OBITUARIES
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Maxine Witt
October 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
September 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
August 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
August 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
August 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
July 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
June 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
June 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
June 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
June 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.
June 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
June 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...
Earl T. Walker
June 8, 2006
Earl was born on November 23, 1927 and passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2006. Earl was a resident of Jefferson, Iowa.
Esther Pilmer
June 2, 2006
Esther Karleen Pilmer, 93, of Winterset, Iowa died Friday, June 2, 2006, at the Winterset Care Center South. Esther is survived by her daughters, Roberta (Leland) Johnson of Orient; Mary (Carl) Miller of Peru; a sister, Margaret (Gene) Peterson of Des Moines; a brother, Calvin (Audrey) Tyer of Polk City; 8 grandchildren; and 8 great grandchildren. She was preceded...
Delbert Benedict
May 31, 2006
Service: He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mildred; two brothers, Ralph and Everett; and one sister, Ona Benedict.
Ramon A. Monthei
May 30, 2006
Ramon Arthur Monthei, son of Albert Rudolph Monthei and Anna Edna Cox Monthei was born February 10, 1927 on a farm near Jefferson, Iowa and died May 30, 2006 on that same farm near Jefferson at the age of 79 years, 3 months and 20 days. Bane, as he was well known grew up in Jefferson and graduated from...
Peter Clausen
May 28, 2006
Peter Jurgen Clausen, son of Peter J. Clausen and Helen Hansen Clausen was born September 25, 1909 in Schleswig, Germany and died May 28, 2006 at his home in Bouton, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 8 months and 3 days. Peter was a lifelong farmer in the Bouton area. On Sunday March 16, 1947 Peter was united...
Tom Conroy
May 27, 2006
Thomas Lynn Conroy, son of William Andrew Conroy and Betty June Mears Conroy, was born June 2, 1959 in Jefferson, Iowa and died May 27, 2006 in Iowa City, Iowa at the age of 46 years, 11 month and 25 days. Tom was a lifelong resident of Jefferson. His mother died when he was a small boy, and he...
Dolores Stout
May 25, 2006
Dolores passed away on Thursday, May 25, 2006. Dolores was a resident of Kansas City, Iowa.
Joe Decker
May 25, 2006
Joseph Franklin Decker was born April 3, 1939 in Madison County, near Peru, Iowa, the son of James Elmer and Martha Vera Grace (Kirsch) Decker. He was a 1957 graduate of Lorimor High School and his marriage to Dayna Farlow took place on May 5, 1961 in Bethany, MO. He is survived by his wife, Dayna Decker of Lorimor,...


