OBITUARIES
All Obituaries
Ronald E. Cornelison
Jan 28, 2010
Ronald was born August 30, 1943 in Osceola, Iowa, the son of Wayne W. and Opal D. (Miller) Cornelison. He attended school in Murray and Truro. In 1948, his family moved north of Lorimor and he graduated from East Union High School in 1962. Later Ronald joined the United States Air Force and took his base training at Lackland...
Bonnie Johnson Moore
Jan 26, 2010
Bonnie Johnson Moore, the first daughter and second child of six, born to William and Dorothy Johnson, was born April 9, 1955 in Winterset, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm between St. Charles and Winterset. While growing up, she enjoyed the daily life on the farm including working in the vegetable garden and dressing chickens. She graduated...
Katherine Bowman
Jan 14, 2010
Katherine Louise (Yetter) Bowman was born June 5, 1980 in Ogallala, Nebraska to Samuel and Lois (Ralston) Yetter. She graduated from Earlham High School in 1998 and attended DMACC, where she studied photography. Her marriage to Jerod Bowman took place on July 15, 2006 at the Crossroad Evangelical Free Church in Earlham and to this union a son, Nathan,...
Lucile Morrissey
Jan 10, 2010
Lucile was born March 1, 1916 in Dallas County, Iowa to the late Ross and Cleta (nee: Walters) Spillers. Her parents farmed near Earlham and she graduated from Earlham High School in 1934. Her marriage to Patrick Henry 'Hank' Morrissey took place on February 1, 1939, in Des Moines and they made their home in Winterset. Lucile, a homemaker,...
Krista Ann Hamilton
Jan 8, 2010
Krista Ann Hamilton was born on June 1, 1987 in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Edgar and Susan (Johnson) Hamilton. She attended grade school in Winterset and graduated from Winterset High School in 2005. Following graduation Krista worked as a CNA for Westbridge Care and Rehabilitation as well as the Winterset Care Center North. Krista wanted to become...
Betty Rae Sienkiewicz
Jan 8, 2010
Betty was born on November 21, 1927 and passed away on Friday, January 8, 2010. Betty was a resident of Des Moines, Iowa.
Beverley Grandfield
Jan 7, 2010
Beverley was proud of the loving family she raised in fifty-five years of marriage. She is survived by husband Robert; daughters Anita (Darrell) Brown of St. Charles, Janice (Ron) Brown of West Des Moines, and Brenda (Terry) Loy of Indianola; mother Edith (Carns) Clifton Baird of Escondido, California; brother George 'Jack' (Doris) Clifton of Duncanville, Texas, and sister Barbara...
Blaine K. Tucker
Jan 5, 2010
Blaine K. Tucker 91, passed away January 5, 2010. He was born on November 7, 1918, Macksburg, Iowa, as the sixth child of nine to J. Ira and Mattie Cochran Tucker. August 14, 1941 Blaine married Darlene Goodman. Surviving is his wife, Darlene of 68 years and son, Thomas K. Tucker of Branson. Daughter, Becki (Bob) Bradford and granddaughter,...
Jody Stout
Jan 3, 2010
Jody DeVerne Stout was born on a farm north of Murray, Iowa on April 13, 1928, the son of Otho Doan and Veronica (Letz) Stout. When Jody was ten, the family moved to a farm near Peru and he was educated in the rural schools and attended the Peru High School until the eleventh grade when the school closed...
Joyce Hansen
Jan 3, 2010
Joyce M. Hansen was born on November 16, 1916 in Farnhamville, Iowa and died January 3, 2010 in Perry, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 1 month, and 18 days. Joyce was the daughter of Forrest William Bassett and Florence Crandell Farnham. She graduated in 1934 at Seneca High School and then got her degree in Business Education...
John Leonard Mcmichael
Jan 2, 2010
John Leonard McMichael, 88, passed away Saturday afternoon, January 2, 2010, at the Rowley Home in Perry. Leonard was born May 11, 1921, at home near Perry, Iowa. He was a 1939 Perry High graduate and married Elaine Alberta Anderson on June 3, 1944. He worked in the Vultee Aircraft assembly plant in Long Beach, CA, and served in...
Shirley M. (Klug) Bush
Jan 1, 2010
Shirley Mae Klug was born August 4, 1936 in Wynot, NE, the second child born to Vincent and Veronica (Burbach) Klug. She was married to George Houlette and after his death she married Wray Bush. She is survived by her siblings, Leon (Linda) Klug of Creston; Keith (Mary) Klug of Des Moines; Terry Klug of Winterset; Vicki Cameron of...
Chloe Paige Stover
Dec 26, 2009
Chloe Paige Stover, the youngest child born to Verlon and Julie Stielow Stover, was born Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, IA. Her parents learned early on in her life that she was born with Trisomy 18, a chromosome genetic disorder, and that her life would be short. Those left to cherish her memory...
Paul Mcdonald
Dec 21, 2009
Paul McDonald, age 76, of Winterset, died peacefully surrounded by his family Monday, December 21st at Kavanagh House in Des Moines. He is survived by his beloved wife, Barbara of Winterset; loving sons, Jim (Rose Marie) of Winterset, Lonnie (wife, Robin) of Grandview, MO, and Darren of St. Charles; two cherished grandchildren, Taylor Jeane and Dakota Paul; devoted siblings,...
Brett Anderson
Dec 19, 2009
Brett Ivan Anderson was born July 19, 1985 in Des Moines, Iowa, to Roger Anderson and Catherine 'Cathy' Meyer. He was a 2003 graduate of Winterset High School; in 2007 he earned his BA in Athletic Training from Central College in Pella, IA, and in 2009 received his Masters Degree in Kinesiology from the University of Wyoming in Laramie....
D. Duane Hackett
Dec 10, 2009
A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Monday, December 14, 2009 at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset, Iowa with a Prayer Service beginning at 7:00 p.m. A second visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 15th at the Greenwood Funeral Home, in Cherokee, Iowa Duane is survived by his two...
Jackie Stephenson-Carey
Dec 6, 2009
The visitation for Mrs. Stephenson-Carey has been postponed, due to the weather, until Friday, December 11, 2009. Jackie will be cremated following the visitation and there will be no funeral service. Jackie is survived by her nine children, Gayle (Henry) Kibbe of Peru, Lorna Stephenson of Pleasant Hill, Utonda 'Toni' (Dan) Waltz of Winterset, Gene (Nancy) Stephenson of Winterset,...
Wayne 'Doc' Griffith
Dec 3, 2009
Wayne Wallace Griffith was born May 17, 1928 in Madison County, Iowa, to Ersie and Edna (Chase) Griffith. He was a 1945 graduate of Winterset High School and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. His marriage to Joan J. Brooker took place on July 30, 1950 at the First Christian Church in Winterset. Doc is...
Deborah A. Sloss
Dec 1, 2009
Deborah Ann Sloss, daughter of William Francis "Willie" Nixon and Gwendolyn Julia Seivert, was born June 9, 1953 in Des Moines, Iowa and died December 1, 2009 at her home in rural Perry, Iowa at the age of 56. Deb, as she was lovingly known, attended Assumption Catholic School and graduated from St. Joseph Academy (now Dowling Catholic H.S.)...
Jean Taylor
Nov 29, 2009
Jean Bess Taylor, daughter of Frank Clark Naylor and Gladys Grace Maile Naylor, was born October 31, 1922 in Greenbrier Township, Greene County, Iowa and died November 29, 2009 at the Greene County Medical Center, Jefferson, Iowa at the age of 87 years. Jean attended rural school and then Bayard High School. On November 1, 1938, she married Herbert...


