OBITUARIES
All Obituaries
Vera I. Mooney
April 22, 2009
Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson is in charge of arrangements for Very Mooney, 95, of Cedar Rapids, formerly from Jefferson. Vera died on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at the Living Center West in Cedar Rapids. Arrangements are pending at this time.
V. James 'Jim' Dooley
April 21, 2009
Jim was born June 7, 1928 in Des Moines, Iowa; the son of Thomas and Laura (Kelly) Dooley. He was a 1945 graduate of Martensdale High School. He married Ellen Wiedmann on February 7, 1949 in Des Moines, Iowa at St. Ambrose Cathedral. Jim is survived by his ten daughters, Terri (Larry) Henson of Martensdale, Rosemary (Ron) Allsup of...
Bellezora Lucas
April 17, 2009
Bellezora was born March 16, 1924 in Madison County, Iowa the daughter of Joe and Ocein (Meade) Cooper. She graduated from Winterset High School in 1941 and her marriage to Clarence Lucas took place on February 17, 1942 in Missouri. She was preceded in death by daughter Karen Woods, parents, Joe and Ocein Cooper; and eight brothers and sisters;...
Maxine Hart
April 15, 2009
Maxine Hart was born April 29, 1922 in Madison County, Iowa, the daughter of Mary Bruett Kirby. On December 14, 1940, Maxine married Ivan Hart in Missouri. Four children were born to this union, Larry, Phillip, Neil and Nina. She is survived by her children, Larry Hart and wife, Kaye of Roswell, GA, Phillip Hart and wife, Betty of...
Elaine C. Wempe
April 11, 2009
Catherine Elaine Wempe, daughter of Thomas L. Hart and Margaret Schall Hart, was born February 17, 1927, Havelock, Iowa, and died April 11, 2009 at Israel Family House Hospice in Ames, Iowa, at the age of 82 years, 1 month, and 24 days. A Vigil was held at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at Hastings Funeral Home, Perry....
Lynn M. Durbin
April 9, 2009
Lynn Marvin Durbin, son of James Madison Durbin and Dagmar Andreson, was born Dec. 7, 1921 on his parents' farm in Viola Township, Audubon County, Iowa, and died April 9, 2009 at Regency Park Health and Rehab in Jefferson, Iowa, at the age of 87 years, 4 months and 2 days. Lynn attended rural school in Orange Number 3....
Gladys Martens
April 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
April 7, 2009
Service: Memorial Mass 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 17, 2009 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Winterset.
Russell A. Naylor
April 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
April 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 22, 2009
Mary passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2009. Mary was a resident of Iowa.
Alberta Mary Knoll
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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...


