born October 31, 1914 in rural Burchinal, Iowa in Cerro Gordo County near Clear Lake; the son of Travis Cecil and Dora Elizabeth (Macy) Hougham. His marriage to Lucylle D. Jungman took place on May 1, 1938 in Des Moines. She preceded him in death on September 17, 1984. Everett served in the United States Navy during...

Anna Mary Robinson

Anna Mary Robinson

Aug 24, 2006

Service: Memorial contributions may be directed to the Winterset Care Center South Activity Fund. Memorial: Anna Mary Robinson was born October 9, 1921 in Salina, Utah, the daughter of George and Elnora (Jensen) Simper. Mary has been cremated. A memorial service and burial of the cremated remains will be held in Utah at a later date. She is survived...

Lorna I. Reid

Lorna I. Reid

Aug 21, 2006

Service: A memorial service is planned at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Des Moines at a later date. Burial will be in the St. Andrew's Churchyard in Canada. Memorial contributions may be directed to the St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Des Moines.

Helen Grandfield

Helen Grandfield

Jul 7, 2006

Helen Grandfield, 85, of Dayton, Iowa died Friday, July 7, 2006, at the Grandview Care Center in Dayton. Helen was born September 3, 1920 in rural Saylorville, Iowa, the daughter of John Carl and Vivian Hazel (Reed) Swan. They moved to Union County near Lorimor in 1928 where she attended local schools and graduated in the Lorimor High School...

Velma L. Hendricks

Velma L. Hendricks

Jun 30, 2006

Velma was born April 15, 1919 in Wayne, NE, the daughter of William Earnest and Daisy May (Young) Hern. Her marriage to Clyde Willis Hendricks, Sr. took place on November 17, 1945. Clyde preceded her in death on November 7, 1978. Velma died Friday, June 30, 2006, at the Winterset Care Center South in Winterset at the age of...

Dorothy Young

Dorothy Young

Jun 29, 2006

Dorothy was born September 1, 1907 in Madison County, Iowa, the daughter of George and Myrtle (Edgington) Kirkland. She was a 1925 graduate of Macksburg High School and later married Chester Young on June 3, 1925. Dorothy died Thursday, June 29, 2006, at the Winterset Care Center North in Winterset. She was preceded in death by her parents, her...

Charles R. Landreth

Charles R. Landreth

Jun 24, 2006

Charles R. Landreth, 83, died Saturday, June 24, 2006 at his home in Afton, IA. He is survived by three daughters, Sue Duffe and husband, Larry, of Wilton, IA; Clara Edwards and husband, John W., of Lorimor, IA, Tammy Landreth and fiancé Kelly Simmerman, of Murray, IA; three sons, Hubert Spyres and wife, Christi, of Lawrenceville, GA; Bill Spyres...

Dennis R. Murphy

Dennis R. Murphy

Jun 18, 2006

Dennis Raymond Murphy, son of Otto James Murphy and Leota Estella Wright, was born May 7, 1944 in Scranton, Iowa and died June 18, 2006 at the Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson, Iowa at the age of 62 years, 1 month and 11 days. Dennis was raised in Scranton and attended school there. On June 11, 1966, Dennis...

Charles Iverson, Jr.

Charles Iverson, Jr.

Jun 17, 2006

Charles Claude Iverson, Jr., son of Charles Claude Iverson, Sr. and Bernice Margaret Hughes Iverson, was born August 22, 1945 in Jefferson, Iowa and died June 15, 2006 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa at the age of 60 years, 9 month and 23 days. Charles was a lifelong resident of Jefferson. Charles was employed by Don...

Rose Catherine Cooper

Rose Catherine Cooper

Jun 16, 2006

Rose Catherine Kate Cooper, 92, of Winterset, died Friday, June 16, 2006, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Those left to cherish her memory include one daughter, Connie (Steve) Clark of Afton; two sons, William Bill (Janis) Cooper of Newton and Dean (Beth) Cooper of Pleasant Hill; one sister, Jean Silverthorn of Earlham; one brother, Frank Orwan...